BESA Newsletter January 2023 |
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Your source of monthly updates from the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Student Association! |
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BESA Winter Quarter Meeting Schedule Thursday, Feb 16th from 2:45-3:45 pm Thursday, Mar 16th from 2:45-3:45 pm BESA Board Game Night BESA is having a board game night this Thursday on 2/2 from 4 to 6pm in GBSF 3206. Stop by for light snacks, pizza, and some fun games! BMEGG Recruitment Mark your calendars, the BMEGG recruitment is scheduled for March 2nd - 4th! Look out for
RSVPs to participate and support. Please also be on the look-out for additional emails from the BESA Recruitment Committee. BESA Student Seminar Series The student seminar series is an amazing opportunity to practice your research presentations, such as your qualifying exam or conference presentation, in a low-key friendly environment. It is a great way to share your research with your colleagues and get valuable feedback from your peers. If you are interested in presenting your research to your peers (virtually), please email our Program Advising Chair: Tanishq Abraham.
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Check Campus Ready for Current Campus Guidelines Related to COVID-19 Visit campusready.ucdavis.edu for current guidelines and requirements related to UC Davis COVID-19 prevention plans. This comprehensive website includes the most up-to-date university policies, guidelines and protocols to minimize exposure to COVID-19. Check back often as new resources and information may become available. Free COVID-19 testing kits Free COVID-19 testing kits for students, staff and faculty are available at a number of campus locations, including the Memorial Union Information Desk and the front desks at the ARC, Shields Library and Student Health and Wellness Center. |
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Graduate Student Resources |
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Coffee Bagel Donut Day Please join us on Fridays in Walker Hall, 8:30 - 10:30 am for CBDD for the winter quarter! GSA will provide donuts, bagels, coffee, and sundry breakfast items for you to enjoy every Friday during the term. We hope to see you there! Access the Graduate student Food Pantry in Walker Hall GSA Pantry will be open for winter quarter on Mondays 10 am -12 pm and Fridays 10 am - 1:30 pm. Writing Consultations for Graduate Students & Postdocs Stuck on a chapter of your dissertation? Working on a fellowship application but can't seem to find the right narrative? Feeling discouraged because of writer's block? Schedule a writing consultation with one of our Graduate Writing Fellows! Fellows offer one-on-one 40-minute writing consultations with enrolled grad students and postdocs. Consultations offer you the opportunity to engage in a conversation about your writing at any stage of the writing process in a low-stakes, low-stress environment with a peer. While we are not a proofreading or editing service, we are happy to identify patterns of error in writing and help you learn about resources to improve grammar. Sign up for a consultation here! GSA Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Students Nominations are now open for the 2022-2023 GSA Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Students Deadline March 17 Nominations are now open for the 2022-2023 GSA Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Students! If you would like to recognize and reward a faculty or staff member who has gone above and beyond for graduate students this year, please nominate them for this award. Nominations are open through March 17th, 2023.
Notes about nominations: Nominees must not have received this award in the past in order to be eligible. Nominations must include a letter of support explaining how the nominee has gone above and beyond in service of graduate students. This letter can be up to 3000 characters long.
Additionally, if you would like to help choose from among the nominees, please join the Award Review Committee. If you have any questions, please email Courtney Cahalan (gsainternalvicepresident@ucdavis.edu). Accountability for Thesis/Dissertation
Writing Workshop Series
Are you struggling in completing your dissertation or thesis writing? This workshop series is designed to support graduate students who are in the stage of writing their dissertation or thesis to manage emotional, behavioral, and organizational challenges. There are three sessions in the series. Participants are encouraged to attend all three sessions. Presented by Dr. Bai-Yin Chen, Licensed Psychologist, Counseling Services. Session 1 (February 7th, Tuesday, 1 - 2 pm): Set writing goals; manage your time; and develop motivation | Register with 1-click for this session. Session 2 (February 23rd, Thursday, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm): Cultivate self-compassion and manage procrastination | Register with 1-click for this session. Session 3 (March 15th, Wednesday, 4 - 5 pm): Cope with anxiety; commit to actions; and regain self-confidence | Register with 1-click for this session.
Writing a Diversity Statement for the Academic Job Market Monday, February 6, 1:10pm - 2pm
Zoom | For event details and registration click here
Diversity statements have become prerequisites for many positions on the academic job market. These statements demonstrate an individual’s commitment to supporting and prioritizing diversity through their teaching and scholarship. Graduate Writing Retreat: Lab Bench to Published
Paper: Transitioning from Research to Writing Tuesday, February 7th, 9:30am - 12:30pm
East Conference Room, Graduate Center, Walker Hall | Register with 1-click Have you been putting off a publication because you don’t know how to transition from the research to the writing phase? This retreat will provide tips and tricks for starting and finishing your first (or third!) IMRAD-style paper. Attendees will learn how to deal with writer’s block and authorship struggles as they navigate the process of organizing their research and thoughts to fit the IMRAD-style. This retreat is aimed at those in STEM fields, but all are welcome! Grad Slam Practice Session Thursday, February 9th, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Loury Studio - Walker Hall | Register with 1-click
Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in all disciplines ranging from natural sciences to the arts and humanities – compete to introduce their research to a general audience. Join other competitors for a facilitated practice session to refine your talk, share feedback, and prepare for all aspects of the competition! Building a Better Fieldwork Future
Preventing Sexual Harassment and Assualt Tuesday, February 7th, 12pm - 1:30pm
Zoom Fieldwork is an important and often necessary component of many scientific disciplines, yet research suggests that it presents a high-risk setting for incidents of sexual harassment and assault. This 90-minute online workshop has been developed by a team of field researchers at UC Santa Cruz. It identifies the unique risks posed by fieldwork and offers a suite of evidence-based tools for field researchers, instructors, and students to prevent, intervene in, and respond to sexual harassment and assault. Through a series of practical intervention scenarios, this workshop guides participants on how to be active and engaged bystanders, how to report incidents, and how to plan field settings to minimize risk. Armed with these tools, participants can play a role in ensuring that field settings are safer, more equitable, and more welcoming for the next generation of field scientists.
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Expanding Alzheimer’s Diagnostics and Treatments with Extracellular Vesicles Alzheimer’s is a disease without a clear diagnostic test nor a cure. However, researchers are developing new techniques and methods every day and in Professor Aijun Wang’s Lab at UC Davis, Biomedical Engineering graduate students Leora Goldbloom-Helzner and David Wang are exploring potential diagnoses and treatments for Alzheimer’s patients using extracellular vesicles. [Read More] NIH Grant Creates National Center at UC Davis Dr. Laura Marcu and team recently secured a $6.3 million P41 grant from NIH’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to create the National Center for Interventional Biophotonic Technologies (NCIBT). The NCIBT will advance two optical imaging technologies developed at UC Davisʼ College of Engineering — interventional fluorescence lifetime imaging, or iFLIM, and interferometric diffuse optical spectroscopy, or iDOS. [Read More] From invention to care, UC Davis experts aim to stop top killers Congratulations to Dr. Laura Marcu and team to be featured in Greater Focus 2022 magazine. [Read More] 5th year PhD Candidate Tanishq Abraham presented at SPIE Photonics West Tanishq presented mode conversion of qOBM (quantitative oblique back-illumination microscopy) stain-free tissue images to emulates H&E histology via deep learning at SPIE Photonics West Conference on January 29th. [Read More] PhD student Alita D Almeida elected to serve in the Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) Leadership Committee The mission of WIMIN is to advance the participation and achievements of women in molecular imaging sciences. |
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Career Development Seminar series, journal clubs, workshops, conferences, and jobs UC Davis Winter Internship and Career Fair Wednesday, February 22nd 2023, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm PST Location: University Credit Union Center Register Here! Multi-scale photonics for the central nervous system in health and disease Please join us for a seminar given by Vivek Srinivasan, faculty candidate in Biomedical Engineering, on Thursday, 2/2/23 at 10:30am. LOCATION: 2202 Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility building or Zoom https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95596068341?pwd=eWF0WitQNmE2TkVSOWtBNEE3UCs4QT09 Meeting ID: 955 9606 8341 Passcode: 95616 NeuroFest 2023 NeuroFest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Science of Brain Health will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023 NeuroFest registration will open on February 17, 2023 PAIR-UP Advanced Imaging Workshop Attend the PAIR-UP advanced imaging workshop hosted by UNC Chapel Hill April 11-14th. Please Apply here for the Imaging Workshop hosted by UNC by February 24th, 2023. NEUROENGINEERING & MEDICINE Seminar Series: Engineering Cortical Plasticity in Non-Human Primates Using Optogenetics by Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad, PhD On Wed Feb 1 at 4pm in Bainer 1062 (RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/NeuroengFeb23) and the lunch with the students & postdocs on Thur Feb 2 at noon at The Gunrock (RSVP here: https://forms.gle/cred5DvFcJz3npNJA ). 2023 Silicon Valley Women in Engineering Conference Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023 Place: San Jose State University, Student Union Time: 7:30 AM – 7:00 PM PDT Learn about cutting-edge technologies and topics such as artificial intelligence, climate resilience, quantum computing, electric vehicles, and next generation biotech as well as advice on your job and internship search. During the Innovation Showcase and Networking Reception, meet potential employers and hiring managers, connect with women mentors, and discover state-of-the-art innovations. Register today!
BESA Slack and LinkedIn Groups Join the BESA Slack Group here to find out about ways to get involved in BESA. And click here to join the BESA LinkedIn group and network with BESA alumni! |
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Publications Check out these new publications from BMEGG students and faculty! Hailey C. Cunningham, Sophie Orr, Deepa K. Murugesh, Allison W. Hsia, Benjamin Osipov, Lauren Go, Po Hung Wu, Alice Wong, Gabriela G. Loots, Galateia J. Kazakia, Blaine A. Christiansen, Differential bone adaptation to mechanical unloading and reloading in young, old, and osteocyte deficient mice, Bone, Volume 167, 2023, 116646, ISSN 8756-3282, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2022.116646. Noble Anbunesan S, Alfonso-Garcia A, Zhou X, Bec J, Lee HS, Jin LW, Bloch O, Marcu L. Intraoperative detection of IDH-mutant glioma using fluorescence lifetime imaging. J Biophotonics. 2022 Dec 12:e202200291. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202200291. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36510639. Casella, A, Panitch, A, Leach, JK. Electroconductive agarose hydrogels modulate mesenchymal stromal cell adhesion and spreading through protein adsorption. J Biomed Mater Res. 2023; 1- 13. doi:10.1002/jbm.a.37503 Caldwell, J. L., Lee, I.-J., Ngo, L., Wang, L., Bahriz, S., Xu, B., Bers, D.M., Navedo, M.F., Bossuyt J, Xiang, Y. K., Ripplinger, C. M. Whole-heart multiparametric optical imaging reveals sex-dependent heterogeneity in cAMP signaling and repolarization kinetics. Science Advances, 9(3), eadd5799. doi:10.1126/sciadv.add5799
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Additional Announcements UC Davis Veterinary blood bank looking for dog blood donors
If your dog is: 1-8 years old, at least 55 pounds, in excellent health, he or she could become a blood donor! For appointments, please call the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at 530-752-1393, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm For questions or more information, email: VeterinaryBloodBank@ucdavis.edu |
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Funding Opportunities College of Engineering to Offer Funding to Student Groups Through Give Day Challenges
The College of Engineering Dean’s Executive Committee is giving three student groups, programs or projects the opportunity to raise money through a fundraising challenge during UC Davis’ annual Give Day Challenge. Groups that are selected and meet their Give Day Challenge goal will receive $7,500-10,000 through philanthropic funds from the DEC. For consideration, complete a short application and submit a one-minute video. Know of more funding opportunities and want them featured in the next newsletter? Email them to Alita and Pooja before the first of each month. |
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