Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Learning Health Systems: A Pathway to Sustainable Health Improvement (February 3, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91725 91725-21682582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 3, 2022 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Charles Friedman is the Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. In recent years, he has focused his academic interests and activities on the concept of Learning Health Systems, and the socio-technical infrastructure required to sustain them. He is editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Learning Health Systems and co-chair of the movement to Mobilize Computable Biomedical Knowledge.

He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Lucerne in Switzerland for his contributions to the science of Learning Health Systems.
Prior to coming to Michigan, Friedman held executive positions at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Immediately prior to his work in the government, Dr. Friedman was Associate Vice Chancellor for Biomedical Informatics, and Founding Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Presentation Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:39:40 -0500 2022-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-03T13:00:00-05:00 Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation Charles P. Friedman, PhD
Craniofacial Regeneration, Stem Cells, and Clinical Cell Therapy...Where are we now? (February 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91853 91853-21683555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Major M. Ash Collegiate Professor of Periodontics
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan

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Presentation Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:43:33 -0500 2022-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation Darnell Kaigler, Jr., D.D.S, M.S., Ph.D.
Oral Health for All: Opportunities for Improvement and Understanding (February 17, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91753 91753-21683050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 17, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque is the deputy director of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health. An accomplished clinician, researcher, and leader, Dr. Webster-Cyriaque had previously served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina (UNC) schools of dentistry and medicine for more than two decades.

As a tenured full professor at UNC, Dr. Webster-Cyriaque also served as the attending on clinical service at the UNC Hospital’s dental clinic. While there, she led research into a potential etiologic agent for salivary gland disease in patients living with HIV, assessed the oral microbiome and its implications for cancer-causing viruses, and studied the impact of the oral microbiome and oral health on HIV outcomes.

In addition to her research, Dr. Webster-Cyriaque has held leadership roles as the chair/vice chair of the Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, as research director at the National Dental Association Foundation, as director of postdoctoral CTSA training, along with multiple roles within the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the International Association for Dental Research. Since 2004, she has led the UNC Malawi project and provided assistance in founding Malawi’s first dental school in 2019. Dr. Webster-Cyriaque earned her PhD in microbiology/immunology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1998, her DDS from SUNY Buffalo in 1992, and her BA in biology and interdisciplinary social science from SUNY Buffalo in 1988.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:51:49 -0500 2022-02-17T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, DDS, PhD
SCSAP Monthly Seminar Series (February 21, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92429 92429-21691399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 21, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP)

Join us on Monday to hear about IsoPlexis’ product suite capabilities and how functional phenotyping is addressing urgent challenges central to unlocking the next stage of personalized cancer immunotherapies and vaccines related to immunological mechanisms in infectious disease. With single-cell proteomics barcoding and detection of a full range of cytokines (30+) per single-cell across thousands of single-cells, the IsoLight platform is showing the unique value of resolving the heterogeneity of a variety of immune cell types, elucidating key pre-clinical translational biomarkers to accelerate research and discovery.
JOIN US AT THE END OF THE TECH TALK TO LEARN ABOUT AN EXCITING GRANT PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
SINGLE CELL SPATIAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM
Discussion topics include:
• Reveal the functional mechanism of immune activation in a novel agonist combination with adoptive cell therapy
• Uncover the role of TILs within Ipi/Nivo checkpoint combination and reveal the biological drivers of patient response
• Identify the unique polyfunctional monocyte cell types that drive tumor suppression
• Understand the functional differences of tumor antigen potency in bispecifics
• Identify functional immune mechanism CD8 T cell response for infectious diseases
• And other single-cell functional proteomics cases

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:53:04 -0500 2022-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program (SCSAP) Workshop / Seminar Isoplexis
LHS Collaboratory (February 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90079 90079-21667713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The session will describe the landscape history, current status, and future of federated health data networks that are used to support a Learning Health System. Dr. Brown will describe the creation, infrastructure, operation, and uses of several networks from the perspective of a network coordinating center. Dr. Harris will describe insights from participating in multiple networks as a network partner, including infrastructure, governance, and operational lessons learned.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is the inventor of PopMedNet, an open-source software platform that facilitates creation and operation of distributed health data networks.

Marcelline Harris, Ph.D., RN, FACMI
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan School of Nursing

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 29 Jan 2022 11:26:41 -0500 2022-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series (March 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93237 93237-21701924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Caswell Diabetes Institute

The Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series features plenary seminar events addressing the broad interests in diabetes-, obesity-, metabolism-, and complications-related research and care across the University of Michigan campus and worldwide.

Prof Andrew Hattersley FRS is an outstanding clinical scientist, who is distinguished for his contributions to the understanding of the genetics of diabetes and the application of that knowledge to clinical practice. He became Gillings Chair in Precision Medicine at Exeter in 2015 and leads the Precision medicine initiative at the University of Exeter working with both scientific and clinical colleagues.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:25:53 -0500 2022-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Caswell Diabetes Institute Livestream / Virtual Hattersley CDI Seminar Notice
LHS Collaboratory (March 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90095 90095-21667763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Presentation 1: PCORNet and the PaTH subnetwork

Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH, MS

In this talk, Kathleen McTigue describes the vision of PCORNet, its organization, and its value to the field of clinical research. PCORNet is divided into regional subnetworks one of which is PaTH. The organization of PaTH along with its priories will be discussed.

Presentation 2: UM’s site within PCORNet/PaTH

David Williams, PhD

The University of Michigan is an institutional member of PaTH/PCORNet.
In this talk, David Williams describes the organization and processes of the UM site within PCORNet/PaTH, studies in which UM participates, and resources for UM investigators interested in participating in PCORNet studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:38:45 -0500 2022-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
6th Annual RNA Symposium (March 25, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93125 93125-21700908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 25, 2022 8:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Symposium Agenda

8:30 / Morning Welcome: President Mary Sue Coleman
8:40 / Jack Szostak "The emergence of RNA from heterogeneous prebiotic chemistry"
9:35 / Gigi Storz "RNA-mediated regulation within protein-coding sequences"
10:30 / coffee break
10:55 / Chris Burge "Impact of RNA-Binding Proteins on Human Genomic Variation"
12:00 / Lunch - please register for free box lunch
1:00 / Afternoon Welcome: Rebecca Cunningham, Vice President for Research
1:10 / Wendy Gilbert “Decoding the untranslated”
2:05 / Michelle Hastings "Splice-Modulating Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Disease"
2:55 / Panel discussion with keynote speakers
Topic: Future of RNA Therapeutics, moderated by John Androsavich, Pfizer Global Lead, RNA Medicine

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:43:32 -0400 2022-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2022-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion 6th Annual RNA Symposium
PDHP Workshop: Tools For Reproducible Research (March 28, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93103 93103-21700723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 28, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Despite the recent increase in the amount and complexity of data available, the social sciences are nonetheless facing a reproducibility crisis as previous findings fail to replicate. Both of these trends highlight the need for improving reproducibility and collaboration in the social sciences, an increasingly important topic that is rarely covered in traditional academic training.

Please join as we conduct a new PDHP workshop titled “Tools For Reproducible Research,” presented by Alexandru Cernat (associate professor of social statistics, University of Manchester). This half-day workshop will cover the main concepts of reproducible research as well as best practices in the field (including meta-analyses, pre-registration, and sensitivity analysis), while mixing both lecture and practical application. Attendees will also get hands-on practice with state-of-the-art tools of reproducible research, such as research project management using R/RStudio and version control using Github.

Topics covered:
-Challenges to social research such as publication bias and specification bias
-Solutions to the reproducibility crisis: meta-analyses, pre-registration, and sensitivity analysis
-Tools for better research workflows: project management (via Rprojects and the renv package), version control via Github, and dynamic documents (via git, usethis and Rmarkdown)

As always, this workshop is free of cost and open to the public. Please RSVP for this event: https://pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:56:56 -0500 2022-03-28T09:00:00-04:00 2022-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar flyer
Mike Shapiro, PhD-Variations In Biology Seminar Series (May 10, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87453 87453-21642263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

The Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design alongside
The Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology departments and the
Cell and Molecular Biology CMB/Genetics Training Programs
are proud to present:

Mike Shapiro, PhD
James E. Talmage Presidential Endowed Chair in Biology
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Genetics

Faculty Host: Sundeep Kalantry, PhD, Human Genetics

For more information/questions email: Organogenesis@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:01:42 -0400 2022-05-10T16:00:00-04:00 2022-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Workshop / Seminar flyer
2022 Caswell Diabetes Institute - Metabolism, Obesity & Diabetes (CDI-MOD) and the Frontiers in Diabetes Complications Symposium (May 11, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/94750 94750-21764822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Caswell Diabetes Institute

The CDI-MOD and Frontiers in Diabetes Complications Symposium provides a forum for intellectual exchange on topics associated with diabetes, obesity, metabolism and related complications among established investigators, junior faculty, students, and other researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) and surrounding areas. This symposium features two days of invited speakers with a lively debate, poster session and data blitz, providing time for discussion and exploration of new collaborations. Speakers include a combination of researchers of international stature from outside of U-M and junior and senior faculty within the University. Symposium participants will enhance their knowledge and understanding of the latest advances in basic, translational and clinical research as well as the latest advances in the care and treatment of diabetes, obesity, metabolism and related complications. After this activity, participants will be able to elucidate and predict more clear causes of diabetes and metabolic diseases and utilize this information to guide future research. The target audience includes physicians, house officers, medical students, technicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:14:09 -0400 2022-05-11T08:00:00-04:00 2022-05-11T18:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Caswell Diabetes Institute Conference / Symposium CDI-MOD Complications Schedule-At-A-Glance
2022 Caswell Diabetes Institute - Metabolism, Obesity & Diabetes (CDI-MOD) and the Frontiers in Diabetes Complications Symposium (May 12, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/94750 94750-21764823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 12, 2022 8:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Caswell Diabetes Institute

The CDI-MOD and Frontiers in Diabetes Complications Symposium provides a forum for intellectual exchange on topics associated with diabetes, obesity, metabolism and related complications among established investigators, junior faculty, students, and other researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) and surrounding areas. This symposium features two days of invited speakers with a lively debate, poster session and data blitz, providing time for discussion and exploration of new collaborations. Speakers include a combination of researchers of international stature from outside of U-M and junior and senior faculty within the University. Symposium participants will enhance their knowledge and understanding of the latest advances in basic, translational and clinical research as well as the latest advances in the care and treatment of diabetes, obesity, metabolism and related complications. After this activity, participants will be able to elucidate and predict more clear causes of diabetes and metabolic diseases and utilize this information to guide future research. The target audience includes physicians, house officers, medical students, technicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:14:09 -0400 2022-05-12T08:00:00-04:00 2022-05-12T17:00:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Caswell Diabetes Institute Conference / Symposium CDI-MOD Complications Schedule-At-A-Glance
2022 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium (Day 1, May 12) (May 12, 2022 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92998 92998-21698986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 12, 2022 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

*featuring the career of Siobán D. Harlow, PhD, (Professor Emerita of Epidemiology, Global Public Health, and Obstetrics & Gynecology)*

**REGISTER TODAY** (In-person and virtual attendance options available)

http://midlifescience.umich.edu/Event_Sowers2022.php

Keynote speaker Dr. Fugate Woods is Professor Emerita, University of Washington School of Nursing, and Co-Director, de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.

**May 12 (Thursday)1:30-4:30 pm**
Welcome: SPH Dean Dubois Bowman
Keynote address: Nancy Fugate Woods "Women's Lives, Women's Health Across the Lifespan"

Michael Elliott, PhD: "What Makes a Good Collaboration? An Exemplary Example in My Work with Professor Sioban Harlow"

Kristin Dunkle, PhD: "From Prevalence to Effective Prevention: Evolution of Epidemiological Research on Gender-based Violence"

Alexis Reeves, PhD: "Addressing Racially Diverse Trajectories of Health in Women - Methodological Challenges and Implications"

Reception: Organized by Epidemiology Dept.

Registration required. Please see webpage for more information and registration.
http://midlifescience.umich.edu/SOWERS2022

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 May 2022 14:02:54 -0400 2022-05-12T13:30:00-04:00 2022-05-12T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Conference / Symposium MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium featuring the career of Siobán Harlow
2022 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium (Day 2, May 13) (May 13, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93519 93519-21705222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 13, 2022 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

*featuring the career of Siobán D. Harlow, PhD*

REGISTER TODAY (in person and virtual attendance options)
http://midlifescience.umich.edu/Event_Sowers2022.php

May 13 (Friday)11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Panel: The Future of Women's Health
Moderator, Nancy Fugate Wood

Panel A: NGO and Practice
With...
Lisa Zook, MPH (InformEd International)
Richa Mittal, MPH (Fair Labor Association)
Alain Mukwege, MD (Panzi Foundation)

Panel B: Research
With...
Alexis Handal, PhD (U of M)
Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD (U of M)
Lynda Lisabeth, PhD (U of M)
Hilda Garcia, PhD (Colegio de Frontera Norte)

Registration required. Please see webpage for more information and registration.
http://midlifescience.umich.edu/SOWERS2022

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:38:04 -0400 2022-05-13T11:00:00-04:00 2022-05-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Midlife Science Conference / Symposium MaryFran Sowers Memorial Symposium featuring the career of Siobán Harlow
“Genetic regulation of epithelial homeostasis and injury” (June 7, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95318 95318-21789154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

The NIH T32 Training Program in Organogenesis trainees are please to present a Special Series, "Building and Rebuilding: Regulation of Cell Signaling in Development and Regeneration," featuring guest speaker, Adam D. Gracz, PhD.

Dr. Gracz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine-Division of Digestive Disease at Emory University.

The talk is entitled, “Genetic regulation of epithelial homeostasis
and injury.”

Trainee Host
Megan Radyk, PhD-Lyssiotis & Shah Labs

For more information email: Organogenesis@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 May 2022 10:58:57 -0400 2022-06-07T16:00:00-04:00 2022-06-07T17:00:00-04:00 Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion Gracz flyer
LHS Collaboratory (June 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95245 95245-21789057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

"Restructuring health systems for learning: Building equity into the Learning Health System"
Learn more about ELSI-LHS (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Learning Health Systems). The session will be moderated by, Jody E. Platt, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences.

Speaker:
Lauren A. Taylor, PhD, MDiv, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Health
Division of Medical Ethics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 May 2022 00:20:49 -0400 2022-06-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-06-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 21, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96071 96071-21791886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 21, 2022 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1109 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! 13 spectacular new images for 2022 will be making their debut!

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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Exhibition Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:08:38 -0400 2022-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2022-07-21T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Exhibition BioArtography at the Ann Arbor Art Fair
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 22, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96071 96071-21791887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 22, 2022 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1109 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! 13 spectacular new images for 2022 will be making their debut!

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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Exhibition Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:08:38 -0400 2022-07-22T10:00:00-04:00 2022-07-22T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Exhibition BioArtography at the Ann Arbor Art Fair
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 23, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96071 96071-21791888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1109 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! 13 spectacular new images for 2022 will be making their debut!

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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Exhibition Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:08:38 -0400 2022-07-23T10:00:00-04:00 2022-07-23T20:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Exhibition BioArtography at the Ann Arbor Art Fair
LHS Collaboratory (September 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96027 96027-21791723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

LHS Collaboratory Kickoff Poster Session Showcasing LHS Work at the University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:55:57 -0400 2022-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
PSC Brownbag Series: PSC postdocs (September 26, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99030 99030-21797480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

Hear from Population Studies Center postdoctoral fellows with updates on their current projects.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:59:33 -0400 2022-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-26T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Postdocs Introductions and Updates
Department Colloquium | Graduate Student Showcase (October 5, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99599 99599-21798387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Ryan Cardman
Ponderomotive Laser Spectroscopy of Rubidium Rydberg Atoms
Spectroscopy of Rydberg atoms with very large principal quantum numbers, n, has traditionally been performed through coherent absorption and emission of microwaves. In my talk, I describe a newly developed and recently demonstrated method of manipulating an alkali (rubidium) Rydberg atom’s valence electron using phase-modulated laser fields that drive a coherent transition between two Rydberg states. The light-matter interaction for this method originates from the ponderomotive force of the laser field acting on the Rydberg electron, rather than the more commonly observed electric-dipole force (which, along with magnetic-dipole interactions, governs most of modern spectroscopy). Because the ponderomotive interaction fundamentally differs from the electric-dipole force, differences arise in selection rules, which are considerably more relaxed in ponderomotive than in traditional spectroscopy. For instance, high-harmonic transitions can be driven in first-order perturbation theory (i.e. without virtual intermediate states, and without a significant drop in Rabi frequency with increasing order). We also observe and explain a new paradigm for Doppler-free spectroscopy. In my talk, I will describe details of the optical setup, the phase-control of the light, the experimental spectra, our models, and numerical simulations. Applications of ponderomotive Rydberg-atom spectroscopy include site-selective spin manipulations in quantum simulators, high-l-Rydberg-state initialization, and gate operations in Rydberg quantum computers.

Xiaoyu Guo
Ferro-Rotational Domain Walls Revealed by Electric Quadrupole Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy
Domain walls in (multi)ferroics have received tremendous attention recently due to their emergent properties distinct from their domain counterparts. However, in contrast to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, it is extremely challenging to study ferro-rotational (FR) domain walls because the FR order is invariant under both spatial-inversion and time-reversal operations and thus hardly couple with conventional probes. Here, we investigate an FR candidate NiTiO3 with electric quadrupole (EQ) second harmonic generation rotational anisotropy (SHG RA) and probe the point symmetries of its two degenerate FR domain states. We then visualize the real-space FR domains and domain walls using scanning EQ SHG microscopy. By taking local EQ SHG RA measurements, we further show the restoration of the mirror symmetry at FR domain walls and prove their nonpolar nature. Our findings not only provide insight into FR domain walls, but also demonstrate a powerful tool for future studies on domain walls of unconventional ferroics.

Robert Saskowski
Towards Unreasonable Effectiveness in AdS5
Gauge/gravity duality has garnered an enormous amount of interest in the last twenty-five years. The prototypical example is the AdS/CFT correspondence, which relates supergravity with a negative cosmological constant to a conformal field theory in one lower dimension. In particular, this relates gravitational and non-gravitational theories. I will focus on the supergravity story, specifically with higher-derivative corrections. In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to the AdS/CFT correspondence and higher derivatives and discuss some recent work with my advisor Jim Liu regarding the universality of supersymmetric four-derivative corrections to minimal supergravity in five spacetime dimensions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:22:48 -0400 2022-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar West Hall
CPOD Seminar Talk: Alex Hughes, PhD (UPenn)"Interpreting geometric rules of early kidney formation for synthetic morphogenesis" (October 11, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98601 98601-21796958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:00 pm
Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design presents:

Alex Hughes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania

Seminar entitled: "Interpreting geometric rules of early kidney formation for synthetic morphogenesis"

In-Person: BSRB ABC Seminar Rooms
Zoom Meeting Option ID: 932 944 30678

Faculty Host: Claudia Loebel, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Sep 2022 21:04:22 -0400 2022-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion Hughes
Poster Design Workshop (October 11, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99872 99872-21798816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A short presentation on STEM poster design, followed by researchers and graduate students sharing personal examples. Topics will included formatting, narrating your research story, and designing a poster that works equally well presented or read on its own.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/DVGvnsSXhtCEBeWy6

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:46:21 -0400 2022-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Department Colloquium | Graduate Student Showcase (October 12, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99908 99908-21798868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Nora Sherman (U-M Physics)

A Multi-Messenger Search for H0 Using Optical Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Events

Measurements of the Hubble Constant (H0) – a parameter that helps illustrate the expanding behavior of the universe – differ vastly, particularly between those using early- versus late-universe data. To help relieve this tension, the Dark Energy Survey Gravitational Wave group (DESGW) seeks to perform a standard siren measurement of H0 by identifying electromagnetic counterparts to compact binary mergers. Together with the GW data from detections by the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Collaboration (LVK), this information allows us to make an H0 measurement independent of traditional methods. In this talk, I will detail DESGW’s pursuit of this measurement, including our tools for observation and analysis, recent key results, ongoing studies critical to the project, and our preparation for the next LVK observing run.

Torben Purz (U-M Physics)

Imaging of Dynamic Exciton Interactions and Coupling in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are regarded as a possible material platform for quantum information science, photovoltaics, and related device applications. However, many experimental results on TMDs are only realized at specific spots on the sample, presenting a challenge to the scalability of these applications. Here, we demonstrate multi-dimensional coherent imaging spectroscopy on TMD monolayer and heterostructure samples. This technique enables us to shed light on the spatial dynamics of various material parameters—including dephasing, inhomogeneity, and strain, as well as coherent exciton coupling and charge transfer. We demonstrate that dephasing and inhomogeneity are very sensitive to residual strain in state-of-the-art TMD monolayer samples. At the same time, the coherent coupling strength and charge transfer remain robust across large areas of the heterostructure sample. Our findings strengthen the case for heterostructure TMDs as a next-generation material platform for device applications and introduce a powerful tool in multi-dimensional coherent imaging spectroscopy for material characterization.

Aidan Herderschee (U-M Physics)

The Space of Supersymmetric Theories

I will review how causality non-trivially bounds the space of quantum field theories, focusing in particular on maximally supersymmetric theories in four dimensions. I will then discuss some geometric properties of this space and how to efficiently calculate bounds using linear programming. Finally, I will use some results from string theory to motivate novel conjectures.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:23:50 -0400 2022-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Celebrate Invention (October 13, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98346 98346-21796522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Innovation Partnerships

Celebrate University of Michigan inventors and the growing impact of U-M innovations!

Don’t miss this year’s annual Celebrate Invention highlighting demonstrations from promising U-M startups, networking opportunities at the ecosystem fair, panel discussions featuring prominent inventors and alumni, and the presentation of the Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award.

Thursday, October 13
1:00–6:00pm
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/DJNbM!*

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1:00–3:00pm: Panel Sessions & Ecosystem Fair

3:00–6:00pm: Reception, Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 2nd Floor

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Reception / Open House Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:06:20 -0400 2022-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Innovation Partnerships Reception / Open House Image of the Celebrate Invention logo on a blue background.
LHS Collaboratory (October 20, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96028 96028-21791725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speakers:
Alex John London, PhD
Professor of Ethics and Philosophy
Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Explainability Is Not the Solution to Structural Challenges to AI in Medicine

Explainability is often treated as a necessary condition for ethical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in Medicine. In this brief talk I survey some of the structural challenges facing the development and deployment of effective AI systems in health care to illustrate some of the limitations to explainability in addressing these challenges. This talk builds on prior work (London 2019, 2022) to illustrate how ambitions for AI in health care likely require significant changes to key aspects of health systems.

Melissa McCradden, PhD, MHSc
Director of AI in Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children
On the Inextricability of Explainability from Ethics: Explainable AI does not Ethical AI Make

Explainability is embedded into a plethora of legal, professional, and regulatory guidelines as it is often presumed that an ethical use of AI will require explainable algorithms. There is considerable controversy, however, as to whether post hoc explanations are computationally reliable, their value for decision-making, and the relational implications of their use in shared decision-making. This talk will explore the literature across these domains and argue that while post hoc explainability may be a reasonable technical goal, it should not be offered status as a moral standard by which AI use is judged to be ‘ethical.’

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:10:43 -0400 2022-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo
Writing Personal and Academic Statements (October 25, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100505 100505-21800018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

Bioscience postdocs and grad students will give a presentation on what to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing academic and personal statements for research-based grad programs (and others). There will be a chance after for anyone interested in workshopping their statement drafts in small groups.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/43KP9utUYjCknofm8

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:54:49 -0400 2022-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
International Symposium and Poster Session (November 2, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/95320 95320-21789160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Registration Required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/center-for-cell-plasticity-and-organ-design-symposium-poster-session-tickets-166090175185

VIRTUAL MORNING SESSION
Matthias Hebrok, PhD
Modifying stem cell derived human islet organoids
Professor and Chair
Applied Stem Cell and Organoid Systems Technical University Munich (TUM)

Madeline Lancaster, PhD
Exploring regulators of human brain size determination using cerebral organoids
Research Leader
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Matthias Lütolf, PhD
Engineering epithelial organoids
Scientific Director, Roche Institute for Translational Bioengineering Professor of Bioengineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

IN-PERSON AFTERNOON SESSION
Kenneth D. Poss, PhD
Regulating tissue regeneration
Professor of Cell Biology
Director of the Duke Regeneration Center Duke University

Sally Temple, PhD
Investigating Tauopathy mechanisms and interventions with 3D brain organoids?
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences University at Albany
Scientific Director, Neural Stem Cell Institute

James M. Wells, PhD
Using human pluripotent stem cells to engineer gastrointestinal tissues
Cincinnati Research Foundation Endowed Professor
Chief Scientific Officer, Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine

UM SPEAKERS
Longhua Guo, PhD
From genetics to aging and regeneration in long-lived planarians
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School

Claudia Loebel, PhD
Microstructured hydrogels to guide self-assembly and function of lung alveolospheres
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Daysha Ferrer-Torres, PhD
In vitro Models of the Human Esophagus Reveal Ancestrally Diverse Response to Injury
Research Fellow, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Lab: Jason Spence Laboratory

Charles Zhang
Applying high-content imaging techniques to iPSC-derived liver organoids for studying drug-induced liver injury
Graduate Student, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacology
Lab: Jonathan Sexton Laboratory


For more information email: Organogenesis@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:33:56 -0400 2022-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2022-11-02T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Conference / Symposium Symposium
LHS Collaboratory (November 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96029 96029-21791726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

LHS Collaboratory November Session

Speaker:

Kadija Ferryman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

In this talk, Professor Ferryman will discuss the merits and challenges of conducting health equity reviews of artificial intelligence (AI) tools used in health and medicine. The talk will examine how interdisciplinary approaches from the social sciences, bioethics and humanities, and computational fields can be involved in the development of concepts, methods, frameworks, and guidelines for understanding and governing digital health tools.

Dr. Kadija Ferryman is a cultural anthropologist who studies the social, cultural, and ethical implications of health information technologies. Specifically, her research examines how genomics, digital medical records, artificial intelligence, and other technologies impact racial disparities in health. As a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Data & Society Research Institute in New York, she led the Fairness in Precision Medicine research study, which examines the potential for bias and discrimination in predictive precision medicine.

She earned a BA in Anthropology from Yale University, and a PhD in Anthropology from The New School for Social Research. Before completing her PhD, she was a policy researcher at the Urban Institute where she studied how housing and neighborhoods impact well-being, specifically the effects of public housing redevelopment on children, families, and older adults.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:39:25 -0400 2022-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo
Professor Career Path (November 22, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101249 101249-21801109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

This seminar will cover the career path of STEM professors beginning with undergraduate research. Professor Monica Dus of the MCDB department will share her experiences starting in undergrad research, through earning a PhD, working as a post-doctoral researcher, and eventually starting her own research lab at the University of Michigan. Prof. Dus studies nutrigenomics, which looks at how genes interact with our diet to shape neural plasticity and feeding behavior.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJe8DfFZVUeqqguF_u_tNBzZwlU-nj6il4-TkwjVgRXBEfug/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:25:15 -0500 2022-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 2022-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series (December 7, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101913 101913-21802921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Join MNI on Thursday, December 16, at 1:00 p.m. EST as we host the Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar!

Hosted by MNI Co-Director Hank Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., attendees will hear scientific presentations at 1:00 p.m. from U-M Postdoctoral Fellow Marina Silveira, Ph.D., and Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Cristina Maria Rios.

A panel discussion will follow the presentations at 1:30 p.m. and will be led by Keith Duncan, Ph.D., U-M Associate Professor (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery) and Faculty Mentor for the U-M Neuroscience Graduate Program. The panel discussion is titled "Stacked Mentorship: Models and Practice' and will feature three panelists, including U-M Assistant Professor Michael Roberts, Ph.D., (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular & Integrative Physiology), U-M Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Jenn Jaime, and U-M Postdoctoral Fellow Pilar Rivero-Rios, Ph.D.

Spread the word - all are welcome to attend!

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:45:51 -0500 2022-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2022-12-07T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion U-M Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series
Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series (December 16, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101913 101913-21802920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 16, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Join MNI on Thursday, December 16, at 1:00 p.m. EST as we host the Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar!

Hosted by MNI Co-Director Hank Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., attendees will hear scientific presentations at 1:00 p.m. from U-M Postdoctoral Fellow Marina Silveira, Ph.D., and Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Cristina Maria Rios.

A panel discussion will follow the presentations at 1:30 p.m. and will be led by Keith Duncan, Ph.D., U-M Associate Professor (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery) and Faculty Mentor for the U-M Neuroscience Graduate Program. The panel discussion is titled "Stacked Mentorship: Models and Practice' and will feature three panelists, including U-M Assistant Professor Michael Roberts, Ph.D., (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Molecular & Integrative Physiology), U-M Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Jenn Jaime, and U-M Postdoctoral Fellow Pilar Rivero-Rios, Ph.D.

Spread the word - all are welcome to attend!

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:45:51 -0500 2022-12-16T13:00:00-05:00 2022-12-16T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion U-M Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series