Biomedical Engineering Student Association Newsletter November 2019 |
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Your source for monthly updates on BMEGG events and news! |
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November BESA Events FUTURE Info Session Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2:30-3 p.m. in GBSF 2202 FUTURE is a one quarter workshop series where you explore career options, meet professionals in those roles, and plan your way to a fulfilling future. It is offered both Winter & Spring quarter on the Davis campus, and Fall quarter on the Sacramento campus. Applications for Winter Quarter are due Nov 29. All are welcome to join the 30 min info session. BESA Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 3-4 p.m. in GBSF 2202 Join us for our monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events! BESA Berryessa Hike and Brew Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. BESA will be hiking the Homestead-Blue Ridge Trail, a 5-mile loop west of Winters. This is a steep trail but will be well worth it for the views of Lake Berryessa! Afterwards, we’ll be rendezvousing at Berryessa Brewing. We will plan to meet at GBSF at 10 a.m. and carpool for the 30 minute drive to the trailhead. Feel free to join for the hike, the brewery, or both! RSVP HERE. Email Rachel with any questions. We hope to see you there! BESA San Francisco Trip Saturday, Nov. 16 BESA is planning to hit the big city. We'll be going to the Exploratorium and Tactile Dome (among other things), so it should be a good time! RSVP here. Email Laney with any questions. Surviving and Thriving in Grad School Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 3-4 p.m. in GBSF 2202 Hear from a panel of senior graduate students about the challenges of their grad school experience and some of their strategies for success. Any topics or questions you might have to discuss are welcome. If you or one of your colleagues is graduating within this academic year and would like to participate in this event as a panelist, please email Laney. BESA Coffee Hour Thursday, Nov. 21 from 2-3 p.m. in GBSF 2202 Come along for coffee and conversation with Dr. Kent Leach. This coffee hour will focus on careers in academia and the skills students can develop in grad school to get there. BESA Outreach Opportunities We have several upcoming outreach opportunities. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact the outreach officers at besaoutreach@ucdavis.edu. - Sheldon High School Guest Panel: We are seeking volunteers to speak on a panel about college/graduate school, research, and science in general. We will be going either Nov. 18, 19, or 21; please let us know when you are free by signing up for a slot here!
- Thanksgiving Volunteering: We need 10 volunteers to help cook a Thanksgiving meal at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church this year from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on November 28th. If you're interested, please sign up here!
- 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.
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Announcements Congratulations to Kevin Campbell and Marissa Gionet-Gonzales for receiving the Richard and Joy Dorf Engineering Graduate Fellowship! Congratulations to Prof. Randy Carney on his recent grant! Dr. Carney was recently awarded the American Cancer Society (ACS) Research Scholar Grant – a 4-year early career award – for his project, "SERS platform for liquid biopsy analysis of extracellular vesicles." Great job, and we look forward to seeing what comes out of this exciting work. BESA is making moves to support graduate student mental health. A team of BESA members is currently planning a series that includes discussions and activities, led either by us or by Student Health and Counseling professionals on campus, that center around promoting mental health. If you're interested in being a part of this group, as either a planner or a participant, please email Laney. Announcing our keynote speaker for the 2020 BMEGG Symposium: Prof. Joan Greve. This year we will welcome Prof. Joan Greve from the University of Michigan as our keynote speaker. Her research focuses on using preclinical imaging (primarily MRI) to look at vascular biology in a number of organ systems. She is also incredibly dedicated to mentorship and instruction. We look forward to hearing from her at both our Thursday seminar and the keynote presentation on Friday morning! Be sure to have this year's symposium on your calendar: Friday May 29, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UC Davis Conference Center. Request for comment on Proposal to Consolidate the BMEGG into a BME Department-based Graduate Program. The BME Department Executive Committee is considering transitioning BMEGG into a department-based graduate program. Information on the transition can be found here. The Executive Committee welcomes any feedback on the proposal; you can share comments regarding the proposal here no later than Nov. 12. Fellowships and funding opportunities 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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Other Events Biology and Mathematics in the Bay Area (BaMBA) Meeting Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Jack Baskin School of Engineering, Room 152, UC Santa Cruz BaMBA is a one-day conference that explores the role of mathematics in biology in an informal and collegial atmosphere. Going beyond traditional applied mathematics, topics include applications of algebraic, topological, statistical and computational methods. The goal is to encourage dialogue between researchers and students from different disciplines to promote the open exchange of scientific ideas and viewpoints. In addition to the four invited lectures, this year we will have a diversity panel and a poster session. Register here and visit the website for more information! 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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Publications Berg E, Gill H, Marik J, Ogasawara A, Williams SP, van Dongen GA, Vugts DJ, Cherry SR, Tarantal AF. Total-body PET and highly stable chelators together enable meaningful 89Zr-antibody-PET studies up to 30 days post-injection. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 27 Sep 2019. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.230961. 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, in press. Rand A, Rajamani A, Kodani SD, Harris TR, Schlatt L, Barnych B, Passerini AG, Hammock BD. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET)-stimulated angiogenesis is mediated by epoxy hydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (EHETs) formed from COX-2. Journal of Lipid Research. 22 Oct 2019. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M094219. Tafazzol, A, Duan Y. Key residues in TLR4-MD2 tetramer formation identified by free energy simulations. PLoS Computational Biology. 14 Oct 2019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007228 |
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BIM 290 Thursdays at 9 a.m. GBSF 1005 - Nov. 7: Suzie Pun, PhD, Robert F. Rushmer Professor of Bioengineering, Interim Director of the Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute at the University of Washington
- Maroney Bryan Lecture, Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.: Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD, Morton Goldberg Professor of Ophthamology, Director of Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- Nov. 21: Ian Wong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Pharmacology Tuesdays at 4 p.m. GBSF 1005 - Nov. 5: Manu Ben-Johny, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University. "Tuning calmodulin feedback of calcium and sodium channels in health and disease"
MMI 291 Fridays at 12:10 p.m. - Nov. 8, MedSci 180C: Dylan Dodd, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Nov. 15, MedSci 180C: Carolyn Coyne, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics, Associate Director, R.K. Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
- Nov. 22, MedSci 180C: Lewis L. Lanier, PhD, J Michael Bishop MD Distinguished Professor, Chair and Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, UCSF
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Biophotonics - Nov. 14, 9 -11 a.m., Kemper 1127: Prof. Erkin Şeker, UC Davis - "Nanoporous Gold: A New Material for Multifunctional Biomedical Device Coatings". Feng Tian, UC Davis - “Large field of view 3D imaging using microlens array”
- Nov. 20, 4 p.m., GBSF 1005: Jonathan G. Lasch, PhD, Executive Director, Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Neuroengineering and Medicine Wed, Nov. 13, 3:30 reception, 4:10 seminar Kemper Hall, Room 1003 - Ramesh Balasubramaniam, PhD, UC Merced. "Sensorimotor Timing Mechanisms in the Human Brain"
Applied Statistics for Translational Researchers "Get funded or published - Writing statistical sections for grants and papers" - Sacramento Campus: Wed, Nov. 6 from 12-1 p.m. at the Center for Health and Technology, Room 1341. Register here
- Davis Campus: Wed, Nov. 20 from 12-1 p.m. in GBSF 4202. Register here
Physiology and Membrane Biology Fridays at 4 p.m. Tupper Hall 2133/2135 - Nov. 15: Rose Ellen Dixon, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, UC Davis
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BESA took a fun trip to Apple Hill earlier this month. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great event! |
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We saw some great costumes at this year's Halloween lunch. Congratulations to our winners: Hark Sodhi and Vicki Thai tied for third, Marissa Gionet Gonzales came in second, and Christal Wintersmith took home the prize. Thanks for showing off some fun costumes! Look out for another student-faculty lunchtime event coming up this month! |
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