Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Faculty candidate seminar - Department of Human Genetics and Center for RNA Biomedicine (May 30, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63798 63798-15881710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 10:00am
Location: Buhl Res Cen for Human Genetics
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

"Spatiotemporal regulation of mRNA function in health and neurological disease"

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 May 2019 13:43:58 -0400 2019-05-30T10:00:00-04:00 2019-05-30T11:00:00-04:00 Buhl Res Cen for Human Genetics Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
RNA Innovation Seminar, Theme: Biochemistry (June 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59777 59777-14786528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

"Investigating the Coactivator Med25 - Activator Recognition Features" Nick Foster, Ph.D. candidate
Anna Mapp lab

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"Local-to-global signal transduction at the core of the Mn2+ sensingriboswitch" Shiba Dandpat, Ph.D. candidate
Nils Walter lab

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 May 2019 09:41:34 -0400 2019-06-03T15:00:00-04:00 2019-06-03T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
RNA Innovation Seminar (June 10, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59778 59778-14786529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 10, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

1.) "The Center for Structural Biology: Now and in the Future plus a sneak peek at ZAP"
Jeanne Stuckey Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Life Sciences Institute

and

2.) "Matrin 3 toxicity and regulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia models"
Ahmed Malik, MSTP fellow
Sami Barmada lab

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Jun 2019 11:16:40 -0400 2019-06-10T15:00:00-04:00 2019-06-10T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Scientific Session and Memorandum of Understanding Signing with Thailand (June 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63507 63507-15765578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: School of Nursing

Celebration of a five-year NIH/FIC/NINR funded initiative with collaboration between the
Ministry of Public Health of Thailand and the University of Michigan School of Nursing

There will be a presentation of trainee research projects.

We will also sign a Memorandum of Understanding for another five years of
collaboration and capacity building in non-communicable disease research.

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Presentation Wed, 08 May 2019 09:05:02 -0400 2019-06-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-06-12T23:30:00-04:00 School of Nursing School of Nursing Presentation School of Nursing
Future Faculty Writing Series - Research Statement Workshop (August 13, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65032 65032-16507302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

The event will feature a panel of faculty members who have served on search committees talking about what makes an effective research statement. We have also compiled successful research statements from recently hired faculty, as well as tips for the faculty search process. (Please note: Workshop materials will NOT be provided to anyone who does not attend the workshop).

Panelists: Professor Mark Kushner - ECE, Professor Annalisa Manera - NERS, Professor Benjamin Kuipers - CSE, Professor Seymour Spence - CEE, Professor Jianping Fu - ME, and more TBA!

RSVP is required. Space is limited. Lunch will be provided.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTwBYRki1m5WSbXIm1igCAQmVLD6WQerwL7kUEfnz71ClAFQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

There will also be a writing-accountability group the following Tuesday, August 20th from 9:00-11:00 am in NCRC B10-ACR1, for folks interested in sitting together and incorporating what they learned at the workshop into their own Research Statements (or any other writing they need to work on!). Breakfast will be served.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:40:30 -0400 2019-08-13T11:30:00-04:00 2019-08-13T13:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar Working together to craft research statements
Future Faculty Writing Series - Research Statement Workshop (August 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65032 65032-16507303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

The event will feature a panel of faculty members who have served on search committees talking about what makes an effective research statement. We have also compiled successful research statements from recently hired faculty, as well as tips for the faculty search process. (Please note: Workshop materials will NOT be provided to anyone who does not attend the workshop).

Panelists: Professor Mark Kushner - ECE, Professor Annalisa Manera - NERS, Professor Benjamin Kuipers - CSE, Professor Seymour Spence - CEE, Professor Jianping Fu - ME, and more TBA!

RSVP is required. Space is limited. Lunch will be provided.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTwBYRki1m5WSbXIm1igCAQmVLD6WQerwL7kUEfnz71ClAFQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

There will also be a writing-accountability group the following Tuesday, August 20th from 9:00-11:00 am in NCRC B10-ACR1, for folks interested in sitting together and incorporating what they learned at the workshop into their own Research Statements (or any other writing they need to work on!). Breakfast will be served.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:40:30 -0400 2019-08-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-08-20T11:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar Working together to craft research statements
RNA innovation Seminar (September 9, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65134 65134-16539445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 9, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Abstract: RNA regulation permeates neurobiology. Nociceptors are sensory neurons tasked with the detection of pain producing stimuli. Persistent changes in their activity, termed plasticity, benefit survival through injury avoidance. Nociceptors rely on cap-dependent translation to rapidly increase protein synthesis in response to pro-inflammatory signals. Comparatively little is known regarding the role of the regulatory factors bound to the 3' end of mRNA in nociceptor sensitization. Poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) stimulates translation initiation by bridging the Poly(A) tail to the eukaryotic initiation factor 4F complex associated with the mRNA cap. We have developed an RNA-based competitive inhibitor of PABP that attenuates behavioral responses to pain in mice. To identify the Poly(A) mRNAs subject to privileged translation in response to noxious cues, we have applied ribosome profiling to primary sensory neurons and tissues. A small number of transcripts are selectively translated in response to plasticity mediators. Among them is the capsid forming protein Arc. Arc has been implicated in synaptic plasticity and learning in the brain. We demonstrate that the ribosomal S6 kinase 1 is responsible for Arc production in nociceptors and describe a new role for local translation of Arc in afferent fibers. Collectively, our findings uncover mechanisms and targets of RNA control in sensory neurons that can be exploited to disrupt pain signaling.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:48:42 -0400 2019-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-09T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
PSC Brownbag: Postdoc Introductions (September 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66766 66766-16776777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Keeping with tradition, we will welcome our new Postdoctoral Fellows: Dr. Arianna Gard, Dr. Heejung Jang, Dr. Sarah Patterson. Each will give a brief description of their professional paths, present a summary of their doctoral work, overview of postdoctoral project and additional research interests, etc.

Please bring your lunch.

Monday, 9/16/2019, 12:00pm

Location: 6050 ISR Thompson St

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:01:57 -0400 2019-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (September 16, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66684 66684-16770199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

An introductory planning meeting for the Cognitive Science Seminar Series will take place on Monday, September 16, to establish the speakers and topics for the fall semester. The biweekly seminar series features informal presentations of work-in-progress by graduate students, post-docs, and faculty; networking and meeting other cognitive scientists and students on campus; reading groups that involve pairs of papers on the same topic from different disciplines; practice talks (especially talks that are interdisciplinary in nature or might be presented to an interdisciplinary audience); conference reports from cognitive science conferences; and occasional invited speakers of interest to the group.

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Meeting Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:49:08 -0400 2019-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Meeting Weiser Hall
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66679 66679-16770194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Improving Data Quality for Web Surveys in Real Time through Predictive Modeling Using Paradata

Paradata are a rich source of data that are collected through little additional effort by researchers. However, paradata are often underutilized. This study suggests a novel approach to use paradata to alter the survey itself in real time in order to improve data quality.

Through a predictive model, paradata about the responses will be utilized to alter the presentation of the survey questions themselves. First, if respondents straight-line through a grid section of the survey, following grids could be changed to single item questions in order to discourage straight-lining. Second, if respondents display multiple indicators of poor data quality, key questions could be moved forward in the survey to present earlier. This second option reduces survey length, lowers cognitive burden for respondents that are taking short cuts, and prevents drop-offs. Both of these techniques could help to improve data quality.

Though programming a survey to adapt in real time may involve a large effort in the beginning, once employed it could be used across projects for little additional cost. Improving data quality should be a goal of everyone in the survey research community. As web surveys continue to increase in frequency of implementation, the focus on data quality of this mode should be a priority.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:22:32 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
"RNA Therapeutics: The Future of Human Medicine" (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65135 65135-16539446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Please join us immediately after Anastasia's talk for a welcome reception in Palmer Commons Atrium (4th floor).


ABSTRACT: With the first drugs approved, oligonucleotides are rising to become a new, major class of therapeutic modalities on par with small molecules and biologics.
RNAi enables simple and specific modulation of gene expression when the chemical architecture supporting efficient delivery in vivo is defined. Currently, in liver, a single subcutaneous administration supports a year of clinical efficacy, changing our vision of how medicine will be practiced in the future.
The unprecedented duration of effect relies on oligonucleotide endocytosis and entrapment within endosomal/lysosomal compartments. These naturally formed, intracellular deposits provide a continuous release of compounds for RISC loading and productive silencing, supporting multi-month efficacy. Of course, this approach is dependent on extensive and complex chemical stabilization that ensures the survival of the oligonucleotides in highly aggressive biological environments.
In the context of fully stabilized compounds, we have used diverse chemical engineering to define the rules driving oligonucleotide distribution, efficacy, and toxicity. At this point, efficient modulation of gene expression in multiple extrahepatic tissues is possible (muscle, heart, fat, placenta, etc). One of our engineering efforts resulted in the identification of a di-branched chemical scaffold that enables potent and durable gene silencing in the brain and spinal cord. Using huntingtin – the causative gene in Huntington disease – as a model, we demonstrate that CNS-active RNAi induces potent protein silencing (~ 90%) in all brain regions tested in both rodents and non-human primates. Silencing persists for at least six months, with the degree of gene modulation correlating to the level of the guide strand tissue accumulation.
Demonstration of extrahepatic activity, in particular the development of a CNS-active RNAi scaffold, is opening other tissues and the brain for RNAi-based modulation of gene expression and establishing a path toward the development of new cures for genetically-defined neurodegenerative disorders.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:47:57 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion speaker photo
Writing a Competitive Research Grant Proposal (October 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66542 66542-16744994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This workshop discusses writing grant proposals for various sponsors, including federal agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF) and foundation funders.
Topics include:
-Resources at U-M to help you find funding opportunities and develop proposals
-Self-assessment
-Analyzing sponsors
-How the review process works
-How to write various proposals sections
-General writing tips

Email Jill Jividen at jjgoff@umich.edu with questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:52:54 -0400 2019-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research OVPR Office of Research Development Workshop / Seminar
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66680 66680-16770195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Switching away from web surveys: what can we learn from JavaScript "OnBlur" functions about response behavior?

The increase in web surveys allows researchers to collect a variety of paradata alongside traditional survey responses. Some paradata, such as response times, enjoy a long tradition in survey research, but others, such as window/tab switching, are only rarely used in survey research. In this talk, I focus on the usefulness and usability of JavaScript "OnBlur" functions informing about how often and for how long respondents switch away from web surveys. For this purpose, I present the results of two empirical studies: the first study explores the impact of on-device multitasking, such as switching away to check social media notifications, on response behavior. The second study, in contrast, focuses on the consequences of looking up answers online for measuring political knowledge. The talk ends with a discussion of further fields of application for JavaScript "OnBlur" functions in survey research.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:29:55 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Writing a Competitive Research Grant Proposal (October 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66545 66545-16744999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This workshop discusses writing grant proposals for various sponsors, including federal agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF) and foundation funders.
Topics include:
-Resources at U-M to help you find funding opportunities and develop proposals
-Self-assessment
-Analyzing sponsors
-How the review process works
-How to write various proposals sections
-General writing tips

Email Jill Jividen at jjgoff@umich.edu with questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:55:34 -0400 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research OVPR Office of Research Development Workshop / Seminar
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68015 68015-16983970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Institute for Social Research - Room 1070

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:57:45 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Trent Buskirk
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68016 68016-16983972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Institute for Social Research
Room 1070

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:08:22 -0400 2019-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Youjin Lee
2019 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | Generating High-Intensity, Ultrashort Optical Pulses (October 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64676 64676-16426883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

With the invention of lasers, the intensity of a light wave was increased by orders of magnitude over what had been achieved with a light bulb or sunlight. This much higher intensity led to new phenomena being observed, such as violet light coming out when red light went into the material. After Gérard Mourou and I developed chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, the intensity again increased by more than a factor of 1,000 and it once again made new types of interactions possible between light and matter. We developed a laser that could deliver short pulses of light that knocked the electrons off their atoms. This new understanding of laser-matter interactions, led to the development of new machining techniques that are used in laser eye surgery or micromachining of glass used in cell phones.

You may find more details: lsa.umich.edu/physics/special-lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:38:46 -0400 2019-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Donna Strickland, Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo and 2018 Nobel Laureate
Brown Bag: "Henry Clinton and British Strategy in the American Revolutionary War" (November 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68504 68504-17090629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this Brown Bag lunch talk, Huw Davies will discuss his current research at the Clements Library as recipient of the Howard H. Peckham Fellowship. His research focuses on re-evaluating the history of the British Army in Colonial and Revolutionary America, India, and Europe, 1750-1850.

In the space of seven decades between 1740 and 1810, the British Army fought wars on four continents, producing a unique accumulation of knowledge, experience and ideas about tactics, operations and strategy. Henry Clinton was at the centre of this knowledge network, and had vociferous opinions about how Britain should use its military power.

Davies will present a paper, using research conducted at the Clements Library, to illustrate Clinton’s thinking on war and how he influenced the direction of the British Army. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:33:31 -0400 2019-11-14T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Battle of Monmouth, 28th June 1778, with notations by Henry Clinton.
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (November 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67489 67489-16864388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Graduate student Stella Hao (Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience) will give a talk on "Bounded Rationality of Moral Cognition."

ABSTRACT

My work investigates moral cognition (i.e., moral decisions, moral judgments, and moral inferences, Yu, Siegel, \& Crockett, 2011) in the framework of bounded rationality. Moral cognition is not only a reflection of personal values and a gateway for explaining human behaviors, but also a field of work that provides insights relevant to the dynamics of human society and the development of artificial intelligence. Thus, it is extremely important to bridge the gap between morality and human rationality while taking into account the ecology of the environment and the agent. Bounded rationality provides a way to approach decision making research by taking into account how rationality is constrained by the characteristics of the environment and the cognitive limitation of the mind. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the current research on bounded moral cognition and present some empirical results of finding context effects in ethical decision making. Finally, I will present some research goals of my dissertation work.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:25:02 -0500 2019-11-18T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-18T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Faculty Speaker #1- Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia Discussions 2019 (November 19, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67931 67931-16969019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Dr. Danny Caballero, Associate Professor of Physics Education at Michigan State University, and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Center for Computing in Science Education at the University of Oslo, will be joining us for a discussion about his career path as part of our "Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia" series, which is sponsored by a CoE Graduate Student Community Grant.

Anyone considering a career path in academia or with an interest in teaching should consider attending - whether you're just trying to decide if that's the path you want to take, or whether you're already applying to positions. While anyone is welcome, the discussion will be of most interest to graduate students and postdocs.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:39:43 -0400 2019-11-19T14:00:00-05:00 2019-11-19T15:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Careers / Jobs GG Brown Laboratory
Cognitive Science Seminar: Task sets serve as boundaries for the congruency sequence effect (December 2, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67488 67488-16864387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 2, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Psychology PhD student Lauren Grant will present "Task sets serve as boundaries for the congruency sequence effect."

ABSTRACT

Cognitive control processes that enable purposeful behavior are often context-specific. A teenager, for example, may inhibit the tendency to daydream at work but not in the classroom. However, the nature of contextual boundaries for cognitive control processes remains unclear. We therefore revisited an ongoing controversy over whether such boundaries reflect (1) an attentional reset that occurs whenever a context-defining (e.g., sensory) feature changes or (2) a disruption of episodic memory retrieval that occurs only when the updated context-defining feature is linked to a different task set. To distinguish between these hypotheses, we employed a cross-modal distractor-interference task to determine precisely when changing a salient context-defining feature – the sensory modality in which task stimuli appear – bounds control processes underlying the congruency sequence effect (CSE). Consistent with the task set hypothesis, but not with the attentional reset hypothesis, Experiments 1 and 2 revealed that changing the sensory modality in which task stimuli appear eliminates the CSE only when the task structure enables participants to form modality-specific task sets. Experiment 3 further revealed that such “modality-specific” CSEs are associated with orienting attention to the sensory modality in which task stimuli appear, which may facilitate the formation of a modality-specific task set. These findings support the view that task sets serve as boundaries for the CSE.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:22:47 -0500 2019-12-02T15:00:00-05:00 2019-12-02T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (December 9, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67490 67490-16864389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 9, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The biweekly Cognitive Science Seminar Series features informal presentations of work-in-progress by graduate students, post-docs, and faculty; networking and meeting other cognitive scientists and students on campus; reading groups that involve pairs of papers on the same topic from different disciplines; practice talks (especially talks that are interdisciplinary in nature or might be presented to an interdisciplinary audience); conference reports from cognitive science conferences; and occasional invited speakers of interest to the group.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:41:52 -0400 2019-12-09T15:00:00-05:00 2019-12-09T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Career and Professional Development Open House (January 10, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70945 70945-17758140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 2020 9:30am
Location: Taubman Library
Organized By: UMMS Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

University of Michigan Medical School graduate students and postdocs are invited to attend the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Career and Professional Development Open House.

You'll be able to learn about upcoming events, set some goals, reconnect with the OGPS team, and enjoy some breakfast!

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:51:38 -0500 2020-01-10T09:30:00-05:00 2020-01-10T11:00:00-05:00 Taubman Library UMMS Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Careers / Jobs
Designing Learning Goals: Targeting Concepts Behind A Formula (January 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71357 71357-17819245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

What can we do to move our students beyond a “plug and chug” numerical competency to a deeper, conceptual understanding of formulae? In this session, instructors will learn about backwards design and the value of “beginning with the end in mind.” Instructors will then practice writing learning goals to target a common student misconceptions in their field, guided by research about discipline-specific bottlenecks.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:19:25 -0500 2020-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T11:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
It’s Time for Action: Generating an Active Learning Plan (February 10, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71358 71358-17819247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

Creating a plan to engage students in active learning can be challenging. In this workshop, you will learn about a variety of active learning techniques then begin to formulate a plan for implementing active learning in your own course.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:21:04 -0500 2020-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T15:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
MCIRCC Re-Imagining Critical Care Seminar Series (February 17, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71948 71948-17903306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 3:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

“Innovation Fundamentals & Opportunities in Critical Care Biomarker Discovery”

Frederick Korley MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Korley's research activities involve translation of novel diagnostics to inform clinically rational, timely, and cost-effective diagnosis of cardiac and brain injury in the emergency department. The goal of his traumatic brain injury work is to improve the acute care diagnosis, risk-stratification and treatment of TBI by identifying distinct molecular subtypes of TBI that will allow for targeted treatment and improved outcomes.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION:
http://bit.ly/FrederickKorley

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:02:33 -0500 2020-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Workshop / Seminar MCIRCC Re-Imagining Critical Care Seminar Series with Dr. Frederick K. Korley Flyer
The Science of Learning (February 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71359 71359-17819248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

In this workshop, we will summarize key findings on how people learn, and connect them to practical implications for teaching. Through interactive activities based on the science of learning, you will investigate teaching strategies you can use to optimize learning for all of your students.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:22:30 -0500 2020-02-18T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T11:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Genetics Training Program / CMB Short Course (630) (February 18, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72320 72320-17974673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Welcome to the Exciting World of Tandem and Interspersed DNA Repeat Elements
Presented By Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of Michigan Medical School
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
3:00 p.m.
West Lecture Hall, Med Sci II

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:25:19 -0500 2020-02-18T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit II Department of Human Genetics Lecture / Discussion Nandakumar GTP / CMB Short Course Flyer
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
How Stereotype Threat, Impostor Syndrome, and Growth Mindset Affect Student Learning (February 28, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71360 71360-17819250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

Research shows that when students worry about fulfilling a negative stereotype related to certain social identities, it can hurt their learning (a phenomenon known as stereotype threat). Research also shows that an instructor’s beliefs about their own and their students’ intelligence and ability impact the classroom environment. In this interactive session, participants will reflect on instructor and student social identities and learn about strategies for mitigating stereotype threat, impostor syndrome, and encouraging a growth mindset for students in their classes.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:23:53 -0500 2020-02-28T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T15:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
2020 MASSEY TBI GRAND CHALLENGE KICKOFF (March 5, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69927 69927-17489276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:30am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

The Massey TBI Grand Challenge supports high-impact proposals by funding milestone-driven research over a 12-month timeframe.

This event is made possible thanks to a generous gift from the Joyce and Don Massey Family Foundation. Up to $650,000 is available in 2020 to fund the development of diagnostic, device, therapeutic, or health IT solutions that address the initial ‘golden hours’ of care after severe traumatic brain injury (generally the first 48 hours). Additionally, this year ALL current/past awardees and new awardees will be eligible for the Schwabauer Accelerator Award of $40,000. This will be a separate application.

Note: To be considered for funding, you must attend the Grand Challenge event.

Keynote Speaker:
Odette Harris, MD, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine

DETAILS & REGISTRATION:
http://bit.ly/2020-TBI-Grand-Challenge

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Other Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:04:54 -0500 2020-03-05T08:30:00-05:00 2020-03-05T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Other 2020 Massey TBI Grand Challenge
POSTPONED until fall 2020: EEB Early Career Scientists Symposium | Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70505 70505-17602796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Watch for updates later this year.

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is pleased to present Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation, an exciting symposium about innovative and unconventional uses of biological collections across scientific disciplines. The symposium events will take place from the 13-15 March 2020, on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

When biologists think of natural history collections, most tend to think of taxonomy and systematics, yet many are unaware of the uses of biological collections beyond those traditional fields. These studies span the breadth of the tree of life and address broad subjects that span comparative genomics to bioengineering and climate change to historical pathogen dynamics, among many, many more. As stewards of one of the largest university-based biological collections in the world, we are in an extraordinary position to leverage our holdings of biological material from the last century or more. We envision this symposium as a way to showcase the often-unrealized opportunities and non-traditional avenues of research that our collections make possible to the entire scientific community, and emphasize some of the interdisciplinary ways in which our collections are being or could be used. We hope to foster a broader understanding and expanded use of an incomparable resource that the University of Michigan has cultivated for the past two hundred years.

The symposium will feature both established and novel uses of natural history collections across a wide range of taxonomic groups, systems, and time. Our goal is to create a program with contributions from all corners of ecology and evolutionary biology. The program will include two keynote talks by senior speakers and additional talks by early-career speakers.

Thank you!

ECSS 2020 Committee
Jenna Crowe-Riddell
Sonal Gupta
Hernán Lopez-Fernandez, chair
Benjamin Nicholas
Teresa Pegan
Brad Ruhfel
Cody Thompson
Taylor West

Administrative Support
Event coordination: Linda Garcia & Molly Hunter
Event promotion: Gail Kuhnlein
Graphic design/art: John Megahan
Photography: Dale Austin

Image credits:
Painted meadow grasshopper, western rattlesnake, burrowing owl: Eric LoPresti. Moon snail, plant, rabbit skull: John Megahan. Mushrooms: Tim James. Background cabinet: Linda Garcia. Design: John Megahan.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:24:06 -0400 2020-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conference / Symposium Background of collections drawers with boxes on top containing the following: moon snail, painted meadow grasshopper, plant, mushrooms, western rattlesnake, burrowing owl, rabbit skull
RNA Center Journal Club - The architecture of SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome (May 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74371 74371-18674250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Link to publication: https://www.cell.com/pb-assets/products/coronavirus/CELL_CELL-D-20-00765.pdf

Link to Zoom meeting: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97186405854

The RNA Journal Club meets to prepare for seminars and engage with their presenters. The Club studies and reviews the articles relating to upcoming talks. It discusses the theory, methodology and findings of a publication to develop questions for its author.

The Club meets monthly and is open to all. The Journal Club meetings are announced here https://rna.umich.edu/events/. Graduate students and post-docs in RNA research are strongly encouraged to participate. The diversity of expertise within the Club makes it particularly engaging as different perspectives are being exchanged.

The Journal Club is organized by the RNA Student & PostDoc Council. The objective of the RNA Student & PostDoc Council is to work collaboratively across disciplines, build a community and generate innovative ideas to advance RNA research and education across the University of Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 May 2020 11:47:34 -0400 2020-05-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T17:00:00-04:00 Center for RNA Biomedicine Livestream / Virtual logo