Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. MCDB Defense> Elucidating Phagophore Nucleation in the Autophagy Pathway of *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* (June 15, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108558 108558-21819962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 15, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Daniel Klionsky

Note: Location is the LSI Library

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:28:00 -0400 2023-06-15T14:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T15:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Seminar> Barrier Breakdown: Claudin proteins restrict cancer invasion and metastasis (June 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108091 108091-21818931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ann Miller

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 May 2023 15:14:48 -0400 2023-06-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
LHS Collaboratory (June 21, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108002 108002-21819440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speaker:
Dipak Kalra, PhD, FRCGP, FACMI, FBCS
President, The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data
Professor of Health Informatics, UCL and Visiting Professor, University of Gant
One of the strongest drivers for Learning Health Systems in Europe right now is the urgency to strengthen health systems resilience through accelerated digital health transformation. This is a direct reaction to the struggles all of our health systems had during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Up to now digital health innovation has occurred in a rather piecemeal way, often through pilots that fail to scale up or be sustained. There is a real gap in the understanding of how digital health solutions, especially patient empowerment for disease self-management through smart technical solutions, can be appropriately targeted to the right patients, influence care pathways in an efficient and safe way, become culturally embraced by clinical teams and accountably adopted by healthcare provider organizations. There are several initiatives and opportunities in progress in Europe to accelerate the adoption of digital health technologies and to support the dissemination of good practices, which will be discussed during this talk.
In parallel, equally urgent, is the recognition that health data must be better used to support learning at scale, for example to be better prepared to gather intelligence rapidly as a lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to accelerate research that can deliver innovative treatments, devices and algorithms. Many European countries have embarked upon establishing a national or regional health data infrastructure and ecosystem that enables the reuse of data for research. Most exciting of all, the European Commission has announced a multibillion program to establish a European Health Data Space (EHDS). An important success factor for this will be public trust, and therefore getting the governance model right for wide scale data reuse is critical. This talk will explain the approaches being taken across Europe to scale up the ability to analyze large volumes of health data, including its governance, and how the EHDS is anticipated to catalyze a step change in that scale of learning from health data.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 May 2023 00:22:13 -0400 2023-06-21T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
MCDB Defense> Characterizing memory trace reactivation and biosynthetic changes during post-learning sleep in the hippocampus (June 22, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108525 108525-21819892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2023 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Sara Aton

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:18:14 -0400 2023-06-22T10:30:00-04:00 2023-06-22T11:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia As a LGBTQ+ Person (June 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108799 108799-21820410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center

A Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center program for the public and
professionals.

Our monthly Speaker Series provides educational information on a variety of dementia and caregiving related topics. Our target audience for this series is professionals who may work in dementia care and community members who may be interested in learning more. The goal of the series is to increase awareness around these topics and to provide a space to have questions answered.

Registration is required. Please register by contacting
Stephanie Nava at senava@med.umich.edu or
734-615-1755.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:22:37 -0400 2023-06-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T12:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
2023 U-M Neuroscience Conference (June 28, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106647 106647-21814621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Save the date for this annual event, which brings faculty, staff, and learners together to discuss various career opportunities outside of academia along with the opportunity to view presentations, a poster session, and numerous chances to mingle and network with like-minded scientists.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:05:53 -0400 2023-06-28T17:30:00-04:00 2023-06-28T21:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium U0M Neuro Conference 2023
𝗨-𝗠 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 2023 (June 28, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107682 107682-21816358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Providing U-M students, postdocs, staff, and faculty the opportunity to hear presentations, browse scientific posters, and network with like-minded scientists. Registration deadline is May 31, 2023 (https://forms.gle/tcRcRX8RFRBFBRmt9).

The most updated event information will be available on MNI's website at https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/mni/2023-university-michigan-neuroscience-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:21:59 -0400 2023-06-28T17:30:00-04:00 2023-06-28T21:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium Neuro Conference info
2023 U-M Neuroscience Conference (June 29, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106647 106647-21814622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Save the date for this annual event, which brings faculty, staff, and learners together to discuss various career opportunities outside of academia along with the opportunity to view presentations, a poster session, and numerous chances to mingle and network with like-minded scientists.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:05:53 -0400 2023-06-29T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T17:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium U0M Neuro Conference 2023
𝗨-𝗠 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 2023 (June 29, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107682 107682-21816360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Providing U-M students, postdocs, staff, and faculty the opportunity to hear presentations, browse scientific posters, and network with like-minded scientists. Registration deadline is May 31, 2023 (https://forms.gle/tcRcRX8RFRBFBRmt9).

The most updated event information will be available on MNI's website at https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/mni/2023-university-michigan-neuroscience-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:21:59 -0400 2023-06-29T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T17:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium Neuro Conference info
MCDB Defense> Interaction and Regulation of Dynein by Meiosis-specific Protein KASH5 in Chromosome Motility (July 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108899 108899-21820528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 10:00am
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Co-Mentor: Prof. J.K. Nandakumar
Co-Mentor: Prof. Morgan DeSantis

*Note New location* NUB Room 1528

Also virtual. Check MCDB weekly update for details or
email mcdb.seminar.info@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:15:27 -0400 2023-07-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T11:00:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Seminar> Mosquito receptors that detect human odor (July 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108092 108092-21818932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 May 2023 15:19:56 -0400 2023-07-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Defense> Mechanistic insights into the structural basis for chromosome end replication in mammals and chromosome end protection in *C. elegans* (July 18, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108900 108900-21820529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Jayakrishnan (JK) Nandakumar

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:45:24 -0400 2023-07-18T14:00:00-04:00 2023-07-18T15:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
M-LEEaD 2023 Summer Omics and Data Science Symposium (July 20, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108607 108607-21820200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 9:30am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Registration Required! Please join M-LEEaD on Thursday July 20th for our Summer Omics and Data Science Symposium- either online or in person!
Speakers will showcase the use of omics and data science in their environmental health sciences (EHS) related research, and the event will also feature the work of several ESI! Justin Colacino, PhD, MPH, MA, will speak on single cell and spatial studies in EHS, and Stephen Goutman, MD, MS will present on the data science approach used in a current ALS project, including Environmental Risk Scores. The event will also feature the work of several early-stage investigators (Rachel Morgan, PhD, MPH; Bambarendage (Pini) Perera, PhD; Kai Wang, PhD; and Yue Zhao, PhD, MS), with topics on integrating multi-omics approaches, the TaRGET2 Consortium, an environmental chemical-target gene prediction method, and PIWI-interacting RNAs in EHS.
Lunch provided, Registration REQUIRED here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKSYFi65bBhHpUIaHeEPzBcmd3zghbYBXy0heKVp5N_-Ue7w/viewform

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:46:31 -0400 2023-07-20T09:30:00-04:00 2023-07-20T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar Event Poster showing smokestack, date, time, speaker photos
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109144 109144-21821126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1103 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Spectacular new images for 2023 will be making their debut!

July 20 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Thu)
July 21 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Fri)
July 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Sat)

Every day at the University of Michigan, scientists from many fields work together to study organism development, function and disease. While the goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world around us, many are also taking the time to share the beauty of their work with others through a program called BioArtography. In the course of research, scientists use special stains to add color to the otherwise transparent tissues. Microscopes then allow detailed observation of the tiny, colorful biological structures revealed in these images. This results in a fascinating combination of art and science that U-M researchers are capturing in pictures taken through microscopes and turning into artworks that would look beautiful on any wall.

The goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world that surrounds us. Proceeds from the sale of this work help support the training of our next generation of researchers. Past BioArtography sales have raised enough money to send more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to scientific conferences, where they can present their work to other scientists and make connections that can help them launch their careers in research and industry.

Throughout the year BioArtography images (a collection of over 250) can be viewed and ordered online at www.bioartography.com

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Fair / Festival Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:11:27 -0400 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Fair / Festival 2023 BioArtography Booth Ann Arbor Art Fair
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109144 109144-21821127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 21, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1103 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Spectacular new images for 2023 will be making their debut!

July 20 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Thu)
July 21 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Fri)
July 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Sat)

Every day at the University of Michigan, scientists from many fields work together to study organism development, function and disease. While the goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world around us, many are also taking the time to share the beauty of their work with others through a program called BioArtography. In the course of research, scientists use special stains to add color to the otherwise transparent tissues. Microscopes then allow detailed observation of the tiny, colorful biological structures revealed in these images. This results in a fascinating combination of art and science that U-M researchers are capturing in pictures taken through microscopes and turning into artworks that would look beautiful on any wall.

The goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world that surrounds us. Proceeds from the sale of this work help support the training of our next generation of researchers. Past BioArtography sales have raised enough money to send more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to scientific conferences, where they can present their work to other scientists and make connections that can help them launch their careers in research and industry.

Throughout the year BioArtography images (a collection of over 250) can be viewed and ordered online at www.bioartography.com

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Fair / Festival Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:11:27 -0400 2023-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-21T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Fair / Festival 2023 BioArtography Booth Ann Arbor Art Fair
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 22, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109144 109144-21821128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1103 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Spectacular new images for 2023 will be making their debut!

July 20 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Thu)
July 21 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Fri)
July 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Sat)

Every day at the University of Michigan, scientists from many fields work together to study organism development, function and disease. While the goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world around us, many are also taking the time to share the beauty of their work with others through a program called BioArtography. In the course of research, scientists use special stains to add color to the otherwise transparent tissues. Microscopes then allow detailed observation of the tiny, colorful biological structures revealed in these images. This results in a fascinating combination of art and science that U-M researchers are capturing in pictures taken through microscopes and turning into artworks that would look beautiful on any wall.

The goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world that surrounds us. Proceeds from the sale of this work help support the training of our next generation of researchers. Past BioArtography sales have raised enough money to send more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to scientific conferences, where they can present their work to other scientists and make connections that can help them launch their careers in research and industry.

Throughout the year BioArtography images (a collection of over 250) can be viewed and ordered online at www.bioartography.com

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Fair / Festival Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:11:27 -0400 2023-07-22T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-22T20:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Fair / Festival 2023 BioArtography Booth Ann Arbor Art Fair
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kristel Sánchez, EEB Ph.D. Student (August 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107823 107823-21817079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kristel Sánchez, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Exploring the mechanisms of medicinal diets in an aquatic host-parasite system"

Kristel presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:46:43 -0400 2023-08-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-08-04T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
M-LEEaD Fall 2023 Seminar: Ovarian Disrupting Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (August 15, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109752 109752-21824480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us for an in-person seminar discussing ovarian disrupting effects of contaminants of emerging concern. Our speaker, Shuo Xiao, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and is part of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI).

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Presentation Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:52:13 -0400 2023-08-15T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-15T09:00:00-04:00 Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Presentation Poster with image of ovary and medical items
The Latest in Alzheimer's Research (August 15, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110226 110226-21824545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center

Join us to learn the latest research from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Registration is required to Stephanie Nava at senava@med.umich.edu or 734-615-1755.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:27:15 -0400 2023-08-15T14:00:00-04:00 2023-08-15T15:00:00-04:00 Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
MCDB Master's Defense> The effect of dosage compensation machinery on aging. (August 16, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109973 109973-21823491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Gyorgyi Csankovszki

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:18:00 -0400 2023-08-16T14:00:00-04:00 2023-08-16T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
The Latest in Alzheimer's Research (August 23, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110226 110226-21824544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center

Join us to learn the latest research from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Registration is required to Stephanie Nava at senava@med.umich.edu or 734-615-1755.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:27:15 -0400 2023-08-23T10:00:00-04:00 2023-08-23T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
MCDB Seminar> Microtubules, mitochondria, and dynein in the axon terminal (September 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110865 110865-21825681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:32:22 -0400 2023-09-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Time Management (September 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109967 109967-21823484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

It’s time to get your semester organized! Come for a workshop style session to set a personal time management plan. Participants will receive paper copies of a full semester at a glance, as well as monthly, weekly, and daily schedule options. Bring your course syllabi and any tools you may already be using to manage your time (physical planners, phone apps, or virtual platforms) to design your time management plan for the fall semester.

Register on Sessions at: https://myumi.ch/DwQx8

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:47:05 -0400 2023-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of a hand on a clock with the words "Time Management"
Grad School in the Biosciences - Before, During, and After PhD (September 8, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109719 109719-21822731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A panel of current and past biology grad students covering the application process, graduate research, and careers post-degree. The second half of the panel will be open to questions.

Friday, 9/8 at 1pm in 1010 BSB (hybrid)

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSbNU4TGCznDYBvb0Kep2ZcIVaD2iRXRWPhVCbWKbXku__qA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:07:25 -0400 2023-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Human POT1 Caps the 5’ End of the Chromosome- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109681 109681-21822698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday September 12th, 2023 in 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:20:32 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Nandakumar
Hypothalamic Glia in the Intersection of Environmental Stress & Metabolism (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111369 111369-21826902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Marianna Sadagurski, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University which included training at the NIDDK at the NIH. Following her doctorate, she completed her postdoctoral training at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sadagurski’s research focuses on the central regulation of metabolism in the context of environmental stress, obesity, and aging. Her lab employs a multidisciplinary approach that integrates cutting-edge molecular, genetic, and metabolic assessments in rodents to manipulate brain neurocircuits and inflammatory pathways, thus elucidating the central mechanisms that regulate metabolic homeostasis. She has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Cell Metabolism, Diabetes, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Metabolism, and Aging Cell. Her research has earned her several awards, including the ADA Junior Faculty Award. Her research has also been supported by the NIA, NIDDK, and NIEHS, including her contributions to the NIH Superfund Center “CLEAR” at WSU.

NOTE: This is an in-person event. It will not be webcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:15:52 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Photo of the speaker with the talk title "Hypothalamic Glia in the Intersection of Environmental Stress & Metabolism" and Sept. 12, 12:00 to 12:50 pm, in room 1655 of School of Public Health 1. Background is drawings of microglia and astrocytes.
Celebrate Invention (September 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108937 108937-21820610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Innovation Partnerships

Celebrate University of Michigan inventors and the growing impact of U-M innovations at Innovation Partnerships’ annual Celebrate Invention!

You won’t want to miss this year’s event featuring demonstrations from promising U-M startups, networking opportunities, panel discussions featuring prominent inventors and alumni and the presentation of the Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award.

Thursday, September 14, 2023
3:00–6:00 pm
Michigan Union, 2nd Floor
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Part of Ann Arbor SPARK's a2Tech360, Celebrate Invention is free and open to the public. Register today at https://myumi.ch/73Rd2

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Reception / Open House Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:54:50 -0400 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Innovation Partnerships Reception / Open House Image of the Celebrate Invention logo on a blue background.
Interdisciplinary QC-CM Seminar | Multi-Gap Topological Physics: Geometrical Notions, Physical Phases and Novel Responses (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110515 110515-21825004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary QC/CM Seminars

I will review recent work on multi-gap topological states. These phases are characterized by topological structures that cannot be captured by advances in more conventional symmetry-based topological classifications schemes. Upon utilizing new insights into connections with general geometric identities I will elucidate the structure of these phases and highlight physical signatures in both equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium settings. These signatures are increasingly finding pathways to the laboratory in contexts that range from meta-materials and quantum simulators to electronic and phononic structures in real material candidates. As a highlight I will address how this understanding vice versa also relates to new takes on formulating novel quantum geometrical framework that can be probed by physical responses.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:59:14 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Interdisciplinary QC/CM Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (September 18, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Science Communication Certificate Program (Deadline) (September 18, 2023 11:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112250 112250-21828651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 11:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

Our certificate program covers communication techniques that bridge academic research with public engagement. Through a series of workshops, participants will gain the skills to bring their research to life for audiences of all ages, ultimately giving a "Scientist in the Forum" presentation to the public at the Museum of Natural History.

Anyone with current or past lab research experience is eligible.

Apply: https://linktr.ee/second_uofm

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Other Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:02:40 -0400 2023-09-18T23:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Other SECOND Logo
Evolutionary Trajectories and Genomic Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109684 109684-21822699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday September 19th, 2023 in 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:07:15 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Anupama Khare
Visualization in Research, Part I (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109880 109880-21823191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

Steve Alvey, graphics specialist in OVPR’s Office of Research Development, will discuss best practices for developing conceptual figures and other visualizations that communicate research in clear, compelling ways. Learn the fundamentals of design, including effective use of color and typography, that help grant proposals or presentations come together. Simple and appealing visuals also help broad audiences better understand complex data, ideas and impact. The presenter will provide examples of proposal graphics that exemplify best practices.

This is the first in a series of research visualization workshops; future sessions will include how to work with designers and how to maximize emotional impact (the "wow" factor) with research figures.

Calendar invites with a Zoom link will be sent via email after you register below.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:09:39 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual U-M Research Development
Clinical Simulation Center Lunch and Learn (September 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110628 110628-21825182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at noon. Dr. Claar will be presenting and leading a discussion for the Clinical Simulation Center Lunch and Learn meeting.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:45:03 -0400 2023-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Dru Claar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Co-Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Ann Arbor Veteran Affairs Medical Center
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111904 111904-21827870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Large datasets of single-cell gene expression and cellular morphology provide an exciting opportunity to learn predictive models of cellular properties. Replicating the remarkable successes of generative AI models for vision and language in the cellular domain would be highly significant for biomedical science. In this talk, I will present three examples of how generative AI can predict key properties of cells, including their dynamics during differentiation, their responses to perturbation, and their morphological shapes.

Short bio:
Joshua Welch is an Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina in 2017 and performed postdoctoral research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT before starting at the University of Michigan in 2018. His team develops computational approaches for single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data analysis with applications to stem cell reprogramming and neuroscience. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:03:47 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Annual U-M Drug Discovery Symposium (September 21, 2023 8:55am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111824 111824-21827622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 8:55am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Drug Discovery

Schedule
8:55 a.m. | Symposium welcome
Peter Toogood, Ph.D.
Director, Michigan Drug Discovery
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

9:00 a.m. | Research talk: Engineering strategies for modulating the gut microbiome and anti-tumor immunity
James Moon, Ph.D.
J.G. Searle Professor, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, U-M College of Pharmacy; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

10:15 a.m. | Research talk: Development of new targeted agents for epigenetic modifiers in leukemia
Jolanta Grembecka, Ph.D.
Richard and Susan Rogel Professor of Cancer Therapeutics and Professor of Pathology, U-M Medical School
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

11:30 a.m. | Coffee/snack break
East Conference Room, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

11:45 a.m. | Research talk: Cell painting for patient-centric disease modeling and drug discovery
Jonny Sexton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School; Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

1:00 a.m. | Networking lunch
Assembly Hall, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

2:00 p.m. | Research talk: HLA allele-based design of drugs for bone erosion and other conditions
Joseph (Yossi) Holoshitz, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

3:15 p.m. | Keynote presentation: Adventures in drug hunting
Wendy Young, Ph.D.
Biopharma Executive & Scientific Advisor
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

4:30 p.m. | Closing remarks
Peter Toogood
Amphitheater, 4th floor, Rackham Graduate School

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:31:35 -0400 2023-09-21T08:55:00-04:00 2023-09-21T16:45:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Drug Discovery Conference / Symposium Michigan Drug Discovery logo on a navy background
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111023 111023-21826009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

1. Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

2. Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

3. Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:21:08 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc appreciation Seminars Sept 21
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111638 111638-21827355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:39:07 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations
MCDB Seminar> Development of a sex-specific courtship behavior in female *Drosophila* (September 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110338 110338-21824793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:21:14 -0400 2023-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (September 25, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
SCSAP Monthly Seminar Series (September 25, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112097 112097-21828437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2023 1:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP)

Join us for the Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP) Monthly Seminar Series Kickoff!
In-Person Seminar (talk will not be recorded)
"Title: MorphNet uses spatial transcriptomics to predict morphology from gene expression"
Featuring: Joshua D. Welch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Michigan

When: Monday September 25th
Location: Research Auditorium, NCRC Building 10
In-Person ONLY
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
RSVP Requested
Contact us at singlecellspatialanalysis@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:04:49 -0400 2023-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP) Workshop / Seminar Joshua Welch - Series Flyer
Writing Personal and Academic Statements (September 26, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109722 109722-21822737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

Bioscience postdocs and grad students will cover what to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing statements for research-based grad programs. There will be a chance for workshopping statement drafts in small groups. This event is hybrid.

RSVP: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:58:30 -0400 2023-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Synaptic Alterations and Microglial Dysfunction within Inflamed Visual Circuits in Demyelinating Disease (September 27, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109904 109904-21823215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2023 CDB Seminar Series

We are pleased to announce that Sebastian Werneburg, Ph.D. will present his talk titled "Synaptic Alterations and Microglial Dysfunction within Inflamed Visual Circuits in Demyelinating Disease," on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. This will be live in the ABC Conference room - BSRB and via Zoom Meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99078107446.

Hosted by: Kristen Verhey, Ph.D.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:39:46 -0400 2023-09-27T09:30:00-04:00 2023-09-27T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Synaptic Alterations and Microglial Dysfunction within Inflamed Visual Circuits in Demyelinating Disease
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (September 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111213 111213-21826246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

ABSTRACT:
DNA methylation is essential for mammalian embryonic and post-natal development. Mutations in the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A, which is expressed as two isoforms, DNMT3A1 and DNMT3A2, cause abnormal brain development in children and clonal hematopoiesis in older individuals. Additionally, DNA methylation patterns are profoundly altered in all human cancers in the absence of mutations in the components of the methylation machinery. We have discovered that a large majority of human tumors overexpress the DNMT3A2 isoform and have determined the cryo-EM structure of this isoform together with its non-catalytically active accessory protein, DNMT3B3 bound to a nucleosome. Unexpectedly, the heterotetrameric complex binds to the acidic patch present on all nucleosomes raising questions as to how specificity of methylation is obtained. The mechanisms responsible for the generation of altered DNA methylation patterns in all human cancers are not understood. We have found profound alterations in the ratios of DNMT3A2 to DNMT3B3 which might be partially responsible for these changes. I will also discuss the development of new drugs and combinations to target abnormal methylation in cancer and present results of small clinical trials in patients to test these approaches.

BIO:
Peter Jones was born in Cape Town, raised and attended college in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and received his Ph.D. from the University of London. He joined the University of Southern California in 1977, attaining the rank of Professor in 1985 and Distinguished Professor in 1999. He served as Director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center between 1993 and 2011. Dr. Jones became Chief Scientific Officer of Van Andel Institute (VAI) in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2014. His laboratory discovered the effects of 5 azacytidine on cytosine methylation and first established the link between DNA methylation, gene expression and differentiation. He helped pioneer the field of epigenetics, particularly its role in cancer, and helped develop novel cancer therapies. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and received several honors, including two Outstanding Investigator Awards from the NCI. He and Stephen Baylin shared the Kirk Landon Award for Basic Cancer Research from the AACR in 2009 and the Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society in 2011. Dr. Jones is a past President of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009 and a Fellow of the Academy of the AACR in 2013. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA in 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and received an honorary D.Sc. from Stellenbosch University in 2018.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:02:05 -0400 2023-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Everything You Need to Know When Utilizing Probability Panels: Best Practices in Planning, Fielding, and Analysis (September 27, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112696 112696-21829462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS SEMINAR SERIES
September 27, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm

IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM
- In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research.
- Via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN UTILIZING PROBABILITY PANELS: BEST PRACTICES IN PLANNING, FIELDING, AND ANALYSIS

Speakers: David Dutwin & Ipek Bilgen

Probability-based panel survey research is more widespread than ever, as the continuing decline in survey response rates makes cross-sectional sample surveys less and less accessible both in terms of fit for purpose data quality and cost. The attraction of probability panels for surveys is their ability to attain, dependent upon their recruiting methods, comparable response rates to cross-section polls, but at a lower cost and more expeditious execution. Panels are a unique type of survey research platform: Unlike cross-sections, panels recruit respondents specifically for future participation in surveys. In return, panelists are financially compensated, typically to join the panel in the first place, and then secondarily for each survey in which they participate.

These differences to cross-sectional surveys have a range of potential implications. How does the method and effort of recruiting impact who joins, and as a consequence what is best practice? What do panels do to retain panelists over time and which strategies are more successful than others? How much of a concern is panel conditioning, that is, the impact of persons repetitively taking surveys over time, and what are the implications for how frequently panelists should take surveys? How do panels, which exclusively request that panelists take surveys on the Internet, deal with people who do not have or are not comfortable using the Internet? What is the impact of panelist attrition and what are best efforts to replenish retired panelists? How successful are panels are executing true longitudinal surveys? And, given the additional layers of complexity, how are panel surveys properly weighted and estimated?

This seminar is meant to serve two purposes. First, it will serve as a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what, in short, they are working with: What questions to ask and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. Second, it will serve as an exploration of best practices for the practitioners of surveys: Raising issues of data quality, cost, and execution.

Learning Objectives:

1. For consumers of panel data: Understanding the features of panels with which to be knowledgeable; to know the important questions to ask panel vendors when assessing their fit for purpose of your research.
2. For researchers and practitioners: To understand the many dimensions and decision points in the building, maintenance, deployment, and delivery of multi-client panels and panel data.

Bios:

David Dutwin, PhD, is Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Business Ventures and Initiatives and Chief Scientist of AmeriSpeak at NORC at the University of Chicago. David provides scientific and programmatic thought leadership in support of NORC’s ongoing innovations. In addition to identifying new business opportunities, he lends expertise on research design conceptualization, methodological innovation, and product development. He leads the panel operations and the statistics and methods divisions of AmeriSpeak. David assists in NORC strategic vision and strategy, project acquisition and management of advance research methods. Prior research has focused on election methodology, surveying of low-incidence populations, the use of big data in survey research, and data quality in survey panels. He is a senior fellow of the Program for Opinion Research and Election Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. An avid member of the AAPOR community, David served as president from 2018-2019. He previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council as conference chair and has served full terms on several committees. For over twenty years, he has taught courses in survey research and design, political polling, research methods, rhetorical theory, media effects, and other courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Arizona, and West Chester University.

Ipek Bilgen, PhD, is a Principal Research Methodologist in the Methodology and Quantitative Social Sciences Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Ipek is the Deputy Director of NORC’s Center for Panel Survey Sciences. Additionally, she oversees AmeriSpeak’s methodological research and innovations. As part of her role within AmeriSpeak, she also provides survey design expertise, questionnaire development and review support, and leads cognitive interview and usability testing efforts for client studies. Ipek received both her Ph.D. and M.S. from the Survey Research and Methodology (SRAM) Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has published and co-authored articles in Journal of Official Statistics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Survey Practice, Social Currents, Social Science Computer Review, Field Methods, Journal of Quantitative Methods, SAGE Research Methods, and Quality and Quantity on issues related to interviewing methodology, web surveys, online panels, internet sampling and recruitment approaches, nonresponse and measurement issues in surveys. In the past, she has served on AAPOR’s and MAPOR’s Executive Councils. Ipek is currently teaching at the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago and serving as Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:29:30 -0400 2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Panel Discussion: Renée Fleming’s Music and Mind (September 27, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110203 110203-21824490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Soprano superstar Renée Fleming is a leading advocate for the study of powerful connections between the arts and health, and has worked with the National Institutes of Health and other leading organizations to bring attention to research and practice at the intersection of music, health, and neuroscience. The day before her performance in Ann Arbor, she will be joined by local researchers and medical practitioners for a public conversation exploring these important topics.

Presented in partnership with Michigan Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:38:58 -0400 2023-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T19:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building University Musical Society (UMS) Lecture / Discussion Renée Fleming
M-LEEaD Fall 2023 Seminar: Ovarian Disrupting Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (September 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109752 109752-21822767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us for an in-person seminar discussing ovarian disrupting effects of contaminants of emerging concern. Our speaker, Shuo Xiao, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and is part of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI).

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Presentation Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:52:13 -0400 2023-09-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Presentation Poster with image of ovary and medical items
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (September 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110354 110354-21824809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "Insights from an adipo-centric investigator: bone marrow adiposity, cool adaptation, and more..."

Ormond MacDougald, Ph.D.
John A. Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Professor, Internal Medicine
Michigan Medicine, Medical School

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:19:49 -0400 2023-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. MacDougald Sept. 28, 2023
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (September 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Neuron type-specific protein expression at striatal excitatory synapse -- a study of quantitative neuroscience (September 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110868 110868-21825684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Wanlu Du

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:31:40 -0400 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
CEP162 deficiency causes human retinal degeneration and reveals a dual role in ciliogenesis and neurogenesis (September 29, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111371 111371-21826901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

Dissertation Defense

We are pleased to announce that Nafisa Nuzhat, Ph.D. candidate, will present her Dissertation Defense titled "CEP162 deficiency causes human retinal degeneration and reveals a dual role in ciliogenesis and neurogenesis" on Friday, September 29th, 2023 from 3-4:00 p.m., via live stream: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/3386390016, and in person at Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium.

Dissertation Committee:
Jillian Pearring (Mentor)
Kristen Verhey (Chair)
Peter Hitchcock
Ryoma Ohi
Swathi Yadlapalli

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:14:28 -0400 2023-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual CEP162 deficiency causes human retinal degeneration and reveals a dual role in ciliogenesis and neurogenesis
Michigan in Washington Fall 2023 Application Deadline (October 2, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110233 110233-21824612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is accepting applications for Winter 2024 and early admission to Fall 2024. The deadline is October 2nd and applications are available on M-Compass. Info Session: September 12th and 19th at 6:00 PM
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99157149437

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Meeting Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:35:22 -0400 2023-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting MIW
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (October 2, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
MCDB Seminar> How the gut got its spots: a fluid-like mesenchyme shapes the intestine (October 2, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112895 112895-21829720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Gyorgyi Csankovszki

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:53:15 -0400 2023-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 2, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-02T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107937 107937-21819158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Curious about studying abroad as an undergraduate at U-M?
Come explore everything the Center for Global and Intercultural Study has to offer and find the best program for you!

*CGIS is part of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), but all U-M undergraduates are welcome to apply to our programs.*

No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Get your questions answered! Come chat with:
- CGIS Program Advisors
- Recent U-M study abroad students
- Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarships Office
- Newnan Academic Advisors
- Other on-campus offices
*Several study abroad offices from around campus will also be present.*

With over 120 CGIS programs in 40+ countries ranging from a few weeks to an academic year, there are many options to choose from.

If you want to learn more about how to satisfy your major/minor requirements abroad, how to afford study abroad, how to travel with other U-M students on a faculty-led trip, or want to know what to expect, be sure to add this event to your calendar and drop by!

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Fair / Festival Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:34:42 -0400 2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival CGIS Study Abroad Fair - Come find the program for you!
Regulation of the Ribosome-Translocon Interaction by the Ubiquitin Like Protein UFM1- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109686 109686-21822701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday October 3rd, 2023 in room 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:25:29 -0400 2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Ron Kopito
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic (October 4, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113114 113114-21830116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 4, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic

Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
Hang Joon Kim (University of Cincinnati)
Stephen Kaputa (U.S. Census Bureau)

In the “traditional'” finite population sampling framework, the sample designer has a complete list (frame) of eligible units with classification information and auxiliary variables related to surveyed characteristics. In our setting, the frame auxiliary variables are weakly related to the survey characteristic, which is not present for most units. Hence, using frame auxiliary variables to assess survey design efficacy can be misleading. Instead, we propose generating multiple partially synthetic frames, modeling characteristic values for each unit on the frame, then drawing repeated samples from each synthetic frame using the candidate sample design(s) to assess finite sample performance for each design within and between the synthetic frames. Focusing on establishment survey data, we illustrate our proposed approach on a subset of industries surveyed annually by the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey.

Katherine Jenny Thompson is the Senior Mathematical Statistician in the Economic Directorate of the Census Bureau. Jenny holds a masters of science degree in Applied Statistics from the George Washington University and an bachelor or arts degree in Mathematics from Oberlin College. She is an American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, an elected member of the International Statistics Institute, and the Vice President Elect of the ASA. She is the Survey Statistics Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Official Statistics. She has published papers on a variety of topics related to complex surveys in several journals, including the Journal of Official Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), Survey Methodology, Annals of Applied Statistics, International Statistical Review, Journal of Survey Sampling and Methodology, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:43:03 -0400 2023-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
CANCELLED - Imaging brain dynamics with light: New technologies and studies of large-scale cortical coding (October 5, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111960 111960-21830979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 3:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Featuring Mark J. Schnitzer, Ph.D., Biology and Applied Physics Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University.

Optical techniques have become central to research at the forefront of brain science and are rapidly increasing in their breadth and importance. I will present recent advances in optical brain imaging, which have allowed the visualization of large-scale neural coding in behaving animals and optical readouts of neuronal voltage oscillations. Neuroscientists use these innovations to study information processing in healthy and diseased brain states. As an in-depth example, I will describe imaging experiments that address questions first raised by John von Neumann about how the brain can compute so accurately even though individual neurons appear to be extremely noisy. By using custom optical mesoscopes to image neuronal dynamics across the mouse visual cortex, we found that neocortex supports reliable sensory performance through brief elevations in sensory coding redundancy near the start of perception, neural population codes that are robust to cellular variability, and widespread inter-area fluctuation modes that transmit sensory data and task responses in non-interfering channels. These measurements reveal mesoscale dynamics of cortical visual processing and provide constraints for the design of future brain-machine interfaces.

More broadly, an upcoming generation of optical instruments is poised to lay the basis for rich interactions between experimental neuroscience, machine learning, and human health.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:40:13 -0400 2023-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 1027 E. Huron Building Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Agranoff Cancelled
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Lysosomal quality control in health and disease (October 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110869 110869-21825685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ming Li

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:37:43 -0400 2023-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (October 9, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828632@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 9, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-09T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
The Role of Noncoding RNAs and RNA Binding Proteins in Cancer: Shedding Light on the Transcriptomic Dark Matter -Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109688 109688-21822702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday October 10th, 2023 in room 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:28:04 -0400 2023-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Shannon Lauberth
Victors for Clinical and Research Faculty Development (October 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113234 113234-21830592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Fan Wang, BS, Ph.D.
Professor
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Cambridge Massachusetts

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:29:00 -0400 2023-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Fan Wang, BS, Ph.D.
Interview Practice and CV Design (October 10, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110518 110518-21825008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

This seminar will cover what to expect with graduate school interviews (and those in academia generally), as well as how to design a CV vs a resume. There will be interview practice in small groups during the second half. This event is hybrid.

RSVP: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:03:30 -0400 2023-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - New data, new questions, old problems? Online behavioral data in social science research (October 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113445 113445-21831024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 11, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

New data, new questions, old problems? Online behavioral data in social science research

Records of individuals’ online activities obtained from devices like personal computers and smartphones have received a lot of interest in the social sciences in recent years. Many have praised such data for allowing fine-grained observations of individuals’ online activities which would be impossible with more traditional data sources such as surveys. Recent work, however, warns that many data quality aspects of these novel data are so far poorly under- stood. As the number of observations can quickly reach several millions, researchers seem tempted to treat online behavioral data as gold standard, ignore what their data may be missing, and which other systematic biases may be present. In this talk, I present both applied and methodological work using online behavioral data in a typical social science setting. First, using within-between random effects models, I show how online behavioral data combined with a panel survey allows us to understand the effects of news media consumption from populist alternative news platforms on individuals’ political attitudes. Second, I show that online behavioral data, although containing detailed records of individuals’ social media use, are far from being complete. Using hidden Markov models, combined online behavioral data, survey records, and donated social media data, I show that the online behavioral data seem to completely fail in capturing social media use for about one third of the sample. I emphasize the need for researchers to navigate the complexities of online behavioral data, highlighting potentials and limitations.

Ruben Bach is a Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany. His research is concerned with data quality in social science data products and applied computational social science (media consumption, political attitudes, socially responsible AI). In the fall of 2023, he is a visitor with the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:29:09 -0400 2023-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Science Success Series | Ace Your Courses: Metacognition is Key! (October 11, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109968 109968-21823485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Have you ever found yourself putting forth a great deal of effort into your courses, but not feeling like you are actually learning or are left unsatisfied with your grade? This workshop, based on the work of Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire, will enable you to analyze your current learning strategies, understand exactly what changes you need to implement to earn an A in your courses, identify concrete strategies to use during the remainder of your semester, and become a more efficient learner.

Register on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/73Gy6

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:05:17 -0400 2023-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of the "Teach Yourself How to Learn" book cover
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 11, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112279 112279-21828743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Signaling-regulated transcription factors (TFs) orchestrate the developmental and differentiation trajectories of cells and their activation states. Understanding TF activities at the single-cell level represents a formidable challenge. Single-cell multi-omics technologies now measure different modalities such as RNA, surface proteins, and chromatin states. Moreover, emerging spatial technologies offer highly multiplex profiling of RNAs and proteins, while preserving the spatial context of the tissue. Consequently, there is a tremendous need for computational methods to integrate these measurements and infer the underlying cell type- and state-specific transcriptional programs. In this talk, I will present our computational frameworks for delineating context-specific regulatory programs based on single-cell omics and spatial transcriptomics datasets. These frameworks have the potential to fill a significant gap in knowledge by defining cell context-specific regulators driving cellular identity, as well as discovering new targets and approaches for advancing therapy.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Short Bio:
Hatice Ülkü Osmanbeyoğlu joined University of Pittsburgh in December 2018 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a member of Hillman's Cancer Biology Program. She is also affiliated with the Intelligent System Program in the School of Computing and Information, the Bioengineering in the School of Medicine and the Biostatistics in the School of Public Health. Hatice has a BS in Computer Engineering from Northeastern University (2004, Summa Cum Laude), MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (2006), MS in Bioengineering from University of Pittsburgh (2009) and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from University of Pittsburgh (2012). She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Christina Leslie Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her multidisciplinary research utilizes novel machine learning techniques and multi-omics and imaging technologies to extract therapeutical and biological insight for the purpose of precision medicine. She is a recipient of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Postdoctoral Research Award, NIH NCI Pathway to Independence Award, the Innovation in Cancer Informatics Award and Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:33:58 -0400 2023-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
LSI Seminar Series: Ariel Feldstein, M.D., Novo Nordisk and University of California San Diego (October 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112501 112501-21829030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

In person at Palmer Commons, Forum Hall, Thursday October 12, Noon - 1:00 p.m. (and on Zoom)

Cell death and inflammation are two central elements in the development of liver fibrosis and injury. Inflammasomes are intracellular multiprotein complexes expressed in both hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells in the liver that are key regulators of inflammation and cell fate. They respond to cellular danger signals by activating caspase 1, releasing the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18, as well as initiating a novel pathway of programmed cell death termed “pyroptosis.” This novel type of cell death is intrinsically pro-inflammatory because it is associated with the release of IL-1β and other intracellular content to the extracellular space including NLRP3 inflammasome particles that represent a novel mechanism to spread inflammasome signaling to adjacent cells. These downstream effectors of NLRP3 inlfammasome activation in the liver can initiate and perpetuate abnormal wound-healing responses with the principle cellular target being the activation of hepatic stellate cells. From the various inflammasomes, the NLRP3 inflammasome has been increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory liver diseases, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a disease process that is soaring and has evolved as a primary cause of liver fibrosis and need for liver transplantation. In this seminar, I will highlight the growing evidence for both indirect and direct effects of NRLP3 inflammasome activation in triggering liver fibrosis and its role for therapeutic intervention for treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

About the Speaker:
Ariel Feldstein, M.D.
Corporate Vice President Liver & Kidney Disease
Research Novo Nordisk
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego

Ariel Feldstein leads research and early development in the liver and kidney disease therapeutic areas at Novo Nordisk.

Ariel is a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of experience in academic-industry translational research in metabolic and liver diseases, supported continuously for the last 18 years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as several non-federal grants including the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), The American Association for Liver Diseases (AASLD), and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). Ariel trained in pediatrics and liver diseases as well as translational research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and was then recruited to the Cleveland Clinic where he went on to become the Director of Research for the Pediatric Institute. In 2011, he moved to San Diego as Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Rady Children’s Hospital and Tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Liver diseases at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). In 2021, Ariel transitioned to the pharma industry, working first as a Senior Scientific Advisor and in 2022 assumed the role of Corporate Vice President for Liver and Kidney disease research in R&ED at Novo Nordisk. In this position he is responsible for discovery research and preclinical development driving novel targets in chronic liver diseases including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and chronic kidney diseases towards clinical development. He is additionally responsible to lead external high-profile collaborations with both biotech and academic institutions including the Flagship/ Pioneering Medicine – Novo Nordisk collaboration as well as collaborations with MIT, BROAD Institute, and Harvard.

Ariel is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications in top medical journals. His research laboratory has provided important evidence on the role of cell death pathways, and inflammatory responses driven by Inflammasomes during chronic injury, and fibrosis. He is an innovator with several issued patents including the development of soluble cytokeratin-18 as a diagnostic biomarker for NASH. He is a serial entrepreneur being the founder of three Biotech Companies, Torrey Pines Metabolic Health Labs, Jecure Therapeutics (acquired by Roche in 2018), and Elgia Therapeutics.

Please Note:
This is a Hybrid Seminar: In person at Palmer Commons Forum Hall and on Zoom.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:05:18 -0400 2023-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute Seminar Series
Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series Featuring Leslie J. Baier, PhD (October 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110758 110758-21825476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: North Campus Recreation Building
Organized By: Caswell Diabetes Institute

The CDI Seminar Series features plenary seminar events addressing the broad interests in diabetes-,obesity-, metabolism-, and complications-related research and care across UM and worldwide.

This particular seminar features:
Leslie J. Baier, PhD
Section Chief: Diabetes Molecular Genetics Section
Phoenix Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:01:37 -0400 2023-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 North Campus Recreation Building Caswell Diabetes Institute Lecture / Discussion Photo of Leslie J. Baier along with talk title
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 13, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 2023-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Regulatory Mechanisms of Transport Kinesins (October 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110870 110870-21825686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:20:36 -0400 2023-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110856 110856-21825673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "Life course research in oral health: contributions, challenges and misuses"

W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Emeritus Professor (Dental Epidemiology and Public Health)
Editor-in-Chief, Gerodontology
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:08:11 -0400 2023-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. Thomson _ Oct 16
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113272 113272-21830642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Emeritus Professor (Dental Epidemiology and Public Health)
Editor-in-Chief, Gerodontology
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:12:50 -0400 2023-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 16, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-16T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-16T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110857 110857-21825674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "Three decades of xerostomia research: what have we learned?"

W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Emeritus Professor (Dental Epidemiology and Public Health)
Editor-in-Chief, Gerodontology
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:06:57 -0400 2023-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. Thomson _ Oct 17
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113273 113273-21830644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Emeritus Professor (Dental Epidemiology and Public Health)
Editor-in-Chief, Gerodontology
Faculty of Dentistry
The University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:17:09 -0400 2023-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar W. Murray Thomson FRSNZ
Dissecting the Mechanisms of Cell Division (October 18, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111518 111518-21827209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

We are pleased to announce that Jorge Torres, Ph.D., will present his talk titled "Dissecting the Mechanisms of Cell Division," on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Kahn Auditorium - BSRB, and via live stream: Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99078107446.

Hosted By:
CDB Students

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:00:03 -0400 2023-10-18T09:30:00-04:00 2023-10-18T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Dissecting the Mechanisms of Cell Division
LHS Collaboratory (October 18, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112750 112750-21829504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 11:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speaker:
Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD
Professor of Clinical Biostatistics & Medical Decision Making, Chair, Dept of Biomedical Data Sciences
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Clinical prediction models aim to predict a person’s risk of an outcome (e.g. complications, mortality) given their observed characteristics (1). Risk predictions are traditionally derived from regression models. Artificial Intelligence, and specifically Machine Learning methods, are gaining interest to develop predictive algorithms. Predictions from classic models or AI algorithms need to be reliable to provide valid support for tasks such as shared decision making and whether a person should initiate a particular treatment.
The aim of this talk is to review recent developments in prediction model development and validation. Illustrations will be provided from different medical applications. Trustworthiness will be discussed in relation to the statistical aspects -such as sample size and the exceptionality of patients-, model uncertainty, and heterogeneity between contexts of practical application.

References
1. Steyerberg EW. Clinical Prediction Models: A Practical Approach to Development, Validation, and Updating. 2nd ed. Springer International Publishing; 2019. (Statistics for Biology and Health). Available from: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030163983

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:08:38 -0400 2023-10-18T11:30:00-04:00 2023-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Implementing and Adjusting a Non-probability Web Survey: Experiences of EVENs (Survey on the Impact of COVID19 on Ethnic Minorities in the United Kingdom) (October 18, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113847 113847-21831814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 11, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research and via Zoom.
The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Implementing and Adjusting a Non-probability Web Survey: Experiences of EVENs (Survey on the Impact of COVID19 on Ethnic Minorities in the United Kingdom)

Natalie Shlomo
Professor of Social Statistics, University of Manchester

This is joint work with Andrea Aparcio-Castro, Daniel Ellingworth, Angelo Moretti, Harry Taylor, Nissa Finney and James Nazroo

We discuss the challenges of implementing and adjusting a large-scale non-probability web survey. For the application, we focus on the 2021 Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) which was led by the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, in partnership with Ipsos-MORI. The aim was to understand the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on ethnic and religious minority groups in the UK. Standard probability-based surveys, even with ethnic minority group boosts, do not have the sample sizes required to obtain reliable estimates for small group statistics. We therefore designed a non-probability web survey of ethnic minority groups to overcome these limitations. We formed partnerships with community organizations and used innovative recruitment strategies, including digital and social media. Daily monitoring of the data collection against desired sample sizes and R-indicator calculations allowed the team to focus attention on the recruitment of specific groups in a responsive data collection mode. We also supplemented the sample with existing members in both established non-probability and probability-based panels in the UK. We describe the measures applied to improve the quality of the collected data and the statistical adjustments to correct for selection and coverage biases based on estimating the probability of participation in the non-probability sample using combined probability reference samples followed by calibration to auxiliary information from the UK Census 2021. We demonstrate how a pseudo-population bootstrap approach can be designed to obtain bootstrap weights to allow for statistical analyses and inference.

Natalie Shlomo is Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester and publishes widely in the area of survey statistics, including small area estimation, adaptive survey designs, non-probability sampling, confidentiality and privacy, data linkage and integration. She has over 70 publications and refereed book chapters and a track record of generating external funding for her research. She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and President 2023-2025 of the International Association of Survey Statisticians. She also serves on national and international Methodology Advisory Boards at National Statistical Institutes.

Homepage: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/natalie.shlomo.html

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:15:21 -0400 2023-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Weekly DCMB/CCMB Seminar Series (October 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113695 113695-21831467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Core regulatory transcription factors (CR TFs) orchestrate the placement of super enhancers (SEs) to activate transcription of cell-identity specifying gene networks and are critical in promoting cancer. We defined the core regulatory circuitry of fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma (FP-RMS, a cancer of childhood) in primary tumors and cell lines, which includes PAX3-FOXO1 (P3F), MYOD1, SOX8, MYCN and others. To find chemical probes able to selectively inhibit CR TF transcription, we screened the Structural Genomics Consortium epigenetic probe set by RNA-seq. We found that chemical probes along the acetylation-axis, and not the methylation-axis, are able to cause selective disruption of CR TF transcription. Inhibitors of HDACs (acetylation erasers), BRD4 (acetylation readers) and CBP/p300 (acetylation writers) were all able to selectively halt CR TF transcription.
For HDACs, this raised a conundrum: why would too much histone acetylation, an active chromatin mark, stop transcription at CR TFs? ChIP-seq showed that CR TFs build SEs that have the largest quantities of histone acetylation and the enzymes that write acetylation (i.e., p300), yet paradoxically also harbor the highest amounts of the opposing histone deacetylases (HDACs). To investigate the architectural effects of disabling HDACs and causing hyper acetylation, we developed Absolute Quantification of Architecture (AQuA) HiChIP, revealing erosion of native SE contacts at CR TFs, and extensive aberrant contacts. This did not cause an elongation defect, but rather removed RNA Pol2 from core regulatory genetic elements and eliminated RNA-Pol2 phase condensates in 20 minutes. We further dissected the contribution of HDAC isoforms using a set of HDAC selective inhibitors, finding HDAC1/2/3 are co-essential to CR transcription.
Using HAT inhibitors/degraders, we discovered a profound dependence on CBP/p300 for clustering of Pol2 loops that connect P3F to its target genes. In the absence of CBP/p300, Pol2 long range enhancer loops collapse, Pol2 accumulates in CpG islands and fails to exit the gene body. These results reveal a potential novel axis for therapeutic interference with P3F in FP-RMS and clarify the molecular relationship of P3F and CBP/p300 in sustaining active Pol2 clusters essential for oncogenic transcription.
In multiple contexts, we propose Pol2 Un-Loading Ratio (PULR) as a new key metric to quantify and explain the drug induced defects in CR TF transcription. Overall, our data reveals a SE-specific need for balancing histone acetylation states to maintain SE architecture, Pol2 clustering in 3D, and CR TF transcription.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Short bio:
Dr. Berkley Gryder is a chemist who retrained as a molecular biologist and computer scientist. He is passionate about understanding how cancer cells control their genes, and developing new chemical strategies to stop cancer cell’s addiction to gene transcription. Along the way, he has proposed paradigm shifts and surprises that are explaining old conundrums. Recognizing that the “right” answer to a tough question is often out of reach with current tools, Dr. Gryder is always innovating techniques with an ultra-high level of spatial and temporal precision to study gene control/epigenetics.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:53:28 -0400 2023-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110855 110855-21825672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: Developmental Bioengineering for Building Human Embryo and Organ Models"

Jianping Fu, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Adjunct: Biomedical Engineering, Cell & Developmental Biology
University of MIchigan

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:53:55 -0400 2023-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. Fu _ Oct 19th
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113689 113689-21831457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Jianping Fu, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Adjunct: Biomedical Engineering, Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:24:34 -0400 2023-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Jianping Fu, Ph.D.
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 20, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Exploring Careers Beyond Academia & Lunch (ECBAL) Seminar (October 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113795 113795-21831700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We are so excited to announce the first seminar of our series this year. We are hosting Libby O'Brien on Oct. 20th at 12PM in BSB 1010. Since we are providing lunch, please fill out this survey so we know how much to order.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:06:05 -0400 2023-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
MCDB Seminar> How plants do the twist (October 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110337 110337-21824792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Erik Nielsen

Rescheduled from September 15.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:28:19 -0400 2023-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
2023 Annual Ford Lecture in Physics | Secrets of Einstein's Equation (October 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111607 111607-21827317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Albert Einstein is indelibly associated with a famous equation: E=mc^2, relating the mass of an object to its energy. But that is not what physicists consider when they say, "Einstein's Equation." The real Einstein's Equation is part of general relativity, which relates the curvature of spacetime to the mass and energy distributed within it. Professor Carroll will explain why the geometry of spacetime has anything to do with gravity and how this famous equation expresses how spacetime curves.

There will be a reception before the lecture, beginning at 3:30 PM, in Assembly Hall across from the Amphitheatre. Seating will be open at 3:15 PM.

This lecture will be in-person and livestreamed at https://myumi.ch/35d3z.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:52:14 -0400 2023-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Professor Sean Carroll (Johns Hopkins University)
Saturday Morning Physics | The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics (October 21, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111714 111714-21827491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

One of the great intellectual achievements of the twentieth century was the theory of quantum mechanics, according to which observational results can only be predicted probabilistically rather than with certainty. Yet, after decades in which the theory has been successfully used on an everyday basis, most physicists would agree that we still don't truly understand what it means. I will talk about the source of this puzzlement and explain why an increasing number of physicists are led to an apparently astonishing conclusion: that the world we experience constantly branches into different versions, representing the different possible outcomes of quantum measurements. This could have important consequences for quantum gravity and the emergence of spacetime.

The event will be in-person and also live-streamed on YouTube: https://myumi.ch/RpAG2

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Presentation Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:51:40 -0400 2023-10-21T10:30:00-04:00 2023-10-21T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Presentation Professor Sean Carroll, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy (Johns Hopkins University)
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (October 23, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21832733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2023 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2023-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (October 23, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 23, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-23T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Science Success Series | Time Management (October 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109969 109969-21823486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Need a mid-semester time management refresh? Come for a workshop style session to set a personal time management plan. Participants will receive paper copies of a full semester at a glance, as well as monthly, weekly, and daily schedule options. Bring your course syllabi and any tools you may already be using to manage your time (physical planners, phone apps, or virtual platforms) to design your time management plan for the remainder of the fall semester.

Register on Sessions at: https://myumi.ch/zwWJG

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:58:16 -0400 2023-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 1027 E. Huron Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of a hand on a clock with the words "Time Management"
Navigating Lead Contamination in Neighborhoods (October 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113128 113128-21830123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Please join us on Zoom for a Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks at 12' webinar on environment, health and community, and more specifically, on Navigating Lead Contamination in Neighborhoods.

Panelists include: Rachel Marquez (Detroit Hispanic Development Corp) and Eri Saikawa (Emory University). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).

Recordings of previous webinars in the Residents & Researchers series can be viewed here: https://mleead.umich.edu/Video.php

Organized by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of the University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD).

Registration required https://tinyurl.com/2srnd864

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:14:40 -0400 2023-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Livestream / Virtual Oct 24 webinar on Lead Contamination in Neighborhoods
Occam’s RNAzor: the RNA-Centric Model for Germ Granule Assembly -Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109690 109690-21822704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday October 24th, 2023 in room 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:30:26 -0400 2023-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Wen Tang
Summer Research Programs (October 24, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110521 110521-21825010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A seminar covering several summer research programs at UofM, including requirements, application deadlines, and funding. This event is hybrid.

RSVP: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:06:31 -0400 2023-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers (October 25, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110511 110511-21825001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

CDB 2023 Seminar Series
Jason Sheltzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology and Genetics
Yale School of Medicine

We are pleased to welcome Jason Sheltzer, Ph.D. to ABC Seminar Rooms in BSRB on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., to present his talk titled "Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers".

Hosted By:
Ajit Joglekar, Ph.D. (Cell and Developmental Biology)
Duxin Sun, Ph.D. (Pharmacy)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:04:16 -0400 2023-10-25T09:30:00-04:00 2023-10-25T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Investigating the quality of digital trace and data donation (October 25, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114041 114041-21832242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 25, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Investigating the quality of digital trace and data donation

Challenges to traditional survey data collection such as increased costs and decreasing non-response are leading survey researchers to explore new forms of data. Recently, two types of data have received increased focus as a possible replacements or enhancements of surveys: digital trace data and data donation. Digital trace data refers to data produced while individuals interact with digital platforms, such as apps and websites. Data donation, on the other hand, refers to the acquisition of data from online platforms, such as Facebook or Google, directly from users. In a recent study we use an experimental design in a non-probability panel in Germany to explore non-response bias in data donated from Facebook as well measurement error in digital trace data from PCs and mobile phones.

Alexandru Cernat is an associate professor in the social statistics department at the University of Manchester. He has a PhD in survey methodology from the University of Essex and was a post-doc at the National Centre for Research Methods and the Cathie Marsh Institute. His research and teaching focus on: survey methodology, longitudinal data, measurement error, latent variable modelling, new forms of data and missing data. You can find out more about him and his research at: www.alexcernat.com

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:39:03 -0400 2023-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar Series (October 25, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114343 114343-21832754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Methodological breakthroughs over the past decades have repeatedly revolutionized genomic and proteomic profiling of human tumors. Using RNA sequencing and mass-spectrometry it has now become possible quantify the transcriptional and translational outputs of thousands of tumor samples. These data provide a link between cellular phenotypes and their molecular underpinnings, such as mutations. In the context of cancer, this link represents an opportunity to dissect the complexity and heterogeneity of tumors and to discover new biomarkers or therapeutic strategies. The National Cancer Institute's Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) was established to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of large-scale proteome and genome analysis, or proteogenomics. In my talk I will review the rationale, methodology and translational impact of proteogenomic profiling of cancer, and detail the contributions of the University of Michigan Proteogenomic Data Analysis Center towards efforts to unravel the genetic and phenotypic complexity of multiple common and rare human cancers.




https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09


Short Bio:
Marcin Cieslik is an assistant professor in the Departments of Pathology and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. His lab's research aims to further the discovery, understanding, and clinical translation of genomic underpinnings of cancer. His research group specializes in the development of computational and statistical methods for the analysis of large-scale sequencing data to understand genomic and proteomic mechanisms related to cancer. Currently, their research focuses on discovering genetic and regulatory mechanisms of cancer immune evasion and understanding oncogenic mechanisms through integrative analyses of cancers genomes and proteomes.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:42:43 -0400 2023-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 26, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109006 109006-21820715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: “Introduction to the microbiome: Healthcare-associated infection (including C. difficile) as a paradigm.”

Dr. Vincent B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
William Henry Fitzbutler Collegiate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Michigan, Medical School

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:55:28 -0400 2023-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar OHS Seminar Oct 26 _ Dr. Young
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (October 26, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114209 114209-21832488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Vincent B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
William Henry Fitzbutler Collegiate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Michigan, Medical School

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:17:17 -0400 2023-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Vincent B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Descending Control of Pain (October 27, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110871 110871-21825687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Bo Duan

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:47:53 -0400 2023-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Defense> Investigating Vinculin's Role in Maintaining Barrier Function at Tricellular Junctions (October 30, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114433 114433-21832871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Ann Miller

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:02:14 -0400 2023-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-30T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (October 30, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-30T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-30T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation-Department of Biological Chemistry Greenberg Lecture in Biological Chemistry (October 31, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109693 109693-21822706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday October 31st, 2023 in room 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:32:56 -0400 2023-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-31T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Tatiana Kutateladze
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (November 1, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113421 113421-21830984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
You have designed experiments and collected a lot of data that may reveal certain attributes of interest. Now you ask: How many basic patterns are there? What are typical patterns, and what are outliers? How to connect them to your attributes of interest? What if you don’t know what you are looking for? I will present a series of work in computer vision as well as applications that involve unsupervised learning of visual concepts, unsupervised instance selection, unsupervised learning of data-driven prototypicality, and predictive learning cross data modalities.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Short Bio:
Stella Yu received her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied robotics at the Robotics Institute and vision science at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. Before she joined the University of Michigan faculty in Fall 2022, she had been the Director of Vision Group at the International Computer Science Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, and on the faculty of Computer Science, Vision Science, Cognitive and Brain Sciences at UC Berkeley. Dr. Yu is interested not only in understanding visual perception from multiple perspectives, but also in using computer vision and machine learning to automate and exceed human expertise in practical applications.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:44:20 -0400 2023-11-01T14:00:00-04:00 2023-11-01T15:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Accidental discoveries and novel insights into upper hair follicle stem cell biology (November 2, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114610 114610-21833119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Thursday, November 2, 2023
12:00 – 1:00pm
DENT G550
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99290961937
Host: Vesa Kaartinen
Sponsored by Oral Health Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:22:34 -0400 2023-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2023-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Sunny Wong, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Dermatology Associate Professor of Cell and Development Biology Medical School - University of Michigan
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 3, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-03T11:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Structure, Function and Engineering of Bacterial Microcompartments: Metabolic Organelles of Bacteria (November 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110872 110872-21825688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:21:44 -0400 2023-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (November 6, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-06T14:00:00-05:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 6, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-06T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Predicting cell fate from cell signaling in 2D human gastruloids using iterative immunofluorescence (November 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113920 113920-21831914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

Dissertation Defense

We are pleased to announce that Emily Freeburne, Ph.D. Candidate will present her Dissertation Defense titled "Predicting cell fate from cell signaling in 2D human gastruloids using iterative immunofluorescence," on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, from 10-11:00 a.m., at Medical Science 2 - 3699 S Lecture Hall and via live stream: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98828179484 pwd=dmo4RGNxbWQ1RnBQdG5LR1J1QUh6Zz09.

Dissertation Committee members:
- Mara Duncan (chair)
- Idse Heemskerk (mentor)
- Ben Allen
- Adam Helms

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:23:46 -0400 2023-11-07T10:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion Predicting cell fate from cell signaling in 2D human gastruloids using iterative immunofluorescence
Immune-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration: The Role of Neutrophil-Induced Vascular Damage and Microglial Protection (November 7, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113776 113776-21831573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

We are pleased to announce that Ryan Passino, Ph.D. candidate will present his Dissertation Defense titled "Immune-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration: The Role of Neutrophil-Induced Vascular Damage and Microglial Protection" on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 from 11 a.m.-12:00 p.m., via live stream: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95692294570?pwd=d2lScm8weHB3NU1OcS9UK3NvaVExUT09.

Dissertation Committee members:
- Roman Giger (mentor)
- Dan Goldman (chair)
- Ben Allen
- Cathy Collins

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:22:56 -0400 2023-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual Immune-Mediated Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration: The Role of Neutrophil-Induced Vascular Damage and Microglial Protection
Arsenic and Aging: Epigenetic damage over a lifetime and beyond (November 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114677 114677-21833294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Registration required https://tinyurl.com/2p85d29u

University of Minnesota associate professor Chris Faulk, PhD, studies functional genomics in the department of animal science.

Dr. Faulk's Lab focus is on Epigenetics, Aging, Evolution, and Environmental Science. Dr. Faulk's lab statement, "My research is multi-scale with studies at the molecular genetic level in multiple organisms and human populations. I use computational methods to predict changes to the epigenome caused aging, dietary interventions, and environmental toxicants. I focus on both gene promoters and repetitive elements. My research models, the mouse and human, are primarily impacted by dietary shifts in nutrient availability and quantity simultaneously with toxicant exposure. My data analysis leverages massively parallel sequencing with comparative genomics to reveal regions evolutionarily selected for environmental plasticity."
https://tinyurl.com/2p85d29u

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:41:27 -0400 2023-11-07T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Arsenic and Aging - Epigenetic Damage - Nov 7 Webinar with Chris Faulk
Role of Macrophage Proteostasis Machinery in Host Defense Against Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens-Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (November 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109695 109695-21822708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday November 7th, 2023 in room 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:34:57 -0400 2023-11-07T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Stephanie Shames
Professor Career Path (November 7, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110527 110527-21825016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

"Finding Your Own Way in Science"

Professor Roberta Fuller will share her path in science from discovering it as an undergraduate, to a PhD in biochemistry, faculty positions at Stanford and Michigan, and rediscovering it again after retirement.

Prof. Fuller has studied DNA replication in bacteria, mating in yeast, proteolytic processing and membrane protein localization in the secretory pathway and, post-retirement, the transcriptional regulation of sexual dimorphic brain development in flies.

This session will be on Tuesday, Nov. 7rd at 6pm EST, in 1010 BSB and via Zoom

RSVP: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:35:46 -0400 2023-11-07T18:00:00-05:00 2023-11-07T19:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Science Success Series | The Gifts of Imperfection: Guideposts for Wholehearted Living (November 8, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109970 109970-21823487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Has the fear of falling short of perfection prevented you from putting yourself out there, trying something new, or sharing your ideas? Come join this session to learn about how to cultivate wholehearted living practices through the work of Dr. Brene’ Brown’s book “The Gifts of Imperfection: Guideposts for Wholehearted Living”. This workshop will introduce you to daily actions you can take to let go of the things that hold you back and allow you to cultivate behaviors that support living wholeheartedly.

Register on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/W2EeA

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:02:32 -0400 2023-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2023-11-08T16:30:00-05:00 Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of the "Gifts of Imperfection: Guideposts for Wholehearted Living" book cover
Weekly DCMB / CCMB Seminar (November 8, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114080 114080-21832309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title:
Mapping and modulating intercellular signaling in engineered neuromuscular tissues

Abstract:
Human beings and other biological creatures navigate unpredictable and dynamic environments by combining compliant mechanical actuators (skeletal muscle) with neural control and sensory feedback. Abiotic actuators, by contrast, have yet to match their biological counterparts in their ability to autonomously sense and adapt their form and function to changing environments. We have shown that engineered skeletal muscle actuators, controlled by neuronal networks, can generate force and power functional behaviors such as walking and pumping in a range of untethered robots. These muscle-powered robots are dynamically responsive to biochemical and mechanical stimuli and are capable of complex functional behaviors like exercise-mediated strengthening and healing in response to damage. Our lab uses engineered bioactuators as a platform to understand assembly and remodeling in neuromuscular tissues in physiological and pathological states, restore mobility after disease and damage, and power soft robots. This talk will cover the advantages, challenges, and future directions of understanding and manipulating the mechanics of biological motor control.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Short Bio:
Ritu Raman, PhD is the d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her lab is centered on engineering adaptive living materials for applications in medicine and machines. Prof. Raman has received several recognitions for scientific innovation, including the NSF CAREER Award, the DoD Army Young Investigator Award, and being named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. She has also been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 lists, and is the author of the MIT Press book Biofabrication. She is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and has championed many initiatives to empower women in science, including being named a AAAS IF/THEN ambassador and founding the Women in Innovation and STEM Database at MIT (WISDM). Prof. Raman received her BS from Cornell University and her PhD as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her postdoctoral research with Prof. Robert Langer at MIT, funded by a L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:00:51 -0400 2023-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
LSI Seminar Series: Anna Huttenlocher, M.D., University of Wisconsin Medical School (November 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114847 114847-21833691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Huttenlocher will discuss her lab's research at the interface of cell biology and immunology. Their work is centered on understanding innate immune inflammation and its resolution. They seek to dissect how external cues and cell signaling networks regulate neutrophil migration during tissue damage and repair and how this is altered in human disease.

Speaker:

Anna Huttenlocher, M.D., is the Anna Ruth Brummett Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Her laboratory is focused on understanding the basic molecular mechanisms that regulate cell migration in response to tissue damage and repair. They are particularly interested in the basic mechanisms that mediate neutrophil inflammation and its resolution. They have extensive experience with cell migration research, host pathogen interactions and live cell imaging using both organotypic models and zebrafish as a model system. The group has developed disease models of wound healing, cancer and chronic inflammation using zebrafish, and has has a strong track record in resource generation and in sharing reagents with the research community.

Huttenlocher is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, was chair of the Gordon conference on Directed cell migration, co-chaired a Banbury conference, served on council for the American Society of Cell Biology, serve as a senior editor at the Journal of Cell Biology and was Chair of a NIH study section. She has been committed to the education of Ph.D. and M.D. scientists in both basic and translational research. Many of her former trainees run independent research programs, including at RIKEN Japan, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Connecticut, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, Rutgers University and Albert Einstein.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:04:54 -0400 2023-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-09T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Workshop / Seminar Graphic with text: LSI Seminar Series
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 10, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Finding Funding: Identifying Opportunities & Scoping the Grants Landscape (November 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105501 105501-21831694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

Hosted by U-M Research Development, two research funding experts will demonstrate library resources that allow researchers to explore opportunities in diverse fields. Informationist Judy Smith from Taubman Health Sciences Library and librarian Paul Barrow from U-M Library will present.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:14:20 -0400 2023-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual Finding research funding
MCDB Seminar> Building and fortifying the bacterial cell envelope (November 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110873 110873-21825689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Lyle Simmons

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:55:17 -0400 2023-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-10T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (November 13, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-13T14:00:00-05:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 13, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-13T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-13T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (November 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115073 115073-21834012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title:

The evolutionary history, selection, and machine learning-based detection of archaic introgressed variants

Abstract:

The discovery of Denisovans is one of the most exciting findings in human evolution in the past decade. The striking similarity between sequences of the high-altitude adaptation gene EPAS1 in Denisovans and modern Tibetans suggested adaptive introgression. However, the time and geographic ranges where the adaptive introgression happened remain unknown. This talk consists of three studies that are related to archaic adaptive introgression. First, I show that the ancestors of Tibetans experienced two pulses of Denisovan introgression, and the positive selection on EPAS1 did not start until after the Last Glacial Maximum. Second, I show that most commonly-used statistical methods for detecting adaptive introgression fail to consider a confounder from recessive deleterious mutations on the genome, which can inflate their false positive rates especially in conserved genomic regions with low recombination rates. Lastly, I introduce MaLAdapt – a machine learning method for detecting genome-wide adaptive introgression, which reveals novel knowledge of how genomic variants from archaic humans facilitated modern human adaptations in worldwide populations.

Short Bio:

Dr. Xinjun Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan, and an affiliated faculty member at CCMB and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The Zhang Lab focuses on developing computational methods to address a series of questions related to how admixture and other population genetic processes shaped human genetic diversity. Dr. Zhang received her BS in Biology from Beijing Normal University, and PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from UC Davis. She completed her postdoctoral trainings at UCLA with Dr. Kirk Lohmueller (funded by a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award) and at UC Merced with Dr. Emilia Huerta-Sanchez.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:29:53 -0500 2023-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Xinjun Zhang, PhD (Dept. of Human Genetics, UMMS)
Queer ScientisTs Open Meeting (November 16, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115114 115114-21834065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Queer ScientisTs

Queer ScientisTs (QueST) is having an open meeting to discuss goals for next year - everyone is welcome! We'll be brainstorming issues around campus and strategies for social media outreach/visibility. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

When: Thursday, 11/16, 5-6pm
Where: 1010 BSB (Biological Sciences Building)

Info/Discord: https://linktr.ee/quest_uofm

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:44:25 -0500 2023-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Queer ScientisTs Social / Informal Gathering Quest Queer Scientists Logo (Beaker with Pride Flag)
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 17, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
MCDB Seminar> Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of membrane proteins (November 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110886 110886-21825796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Yanzhuang Wang

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:18:58 -0400 2023-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-17T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (November 20, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-20T14:00:00-05:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 20, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-20T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-20T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Thomas Morgan, EEB Ph.D. Student (November 20, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113890 113890-21831871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Thomas Morgan, EEB Ph.D. Student
"The Role of Riverine Connectivity in Shaping the Biogeography,
Diversification, and Population Structure of Guiana Shield Fishes"

Thomas Morgan presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:39:30 -0500 2023-11-20T15:00:00-05:00 2023-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
LHS Collaboratory (November 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114252 114252-21832563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

“Learning Without Borders: AI's Dual Path in Veterans
and Global Health”
Speaker:
Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc, AGAF
Professor, Learning Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:59:33 -0400 2023-11-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-21T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
Use of High-Resolution Metabolomics to Measure Internal Exposures & Investigate the Molecular Mechanisms Accounting for the Complex Health Responses to Ubiquitous Environmental Pollutants (November 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114987 114987-21833906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Registration required
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zPWpbFzsQH-Vxs5uwGDMew

Understanding the mechanistic basis of environmental pollutant toxicity is dependent on accurately characterizing both exposure and biological responses, especially in the era of exposomics and precision environmental health. Untargeted metabolomics, an analysis of small-molecule metabolic phenotypes, may offer improved estimation of exposures and corresponding health responses to complex environmental mixtures such as air pollution and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The field remains nascent, however, with questions concerning the coherence and generalizability of findings across studies, study designs and analytical platforms. In over ten independent panel and cross-sectional cohort studies, we demonstrated the utility of high-resolution metabolomics as a central platform linking environmental exposure to internal dose and biological response where we identified novel metabolites and metabolic pathways related to complex air pollution and POPs mixtures. Specifically, biological perturbations in oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and DNA damage and repair related pathway and metabolites were associated with exposures to air pollution and POPs, as well as a wide range of adverse health responses, especially among vulnerable population. These results hold great promise for identifying key connections between environmental exposures and corresponding adverse health effects. Future directions should focus on validation of these findings via hypothesis-driven protocols, technical advances in metabolic annotation and quantification, and application of multi-omics integration.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:08:10 -0500 2023-11-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-21T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Livestream / Virtual Donghai Liang from Emory Univ discusses Metabolomics & Environmental Pollutants
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 24, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 24, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 2023-11-24T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (November 27, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-11-27T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-27T14:00:00-05:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Single Cell Spatial Analysis Monthly Seminar Series (SCSAP MSS) (November 27, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115261 115261-21834336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP)

Title: Spatial and Single-Cell Genomics for Next-Generation Neuroscience
Featuring: Evan Macosko, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute Member, Broad Institute
Date: November 27th
Time: 1:00 -2:00 pm
Location: Virtual ONLY
Zoom
Meeting ID: 998 7259 4985
Passcode: 786053

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:38:19 -0500 2023-11-27T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-27T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP) Workshop / Seminar Evan Macosko Flyer
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (November 27, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113301 113301-21830727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition manages $100,000 worth of grant money that we allocate to student groups who are working on projects related to environmental and social sustainability on Campus! We offer information sessions to help teams through the application process and work with grant recipients to help achieve their goals!

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Other Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-27T14:30:00-05:00 2023-11-27T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Other A grant recipient of the Student Sustainability Coalition, this is an amazing group of students working on mushroom growing at Oxford Housing!
Science Success Series | Medical School Inside Story (November 27, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109971 109971-21823488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2023 5:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Do you have questions about medical school admissions? Get your answers straight from the inside! U-M Medical School Director of Admissions, Carol Teener, will demystify medical school applications, expectations, and reviews in her presentation.

Register on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/dkDWq

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:13:17 -0400 2023-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 2023-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of University of Michigan Medical School Campus
Revealing the Secrets of Metalloenzymes One Snapshot at a Time- Department of Biological Chemistry Martha L. Ludwig Lectureship (November 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110514 110514-21825005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Catherine Drennan will deliver the annual Martha L. Ludwig Lectureship on Tuesday November 28th, 2023. The lecture will begin at 12:00 noon in room 5330 MS I.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:00:04 -0400 2023-11-28T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-28T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Catherine Drennnan
Weekly DCMB / CCMB Seminar featuring Xiaojie Qiu (incoming Assist. Prof. at Stanford) (November 29, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115262 115262-21834337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

Single-cell RNA-seq, together with RNA velocity and metabolic labeling, reveals cellular states and transitions at unprecedented resolution. Fully exploiting these data, however, requires kinetic models capable of unveiling governing regulatory functions. In the first part of my talk, I will introduce an analytical framework dynamo (https://github.com/aristoteleo/dynamo-release) and highlight dynamo's power to overcome fundamental limitations of conventional splicing-based RNA velocity analyses to enable accurate velocity estimations on a metabolically labeled human hematopoiesis scRNA-seq dataset. Furthermore, differential geometry analyses reveal mechanisms driving early megakaryocyte appearance and elucidate asymmetrical regulation within the PU.1-GATA1 circuit. Leveraging the least-action-path method, dynamo accurately predicts drivers of numerous hematopoietic transitions. Finally, in silico perturbations predict cell-fate diversions induced by gene perturbations. Dynamo, thus, represents an important step in advancing quantitative and predictive theories of cell-state transitions. Cells do not live in a vacuum, but in a milieu defined by cell–cell communication that can be quantified via recent advances in spatial transcriptomics. In my second section of my talk, I will talk about Spateo, a general framework for quantitative spatiotemporal modeling of single-cell resolution spatial transcriptomics. Spateo develops a comprehensive framework of cell-cell interaction to reveal spatial effects of niche factors and cell type-specific ligand-receptor interactions. Furthermore, Spateo reconstructs 3D models of whole embryos, and performs 3D morphometric analyses. Lastly, Spateo introduces the concept of "morphometric vector field" of cell migrations and integrates spatial differential geometry to unveil regulatory programs underlying various organogenesis patterns of Drosophila and mouse. Thus, Spateo enables the study of the ecology of organs at a molecular level in 3D space, beyond isolated single cells. Moving forward, my lab will try to integrate advances in machine learning and advances in genomics to learn spatially and temporally resolved models of cell fate transition at whole mouse embryo level in 3D space.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:51:30 -0500 2023-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
M-LEEaD Fall 2023 Seminar- Air Pollution and pregnancy outcomes in California: wildfires and preterm birth (November 30, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114851 114851-21833696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Online via Zoom, Registration Required
Join us for an online seminar discussing air pollution and pregnancy outcomes in California.    
REGISTER HERE: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdOivrjwoGdQNdBzYmiosH4IL2EJpvRJv#/registration                 
Amy Padula, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF. Dr. Padula is an epidemiologist with expertise in air pollution, social disparities, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. She was awarded the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award from the NIEHS to investigate the impact of wildfires on preterm birth in California.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:13:21 -0400 2023-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Poster showing speaker picture and title
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Phenotypes to Phylogenies: Hair and Skin in Evolutionary Context (November 30, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114970 114970-21833880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our ongoing seminar series!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:57:21 -0500 2023-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 2023-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Saturday Morning Physics | The Formation of Planetary Systems (December 2, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112508 112508-21829035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

The past two decades have witnessed the discovery of over 5,000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. This talk will provide an overview of these alien worlds and the types of planetary systems that they live within. Such planetary systems display an enormous variety, but they also have a number of universal features. Although the mechanisms that form these planets remain under study, this talk will present a progress report on our current understanding of the physical processes involved.

The event will be in-person and also live-streamed on YouTube: https://myumi.ch/VM4nZ

We celebrate the Pulikeshi Dayalu Astrophysics Fund on this date!

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Presentation Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:48:43 -0500 2023-12-02T10:30:00-05:00 2023-12-02T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Presentation Artistic depiction of an extra-solar planet
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (December 4, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 4, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-12-04T13:00:00-05:00 2023-12-04T14:00:00-05:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
Close Encounters of the Damaging Kind: How the Human DNA Replication Machinery Accommodates Chemically-Modified DNA- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (December 5, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110754 110754-21825464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Mark Hedglin will present a seminar on Tuesday December 5th, 2023 at 12:00 noon in 5330 MS I.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:29:21 -0400 2023-12-05T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-05T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Hedglin
Weekly DCMB / CCMB Seminar Series (December 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114673 114673-21833285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Heart attack, ischemic stroke, and venous thromboembolism are leading causes of death and disability worldwide and often result from aberrant blood clotting. Fibrin is a hierarchical biomaterial that forms the structural backbone of blood clots during the hemostatic process. Clots form when individual fibrin molecules polymerize into linear fibers which then branch into a 3-D gel at sites of injuries. These fibrin networks trap red blood cells and other vascular constituents during the wound healing process.

Using a suite of biophysical approaches, we probe the multiscale formation and structure of fibrin networks. At the molecular scale we establish that individual fibrin molecules are not rigid but adapt multiple conformations that likely assist in polymerization. At the fiber scale, we quantify the processes that govern gelation. Moreover, we demonstrate that fibers exhibit remarkable elastic properties that enable the clot to hold together, even under high tension. At the network scale we reveal how relative changes in the initial concentrations of blood clot components result in remarkably different gel structures.

Taken together, these results provide a wholistic framework for understanding the mechanisms that that determine blood clot structures and linking alterations in these processes to pathologies.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Research Projects:
Nathan Hudson studies the exciting field of molecular biophysics. Work in the Hudson lab uses techniques including protein engineering, centrifuge force microscopy, FRET and microfluidics to understand how mechanical force regulates biological function. Projects involve measuring the biomechanical properties of blood coagulation proteins and determining the force-depending binding kinetics of adhesion molecules. There are both graduate- and undergraduate-level projects in the lab and numerous students have won awards for their research with Dr. Hudson.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:20:06 -0400 2023-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 2023-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Nathan E. Hudson (Associate Professor, East Carolina University Dept. of Physics)
DHG Faculty Candidate Seminar (December 7, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115806 115806-21835546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2023 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Tianpeng Zhang, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania presents “Telomere length maintenance by Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) mechanism” on Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST in the BSRB ABC Seminar Rooms.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:36:50 -0500 2023-12-07T09:00:00-05:00 2023-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Conference / Symposium Faculty Candidate Seminar Flyer__12072023
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (December 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110854 110854-21825670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "The Regulation of Human Skeleton Development"

Terence D. Capellini, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A.
Professor
Human Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:43:56 -0400 2023-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Prof Capellini _ Dec 7th
The Regulation of Human Skeleton Development (December 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115287 115287-21834388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Human Evolutionary Biology
Developmental Genetics Functional Genomics
Molecular Basis of Skeletal Modifications During Human Evolution
Skeletal Disease
Osteoarthritis
Developmental Dysplasia of Hip

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:58:19 -0500 2023-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Terence D. Capellini Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A.
Human Genetics Seminar Series Fall 2023 (December 11, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115810 115810-21835551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 11, 2023 11:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GENETICS 2023 - 2024 SEMINAR SERIES

“Mapping single cell fate in development and disease”

Presented by:
Aaron Mckenna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College

Monday, December 11
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
BSRB - 1020 Kahn Auditorium

Hosted by:
Jacob Kitzman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
University of Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:17:52 -0500 2023-12-11T11:00:00-05:00 2023-12-11T12:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Workshop / Seminar Seminar Series Flyer__12112023
LHS Collaboratory (December 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115276 115276-21834368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Don't miss this virtual session!
Our invited speaker is Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI.
Dr. Embi is a Professor and the Chair Department of Biomedical Informatics, the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation, and a Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University.
Please register in advance for this virtual session!

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:11:43 -0500 2023-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-12T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo
Making Healthy Environments a Legal Right in Michigan: Legislation or Green Amendment (December 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115567 115567-21835021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Panel discussion with Laprisha Berry-Daniels (Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice) and Nick Schroek (University of Detroit Mercy). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).

Zoom registration required: https://tinyurl.com/4hv3j363

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:58:39 -0500 2023-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-12T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Dec 12 Panel Discussion on Making Healthy Environments a Legal Right in Michigan
A numbers game: how aneuploidy affects cell behavior and stress adaptation (December 13, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115565 115565-21835019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2023 CDB Seminar Series

We are pleased to announce that Rong Li, Ph.D., will present her talk titled, "A numbers game: how aneuploidy affects cell behavior and stress adaptation," on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. This will be live in ABC Conference room - BSRB and via Zoom Meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/s/99078107446.

Hosted by: Ryoma (Puck) Ohi, Ph.D.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:25:25 -0500 2023-12-13T09:30:00-05:00 2023-12-13T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion A numbers game: how aneuploidy affects cell behavior and stress adaptation
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar featuring X. Shirley Liu, PhD (Co-founder & CEO of GV20 Therapeutics) (December 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115352 115352-21834562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Despite the exciting clinical benefits of immune checkpoint inhibitors, only a minority of cancer patients respond to treatment. Addressing resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors is an urgent unmet need and requires novel approaches for target identification and drug discovery.

GV20 Therapeutics adopts an interdisciplinary approach integrating functional genomics, big data AI, and cancer immunology for cancer target identification and drug discovery. Our platform computationally extracts antibodies from large cohorts of patient tumor RNA-seq profiles and uses AI to pair targets and corresponding antibodies in silico, de novo with speed and scale. We then leverage in-house and public functional genomics and proteomics data to de-risk the AI-identified targets from patient tumors and provide insights on target function before we conduct systematic in vitro and in vivo validation experiments.

We used this approach to discover our lead program, GV20-0251, which is a first-in-class monoclonal antibody against a novel immune checkpoint IGSF8. In multiple syngeneic tumor models, anti-IGSF8 antibody has single-agent efficacy and is synergistic with anti-PD1 in controlling tumor growth, and the safety of GV20-0251 is currently being tested in the clinic. Our efforts represent the beginning of rationally combining genomics and AI to unlock the hidden information from patient tumors to develop cancer therapeutics.

Short Bio:
Dr. X. Shirley Liu is the co-founder and CEO of GV20 Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with pioneering technologies in novel target identification and antibody drug discovery in Oncology. Dr. Liu received PhD in Biomedical Informatics and PhD minor in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2002. She has been a Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the Department of Data Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Harvard University, until she joined GV20 full-time in 2022. Her research work focused on algorithm development and data integration modeling for translational cancer research. She has published over 270 papers and has an H-index of 117. Dr. Liu is a fellow of the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and was a Breast Cancer Research Foundation Investigator (2017-2021). She is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship (2008), Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society (2016), ISCB Innovator Award (2020), and the Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences (2020). Her lab has mentored 27 PhD and postdoctoral trainees to independent academic careers.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:52:50 -0500 2023-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 2023-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
DHG Faculty Candidate Seminar (December 14, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115807 115807-21835547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Mustafa G. Aydogan, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco presents “Hidden rhythms of the cell: Autonomous clocks in cytoplasmic organisation and division” on Thursday, December 14, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST in the BSRB ABC Seminar Rooms.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:46:18 -0500 2023-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Workshop / Seminar Faculty Candidate Seminar Flyer__12132023
MCDB Thesis Defense> Connecting a Bacterial Organelle to Its Positioning System (December 14, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115971 115971-21835963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 9:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Anthony Vecchiarelli

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:33:27 -0500 2023-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow letters MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Thesis Defense> Encoding Cell Cycle Regulatory Information in the Genome (December 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115969 115969-21835961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 10:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Laura Buttitta

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:25:00 -0500 2023-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T11:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow letters MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Lung Mesenchymal Cells in Development and Pulmonary Diseases (December 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115290 115290-21834393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:28:06 -0500 2023-12-14T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Wei Shi, PhD
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (December 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110391 110391-21824862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: Lung Mesenchymal Cells in Development and Pulmonary Diseases"

Wei Shi, PhD
Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:53:03 -0400 2023-12-14T12:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. Wei Shi - Dec. 14, 2023
2023 Michigan Pioneer Fellows Symposium (December 14, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115558 115558-21835012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program

Registration and Poster Sign Up Deadline December 8, 2023!

Please join us for the upcoming Annual Michigan Pioneer Fellows Symposium, when we will celebrate the invaluable research contributions of postdoctoral fellows and highlight the innovative work being done by Pioneer Fellows and other postdoctoral researchers across the University of Michigan.

2023 Michigan Pioneer Fellows Symposium:
1:00–6:00 p.m., December 14, 2023
BSRB Kahn Auditorium

Schedule:
1:00 p.m. – Welcome and introductions
1:10 p.m. – Talks by Pioneer Fellows
2:30 p.m. – Keynote address: "Niches for hematopoietic stem cells and osteogenesis in the bone marrow," Sean Morrison, Ph.D. Founding Director, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute (CRI), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
3:30 p.m. – Poster session
5:00 p.m. – Concluding remarks and reception

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:47:21 -0500 2023-12-14T13:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T18:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Michigan Pioneer Fellows Program Conference / Symposium 2023 Michigan Pioneer Fellows Symposium Flyer
MCDB Thesis Defense> Investigating Novel Beta-Catenin Interactions in Wnt Target Gene Regulation in human and *Drosophila* Cells (December 14, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115970 115970-21835962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Ken Cadigan

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:29:21 -0500 2023-12-14T14:00:00-05:00 2023-12-14T15:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow letters MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
DHG Faculty Candidate Seminar (December 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115809 115809-21835549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 18, 2023 10:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Saori Sakaue, MD, PhD, Harvard University presents “Integrating human genetics and single-cell genomics to define causal mechanisms of human diseases” on Monday, December 18, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST in the BSRB ABC Seminar Rooms.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:13:02 -0500 2023-12-18T10:00:00-05:00 2023-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Department of Human Genetics Workshop / Seminar Faculty Candidate Seminar Flyer__12172023
MCDB Symposium (January 8, 2024 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/116505 116505-21837247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 8, 2024 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Corey Allard, PhD
*Molecular mechanisms of sensory innovation*
9:00am - 10:10am

Kavita Rangan, PhD
*RNA recoding in protein diversification and phenotypic plasticity*
10:30am - 11:40am

Meredith Skiba, PhD
*Structural insights into angiotensin receptor modulation by diverse ligands*
1:30pm – 2:40pm

Mustafa Aydogan, PhD
*Hidden rhythms of the cell: autonomous clocks in cytoplasmic organization and division*
3:00pm – 4:10pm

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:36:31 -0500 2024-01-08T09:00:00-05:00 2024-01-08T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar symposium information
Intercepting the Evolution of Pro-Tumoral Myeloid Cells During the Initiation of Oral Cancer. (January 11, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115778 115778-21836823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Hulya Taner
Rackham - Student
Oral Health Sciences PhD - Student
DENT Periodontics and Oral Med

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:05:56 -0500 2024-01-11T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-11T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Hulya Taner Rackham - Student Oral Health Sciences PhD - Student DENT Periodontics and Oral Med
LSI Seminar Series: Scott Summers, Ph.D., University of Utah (January 11, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115899 115899-21835793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Overnutrition, physical inactivity and genetic aberrations promote the accumulation of fat-derived molecules in tissues not suited for lipid storage, leading to tissue dysfunction that underlies diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Of the myriad of lipids that accumulate, sphingolipids such as ceramides may be among the most deleterious, as they alter metabolic programs and induce apoptosis and fibrosis.

In humans, serum ceramides are strong biomarkers of diabetes and major adverse cardiac events, and clinics have started measuring circulating ceramides as markers of disease risk. In rodents, inhibiting ceramide biosynthesis ameliorates diabetes, steatohepatitis, and heart failure. Summers will discuss the therapeutic potential of a new approach to inactivate ceramides and combat these metabolic pathologies.

About the speaker:
Scott Summers, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology; Co-Director, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah

Scott Summers, Ph.D., has been a leading voice advancing the idea that ceramides, which are products of fat and protein metabolism that accrue in dyslipidemia or inflammation, contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications in the heart, liver, gut and kidney. Although the idea was initially controversial, the role of ceramides as drivers of pathology is now widely accepted and clinics have started measuring ceramides as a means of assessing disease risk. In 2015, he co-founded Centaurus Therapeutics, a USA-based biotechnology company that is developing new ceramide-lowering therapeutics to combat the metabolic underpinnings of metabolic disorders.

Prior to joining the University of Utah, Summers held faculty appointments at Duke University and its affiliated medical school in Singapore (Duke-NUS); the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia; and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He completed his B.S. at Indiana University, his Ph.D. at Southern Illinois University, and his postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:25:24 -0500 2024-01-11T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-11T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Workshop / Seminar Graphic with a teal background and white and yellow text: Life Sciences Institute Seminar Series
All Hands on Deck! CPF’s Concerted Role in 3’-end Processing and Transcription Termination- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (January 16, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116689 116689-21837751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Rodriguez-Molina will present a seminar on Tuesday January 16th at 12 noon in room 5330 MS I.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:37:03 -0500 2024-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar Series - Ecosystem Dynamics of a Long Fossil Record from Pakistan (January 16, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116622 116622-21837651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is a part of our ongoing Tuesday Seminar Series. Check our events page for more Tuesday seminars!

About: A long fossil record offers unique insights into ecological and evolutionary properties and processes of biotas beyond what we can discover in present-day ecosystems. I will summarize collaborative research on the continental “Siwalik” fossil record of Pakistan, resulting from the rising Himalaya Mountains for over 20 million years. We documented changes over time in vertebrate diversity in relation to regional environmental change in order to evaluate processes shaping different aspects of ecosystem composition. Geological, climatic, and biotic processes all contributed to major changes in vertebrate diversity over time.


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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:14:45 -0500 2024-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
2024 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | The Discovery of Pulsars (January 17, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107790 107790-21816585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Presentation Abstract: A grad student notices something that she cannot explain…it’s not a fault with the equipment…then there’s a second…and yet more…A story from radio astronomy that marks the beginning of pulsar research.

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the discoverer of the first radio pulsars, one of the most important astronomical discoveries of the 20th Century. She has received numerous awards and honors and is a devoted advocate for women in science.

Please join us for the lecture at 4:00 pm and a reception before the lecture beginning at 3:30 pm. You may find more information on our webpage: https://myumi.ch/xmvm8.

This lecture will also be live-streamed via YouTube at https://youtu.be/KIzhXjmEnaU.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:28:39 -0500 2024-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 2024-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar Photo of Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Understanding Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis using high throughput omic approaches. (January 18, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116439 116439-21836824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 18, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Osteoarthritis (OA) is among the most prevalent chronic human health disorders and the most common form of
arthritis. Specific mechanisms associated with the joint destruction during OA are largely unknown. Due to the
lack of biomarkers, it is impossible to identify patients exhibiting early stages of OA, leading to severe joint
destruction. Furthermore, due to poor understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms, no approved
disease-modifying therapies to treat OA exist. Therefore, early detection and early intervention is critical to
restore joint functions.
My translational research program is directed towards:
(1) Understanding the complex cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with joint destruction during
osteoarthritis
(2) Identifying reliable biomarkers for early identification of patients with osteoarthritis to enable early
intervention using our large-scale OA biobank that we have created (over 150,000 banked specimens)
(3) Identifying novel therapeutic targets to stop/delay osteoarthritis and restore joint function

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:16:22 -0500 2024-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Mohit Kapoor, PhD Co-Director, Schroeder Arthritis Institute
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutation Process Within and Among Yeast Species (January 18, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116621 116621-21837650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 18, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is a part of our ongoing Thursday Seminar Series. Check our events page for more Thursday seminars!

About: All organisms are subject to spontaneous mutation, but we are just beginning to explore how DNA replication and repair processes evolve to determine the mutation rate and spectrum. My lab uses multiple yeast species and cell types to understand how the mutation process is influenced by sequence contexts within genomes, such as repetitive DNA, and by population genetic forces like natural selection and genetic drift. We studied many experimental strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to examine how ribosomal DNA, which is highly repetitive but critical for cellular function, maintains its structure despite significant mutational pressures. Our data supports a model of rDNA maintenance where persistent copy loss is counteracted by directed-mutation mechanisms, which themselves represent a large mutational target. We find that a model of mutation-selection balance is adequate to explain levels of standing variation in rDNA copy number in the wild. We have also been comparing species and cell types to test hypotheses for the evolution of genome-wide mutation rates. In S. cerevisiae, which generally lives as a diploid, we previously found that haploid cells exhibited an elevated mutation rate and altered mutational spectrum. We now have complementary evidence from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which generally lives as a haploid. For this species, we find that the mutation rate is elevated in diploid cells. This indicates that natural selection usually pushes mutation rates to be lower but has a limited opportunity to do so in rare cell types, supporting a key hypothesis regarding the role of drift in mutation rate evolution.
WEBSITE: https://sharp.genetics.wisc.edu/

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:09:12 -0500 2024-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2024-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Movement Under the Microscope Family Day (January 20, 2024 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/116155 116155-21836300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

With over 30 trillion cells in the human body, there are more cells inside you right now than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. You may be standing still, but inside your body—your cells are moving.

Join us for an interactive day to learn how cells move—on the inside. Meet U-M scientists and learn about their research. Can you move like a cell does? What do trains have to do with cellular locomotion? Learn what makes up a protein, get crafty with origami, and attend a screening of “Movement under the Microscope,” a cell-ebratory performance featuring U-M students.

Made possible with support from the National Science Foundation.

Appropriate for ages 5 through adult.

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Structural Insights into Angiotensin Receptor Modulation by Diverse Ligands- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (January 23, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116798 116798-21838010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Meredith Skiba will give a seminar on Tuesday January 23rd, 2024 at 12pm in room 5330 MS I.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:34:07 -0500 2024-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
Intersecting cell signaling pathways and transcription factors that regulate pancreas development, function, and disease (January 23, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116783 116783-21837991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:21:48 -0500 2024-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2024-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion David Lorberbaum, Ph.D.
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (January 24, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 117733-21839896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $50,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant information sessions, email, or check out our webpage to learn more!

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Meeting Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:41:30 -0500 2024-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2024-01-24T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Meeting Student Sustainability Coalition members assist the University of Michigan's Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) in the construction of their Mobile Farm Stand. The UMSFP mobile farm stand was awarded funding in Winter semester 2023.
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - A Novel Methodology for Improving Applications of Modern Predictive Modeling Tools to Linked Data Sets Subject to Mismatch Error (January 24, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116026 116026-21836083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
January 24, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 EST

In person, Room 1070, Institute for Social Research and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

A Novel Methodology for Improving Applications of Modern Predictive Modeling Tools to Linked Data Sets Subject to Mismatch Error

In recent years, the rise of social media platforms such as Twitter/X has provided social scientists with a wealth of user-content data, and there has been renewed interest in the utility of administrative records for increasing survey efficiency. Combining social media data, administrative records, and survey data has the potential to produce a comprehensive source of information for social research. These data are often collected from multiple sources and combined by probabilistic record linkage. For the analysis of these linked data files, advanced machine learning techniques, such as random forests, boosting, and related ensemble methods, have become essential tools for survey methodologists and data scientists. There is, however, a potential pitfall in the widespread application of these techniques to linked data sets that needs more attention. Linkage errors such as mismatch and missed-match errors can distort the true relationships between variables and adversely alter the performance metrics routinely output by predictive modeling techniques, such as variable importance, confusion matrices, RMSE, etc. Thus, the actual predictive performance of these machine-learning techniques may not be realized. In this presentation, I will describe a new general methodology designed to adjust modern predictive modeling techniques for the presence of mismatch errors in linked data sets. The proposed approach, based on mixture modeling, is general enough to accommodate various predictive modeling techniques in a unified fashion. I evaluate the performance of the new methodology with simulations implemented in R. I will conclude with recommendations for future work in this area.

Brady T. West is a Research Professor in the Survey Methodology Program, located within the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (U-M) campus. He earned his PhD from the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science in 2011. Before that, he received an MA in Applied Statistics from the U-M Statistics Department in 2002, being recognized as an Outstanding First-year Applied Masters student, and a BS in Statistics with Highest Honors and Highest Distinction from the U-M Statistics Department in 2001. His current research interests include the implications of measurement error in auxiliary variables and survey paradata for survey estimation, selection bias in surveys, responsive/adaptive survey design, interviewer effects, and multilevel regression models for clustered and longitudinal data. He is the lead author of a book comparing different statistical software packages in terms of their mixed-effects modeling procedures (Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide using Statistical Software, Third Edition, Chapman Hall/CRC Press, 2022), and he is a co-author of a second book entitled Applied Survey Data Analysis (with Steven Heeringa and Pat Berglund), the second edition of which was published by CRC Press in June 2017. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2022.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:19:25 -0500 2024-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Cell Division and Cell Fate During Mouse Development (January 25, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117676 117676-21839824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Thursday, January 25 , 2024
12:00 – 1:00pm
DENT G550
Host: Dr. Vesa Kaartinen
Sponsored by Oral Health Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:45:58 -0500 2024-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Thursday, January 25 , 2024 12:00 – 1:00pm DENT G550 Host: Dr. Vesa Kaartinen Sponsored by Oral Health Sciences
Science Success Series | Pathways to Undergraduate Research Experience(s): Transferring Knowledge Across Domains (January 25, 2024 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117629 117629-21839719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2024 2:00pm
Location: Science Learning Center Flex Space, 1720 Chemistry
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Come join this session to learn about general avenues to seek undergraduate research experience, skills gained from that experience, and how that translates to your current academic career and overall professional development. Professional staff from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) will facilitate this session and UROP peer facilitators will share their experiences.

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:35:00 -0500 2024-01-25T14:00:00-05:00 2024-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Science Learning Center Flex Space, 1720 Chemistry Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Maize and blue image with session title, date, time, and location
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Evolution and virulence in the symbiotic world (January 25, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117457 117457-21840045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our ongoing Thurdsay Seminar Series.

PREVIEW: Many animal and plant species harbour microbes in their microbiota that suppress pathogen infection. These ‘protective microbes’ can be a significant component of host defence. By experimentally evolving multiple microbial systems (e.g., worms, bacteria), my group has demonstrated that host-associated microbes can rapidly evolve to defend their animal hosts against infection. We show these protective microbes can drive major changes in pathogen virulence and host genetic-based resistance, as well as evolutionary rates. Our results indicate that microbes in hosts are important in shaping infection outcomes, now and over evolutionary time.

SPEAKER WEBSITE: thekinglab.com

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:22:26 -0500 2024-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2024-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (January 29, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 117733-21839925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $50,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant information sessions, email, or check out our webpage to learn more!

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Meeting Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:41:30 -0500 2024-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Meeting Student Sustainability Coalition members assist the University of Michigan's Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) in the construction of their Mobile Farm Stand. The UMSFP mobile farm stand was awarded funding in Winter semester 2023.
Allosteric Mechanisms of Cellular Stress Signaling- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (January 30, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116799 116799-21838011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Rosalie Lawrence will give a seminar on Tuesday January 30th, 2024 at 12pm in room 5330 MS I.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:35:51 -0500 2024-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
What’s All That Dust? The Need for Fugitive Dust Controls (January 30, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116490 116490-21837027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Registration required.
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4Zdy94OvTiaOtlrrV-cSVQ

Stuart Batterman (Environmental Health Sciences) and Simone Sagovac (Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision) will discuss the local impact of fugitive dust on air quality. Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).

What is fugitive dust: it's when significant atmospheric dust arises from the mechanical disturbance of granular material exposed to the air. Dust generated from these open sources is termed "fugitive" because it is not discharged to the atmosphere in a confined flow stream. Common sources of fugitive dust include unpaved roads, agricultural tilling operations, aggregate storage piles, and heavy construction operations.

Add to Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/eventedit?text=What%E2%80%99s+All+That+Dust%3F+The+Need+for+Fugitive+Dust+Controls&dates=20240130T120000/20240130T125000&details=For+details,+see:+https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=10384

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:03:26 -0500 2024-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2024-01-30T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Fugitive Dust Control Jan 30 Zoom Webinar
Cell cycle and cell fate during skin development (January 30, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116789 116789-21837995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Associate Professor
Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:20:00 -0500 2024-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2024-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion Hisham Bazzi, Ph.D.
Harnessing degradation condensates for the clearance of difficult-to-target proteins (January 31, 2024 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/116784 116784-21837990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2024 CDB Seminar Series

We are pleased to announce that Pilong Li, Ph.D. will present his talk titled "Harnessing degradation condensates for the clearance of difficult-to-target proteins," on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. This will be live in ABC Conference room - BSRB and via Zoom Meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/s/99078107446.

Hosted by: Dawen Cai, Ph.D.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:54:49 -0500 2024-01-31T09:30:00-05:00 2024-01-31T10:30:00-05:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Livestream / Virtual Harnessing degradation condensates for the clearance of difficult-to-target proteins
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (January 31, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 117733-21839897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $50,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant information sessions, email, or check out our webpage to learn more!

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Meeting Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:41:30 -0500 2024-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 2024-01-31T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Meeting Student Sustainability Coalition members assist the University of Michigan's Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) in the construction of their Mobile Farm Stand. The UMSFP mobile farm stand was awarded funding in Winter semester 2023.
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Matters of Scale in the Ecology and Evolution of Coexisting Species (February 1, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117461 117461-21839347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our ongoing Thursday Seminar Series.

Preview: Germain's lab is anchored by coexistence theories (old and new) which we use to understand how ecological processes interact across scales, and then, how our ecological insights can be applied to better understand evolution (e.g., rescue, speciation, character displacement, etc.). Germain's talk will be divided between two themes: how ecological processes interact across scales to shape species persistence and biodiversity patterns and how evolutionary processes vary spatially, as well as how they scale up from individuals to populations to species within diverse natural communities. Their work is rooted in serpentine grasslands of Northern California, a biodiversity hotspot with a predominance of annual plant species and abrupt environmental transitions.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:41:46 -0500 2024-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2024-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Scientist Spotlight (February 4, 2024 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116974 116974-21838322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 4, 2024 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Only for the curious! Visit with University of Michigan scientists and participate in engaging, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research. These researchers are part of the U-M Museum of Natural History’s Science Communication Fellows, bringing scientists and the public face-to-face.

This Scientist Spotlight will be hosted at the Ann Arbor District Library– Downtown. Please visit their website at aadl.org for directions and parking information.

Free and open to the public.

Suitable for upper elementary through adult visitors.

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Other Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:02:05 -0500 2024-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 2024-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Other
MCDB Seminar> Barrier Breakdown: Pathway to Metastasis (February 5, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117167 117167-21838765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2024 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Faculty Candidate Seminar

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:39:11 -0500 2024-02-05T10:00:00-05:00 2024-02-05T11:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (February 5, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 117733-21839926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $50,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant information sessions, email, or check out our webpage to learn more!

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Meeting Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:41:30 -0500 2024-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2024-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Meeting Student Sustainability Coalition members assist the University of Michigan's Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) in the construction of their Mobile Farm Stand. The UMSFP mobile farm stand was awarded funding in Winter semester 2023.
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Harvesting Insight from Grains through Granivores: an Investigation of Rodent Trophic Ecology in Michigan Agroecosystems (February 6, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117503 117503-21839393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our ongoing Tuesday Lunch Seminar Series.

Preview: Agriculture is a primary driver of biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization, generating agroecosystems with novel biotic and abiotic conditions that drastically alter the structure of vertebrate communities. At the same time, agroecosystems are a nexus of human-wildlife interactions, with surprisingly little known about the reciprocal impacts among rodents and agriculture. Notably lacking is information on seasonal variation in crop resource use and individual variation. For my dissertation, Schlis-Elias will use a combination of classic bulk tissue and cutting-edge compound-specific stable isotope analyses to address several understudied aspects of rodent trophic structure, resource use, and energy flow in Southeast Michigan agroecosystems.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:48:20 -0500 2024-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2024-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Environmental Exposures and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics (February 6, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117177 117177-21838784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Shruthi Mahalingaiah is an assistant professor of environmental, reproductive, and women’s health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves clinically as a physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she specializes in ovulation disorders, reproductive endocrinology, and infertility. Her research seeks to understand the links between environmental and modifiable risk factors on human reproduction and gynecological diseases. Shruthi is the creator of the Ovulation and Menstruation Health (OM) Study and one of the principal investigators of the Apple Women’s Health Study.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
http://tinyurl.com/3r87djhf

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:44:17 -0500 2024-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2024-02-06T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Environmental Exposures and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics, webinar presented by Dr. Shruthi Mahalingaiah
Deconstructing gastrulation at single cell resolution (February 6, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116790 116790-21837999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Assistant Professor
Biologic & Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:16:11 -0500 2024-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion Tomer Stern
Up to $50,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects (February 7, 2024 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117733 117733-21839898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $50,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant information sessions, email, or check out our webpage to learn more!

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Meeting Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:41:30 -0500 2024-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2024-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Student Sustainability Coalition Meeting Student Sustainability Coalition members assist the University of Michigan's Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) in the construction of their Mobile Farm Stand. The UMSFP mobile farm stand was awarded funding in Winter semester 2023.
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics -- Weekly Seminar (February 7, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117358 117358-21839212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

Why we sleep remains one of the most enduring mysteries in science. Sleep is homeostatically regulated where the duration of wakefulness drives subsequent sleep. Here we aim to determine how waking experience is sensed to trigger sleep and how sleep restores the brain? How does the circadian clock interact with the sleep homeostat? How does impaired sleep lead to human diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Our work makes widespread use of -omics approaches including for the identification of diagnostic biomarkers in human sleep disruption.

Short Bio:
Ravi Allada is the Edward C. Stuntz Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Northwestern University. Dr. Allada received his M.D from the University of Michigan and completed a residency in Clinical Pathology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During his training, he was an HHMI-NIH Research Scholar and an HHMI Physician Postdoctoral Fellow, the latter with 2017 Nobel Laureate Michael Rosbash. The Allada laboratory has discovered molecule “gears” of the core circadian clock including a link to neurodegenerative disease as well as pathways linking the core clock to daily rhythms of sleep and wake. His laboratory has also identified molecular processes underlying sleep including those linked to memory processing. His work extends discoveries in flies to mammals including the development of diagnostic biomarker signatures for circadian time and examining the effects of jet lag on athletic performance. His work has been funded by the NIH, DARPA as well as private foundations including a Burroughs Wellcome Career Award and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award. He has served as a member of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board and on the Board of Directors as for the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms and Sleep Research Society.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:16:25 -0500 2024-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics -- Weekly Seminar (February 7, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117358 117358-21839254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 4:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 520
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

Why we sleep remains one of the most enduring mysteries in science. Sleep is homeostatically regulated where the duration of wakefulness drives subsequent sleep. Here we aim to determine how waking experience is sensed to trigger sleep and how sleep restores the brain? How does the circadian clock interact with the sleep homeostat? How does impaired sleep lead to human diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Our work makes widespread use of -omics approaches including for the identification of diagnostic biomarkers in human sleep disruption.

Short Bio:
Ravi Allada is the Edward C. Stuntz Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Northwestern University. Dr. Allada received his M.D from the University of Michigan and completed a residency in Clinical Pathology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During his training, he was an HHMI-NIH Research Scholar and an HHMI Physician Postdoctoral Fellow, the latter with 2017 Nobel Laureate Michael Rosbash. The Allada laboratory has discovered molecule “gears” of the core circadian clock including a link to neurodegenerative disease as well as pathways linking the core clock to daily rhythms of sleep and wake. His laboratory has also identified molecular processes underlying sleep including those linked to memory processing. His work extends discoveries in flies to mammals including the development of diagnostic biomarker signatures for circadian time and examining the effects of jet lag on athletic performance. His work has been funded by the NIH, DARPA as well as private foundations including a Burroughs Wellcome Career Award and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award. He has served as a member of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board and on the Board of Directors as for the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms and Sleep Research Society.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:16:25 -0500 2024-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 520 DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion North Campus Research Complex Building 520
DHG Faculty Candidate Seminar (February 8, 2024 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/118458 118458-21841101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2024 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Department of Human Genetics

Dear DHG Community,

Our next faculty candidate will be visiting early next month!

Xander Nuttle, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute

Please join us at his seminar “Reciprocal genomic disorders: rare variant windows into brain development and disease” on Thursday, February 8th, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in BSRB – ABC Seminar Room. The attached flyer provides detailed information. Please share this with your colleagues.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:42:09 -0500 2024-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2024-02-08T22:00:00-05:00 Department of Human Genetics Conference / Symposium Seminar Flyer
“Lessons from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP): rethinking ACVR1-mediated signaling and its physiological roles” (February 8, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117971 117971-21840254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

I lead a group 8 scientists in the Skeletal/Connective Tissue Diseases Therapeutic Focus Area at Regeneron. Using Velocimmune mice and other antibody technologies my team develops reagents and bioassays for the screening and selection of therapeutic antibodies and other engineered biomolecules. We also leverage human genetics for target discovery by functionally model disease associated variants in vitro and in vivo. Our work to understand the molecular mechanism of ACVR1 mutations in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) demonstrated that Activin A is both a necessary and sufficient driver of Heterotopic ossification in FOP using an anti-Activin A blocking antibody prevented heterotopic bone formation in a ‘genetically accurate’ mouse model of FOP. Regeneron has completed Phase II trials and is in Phase I studies in FOP.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:13:17 -0500 2024-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2024-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Vincent Idone, Ph.D.
Biochemical Computations in Neurons During Feeding (February 8, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117910 117910-21840181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

The Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) welcomes Dr. Mark Andermann (Harvard), Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, to speak as part of its Monthly Seminar Series. U-M faculty and staff interested in Neuroscience are welcome to attend both the talk and the post-presentation reception.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:40:32 -0500 2024-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2024-02-08T16:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Mark Andermann, Ph.D.
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Mammals, Museums, and Models: Tools to Study the Anthropocene (February 8, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117462 117462-21839348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our ongoing Thursday Seminar Series.

Preview: We are currently in the middle of the sixth mass extinction. One of the main factors affecting biodiversity patterns of mammals is the change and fragmentation as a function of anthropogenic disturbance. For this talk about the various approaches, we have used to improve the understanding of mammal biodiversity patterns with different foci ranging from populations, communities, landscapes, to biogeographical scales. Our approach includes research based on fieldwork, scientific museum collections, and statistical and spatial modeling. Biodiversity patterns vary by scale and various scales have specific effects for different species. I will discuss some results from studies in tropical systems and in urban habitats. As a result of our research, we have found that: 1. The basic natural history and ecology for most of the mammalian fauna is still poor (even for common urban species); 2. Generalist mammalian species tend to benefit from disturbance; however, not all generalists are the same and these vary within and between habitats; 3. Habitat edges are important for local biodiversity patterns; 4. Various types of models and approaches have pros and cons to identify sites important for conservation and or connectivity in poorly studied systems. The need for more fieldwork at different temporal and spatial scales is evident and thus emphasises the importance of field- and museum based research.

Website: http://www.noedelasancha.com

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:08:11 -0500 2024-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2024-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series (February 8, 2024 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118031 118031-21840375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2024 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

From Seaside to Bedside: Bioengineering Proteins as Tools for Molecular Imaging

Abstract:
Medical imaging has transformed the clinical decision-making process by providing physicians with vital information through MRI, CT, and ultrasound scans. However, despite the benefits of these imaging modalities, there is a critical need to develop new and improved technologies that can monitor changes and abnormalities at the cellular, molecular, and functional levels. Our research lab is at the forefront of the discipline of Molecular Imaging, which is a promising field positioned in the intersection of biomedical research and molecular biology. We focus on creating, implementing, and developing cutting-edge protein engineering techniques to produce genetically encoded tools for Molecular Imaging. In this presentation, we will discuss our latest research findings and their contribution to Molecular Imaging.

We will discuss the development of synthetic and semi-synthetic proteins that can generate contrast through Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI. We have recently developed new types of proteins that can be efficiently detected through MRI. To achieve this, we designed a novel machine-learning algorithm based on genetic programming, that has allowed us to broaden the search space of peptides that can produce CEST MRI contrast. We have then assembled these peptides into a functional protein that can be used as a reporter to track therapeutic cells and gene delivery vehicles in live systems. We are constantly expanding our arsenal of such reporters by seeking and recombining proteins from various organisms. For example, we are evolving proteins and peptides that bind the lanthanide gadolinium to enhance imaging sensitivity as well as for cleaning medical waste. Another example discussed is a magneto-receptive gene cloned from the glass catfish (Kryptopterus vitreolus). This gene can function as a "biomagnetic switch" and can remotely control the activity of enzymes transduced in cells. Inspired by unique mechanisms found in marine organisms, we aim to develop the next generation of genetically encoded technologies to tackle urgent problems in the biomedical field.

Bio:
Assaf A. Gilad is a Michigan State University Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Radiology Professor. The overarching theme of his research program is to utilize synthetic biology to develop new biomedical imaging technologies. Specifically, he works to develop novel genetically encoded and nanoparticle biosensors for brain imaging, neuromodulation, and cancer research. He received a B.A. from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science. He spent three years conducting postdoctoral research in the Department of Radiology at The Johns Hopkins University. In 2007, he joined the Radiology department at The Johns Hopkins University as an Assistant Professor and later as an Associate Professor. In 2017, he moved to Michigan State University.

Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/94801149707

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:42:18 -0500 2024-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 2024-02-08T16:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar A speaker talking to a group of students in a classroom.
MCDB Seminar> Taste and smell, love and death: Lessons learned from COVID-19 (February 9, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117684 117684-21839833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Dus Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:26:23 -0500 2024-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2024-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background