Biomedical Engineering Student Association Newsletter April 2020 |
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Your source for monthly updates on BMEGG events and news! |
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April Events BESA Meeting Our Spring Quarter meetings will be held via Zoom. Add the dates to your calendar via this link. Apr 9, 2020 01:00 PM
May 7, 2020 01:00 PM
Jun 11, 2020 01:00 PM Here's the link to the Zoom meetings: https://ucdaviscoe.zoom.us/j/160916682 Please join us if you can! 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 BMEGG transitions to plant-based research In response to lab shutdowns, the BMEGG is giving students the option to transition to plant-based research to complete their dissertation work. Students should select the seeds they'd like to plant and study, and submit their research proposals by May 1. More information can be found here. 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. You can find pictures of the shirts here! BMEGG Research Symposium canceled/postponed Due to the campus directives for Spring Quarter, the BMEGG Research Symposium (May 29, 2020) has been canceled. We are currently exploring the possibility of rescheduling the event for Fall 2020, and will update everyone if we are able to schedule this and start the planning process. Northern California Biomaterials Day canceled Given the growing concerns about COVID-19, the 2020 Northern California Biomaterials Day has been canceled. For updates, visit ucdavisbiomaterials.org. Congratulations to Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez on being chosen for the first class of fellows to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings! Tomas Gonzalez Fernandez, PhD, a postdoc in the Leach Lab, has been named one of the 20 fellows to attend the 2020 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings! He says, “I am very excited about taking part in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer and representing the world class research developed at UC Davis. This is a great chance to feel inspired by the amazing discoveries made by Nobel Laureates and to meet other young researchers from around the world to discuss the current challenges and opportunities we all face.” Join the work from home selfie challenge! Post your #wfhselfie to your favorite social media outlet to showcase how you're staying productive while practicing social distancing. Tag your friends to pass on the challenge! |
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Funding Opportunities T32 Training Grants The purpose of the T32 training programs is to prepare predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. See below for current funding opportunities through the T32 training program: ARCS Awards The ARCS Foundation provides scholarships to outstanding academic students in science, medicine, and engineering. Award recipients will receive up to $10,000 toward their personal academic needs. Please contact Christal Wintersmith for a nomination form. Nominations due April 13 by 5 p.m. Know of more funding opportunities and want them featured in the next newsletter? Email them to Tima or Emmet before the first of each month. |
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Publications Berg, E, Gill H, Marik J, Ogasawara A, Williams S, van Dongen G, Vugts D, Cherry SR, and Tarantal AF. Total-body PET and highly stable chelators together enable meaningful 89Zr-antibody PET studies up to 30 days after injection. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 61(3) 453-460. 2020. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.230961. Hung BP, Gonzalez-Fernandez T, Linab JB, Campbell T, Lee YB, Panitch A, Alsberg E, and Leach JK. Multi-peptide presentation and hydrogel mechanics jointly enhance therapeutic duo-potential of entrapped stromal cells. Biomaterials, Mar 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119973 |
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Seminars *Locations subject to change as the University transitions to online instruction* |
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BIM 290 Thursdays at 9 a.m. Zoom; more info here - April 9: Bin He, PhD, Trustee Professor and Department Head, Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- April 16: Beth Pruitt, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, BioMolecular Science and Engineering, and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Associate Director, Center for Bioengineering, UC Santa Barbara
- April 23: Charlie Ouyang, PhD, Strategy Consultant, Triangle Insights Group, Raleigh-Durham, NC
- April 30: Dino Di Carlo, PhD, Professor, Bioengineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering Vice Chair of Graduate Studies, UCLA
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MMI 291 Fridays at 12:10 p.m. Zoom - April 3: Jamal Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, "Engineering Particulate-Based Systems to Influence the Immune System," Join here
- April 10: Mary E. Kable, PhD, Research Molecular Biologist, USDA ARS WHNRC; Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of California
- April 17: Jacques Ravel, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director for Genomics, Institute for Genome Sciences, Health Sciences Facility III
- April 24: Karen Ottemann, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz
Physiology and Membrane Biology Fridays at 4 p.m. Location TBD - April 24: Colleen Clancy, PhD, Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology
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Congrats to Caitlin Banks on her recent figure skating victories! Caitlin competed at the 2020 Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, March 7. She placed 1st overall in Pre-Gold Ice Dance and 4th in her group for Adult Gold Freeskate. Way to go, Caitlin! |
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With California-wide shelter-in-place directives in effect, many have had to convert their homes into remote work stations. Take a look at how some BESA members have adjusted to the work from home lifestyle! |
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BESA Calendar
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