NYCU News You Can Use, week of May 30, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- M&I is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor
- Glen Ave Lane Closure & Construction
- Employment and funding opportunities
- Share your vacation photos this summer AND check the photos below to see what your colleagues are up to!
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Dear M&I,
I hope that you all enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend. It is a somber occasion for a holiday, but in my opinion, that makes it so much more poignant if you are lucky enough to spend time with friends and family on the holiday. It also officially kicks off summer and the temps feel like it. For this week, I will be a bit out of touch. I am in the office, but on internal medicine chair search interviews all day on Tues, Thurs and Fri. If you need to speak to me in person, Wednesday afternoon is the best time or after 6 pm at night. My responses to email may also be delayed. For those traveling to the Immunology retreat this weekend, I wish you safe travels and great science. Although I won’t be able to join the first two weeks, I encourage you to use noon on Thursdays for Lunch on the Lawn when the weather is nice. Just bring your lunch and a towel or blanket to sit on and meet by the Hippocrates statue between Taubman library and MSRB III. Don’t forget your ID to get back in the building! It is a great way to meet a few folks from around the department.
Bye,
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
June is Black Lives Matter Month and Pride Month
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Tuesday, May 30th at noon, DEI Biomedical Career Seminar
Virtual DEI Biomedical Career Seminar presented by Dr. Alicia Wooten, Associate Professor of Biology at Gallaudet University. Dr. Wooten will present an hour-long seminar titled "Getting Creative with Research: How I Became a Community Scientist" followed by one-on-one meeting times for students. In her seminar, she will discuss her experiences as a deaf scientist in academia and her journey to make STEM more accessible. Please RSVP here if you're interested in attending her seminar. If you are interested in scheduling a one-on-one meeting session with Dr. Wooten after her talk, please sign up for a slot here.
June 9th @ noon, Medical School Faculty Meeting
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On the Radar
Friday, September 8th M&I Department Picnic
Details to come!
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Lunch on the Lawn starting soon - Details to come!
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Medical Mycological Society of the Americas recognizes 2 M&I folks!
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Congratulations to Teresa O'Meara for winning the Thomas J. Walsh Young Investigator Award! Way to go!
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AND congrats to Juliet Anku for winning 2nd place for the LaJean Chaffin Trainee Presentation Award. |
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July 3rd the onsite office will be closed. Staff will be working from home that day.
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Glen Ave Lane Closure & Construction
Expected to begin after Memorial Day and last into mid-July, Glen Avenue will be closed in both directions between East Ann Street and East Huron Street for utility work associated with the new building for the College of Pharmacy project.
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info |
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Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research & Response: Tuesday, June 7th, for the second talk in our seminar series by Dr. Janet Englund, taking place at 2:30 PM in room 3755 of SPH I. Dr. Englund will present new findings on the prevention and treatment of RSV, including an update of RSV epidemiology during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and new methods of prevention in the young and old. This will include new vaccines for the young, old, and pregnant women, as well as monoclonal antibody therapy for infants.
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Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and junior faculty are invited to join the Protein Folding Diseases Initiative (PFDI) Symposium from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm on September 21, 2023. Talks will be hosted from internal and external speakers, in addition to organizing a Young Investigators Meeting, and poster sessions. Prizes for the best poster presentation in three categories will be awarded.
Note: You do not need to be part of a member-lab of the PFDI to participate.
The submission deadline is May 31, 2023.
Submission Format and Procedure: Please include a title, list of authors, and their affiliations in the abstract. Please mark a graduate student presenter with an asterisk in the author list and a postdoctoral fellow/research investigator with two asterisks in the author list and a house officer/faculty/staff with three asterisks in the author list. The main body of the abstract should be no more than 300 words and should include a brief summary of the research, methods, main results, and impact. Please do not include figures, tables, and bibliography in the abstract.
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Data Den service now supports storage of sensitive data
The university’s Data Den Research Archive, a service for preserving electronic
data generated from research activities, now supports the storage of sensitive data, including medical and educational information covered by federal laws known as HIPAA and FERPA.
Part of the U-M Research Computing Package that provides storage allocations to researchers, the service is a low-cost, highly durable storage system and is the largest storage system managed by Information and Technology Services’ Advanced Research Computing division.
Most researchers will not have to pay for Data Den.
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5744 Autoclave Update
Good news! The prep work for the new autoclaves has been scheduled. Facilities has shared the timeline:
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June 15th disconnect both autoclaves in 5744
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June 16th Steris to remove both units
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June 19th construction prep work starts
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July 21st or before new autoclave unit is delivered
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July 24th through 7/27 installation
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July 28th Steris to perform start up on new unit
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July 31st Unit operational and ready for use
During the prep work and installation, work will include soldering, brazing, and coring a hole in the floor for the new drain. Access to the cold room can be coordinated; however, Facilities will need full use of the space (no access to the washer).
Installation of new autoclaves in 6715 will commence once 5744 is complete.
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Please see here for information on the NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program for postdocs which is accepting applications now.
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NIH transitioning Funding Opportunity Terminology
NIH is transitioning to updated terminology regarding funding opportunities to better align with the Uniform Guidance.
Effective immediately, NIH will use the term notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to refer to formal announcements of the availability of Federal funding through a financial assistance program.
Previously, such announcements were referred to as funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). See the NIH Grants & Funding Glossary for the full definition. NIH is currently updating its website with these changes.
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New FacsCanto and Fortessa Recharge Rates
Effective 5/1/23 the recharge rates are:
- FacsCanto $45.69 per machine hour
- Cell Analyzer Flow Cytometry (Fortessa) $24.87 per machine hour
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Employment / Funding Postings |
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Job Postings
Assistant / Associate Professor - University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, apply by 9/1/23, details
Tenure Track Position in Infectious Diseases - Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats, University of Michigan, fall 2022 posting, details
Funding Opportunities
Pandemic Research Recovery (PRR) Program - UM Medical School & Endorsing Department, apply by 5/15/23, details
R01 Boot Camp - UM Medical School Office of Research, applications due by 5/15/2023, details
Great Lakes Discovery - healthcare innovation grant accepting proposals, apply by 5/15/23, details
Research Scouts - funding opportunity provided by the Office of Research at Michigan Medicine, details
Conference Travel Grant Program - Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellow, continental or international travel, details
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Tai AW, Sewell JL. Gastroenterology. 2023 May 18:S0016-5085(23)00736-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.05.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37209950 No abstract available.
Candida albicans selection for human commensalism results in substantial within-host diversity without decreasing fitness for invasive disease. Anderson FM, Visser ND, Amses KR, Hodgins-Davis A, Weber AM, Metzner KM, McFadden MJ, Mills RE, O'Meara MJ, James TY, O'Meara TR. PLoS Biol. 2023 May 19;21(5):e3001822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001822. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37205709
Reply to: Anti-anaerobic antibiotics: indication is key. Chanderraj R, Baker JM, Kay SG, Brown CA, Hinkle KJ, Fergle DJ, McDonald RA, Falkowski NR, Metcalf JD, Kaye KS, Woods RJ, Prescott HC, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP.
Eur Respir J. 2023 May 11;61(5):2300492. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00492-2023. Print 2023 May. PMID: 37169381 No abstract available.
Fiber density and matrix stiffness modulate distinct cell migration modes in a 3D stroma mimetic composite hydrogel. Hiraki HL, Matera DL, Wang WY, Prabhu ES, Zhang Z, Midekssa F, Argento AE, Buschhaus JM, Humphries BA, Luker GD, Pena-Francesch A, Baker BM.
Acta Biomater. 2023 Jun;163:378-391. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.09.043. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36179980
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"What is good for your heart is good for your brain"
- Dr. Paulson
Join us for Movement in May!
Fridays @ noon, in the main office reception area, join us for a half hour of an exercise pick-me-up!
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SUMMERTIME = VACATION!!!
It's vacation season! Please consider sharing your vacation photos so that we can all enjoy each other's excursions. Below we have:
- Harry & Nati Mobley in Sky Garden, 34 floors above the Thames in London
- Adam Hafner and girlfriend Erykah also on vacation in London
- Memorial Day Weekend Party with the Balunas, Snitkin & Schmit Labs
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