Biomedical Engineering Student Association Newsletter January 2020 |
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January Events BESA Meeting TBD - Be on the lookout for this quarter's meeting time, dates, and location Join us for our monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events! BESA Student Seminar Series Monday, Jan. 6, 12-1 p.m. in GBSF 2202 BESA invites you to attend our upcoming Student Seminar Series for a QE practice talk by Brent Weyers, titled "Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Intraoperative Tumor Delineation in Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Procedures." All are welcome, whether you would like to give critical feedback or just stop by to see what the QE is all about. BESA QE Peer Advice Workshop Thursday, Jan. 9, 10-11 a.m. in GBSF 1005 Preparing for the QE can be daunting and BESA wants to support you because we know you can do it. Please join us for a casual workshop on QE Peer Advice right after seminar in the GBSF auditorium. The workshop will be geared toward 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students but all are welcome. Bring your uncertainties and questions and we hope to give you more confidence moving forward. BESA Mental Health Meeting Friday, Jan. 10, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GBSF 1202C Join the BESA Mental Health team at our first meeting this Friday. We'll be planning for a Winter Quarter event and devising a strategy to get the book club started. BESA Outreach Opportunities - BMES Make-a-thon, Jan. 17-19: The undergraduate student group (BMES) is looking for mentors for their annual Medical Make-a-Thon in which 15 teams of 5 are presented with a clinical problem and have 48 hours to design, prototype, and possibly test their medical devices. If you're interested in helping, please contact Anirudh Devathi Rajan or Shilpi Kalra.
Science Cafe Thursday, Jan. 16, 6-8 p.m. Old Soul @ Forty Acres, 3434 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817 Topic: "YES WE CAN! Early Detection of Lung Cancer" Since 2016, Science Café events, supported by the CTSC’s Community Engagement Program, have provided a forum for researchers and community members to share knowledge on community-relevant health issues and cutting-edge science. This event is open to all with free admission and light refreshments. UC Davis 2nd Annual Research Quality and Design Symposium Thursday, Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Center for Health and Technology, Room 1341 Register HERE by Jan. 10 This year's symposium will focus on research design, analysis, and ethics challenges in clinical translation. Come hear distinguished speakers discuss things such as, "When clinical trials are marketing masquerading as science," "Improving how we present aggregated data in research reports," "Non-inferiority studies: unmasking the ethical issues," and "Why precision oncology is not very precise." Student Seminar Series Are you interested in practicing your QE presentation to get feedback and QE tips from peers? Please email Amy Becker at aebecker@ucdavis.edu to set up a time. |
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Announcements and Awards Congratulations to Amy Becker on being selected into the Science Translators Showcase for the California Council on Science & Technology! Amy is among 15 other early career scientists from across California who will get a chance to explain their research to legislative staffers, agency managers, and senior policy leaders during a networking event at the California State Capitol in February. See the story on last year's showcase here for a summary. Congratulations to Dr. John M. Boone on receiving the Butterfly Award from the Image Gently Alliance. The Image Gently Alliance includes participation from more than 100 scientific societies and 64,000 pledgees, with a focus on delivering lower radiation dose levels in CT and other medical imaging procedures to pediatric patients. The Butterfly Award is the only award given annually by the Alliance, and was recently awarded to Dr. Boone in recognition of his leadership in the development of a radiation dose metric, the size-specific dose estimate (SSDE), which provides a more accurate estimate of radiation dose in CT procedures for smaller patients. Congratulations to Dr. Boone on this accomplishment! Congratulations to Dr. Richard Levenson on being elected as an SPIE Fellow. Each year, SPIE – the international society for optics and photonics – selects members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in optics, photonics, and imaging, as new Fellows. Congratulations to Dr. Levenson on being honored for his technical achievements and his service to the general optics community and to SPIE in particular! Graduate students can now contribute to IRAs with non-W-2 income! Legislation has recently been passed that allows graduate students to contribute fellowship income to IRAs. A podcast and post with more information can be found here. Fellowships and funding opportunities College of Engineering Safety Culture Committee Dean Curtis, the Dean of the College of Engineering, is seeking a graduate student from BME who would like to be involved in a newly forming Safety Culture committee. The purpose of this committee is to meet monthly with Jonathan Klane, Director of Strategic Change in Safety Culture & Programs, to accomplish the following: - Discuss the results of an upcoming survey about safety that will be delivered to every department in the CoE
- Determine highest risk areas from the survey and brainstorm ways to positively address concerns
- Disseminate information generated by the committee to the department/graduate group
- Overall, determine ways to best engage graduate students to embrace a culture of safety, rather than compliance
If you are interested in this position or have any questions, please email Laney. BESA Health: Book Club We're kicking off the BESA Health Book Club this quarter with "The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World". Get it from Shields Library or the local library and look out for more information coming soon! If you didn't get a chance yet and you are interested, please fill out our survey here, thank you! Support BESA by ordering business cards or buying some BESA swag! Business cards are available through Repro Graphics for interested students and post-docs. Standard cards are $28.55 for 500. Please contact our treasurer Caitlin for more info. Christal also has a variety of BESA items for purchase in her office, including some BESA pint glasses, the most recent BESA T-shirt, and a variety of older BESA T-shirts. |
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Publications Andreoni A, Davis C and Tian L. Measuring brain chemistry using genetically encoded fluorescent sensors. Current opinion in Biomedical Engineering, Vol 12:59-67, Dec 2019 Campbell KT, Wysoczynski K, Hadley DJ, Silva EA, Computational-Based Design of Hydrogels with Predictable Mesh Properties. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 10 Dec 2019. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials. 9b01520. Cruz-Acuña M, Pacifici N, Lewis JS, Vomocytosis: Too Much Booze, Base, or Calcium?. mBio. 24 Dec 2019. doi:10.1128/mBio.02526-19. Lee SJ, Lodder B, Chen Y, Patriarchi T, Tian L, Sabatini B. Cell-type specific asynchronous modulation of PKA by dopamine during reward-based learning, BioRxiv, Nov 2019 Patriarchi T, Cho JR, Merten K, Marley A, Broussard GJ, Liang R, von Zastrow M, Nimmerjahn A, Gradinaru V, Williams JT, Tian L. Imaging neuromodulators with high spatiotemporal resolution using genetically encoded indicators, Nature Protocols. 14: 3471–3505(2019) Shams S, Silva EA. Bioengineering strategies for gene delivery. Eng Strateg Regen Med. Jan 2020:107-148. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-816221-7.00004-5. Weyers et al.'s work on Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIm) for intraoperative cancer delineation in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) was recently featured on the cover page of the 1st issue of Translational Biophotonics. Congratulations to Brent and his colleagues! |
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BIM 290 Thursdays at 9 a.m. GBSF 1005 - Jan 9: Richard Levenson, MD, FCAP, Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Technologies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCDMC. "Path, Present and Future: Novel Microscopies, Novel Insights"
- Jan 16: Henry Donahue, PhD, Processor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Jan 23: Youngkyoo Jung, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, UC Davis
Clinical and Translational Science Center Thursday, Jan. 16. 12-2 p.m. Medical Education Building, Rm 1222, UC Davis Health, 4610 X St, Sacramento - Erik Henricson, PhD, MPH; Jen Greenier, PhD; Susan L. Stewart, PhD, "What is Clinical Research? Expand Your Understanding." Register here
College of Engineering Distinguished Lecture Thursday, Jan. 23 at 4 p.m. Student Community Center MPR - Lynden A. Archer, PhD, Friend Family Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, "Breaking Rules for Cost-Effective Storage of Energy"
Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology Fridays at 11 a.m. LS 1022 - Jan. 10: Lisa Anderson, PhD, Scientist, BioAnalytics, Amyris, "Next Generation Bio-manufacturing of Green Chemicals"
- Jan. 17: Kevin Holden, PhD, Head of Science, Synthego Corporation
- Jan. 24: TBA
- Jan. 31: Marta Matvienko, PhD, R&D Site Manager, Frinj Coffee, "From the Maniatis Bible to Coffee Research: A Genomicist's Road to Horticulture"
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MMI Special Seminar Monday, Jan. 6. 9:30-10:30 a.m. GBSF 1005 - Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas, San Antonio, "Progress Toward a Subunit Vaccine Against San Joaquin Valley Fever"
Neuroengineering and Medicine - Wednesday, Jan. 8, 3:30 p.m. reception, 4:10 p.m. seminar, Kemper 1127: Siddhartha Sikdar, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, George Mason University and Director, Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain-Body Interactions, "Sonomyography: A New Application of Ultrasound in Rehabilitation Engineering." RSVP here
Pharmacology Tuesdays at 4 p.m. GBSF 1005 - Jan. 21: Thomas M. Vondriska, PhD, Professor, Anesthesiology, Medicine & Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Physiology and Membrane Biology - Dec. 4, 10 a.m., Tupper 2133/2135: Chris Reid, PhD, Professor and Head of Neurophysiology of Excitable Networks Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, "HCN Channels: Pacesetters in Epilepsy"
- Dec. 6, 4 p.m., Tupper 2133/2135: James Trimmer, PhD, Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, UC Davis, "Potassium Channels As Organizers of Specialized Neuronal Calcium Signaling Domains"
Radiology Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 12-1 p.m. Admin Support Building, Rm 2310, UC Davis Health, 2450 48th St, Sacramento - Ramsey Badawi, PhD, "EXPLORER Update"
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The newly formed BESA Health group hosted a movie night last month to help students de-stress during finals and before the holidays. BESA students snacked on popcorn and cookies while enjoying Home Alone. Be on the lookout for more fun BESA Health events this year! |
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December Student/Faculty Lunch |
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Last month's student/faculty lunch featured a fun and informative seminar on "Microscopy: Getting More Information With Less Work" by Dr. Richard Levenson. Following the seminar, students and faculty enjoyed a lunch from ChickPeas Kitchen while playing a round of trivia. |
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