BME in the News

Curtis Johnson honoured by Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for late March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Monday January 13: 4-Week Winter Session begins
• Friday January 17: Last day to register for 4-Week Winter Session
• Monday January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; UNIVERSITY CLOSED + NO CLASSES HELD
• Friday February 7: Last day of BOTH Winter Session classes
• Saturday February 8: Final Exams for BOTH Winter Sessions
• Monday February 10: Spring 2020 Semester begins

Award Season is Upon Us

Nominations for UD’s Excellence-in-Teaching Award and Excellence-in-Undergraduate-Advising-and-Mentoring Award are being accepted now through March 1: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/december/in-recognition-of-excellence/

Nominations are open for the Excellence in Student Development and Success Award recognizing University staff for their positive impact on the student experience. The award signals the University’s commitment to excellence in promoting student success; honors staff who positively impact the holistic development and growth of students; and stimulates mutual commitment among all UD staff to promote student success. More information and the nomination form are available at https://www.bluehensuccess.udel.edu/success-spotlight/excellence-in-student-development-success-award/

BME Graduate News

Special Note for ALL BMEG Graduate Students re: You’ve Got Mail!

Did you know you have a mailbox in 161 Colburn? Not going to lie; 75% of the materials in there are junk mail. Please plan a visit to 161 CLB before the start of the Spring 2020 semester to empty your folder, whether you are in DTP5, STAR, Fraunhofer, or elsewhere. If you cannot physically make it to the office before Monday February 10, please let Amanda know so she can 1) purge your folder for you, or 2) save all the mail for you to pick up upon your return to campus. The rack with all the mail folders is on the unit behind Amanda’s desk; feel free to go back there even when she’s not in. Furthermore, if you have any questions, please contact her via email.

Registration is Closing Soon for the 1st BioBreakfast of 2020

W.L. Gore & Associates is hosting the January BioBreakfast on Thursday, January 16th from 7:30 – 9:30 AM! The January BioBreakfast: Connectivity & Collaborations, will feature Fred Kielhorn, CEO of DeNovix, Inc. who recently received a US Patent for their innovation in the field of cell counting.  The CellDrop™ Automated Cell Counter, engineered with DirectPipette™ Technology, is the first image-based cell counter that completely eliminates the need for slides. 

Grab a coffee, bring your business cards, and connect with Delaware’s life science industry leaders at our January BioBreakfast!

AIBS: Apply for the 2020 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award

Each year, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy.

Click here to view the application guidelines. The AIBS Congressional Visits Day will be held in the spring of 2020 (likely in March or April). Questions should be directed to jpandey@aibs.org.

Women in STEM Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History

The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open.  This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate self-identifying women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the AMNH.  This fellowship is an initiative at the AMNH dedicated to increasing the diversity of the talent pipeline by providing underrepresented students access to the skills and tools required for the 21^st Century.

To learn more about the fellowship and the application process, visit https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/higher-education/helen-fellowship.

DE-CTR ACCEL Commons Post: Delaware’s Behavioural Health Consortium

You are invited to join us at… Delaware State University’s MLK Parlors

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 9:00 – 4:00 PM
Registration and continental breakfast open at 8:30am

Register Here

• Perceptions & Stigma
• Law Enforcement & Corrections
• Education & Prevention
• Community Engagement

Don’t Forget: Your attendance qualifies you to apply for Jumpstart Grant up to $20,000

The Behavioral and Mental Health Research Retreat includes four work sessions designed to foster collaborations and develop research plans. The interactive and participant driven work sessions are facilitated by colleagues from ACCEL partnering institutions, with active and externally funded research. The four work sessions align with the Behavioral Health Consortium Three-Year Action Plan (2018) lead by DE Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, who will be keynote speaker at the Retreat.

We will identify key questions for behavioral and mental health in Delaware and lay the foundation for new research collaborations to help address these important problems. Attendees from all ACCEL partner institutions will be eligible to apply for Jumpstart funding.

Work supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number U54-GM104941 (PI: Binder-Macleod).

https://www.de-ctr.org/delawares-behavioral-health-consortium-building-collaborative-community-engaged-research/

Graduate Student Math Modelling Camp 2020

We are pleased to announce the Sixteenth Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, GSMMC 20.  The camp will take place at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE from June 10-13, 2020.  Please circulate this announcement to graduate students in your department.

The GSMM Camp is a workshop designed to teach graduate students a broad range of problem-solving skills, including mathematical modeling and analysis, scientific computation, and critical assessment of solutions.  Guided by an invited faculty mentor, graduate students work in teams on highly interdisciplinary problems inspired by real industrial applications.  As a result, the Camp provides a valuable educational and career-enhancing experience outside of the traditional academic setting.

Here are some past problems from the 2019 Camp:

• Drug Delivery in Contact Lenses
• Cutting with water: From fish to fracking
• Flow and Fouling in Elastic Membrane Filters

For more examples of the types of problems presented, you may visit the Web page for the 2017 Camp.

MPI Workshop
The Camp is run in conjunction with the MPI Workshop the following week, held this year at the University of Vermont.  MPI focuses on real-world open-ended industrial problems, and draws both faculty and student attendees.  With the skills obtained at GSMMC, campers become valuable participants in the problem-solving teams at the workshop, helping to solve the posed problems.  The Workshop also provides mentoring and networking opportunities for Campers with academic and industrial representatives.  We expect that most Campers will automatically be registered for and supported at MPI.  For more information about MPI, you may visit the Web page for the 2019 Workshop.

Application
Financial support is available for participants, but is limited.  The selection will be based on academic background and interests as indicated in the application form and on a letter of recommendation from a faculty sponsor.  Women and students from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Applications must be completed by April 28, 2020 for full consideration, and successful applicants will be notified by early to mid-May.

2020-2021 UD Fellowships are NOW OPEN

The UD Graduate College has announced their call for nominations for the University-level fellowship awards. These include the University Doctoral Fellowship Award, the University Dissertation Fellowship Award, and the Graduate Scholars Award. A brief description of each fellowship/award is provided below.

Students are not allowed to self-nominate themselves for these University-level awards; instead, our department must forward internally nominated students to the Graduate College for consideration at the institutional level. Additionally, each department (including ours) is restricted in the number of nominations that can be submitted through this process (typically two). Thus, I am writing to inform you of the internal nomination process for these awards, as it will be different from past years.

This year, we are requiring that all student nominations be initiated through BME faculty members. Any faculty member may nominate a student if the student is eligible. As a student, if you are eligible for one of these Graduate College awards and wish to be considered for them, you may ask your advisor, or another BME faculty member, to nominate you for internal consideration. Once a student is nomination for departmental consideration, and confirmed to be eligible, we will then solicit the required application materials from each nominee (typically a CV, a two-page personal statement, and requested evidentiary materials).

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names is for the University Doctoral Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship & Graduate Scholars Award (*renewals) is December 16^th; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by January 3^rd for consideration.

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names for the Graduate Scholars Award (*new submissions) is January 31^st; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by February 14^th for consideration.

The BME faculty will be made aware of these requirements and deadlines.

• University Doctoral Fellowship: Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• • Doctoral Fellow awards are competitive, and are granted for one-year. A faculty review committee selects awardees based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential contribution to the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• University Dissertation Fellowship: These awards were established to support PhD students completing a dissertation and nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin.
  • Dissertation Fellowship awards are competitive and are selected by a faculty review committee based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential impact of the dissertation on the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin and awards are granted for one-year.
• University Graduate Scholars Award: The Graduate Scholars award is intended to provide support for newly admitted or currently enrolled students in a graduate degree program at UD, who are from historically underrepresented groups, have disabilities, come from disadvantaged backgrounds, or are first-generation college students.

Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Awards are competitive and are based on academic achievement, as well as:

• • Membership in historically underrepresented groups (African American, Asian American, Latina/o/x, Hispanic Americans, Native American/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander, two or more races)
  • Students with documented disability or chronic medical conditions
  • Students with evidence of financial need
    • e.g. current or former Pell Grant eligibility
  • First-generation college student
  • Extenuating personal circumstances/hardships

Each award is for a one-year period and students may be re-nominated for one additional year with compelling evidence of progress towards the degree, advancement in training, and potential professional contribution in the student’s field of study. Awardees will be asked to participate in community building and professional development activities/events sponsored by the Graduate College.

Tufts Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program (IRACDA)

We would like to tell you about an exciting postdoctoral training program that is in place at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and hope that you will pass information about this opportunity on to your graduate students.  This program, called IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program), is funded by the IRACDA mechanism of NIH-NIGMS.

This NIGMS-funded program is designed to prepare talented young scientists for the multiple demands of an academic career in biomedical research. Scholars spend on average 75% of their time conducting bench research and 25% of their time in career development activities. Teaching skills are developed through programs involving mentored classroom assignments at minority-serving institutions in the Boston area.  The training is further supplemented by workshops on essential skills such as grant and manuscript writing, mentoring, lab management, scientific presentations, and responsible conduct of research as well as on teaching methods that encourage active learning. The training components are sequenced to allow scholars to balance the activities and to build on previous experiences. The first year of support for IRACDA scholars is provided by the faculty research mentor and then up to three years of support, plus a yearly travel and supply allowance, comes from the IRACDA Program.

The application deadline for positions beginning in the fall of 2020 is March 1, 2020.  Later applications will be considered if positions are available.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with no more than two years of postdoctoral training at the time of their appointment to the program. Commitment to the goals of the program, strong academic and research credentials and an interest in teaching, mentoring, and active citizenship will be important criteria used in the selection process.

For additional information on the Tufts IRACDA Program and application procedures, please visit our website, or contact Claire Moore, the Program Director, or Jordan Wilkinson, the Program’s Research Administrator with questions.

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) at the National Institutes of Health

A Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP) is being offered at the National Institutes of Health. Sponsorship of this program is through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at NIH.  This structured ten week summer program will sponsor sixteen rising senior undergraduate biomedical engineering students who have completed their junior year of college.  The selected interns will work on cutting edge biomedical research projects in NIH laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland, under the mentorship of world-class scientists.  The interns will be selected by a Selection Committee consisting of eight NIH scientists/engineers through a nationwide competition and participants will have the opportunity to indicate preferences of projects from a list of available projects provided by NIH scientists from several of the NIH Institutes who are working on biomedical research problems that involve areas of engineering or physical science expertise. The interns participate in many activities that are provided by the Summer Internship Program (SIP).  They submit posters to the NIH Poster Day where summer interns from all disciplines present their projects. The 16 interns present the results of their summer research projects at a closing BESIP Seminar which is attended by students, mentors, and many guests from NIH.  Interns submit a short, written report at the end of the program that summarizes their research for the summer.

The Program will run from June 1 through August 7, 2020 and all interns must participate in the full ten week program during the specific interval listed above.  For more information about the NIH, visit the web site at www.nih.gov.  For more information about the BESIP program, including the on-line application site, eligibility requirements, the selection criteria, and a proposed project list, visit our web site at http://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/biomedical-engineering-summer-internship-program-besip

The BESIP application deadline is February 3, 2020 which is sooner than the regular SIP deadline.

Eligibility: To be eligible for the Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program, a student must be a rising senior having completed at least three years (6 semesters or 9 quarters) of undergraduate study in a Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering degree program by the start of the 2020 summer and be returning to undergraduate school for at least one term following the summer program.  Because of the structure of the program, the orientation procedures, and planned group activities, the intern must be available and present on the Bethesda campus to participate in the full ten-week program at the starting and ending dates listed above.  Early starts or departures cannot be accepted in the program. Please do not apply if any other plans would preclude you from being present for the full 10 weeks.  It is possible for quarter term students to attend the full 10 weeks if they can get permission from their professors to take some final exams proctored at NIH. The intern must also be a United States citizen or permanent resident.

Stipend/Benefits: The BESIP summer stipend is approximately $5600 for the 10 week program. A small stipend supplement is often available to STEM interns to cover the high cost of living in the DC area. Stipends will be dispensed in arrears as a prorated amount at the end of the months of June, July and August for the ten-week duration of the program. BESIP interns frequently elect to share local housing to reduce the housing costs. Information about housing can be found at the Office of Intramural Education and Training (OITE) website https://www.training.nih.gov/assets/Moving_Guide.pdf. The intern must pay any travel expenses to and from NIH from the summer stipend.

How/When to Apply: An on-line NIH application system is the only method used to apply. The BESIP program is a Subprogram of NIH’s main SIP program. In Section 9 at the bottom of the application form (“SIP Subprogram Selection”), you can “ADD” BESIP as your selected Subprogram. The BESIP web site has links for the on-line application. The on-line application form requests the following four items which will be used in the intern selection process:   (1)  A resume which should contain addresses and phone numbers for both school and permanent residence, an e-mail address and a statement affirming the US citizen or permanent resident status of the applicant.  The resume should contain information about the student’s education, recent work experiences, and activities and awards.  (2)  An unofficial transcript or listing of all college courses and grades, including a list of those courses that you are currently enrolled in.  An official transcript will be requested only from the final 16 selected interns before they commence the internship.  (3)  Two letters of recommendation from individuals who are familiar with the student’s academic or work performance, such as faculty or work supervisors, and who can comment on their suitability for this program. Automatic requests for letters of references will be generated by the application system and will be sent by e-mail to the two individuals listed by the applicant.  The request for references will be sent after the applicant has completed the on-line application form.   (4)  A written essay of a maximum length equivalent to approximately one single spaced page which briefly discusses such topics as your career goals, technical or research interests, reasons for applying for this internship, describing what you would like to get out of the BESIP summer program, etc.   Most of these items can be copied and pasted into the on-line application form.

The selection process will be performed by a panel of eight NIH scientists based on a system which scores the four items mentioned above.  Applicants who are not selected for the BESIP Subprogram will automatically have their applications made available to the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Biomedical Research, which is separate and distinct from the NIBIB-BESIP program.  This allows an applicant to have opportunities for other summer jobs at NIH if you are not selected for BESIP.  Information about the SIP program can be found at the web site: www.training.nih.gov.  Remember, SIP is separate from our BESIP Subprogram.

The deadline for submitting the on-line application is February 3, 2020. Notification of selected interns will occur on or about February 24, 2020. Intern must accept or decline a BESIP offer by March 9, 2020.

A group of mentors/researchers at NIH have submitted projects that the 16 BESIP interns may select from for the summer.  The project list is updated each year.  The project list for summer 2019 can be found at  https://www.nibib.nih.gov/training-careers/undergraduate-graduate/biomedical-engineering-summer-internship-program-besip/besip-projects .   The 2020 updated list should be available by early February since the mentors need time to review their project needs for summer 2020.  The 2019 list shown at the above link provides a good sample of the projects that will likely be available in summer 2020.  Most of the mentors and their projects repeat from year to year.  Some new projects may be added.

DRI Summer Scholars Program

The Delaware Rehabilitation Institute (DRI) at the University of Delaware is seeking four highly qualified undergraduate students for a 10-week, paid internship during Summer 2020 in the areas of rehabilitation research. DRI promotes high-quality interdisciplinary research within a scholarly environment that enjoins learning, discovery and community in rehabilitation practices.

Interns will participate in UD’s Summer Scholars Program and will be paired with a rehabilitation researcher at either the STAR or main campus. Applicants should show strong interest in rehabilitation and have a foundation in experimental design, data analysis and quantitative analysis. Students from any relevant major are welcome to apply, but it is anticipated that most applicants will be sophomores or juniors and have majors in fields such as biomedical engineering, kinesiology, mechanical engineering, biology or psychology. Preference is given to UD undergraduates, but undergraduates at other institutions may apply. Students receive $4,000 for participating in 10-weeks of full-time summer research.

To apply to be a DRI Summer Scholar, please send resume and cover letter to Lisa Katzmire by March 1, 2020.

Sea Change Semester at Bigelow Laboratory

We have recently updated our Sea Change Semester to offer research diving experiences for qualified students and a new omics-focused track, as well as the possibility of significant financial aid. This fall semester-in-residence program is a 14-week experience that puts cutting-edge tools in students’ hands and empowers them to answer their own critical questions about the future of the ocean. It is geared toward students interested in gaining an in-depth understanding of ocean science and hands-on research experience through immersion in a professional laboratory environment, including field work at sea.

Interested students can now apply for financial support to cover significant portions of the semester tuition. We hope this will open the opportunity to more students. As someone closely connected to the student body, particularly those who are enthusiastic about their science studies, I thought you would be a good contact to share this opportunity with students.

You can pass on this link to our website: www.bigelow.org/seachange We typically take juniors, but qualified sophomores and seniors are welcome in the program. We limit this program to 12 students to ensure an optimal experience, and offer admission and financial assistance on a rolling basis.

ASEE Student Video Contest

We are excited to announce that we will be holding our 2nd Annual ASEE Student Video Contest: Engineering and YOU! This year we would like to open our contest to any undergraduate as well as graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.
As you create your video, please tell us why you are pursuing a degree in engineering. We are excited to hear your story so be as creative as possible! This topic is very broad as we would like each submission to be as unique as you are. Video submissions should not exceed 90 seconds; you may do this individually or with a team. The first place winner(s) will be presented at the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

For more information about this exciting contest: https://contest.asee.org
Registration begins: December 5, 2019
Please contact Lara Hilliard, l.hilliard@asee.org or contest@asee.org, if you have any questions!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for its 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program on December 16, 2019. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week paid summer research internship provides students with:

• one-on-one mentoring from leading scientists
• participation in a unique, multidisciplinary research approach
• hands-on research experience
• a generous stipend and contribution toward travel expenses
• free housing

Encouraged to apply are students from academic institutions where research opportunities are limited (including two-year colleges), students of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.

Access Injury Science REU application materials.

Applications will be accepted for the 2020 Injury Science REU program from December 16, 2019 through January 16, 2020.

Translational Obesity Undergraduate Scholars (TOUR) Scholars @ Virginia Tech

Funded by an NIH R25 Research Education Grant, and under the umbrella of the Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors, the Translational Obesity Undergraduate Research Scholars (TOUR–Scholars) Program is a research-intensive summer experience which prepares students for graduate and medical education in translational obesity research.

TOUR-Scholars will be matched with a faculty mentor, working across the obesity translational spectrum. Ten students will be chosen to participate. Each student will receive a $5250 stipend, and participate in workshops, site visits to laboratories where translational research is ongoing (including a 2-day trip to the NIH), and presentation in the annual VT Summer Research Symposium.

Visit www.hnfe.vt.edu/TOURS.html for more information, and the application link.

VCU REU in Mechanobiology

Virginia Commonwealth University is pleased to announce ten undergraduate student openings for a 10- week, NSF funded, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in the College of Engineering at VCU in Richmond, Virginia.
Students will work on mechanobiology research projects under the supervision of faculty. Research projects will involve experimental and computational approaches to mechanobiology. Students will participate in a weekly meeting during which research ethics and mechanobiology techniques will be presented.
Students will be required to participate in one outreach activity to K-12 students or teachers during the summer. Students will also present their own research findings at the end of the summer. This program is sponsored by the VCU College of Engineering and the National Science Foundation.

Competitive stipends will be offered and on-campus housing will be covered if needed. Women and students from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Applications are due February 10, 2020. The program will run for 10 weeks beginning May 26, 2020.

Questions about the application? Contact Rebecca Heise at mechbiougsummer@gmail.com
Apply here: http://tinyurl.com/vcusummer

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

NSF REU in Nanoscience/Nanoengineering @ Vanderbilt University

We are now accepting applications for the summer 2020 NSF REU program in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at Vanderbilt University. The application deadline is February 15^th.  The Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) focuses on interdisciplinary nanoscale research at the interface of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. More than 40 faculty participants from the School of Engineering, College of Arts and Science, and the School of Medicine inspire students by creating an atmosphere of excitement and creativity. Each REU participant will work directly with VINSE faculty members and their research groups and be part of the larger VINSE community.

The VINSE REU has a record of success, 76% of former VINSE NSF REU students attend graduate school and have received several awards and honors including:

• 17 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (another 7 received honorable mentions)
• 6 Goldwater Fellowships
• 3 SMART Fellowships
• 1 Gates Cambridge Fellowship
• 1 NASA Graduate Fellowship
• 3 NIH Awards: 1 Graduate Fellowship, 1 Postbac ITRA, 1 Oxford-Cambridge Scholar
• >40% of former REU students have (or are expected to) co-author a journal publication
• More than half of our former REU students have given a presentation outside the REU program including 26 at National Conferences funded by the REU site

PROGRAM INCLUDES

• Hands-on research in state-of-the-art facilities
• Seminars, workshops, and field trips
• Group social activities and banquet
• Optional outreach opportunities to high school students

ELIGIBILITY

• Undergraduate students majoring in science or engineering
• U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
• Minorities and women strongly encouraged to apply

AWARD

• $5,000 stipend
• $500 travel allowance
• Room and board

We would like to make this opportunity available to your students at all stages of the undergraduate careers and from all institutions including community colleges. We would appreciate if you would forward them this information.  Please visit: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/reu/ for more information or to apply.

Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students

https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2020

Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology, TECBio REU @ Pitt

We are pleased to announce the 11^th summer for our REU program in computational biology.  More information on our 2020 program flyer can be found at our website – tecbioreu.pitt.edu, which also hosts our program application page.

Application Deadline:  February 17, 2020

Program Dates:  May 26 – July 31, 2020

Student Support:  $5750 stipend, housing*, and travel
*housing not guaranteed for Pitt students

Bio-entrepreneurship workshop for Underrepresented Students, Postdocs, and Professors

This is an I-Corps program that will take place on the floor of this year’s BIO convention in San Diego between June 7-10, 2020. Please share with budding entrepreneurs.

Who: Early-career life science researchers from underrepresented groups; undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professors are eligible.

How: Participants’ travel, lodging, meals, training and BIO 2020 registrations are included.

Applications must be submitted by February 17^th.

For details:  bit.ly/bio2020icorps

Career Corner

Funding for Summer Undergrads via INBRE

INBRE has money (separate from UD undergraduate research) to fund undergraduates for research positions this summer. However, for your students to be eligible you must sign up as a mentor (new application each year).  We have EXTENDED the deadline to be an INBRE mentor for Summer 2020 until January 13th.  Please log into http://de-inbre.org/dissp-applications-and-resources/ and hit the link for mentor application to get on the INBRE mentor list today.

Note, we need a new mentor application each year, so if you applied last year, but did not reapply during the fall, you need to reapply ASAP.

Deadlines Approaching for 2020 AFAR Grant Programs

Since 1981, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has provided more than $181 million to nearly 4,200 talented investigators and students. To learn more about each grant, click here or contact the AFAR grant program staff at grants@afar.org.

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

Curtis Johnson honoured by Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for late March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Monday January 6: 5-Week Winter Session begins
• Friday January 10: Last day to register for 5-Week Winter Session
• Monday January 13: 4-Week Winter Session begins
• Friday January 17: Last day to register for 4-Week Winter Session
• Monday January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; UNIVERSITY CLOSED + NO CLASSES HELD
• Friday February 7: Last day of BOTH Winter Session classes
• Saturday February 8: Final Exams for BOTH Winter Sessions
• Monday February 10: Spring 2020 Semester begins

BME Graduate News

Special Note for ALL BMEG Graduate Students re: You’ve Got Mail!

Did you know you have a mailbox in 161 Colburn? Not going to lie; 75% of the materials in there are junk mail. Please plan a visit to 161 CLB before the start of the Spring 2020 semester to empty your folder, whether you are in DTP5, STAR, Fraunhofer, or elsewhere. If you cannot physically make it to the office before Monday February 10, please let Amanda know so she can 1) purge your folder for you, or 2) save all the mail for you to pick up upon your return to campus. The rack with all the mail folders is on the unit behind Amanda’s desk; feel free to go back there even when she’s not in. Furthermore, if you have any questions, please contact her via email.

Registration is Closing Soon for the 1st BioBreakfast of 2020

W.L. Gore & Associates is hosting the January BioBreakfast on Thursday, January 16th from 7:30 – 9:30 AM! The January BioBreakfast: Connectivity & Collaborations, will feature Fred Kielhorn, CEO of DeNovix, Inc. who recently received a US Patent for their innovation in the field of cell counting.  The CellDrop™ Automated Cell Counter, engineered with DirectPipette™ Technology, is the first image-based cell counter that completely eliminates the need for slides. 

Grab a coffee, bring your business cards, and connect with Delaware’s life science industry leaders at our January BioBreakfast!

AIBS: Apply for the 2020 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award

Each year, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy.

Click here to view the application guidelines. The AIBS Congressional Visits Day will be held in the spring of 2020 (likely in March or April). Questions should be directed to jpandey@aibs.org.

Women in STEM Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History

The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open.  This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate self-identifying women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the AMNH.  This fellowship is an initiative at the AMNH dedicated to increasing the diversity of the talent pipeline by providing underrepresented students access to the skills and tools required for the 21^st Century.

To learn more about the fellowship and the application process, visit https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/higher-education/helen-fellowship.

DE-CTR ACCEL Commons Post: Delaware’s Behavioural Health Consortium

You are invited to join us at… Delaware State University’s MLK Parlors

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 9:00 – 4:00 PM
Registration and continental breakfast open at 8:30am

Register Here

Sessions include

• Perceptions & Stigma
• Law Enforcement & Corrections
• Education & Prevention
• Community Engagement

Don’t Forget: Your attendance qualifies you to apply for Jumpstart Grant up to $20,000

The Behavioral and Mental Health Research Retreat includes four work sessions designed to foster collaborations and develop research plans. The interactive and participant driven work sessions are facilitated by colleagues from ACCEL partnering institutions, with active and externally funded research. The four work sessions align with the Behavioral Health Consortium Three-Year Action Plan (2018) lead by DE Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long, who will be keynote speaker at the Retreat.

We will identify key questions for behavioral and mental health in Delaware and lay the foundation for new research collaborations to help address these important problems. Attendees from all ACCEL partner institutions will be eligible to apply for Jumpstart funding.

Work supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number U54-GM104941 (PI: Binder-Macleod).

https://www.de-ctr.org/delawares-behavioral-health-consortium-building-collaborative-community-engaged-research/

2020-2021 UD Fellowships are NOW OPEN

The UD Graduate College has announced their call for nominations for the University-level fellowship awards. These include the University Doctoral Fellowship Award, the University Dissertation Fellowship Award, and the Graduate Scholars Award. A brief description of each fellowship/award is provided below.

Students are not allowed to self-nominate themselves for these University-level awards; instead, our department must forward internally nominated students to the Graduate College for consideration at the institutional level. Additionally, each department (including ours) is restricted in the number of nominations that can be submitted through this process (typically two). Thus, I am writing to inform you of the internal nomination process for these awards, as it will be different from past years.

This year, we are requiring that all student nominations be initiated through BME faculty members. Any faculty member may nominate a student if the student is eligible. As a student, if you are eligible for one of these Graduate College awards and wish to be considered for them, you may ask your advisor, or another BME faculty member, to nominate you for internal consideration. Once a student is nomination for departmental consideration, and confirmed to be eligible, we will then solicit the required application materials from each nominee (typically a CV, a two-page personal statement, and requested evidentiary materials).

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names is for the University Doctoral Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship & Graduate Scholars Award (*renewals) is December 16^th; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by January 3^rd for consideration.

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names for the Graduate Scholars Award (*new submissions) is January 31^st; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by February 14^th for consideration.

The BME faculty will be made aware of these requirements and deadlines.

• University Doctoral Fellowship: Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• • Doctoral Fellow awards are competitive, and are granted for one-year. A faculty review committee selects awardees based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential contribution to the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• University Dissertation Fellowship: These awards were established to support PhD students completing a dissertation and nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin.
  • Dissertation Fellowship awards are competitive and are selected by a faculty review committee based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential impact of the dissertation on the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin and awards are granted for one-year.
• University Graduate Scholars Award: The Graduate Scholars award is intended to provide support for newly admitted or currently enrolled students in a graduate degree program at UD, who are from historically underrepresented groups, have disabilities, come from disadvantaged backgrounds, or are first-generation college students.

Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Awards are competitive and are based on academic achievement, as well as:

• • Membership in historically underrepresented groups (African American, Asian American, Latina/o/x, Hispanic Americans, Native American/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander, two or more races)
  • Students with documented disability or chronic medical conditions
  • Students with evidence of financial need
    • e.g. current or former Pell Grant eligibility
  • First-generation college student
  • Extenuating personal circumstances/hardships

Each award is for a one-year period and students may be re-nominated for one additional year with compelling evidence of progress towards the degree, advancement in training, and potential professional contribution in the student’s field of study. Awardees will be asked to participate in community building and professional development activities/events sponsored by the Graduate College.

Tufts Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program (IRACDA)

We would like to tell you about an exciting postdoctoral training program that is in place at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and hope that you will pass information about this opportunity on to your graduate students.  This program, called IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program), is funded by the IRACDA mechanism of NIH-NIGMS.

This NIGMS-funded program is designed to prepare talented young scientists for the multiple demands of an academic career in biomedical research. Scholars spend on average 75% of their time conducting bench research and 25% of their time in career development activities. Teaching skills are developed through programs involving mentored classroom assignments at minority-serving institutions in the Boston area.  The training is further supplemented by workshops on essential skills such as grant and manuscript writing, mentoring, lab management, scientific presentations, and responsible conduct of research as well as on teaching methods that encourage active learning. The training components are sequenced to allow scholars to balance the activities and to build on previous experiences. The first year of support for IRACDA scholars is provided by the faculty research mentor and then up to three years of support, plus a yearly travel and supply allowance, comes from the IRACDA Program.

The application deadline for positions beginning in the fall of 2020 is March 1, 2020.  Later applications will be considered if positions are available.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with no more than two years of postdoctoral training at the time of their appointment to the program. Commitment to the goals of the program, strong academic and research credentials and an interest in teaching, mentoring, and active citizenship will be important criteria used in the selection process.

For additional information on the Tufts IRACDA Program and application procedures, please visit our website, or contact Claire Moore, the Program Director, or Jordan Wilkinson, the Program’s Research Administrator with questions.

Postdoc Openings at Iowa State University

Associate Professor Nicole N. Hashemi’s lab at Iowa State University has openings for postdocs. The project involves experimental work on studying cell-biomaterial interactions and polymeric scaffold. Knowledge of microfluidics, polymeric biomaterials, mammalian cell culture, microscopic characterization techniques, and analytical measurement methods is expected. More details can be found here: https://web.me.iastate.edu/hashemi/Resources.htm

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

ASEE Student Video Contest

We are excited to announce that we will be holding our 2nd Annual ASEE Student Video Contest: Engineering and YOU! This year we would like to open our contest to any undergraduate as well as graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.
As you create your video, please tell us why you are pursuing a degree in engineering. We are excited to hear your story so be as creative as possible! This topic is very broad as we would like each submission to be as unique as you are. Video submissions should not exceed 90 seconds; you may do this individually or with a team. The first place winner(s) will be presented at the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

For more information about this exciting contest: https://contest.asee.org
Registration begins: December 5, 2019
Please contact Lara Hilliard, l.hilliard@asee.org or contest@asee.org, if you have any questions!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for its 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program on December 16, 2019. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week paid summer research internship provides students with:

• one-on-one mentoring from leading scientists
• participation in a unique, multidisciplinary research approach
• hands-on research experience
• a generous stipend and contribution toward travel expenses
• free housing

Encouraged to apply are students from academic institutions where research opportunities are limited (including two-year colleges), students of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.

Access Injury Science REU application materials.

Applications will be accepted for the 2020 Injury Science REU program from December 16, 2019 through January 16, 2020.

Translational Obesity Undergraduate Scholars (TOUR) Scholars @ Virginia Tech

Funded by an NIH R25 Research Education Grant, and under the umbrella of the Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors, the Translational Obesity Undergraduate Research Scholars (TOUR–Scholars) Program is a research-intensive summer experience which prepares students for graduate and medical education in translational obesity research.

TOUR-Scholars will be matched with a faculty mentor, working across the obesity translational spectrum. Ten students will be chosen to participate. Each student will receive a $5250 stipend, and participate in workshops, site visits to laboratories where translational research is ongoing (including a 2-day trip to the NIH), and presentation in the annual VT Summer Research Symposium.

Visit www.hnfe.vt.edu/TOURS.html for more information, and the application link.

VCU REU in Mechanobiology

Virginia Commonwealth University is pleased to announce ten undergraduate student openings for a 10- week, NSF funded, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in the College of Engineering at VCU in Richmond, Virginia.
Students will work on mechanobiology research projects under the supervision of faculty. Research projects will involve experimental and computational approaches to mechanobiology. Students will participate in a weekly meeting during which research ethics and mechanobiology techniques will be presented.
Students will be required to participate in one outreach activity to K-12 students or teachers during the summer. Students will also present their own research findings at the end of the summer. This program is sponsored by the VCU College of Engineering and the National Science Foundation.

Competitive stipends will be offered and on-campus housing will be covered if needed. Women and students from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Applications are due February 10, 2020. The program will run for 10 weeks beginning May 26, 2020.

Questions about the application? Contact Rebecca Heise at mechbiougsummer@gmail.com
Apply here: http://tinyurl.com/vcusummer

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

NSF REU in Nanoscience/Nanoengineering @ Vanderbilt University

We are now accepting applications for the summer 2020 NSF REU program in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at Vanderbilt University. The application deadline is February 15^th.  The Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) focuses on interdisciplinary nanoscale research at the interface of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. More than 40 faculty participants from the School of Engineering, College of Arts and Science, and the School of Medicine inspire students by creating an atmosphere of excitement and creativity. Each REU participant will work directly with VINSE faculty members and their research groups and be part of the larger VINSE community.

The VINSE REU has a record of success, 76% of former VINSE NSF REU students attend graduate school and have received several awards and honors including:

• 17 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (another 7 received honorable mentions)
• 6 Goldwater Fellowships
• 3 SMART Fellowships
• 1 Gates Cambridge Fellowship
• 1 NASA Graduate Fellowship
• 3 NIH Awards: 1 Graduate Fellowship, 1 Postbac ITRA, 1 Oxford-Cambridge Scholar
• >40% of former REU students have (or are expected to) co-author a journal publication
• More than half of our former REU students have given a presentation outside the REU program including 26 at National Conferences funded by the REU site

PROGRAM INCLUDES

• Hands-on research in state-of-the-art facilities
• Seminars, workshops, and field trips
• Group social activities and banquet
• Optional outreach opportunities to high school students

ELIGIBILITY

• Undergraduate students majoring in science or engineering
• U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
• Minorities and women strongly encouraged to apply

AWARD

• $5,000 stipend
• $500 travel allowance
• Room and board

We would like to make this opportunity available to your students at all stages of the undergraduate careers and from all institutions including community colleges. We would appreciate if you would forward them this information.  Please visit: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/reu/ for more information or to apply.

Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students

https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2020

Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology, TECBio REU @ Pitt

We are pleased to announce the 11^th summer for our REU program in computational biology.  More information on our 2020 program flyer can be found at our website – tecbioreu.pitt.edu, which also hosts our program application page.

Application Deadline:  February 17, 2020

Program Dates:  May 26 – July 31, 2020

Student Support:  $5750 stipend, housing*, and travel
*housing not guaranteed for Pitt students

Bio-entrepreneurship workshop for Underrepresented Students, Postdocs, and Professors

This is an I-Corps program that will take place on the floor of this year’s BIO convention in San Diego between June 7-10, 2020. Please share with budding entrepreneurs.

Who: Early-career life science researchers from underrepresented groups; undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professors are eligible.

How: Participants’ travel, lodging, meals, training and BIO 2020 registrations are included.

Applications must be submitted by February 17^th.

For details:  bit.ly/bio2020icorps

Career Corner

Deadlines Approaching for 2020 AFAR Grant Programs

Since 1981, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has provided more than $181 million to nearly 4,200 talented investigators and students. To learn more about each grant, click here or contact the AFAR grant program staff at grants@afar.org.

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

From the Minds of Henswear

Mangone Award Winners, feauring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

BME Seminars

Please watch your email for direct invites from staff!

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

AIBS: Apply for the 2020 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award

Each year, the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy.

Click here to view the application guidelines.

The AIBS Congressional Visits Day will be held in the spring of 2020 (likely in March or April).

Questions should be directed to jpandey@aibs.org.

Women in STEM Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History

The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open.  This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate self-identifying women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the AMNH.  This fellowship is an initiative at the AMNH dedicated to increasing the diversity of the talent pipeline by providing underrepresented students access to the skills and tools required for the 21^st Century.

To learn more about the fellowship and the application process, visit https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/higher-education/helen-fellowship.

2020-2021 UD Fellowships are NOW OPEN

The UD Graduate College has announced their call for nominations for the University-level fellowship awards. These include the University Doctoral Fellowship Award, the University Dissertation Fellowship Award, and the Graduate Scholars Award. A brief description of each fellowship/award is provided below.

Students are not allowed to self-nominate themselves for these University-level awards; instead, our department must forward internally nominated students to the Graduate College for consideration at the institutional level. Additionally, each department (including ours) is restricted in the number of nominations that can be submitted through this process (typically two). Thus, I am writing to inform you of the internal nomination process for these awards, as it will be different from past years.

This year, we are requiring that all student nominations be initiated through BME faculty members. Any faculty member may nominate a student if the student is eligible. As a student, if you are eligible for one of these Graduate College awards and wish to be considered for them, you may ask your advisor, or another BME faculty member, to nominate you for internal consideration. Once a student is nomination for departmental consideration, and confirmed to be eligible, we will then solicit the required application materials from each nominee (typically a CV, a two-page personal statement, and requested evidentiary materials).

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names is for the University Doctoral Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship & Graduate Scholars Award (*renewals) is December 16^th; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by January 3^rd for consideration.

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names for the Graduate Scholars Award (*new submissions) is January 31^st; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by February 14^th for consideration.

The BME faculty will be made aware of these requirements and deadlines.

• University Doctoral Fellowship: Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• • Doctoral Fellow awards are competitive, and are granted for one-year. A faculty review committee selects awardees based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential contribution to the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• University Dissertation Fellowship: These awards were established to support PhD students completing a dissertation and nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin.
  • Dissertation Fellowship awards are competitive and are selected by a faculty review committee based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential impact of the dissertation on the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin and awards are granted for one-year.
• University Graduate Scholars Award: The Graduate Scholars award is intended to provide support for newly admitted or currently enrolled students in a graduate degree program at UD, who are from historically underrepresented groups, have disabilities, come from disadvantaged backgrounds, or are first-generation college students.

Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Awards are competitive and are based on academic achievement, as well as:

• • Membership in historically underrepresented groups (African American, Asian American, Latina/o/x, Hispanic Americans, Native American/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander, two or more races)
  • Students with documented disability or chronic medical conditions
  • Students with evidence of financial need
    • e.g. current or former Pell Grant eligibility
  • First-generation college student
  • Extenuating personal circumstances/hardships

Each award is for a one-year period and students may be re-nominated for one additional year with compelling evidence of progress towards the degree, advancement in training, and potential professional contribution in the student’s field of study. Awardees will be asked to participate in community building and professional development activities/events sponsored by the Graduate College.

Tufts Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program (IRACDA)

We would like to tell you about an exciting postdoctoral training program that is in place at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and hope that you will pass information about this opportunity on to your graduate students.  This program, called IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program), is funded by the IRACDA mechanism of NIH-NIGMS.

This NIGMS-funded program is designed to prepare talented young scientists for the multiple demands of an academic career in biomedical research. Scholars spend on average 75% of their time conducting bench research and 25% of their time in career development activities. Teaching skills are developed through programs involving mentored classroom assignments at minority-serving institutions in the Boston area.  The training is further supplemented by workshops on essential skills such as grant and manuscript writing, mentoring, lab management, scientific presentations, and responsible conduct of research as well as on teaching methods that encourage active learning. The training components are sequenced to allow scholars to balance the activities and to build on previous experiences. The first year of support for IRACDA scholars is provided by the faculty research mentor and then up to three years of support, plus a yearly travel and supply allowance, comes from the IRACDA Program.

The application deadline for positions beginning in the fall of 2020 is March 1, 2020.  Later applications will be considered if positions are available.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with no more than two years of postdoctoral training at the time of their appointment to the program. Commitment to the goals of the program, strong academic and research credentials and an interest in teaching, mentoring, and active citizenship will be important criteria used in the selection process.

For additional information on the Tufts IRACDA Program and application procedures, please visit our website, or contact Claire Moore, the Program Director, or Jordan Wilkinson, the Program’s Research Administrator with questions.

Postdoc Openings at Iowa State University

Associate Professor Nicole N. Hashemi’s lab at Iowa State University has openings for postdocs. The project involves experimental work on studying cell-biomaterial interactions and polymeric scaffold. Knowledge of microfluidics, polymeric biomaterials, mammalian cell culture, microscopic characterization techniques, and analytical measurement methods is expected. More details can be found here: https://web.me.iastate.edu/hashemi/Resources.htm

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

ASEE Student Video Contest

We are excited to announce that we will be holding our 2nd Annual ASEE Student Video Contest: Engineering and YOU! This year we would like to open our contest to any undergraduate as well as graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.
As you create your video, please tell us why you are pursuing a degree in engineering. We are excited to hear your story so be as creative as possible! This topic is very broad as we would like each submission to be as unique as you are. Video submissions should not exceed 90 seconds; you may do this individually or with a team. The first place winner(s) will be presented at the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

For more information about this exciting contest: https://contest.asee.org
Registration begins: December 5, 2019
Please contact Lara Hilliard, l.hilliard@asee.org or contest@asee.org, if you have any questions!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for its 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program on December 16, 2019. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week paid summer research internship provides students with:

• one-on-one mentoring from leading scientists
• participation in a unique, multidisciplinary research approach
• hands-on research experience
• a generous stipend and contribution toward travel expenses
• free housing

Encouraged to apply are students from academic institutions where research opportunities are limited (including two-year colleges), students of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.

Access Injury Science REU application materials.

Applications will be accepted for the 2020 Injury Science REU program from December 16, 2019 through January 16, 2020.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students

https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2020

Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Computational Biology, TECBio REU @ Pitt

We are pleased to announce the 11^th summer for our REU program in computational biology.  More information on our 2020 program flyer can be found at our website – tecbioreu.pitt.edu, which also hosts our program application page.

Application Deadline:  February 17, 2020

Program Dates:  May 26 – July 31, 2020

Student Support:  $5750 stipend, housing*, and travel
*housing not guaranteed for Pitt students

Bio-entrepreneurship workshop for Underrepresented Students, Postdocs, and Professors

This is an I-Corps program that will take place on the floor of this year’s BIO convention in San Diego between June 7-10, 2020. Please share with budding entrepreneurs.

Who: Early-career life science researchers from underrepresented groups; undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professors are eligible.

How: Participants’ travel, lodging, meals, training and BIO 2020 registrations are included.

Applications must be submitted by February 17^th.

For details:  bit.ly/bio2020icorps

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Deadlines Approaching for 2020 AFAR Grant Programs

Since 1981, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has provided more than $181 million to nearly 4,200 talented investigators and students. To learn more about each grant, click here or contact the AFAR grant program staff at grants@afar.org.

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

Mangone Award Winners, feauring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

BMES Looks to the Future at its 2019 Annual Meeting, featuring Dr. Dawn Elliott

BME Seminars

Please watch your email for direct invites from staff!

Other Department Seminars of Interest

PCMD Visiting Professorship Seminar Series @ UPENN: Kyle Allen, University of Florida
Tuesday, December 10
1:30 pm @ Clinical Research Building Austrian Auditorium @ Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
https://www.med.upenn.edu/pcmd/visiting-professorship-series.html

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

2020-2021 UD Fellowships are NOW OPEN

The UD Graduate College has announced their call for nominations for the University-level fellowship awards. These include the University Doctoral Fellowship Award, the University Dissertation Fellowship Award, and the Graduate Scholars Award. A brief description of each fellowship/award is provided below.

Students are not allowed to self-nominate themselves for these University-level awards; instead, our department must forward internally nominated students to the Graduate College for consideration at the institutional level. Additionally, each department (including ours) is restricted in the number of nominations that can be submitted through this process (typically two). Thus, I am writing to inform you of the internal nomination process for these awards, as it will be different from past years.

This year, we are requiring that all student nominations be initiated through BME faculty members. Any faculty member may nominate a student if the student is eligible. As a student, if you are eligible for one of these Graduate College awards and wish to be considered for them, you may ask your advisor, or another BME faculty member, to nominate you for internal consideration. Once a student is nomination for departmental consideration, and confirmed to be eligible, we will then solicit the required application materials from each nominee (typically a CV, a two-page personal statement, and requested evidentiary materials).

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names is for the University Doctoral Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship & Graduate Scholars Award (*renewals) is December 16^th; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by January 3^rd for consideration.

The deadline for receipt of internal nomination names for the Graduate Scholars Award (*new submissions) is January 31^st; and nominees will be required to submit their application materials by February 14^th for consideration.

The BME faculty will be made aware of these requirements and deadlines.

• University Doctoral Fellowship: Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• • Doctoral Fellow awards are competitive, and are granted for one-year. A faculty review committee selects awardees based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential contribution to the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees for these awards must be enrolled in at least their third year of doctoral study at UD at the time of nomination.

• University Dissertation Fellowship: These awards were established to support PhD students completing a dissertation and nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin.
  • Dissertation Fellowship awards are competitive and are selected by a faculty review committee based on academic achievement and progress in training since being admitted to a doctoral program, as well as evidence of professional commitment and potential impact of the dissertation on the student’s field of study.
  • Nominees must have advanced to candidacy before the award can begin and awards are granted for one-year.
• University Graduate Scholars Award: The Graduate Scholars award is intended to provide support for newly admitted or currently enrolled students in a graduate degree program at UD, who are from historically underrepresented groups, have disabilities, come from disadvantaged backgrounds, or are first-generation college students.

Nominees must be US citizens or permanent residents. Awards are competitive and are based on academic achievement, as well as:

• • Membership in historically underrepresented groups (African American, Asian American, Latina/o/x, Hispanic Americans, Native American/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander, two or more races)
  • Students with documented disability or chronic medical conditions
  • Students with evidence of financial need
    • e.g. current or former Pell Grant eligibility
  • First-generation college student
  • Extenuating personal circumstances/hardships

Each award is for a one-year period and students may be re-nominated for one additional year with compelling evidence of progress towards the degree, advancement in training, and potential professional contribution in the student’s field of study. Awardees will be asked to participate in community building and professional development activities/events sponsored by the Graduate College.

Postdoc Openings at Iowa State University

Associate Professor Nicole N. Hashemi’s lab at Iowa State University has openings for postdocs. The project involves experimental work on studying cell-biomaterial interactions and polymeric scaffold. Knowledge of microfluidics, polymeric biomaterials, mammalian cell culture, microscopic characterization techniques, and analytical measurement methods is expected. More details can be found here: https://web.me.iastate.edu/hashemi/Resources.htm

Women in STEM Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History

The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open.  This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate self-identifying women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the AMNH.  This fellowship is an initiative at the AMNH dedicated to increasing the diversity of the talent pipeline by providing underrepresented students access to the skills and tools required for the 21^st Century.

To learn more about the fellowship and the application process, visit https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/higher-education/helen-fellowship.

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

ASEE Student Video Contest

We are excited to announce that we will be holding our 2nd Annual ASEE Student Video Contest: Engineering and YOU! This year we would like to open our contest to any undergraduate as well as graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.
As you create your video, please tell us why you are pursuing a degree in engineering. We are excited to hear your story so be as creative as possible! This topic is very broad as we would like each submission to be as unique as you are. Video submissions should not exceed 90 seconds; you may do this individually or with a team. The first place winner(s) will be presented at the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada.

For more information about this exciting contest: https://contest.asee.org
Registration begins: December 5, 2019
Please contact Lara Hilliard, l.hilliard@asee.org or contest@asee.org, if you have any questions!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for its 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program on December 16, 2019. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week paid summer research internship provides students with:

• one-on-one mentoring from leading scientists
• participation in a unique, multidisciplinary research approach
• hands-on research experience
• a generous stipend and contribution toward travel expenses
• free housing

Encouraged to apply are students from academic institutions where research opportunities are limited (including two-year colleges), students of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.

Access Injury Science REU application materials.

Applications will be accepted for the 2020 Injury Science REU program from December 16, 2019 through January 16, 2020.

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students

https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2020

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Deadlines Approaching for 2020 AFAR Grant Programs

Since 1981, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has provided more than $181 million to nearly 4,200 talented investigators and students. To learn more about each grant, click here or contact the AFAR grant program staff at grants@afar.org.

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

BMES Looks to the Future at its 2019 Annual Meeting, featuring Dr. Dawn Elliott

BME Seminars

BMEG Seminar: Kaushal Rege, Arizona State University
Monday, December 2
10 am @ 102 Colburn
“Light Activated Polypeptide Biomaterials for Tissue Sealing and Repair”

Other Department Seminars of Interest

CBST Seminar: Kenneth Waterman, FreeThink Technologies
Thursday, December 5
1:30 pm @ 366 Colburn
“Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP): Using Science to Drug Expiration Dates”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
Friday, December 6
10 am @ 102 Colburn
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

PCMD Visiting Professorship Seminar Series @ UPENN: Kyle Allen, University of Florida
Tuesday, December 10
1:30 pm @ Clinical Research Building Austrian Auditorium @ Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
https://www.med.upenn.edu/pcmd/visiting-professorship-series.html

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

Women in STEM Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History

The BridgeUP: STEM program at the AMNH is excited to announce that the application for the Helen Fellowship is now open.  This fellowship is a one-year residency for post-baccalaureate self-identifying women to devote time immersed in computational scientific research and educational outreach at the AMNH.  This fellowship is an initiative at the AMNH dedicated to increasing the diversity of the talent pipeline by providing underrepresented students access to the skills and tools required for the 21^st Century.

To learn more about the fellowship and the application process, visit https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/higher-education/helen-fellowship.

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Opportunity @ Virginia Commonwealth University, Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Award

Greetings from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I write to make you aware of a unique NIH-funded postdoctoral training program in research and teaching. VCU IRACDA provides trainees with a traditional mentored research experience, plus mentored teaching experience. VCU is a major research university with more than $310M funding per year, and a vast number and variety of potential research mentors. Another mission of the program is to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce, working with teaching mentors at Virginia Union University and Virginia State University. Trainees completing VCU IRACDA have succeeded in entering faculty positions at various institution types.

We are currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows who will begin work at VCU in 2020. For more information and the online application, visit the VCU Center on Health Disparities website at: https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/researchtraining/postdoctoral-programs/iracda/

VCU is in downtown Richmond. Richmond is an affordable city that is attracting a growing number of creative young professionals. There are new residential lofts, restaurants, and art galleries opening every month along the white-water of the James River.

Please note that VCU IRACDA can only support US citizens, US permanent residents and US nationals.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates

The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will begin accepting applications for its 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program on December 16, 2019. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week paid summer research internship provides students with:

• one-on-one mentoring from leading scientists
• participation in a unique, multidisciplinary research approach
• hands-on research experience
• a generous stipend and contribution toward travel expenses
• free housing

Encouraged to apply are students from academic institutions where research opportunities are limited (including two-year colleges), students of color, women, people with disabilities, and veterans.

Access Injury Science REU application materials.

Applications will be accepted for the 2020 Injury Science REU program from December 16, 2019 through January 16, 2020.

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

Microbiology Fellowship for Undergraduate Students

https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/Undergraduate-Research-Fellowship
Deadline: February 15, 2020

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

BMES Looks to the Future at its 2019 Annual Meeting, featuring Dr. Dawn Elliott

BME Seminars

BMEG Seminar: Kaushal Rege, Arizona State University
Monday, December 2
10 am @ 102 Colburn
“Light Activated Polypeptide Biomaterials for Tissue Sealing and Repair”

Other Department Seminars of Interest

CBST Seminar: Kenneth Waterman, FreeThink Technologies
Thursday, December 5
1:30 pm @ 366 Colburn
“Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP): Using Science to Drug Expiration Dates”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
Friday, December 6
10 am @ 102 Colburn
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Friday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Break begins after last class; classes end at 10 PM
• November 25 thru 29 – Thanksgiving Break, all classes suspended for holiday
• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

Winter 2019 Funding: Laura Bassi Scholarship

The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in December 2019:

Winter 2019
Application deadline: 25 November 2019
Results: 15 December 2019

All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of their employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, previous winners, and the application portal can be found at: https://editing.press/bassi.

IEEE Brain Virtual Conference: Bioelectronics

IEEE Brain Initiative is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural IEEE Brain Virtual Conference.  The first event, to be held 26 November 2019, will explore the emerging field of bioelectronics.

Bioelectronics is a rapidly growing field that develops electronic systems to intelligently interact with biological tissue for applications spanning healthcare, lifestyle, and education. In this virtual conference you will learn fundamental principles of bioelectronic systems and hear from world experts about how to build a successful career in this emerging research field.

In the morning session, you will hear three tutorials presented by leading researchers on:

• Organic bioelectronic interfaces
• Bioelectronic microfabrication
• Mechanics of bioelectronic devices

In the afternoon session, you will participate in an interactive question and answer session focused on career development. The first career development panel will focus on issues facing new and early-stage researchers, while the second panel will focus on building and maintaining leading research groups and working with industry. In these sessions, the panelists will answer your questions about navigating the bioelectronics research field and share some insights from their experiences.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Opportunity @ Virginia Commonwealth University, Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Award

Greetings from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I write to make you aware of a unique NIH-funded postdoctoral training program in research and teaching. VCU IRACDA provides trainees with a traditional mentored research experience, plus mentored teaching experience. VCU is a major research university with more than $310M funding per year, and a vast number and variety of potential research mentors. Another mission of the program is to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce, working with teaching mentors at Virginia Union University and Virginia State University. Trainees completing VCU IRACDA have succeeded in entering faculty positions at various institution types.

We are currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows who will begin work at VCU in 2020. For more information and the online application, visit the VCU Center on Health Disparities website at: https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/researchtraining/postdoctoral-programs/iracda/

VCU is in downtown Richmond. Richmond is an affordable city that is attracting a growing number of creative young professionals. There are new residential lofts, restaurants, and art galleries opening every month along the white-water of the James River.

Please note that VCU IRACDA can only support US citizens, US permanent residents and US nationals.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows Course
November 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C.

R is a flexible, extensible statistical computing environment, but it is limited to single-core execution.  Spark is a distributed computing environment which treats R as a first-class programming language.  This course introduces data structures in R and their use in functional programming workflows relevant to data science.

The course covers the initial steps in the data science process:

• extracting data from source systems,
• transforming data into a tidy form,
• loading data into distributed file systems, distributed data warehouses, and NoSQL databases, i.e., ETL.

These R-based workflows are illustrated by using dplyr directly and as a frontend to SQL databases.

The sparklyr package with its dplyr interface to Spark is then used for modeling big data using regression and classification supervised learning methods.  Unsupervised learning methods, such as clustering and dimension reduction, are also covered.  Finally, methods for analyzing streaming data are presented.  The course finishes with two in-depth examples. Student accounts are provided to allow attendees to interactively run the R Markdown content in Amazon’s cloud (AWS). The computing infrastructure and the content is containerized which allows the complete course environment to be downloaded and run on Docker-supported laptops.

Register here!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

How Do Cells Interact with Their Environments? featuring Dr. John Slater and Ph.D. candidate Omar Banda
JoVE Video Journal

BME Seminars

Other Department Seminars of Interest

MSEG Seminar: Melissa Grunlan, Texas A&M University
Wednesday, November 20
10:30 am @ 322 ISE
“Orthopedic Biomaterials Enabled by Network Architecture”

CBST Seminar: Kenneth Waterman, FreeThink Technologies
Thursday, December 5
1:30 pm @ 366 Colburn
“Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP): Using Science to Drug Expiration Dates”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
Friday, December 6
10 am @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  Thank you for attending this semester’s workshop series!
  BMES is gauging interest in running SolidWorks tutorials for Spring 2020. Please complete this interest survey so we may get a feel for how this seminar series will be run.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Friday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Break begins after last class; classes end at 10 PM
• November 25 thru 29 – Thanksgiving Break, all classes suspended for holiday
• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

Engineering and Public Policy Mini-Symposium
Friday, November 22, 2019

While the program is being launched from Civil and Environmental Engineering in collaboration with the Biden School, the plan is to engage the College of Engineering broadly. Lighting talks include:

• James Corbett (Marine Science and Policy): Decarbonizing Transportation Requires Rethinking Freight Systems and Passenger Mobility
• A.R. Siders (Biden School): You can build it — but is it legal? Engineering and law solutions to climate adaptation
• Julia Maresca (Civil and Environmental Engineering): Why veterinary practice and agricultural waste management contribute to antibiotic-resistant disease
• Saleem H. Ali (Geography): Elements of Power: How Engineering and Policy rely on the Periodic Table
• Alethea Sethman (Energy Institute): Energy and You!
• Phillip Barnes (Biden School): What can the elevator tell us about autonomous vehicles?
• Greg Dobler (Biden School): The Urban Observatory: Using Measurable Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems for Better Cities
• Earl (Rusty) Lee (Civil and Environmental Engineering): Pedestrian Behavior and Autonomous Vehicles
• Mark Nejad (Civil and Environmental Engineering): How can Blockchain help autonomous transportation systems?
• Professor Alain Kornhauser from Princeton will present the keynote on autonomous vehicles and public policy.

To register go to: https://www.ce.udel.edu/news-events/mini-symposium/
For more information see: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/october/engineering-and-public-policy-mini-symposium/

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

Less than 10 seats left for Delaware’s November BioBreakfast!
Thursday, November 21, 2019 from 7:30 to 9:30 am @ INCYTE

Have you registered for the last BioBreakfast of 2019? Only 10 seats left for the November BioBreakfast on Thursday, November 21st from 7:30 – 9:30 AM at Incyte!

Join us as the CEO of Incyte, Hervé Hoppenot, and University of Delaware Professor, Catherine Grimes, provide an in-depth look at the innovative work being performed here in Delaware in the life science community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Delaware Bio’s leading-edge members. Grab a coffee, bring your business cards, and connect with Delaware’s life science industry leaders at our November BioBreakfast!

Register here today!

Winter 2019 Funding: Laura Bassi Scholarship

The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in December 2019:

Winter 2019
Application deadline: 25 November 2019
Results: 15 December 2019

All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of their employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, previous winners, and the application portal can be found at: https://editing.press/bassi.

IEEE Brain Virtual Conference: Bioelectronics

IEEE Brain Initiative is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural IEEE Brain Virtual Conference.  The first event, to be held 26 November 2019, will explore the emerging field of bioelectronics.

Bioelectronics is a rapidly growing field that develops electronic systems to intelligently interact with biological tissue for applications spanning healthcare, lifestyle, and education. In this virtual conference you will learn fundamental principles of bioelectronic systems and hear from world experts about how to build a successful career in this emerging research field.

In the morning session, you will hear three tutorials presented by leading researchers on:

• Organic bioelectronic interfaces
• Bioelectronic microfabrication
• Mechanics of bioelectronic devices

In the afternoon session, you will participate in an interactive question and answer session focused on career development. The first career development panel will focus on issues facing new and early-stage researchers, while the second panel will focus on building and maintaining leading research groups and working with industry. In these sessions, the panelists will answer your questions about navigating the bioelectronics research field and share some insights from their experiences.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Opportunity @ Virginia Commonwealth University, Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Award

Greetings from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. I write to make you aware of a unique NIH-funded postdoctoral training program in research and teaching. VCU IRACDA provides trainees with a traditional mentored research experience, plus mentored teaching experience. VCU is a major research university with more than $310M funding per year, and a vast number and variety of potential research mentors. Another mission of the program is to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce, working with teaching mentors at Virginia Union University and Virginia State University. Trainees completing VCU IRACDA have succeeded in entering faculty positions at various institution types.

We are currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows who will begin work at VCU in 2020. For more information and the online application, visit the VCU Center on Health Disparities website at: https://healthdisparities.vcu.edu/researchtraining/postdoctoral-programs/iracda/

VCU is in downtown Richmond. Richmond is an affordable city that is attracting a growing number of creative young professionals. There are new residential lofts, restaurants, and art galleries opening every month along the white-water of the James River.

Please note that VCU IRACDA can only support US citizens, US permanent residents and US nationals.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study!

Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair, and motion capture data will require tying up the sides of participants shorts to expose the hip bone. Subjects will be compensated $20 for their participation.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in lab 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up/training, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements:

1. 18-50 years old
2. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk
3. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a T-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes.

You are NOT eligible if you have participated in this treadmill walking study previously, or if you have attended Andria Farrens presentation in the BIOMS seminar on 10/16/2019.

If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time.After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows Course
November 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C.

R is a flexible, extensible statistical computing environment, but it is limited to single-core execution.  Spark is a distributed computing environment which treats R as a first-class programming language.  This course introduces data structures in R and their use in functional programming workflows relevant to data science.

The course covers the initial steps in the data science process:

• extracting data from source systems,
• transforming data into a tidy form,
• loading data into distributed file systems, distributed data warehouses, and NoSQL databases, i.e., ETL.

These R-based workflows are illustrated by using dplyr directly and as a frontend to SQL databases.

The sparklyr package with its dplyr interface to Spark is then used for modeling big data using regression and classification supervised learning methods.  Unsupervised learning methods, such as clustering and dimension reduction, are also covered.  Finally, methods for analyzing streaming data are presented.  The course finishes with two in-depth examples. Student accounts are provided to allow attendees to interactively run the R Markdown content in Amazon’s cloud (AWS). The computing infrastructure and the content is containerized which allows the complete course environment to be downloaded and run on Docker-supported laptops.

Register here!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

How Do Cells Interact with Their Environments? featuring Dr. John Slater and Ph.D. candidate Omar Banda
JoVE Video Journal

BME Seminars

BME Seminar: Michael Miga, Vanderbilt University
Monday, November 18
10 am @ 102 Colburn
“Engineering in Surgery and Intervention: Biophysical Modeling for Guiding Therapy”

Other Department Seminars of Interest

CBST Seminar: Kenneth Waterman, FreeThink Technologies
Thursday, December 5
1:30 pm @ 366 Colburn
“Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP): Using Science to Drug Expiration Dates”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
Friday, December 6, 2019
10 am @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  When: Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM
  Where: eCLAC Computer Lab, CLB 046
  There is still one more lecture in the series for this semester. Please register in advance here.
• Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Monday, November 11 – Spring Semester registration open
• Friday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Break begins after last class; classes end at 10 PM
• November 25 thru 29 – Thanksgiving Break, all classes suspended for holiday
• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

Proteomics Symposium and Workshops

We are pleased to announce another round of proteomics workshops offered by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. Please pass this on to any IDeA state colleague that you think would benefit from attending. Funding for the all workshops is provided through the Arkansas and Oklahoma INBREs. Our workshops are now open for applications:

1. The 2020 Symposium for Proteomics Core Directors and Staff will be held January 29-30, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. The information for how to apply can be accessed through the website link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org.  This will be a tremendous opportunity for IDeA state Proteomics Core Facility Staff to receive training, interact, and learn from each other. Applicants must be staff in a proteomics core facility located in an IDeA state.
2. The 2020 Workshop for Faculty and Students will be held February 11-12, 2020 and March 24-25, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK and February 27-28, 2020 in Little Rock, AR. Workshops at the Oklahoma site will cover targeted proteomics while the workshop at the Arkansas site will focus on discovery proteomics. Lodging and travel will be covered for attendees. Information on the workshops and the application can be found in the link embedded in the attached flyer or at IDeAResourceProteomics.org. This workshop is designed for Faculty and Students from IDeA states performing and and/or interested in proteomics research to receive additional training on relevant topics.

Pitch:90 – DENIN wants to hear your research pitch!
Thursday, November 14, 5:30 PM @ ISE Lab Atrium

While few “elevator pitches” actually take place in elevators, being able to explain your research clearly, concisely, and engagingly is important. That’s what DENIN’s Pitch:90 competition is all about: a fast-paced speaking competition in which student researchers describe their work in 90 seconds or less to a panel of judges and an enthusiastic audience.

Top 5 receive cash prizes! Open to the public. Reception to follow.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Less than 10 seats left for Delaware’s November BioBreakfast!
Thursday, November 21, 2019 from 7:30 to 9:30 am @ INCYTE

Have you registered for the last BioBreakfast of 2019? Only 10 seats left for the November BioBreakfast on Thursday, November 21st from 7:30 – 9:30 AM at Incyte!

Join us as the CEO of Incyte, Hervé Hoppenot, and University of Delaware Professor, Catherine Grimes, provide an in-depth look at the innovative work being performed here in Delaware in the life science community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Delaware Bio’s leading-edge members. Grab a coffee, bring your business cards, and connect with Delaware’s life science industry leaders at our November BioBreakfast!

Register here today!

Winter 2019 Funding: Laura Bassi Scholarship

The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in December 2019:

Winter 2019
Application deadline: 25 November 2019
Results: 15 December 2019

All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of their employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, previous winners, and the application portal can be found at: https://editing.press/bassi.

IEEE Brain Virtual Conference: Bioelectronics

IEEE Brain Initiative is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural IEEE Brain Virtual Conference.  The first event, to be held 26 November 2019, will explore the emerging field of bioelectronics.

Bioelectronics is a rapidly growing field that develops electronic systems to intelligently interact with biological tissue for applications spanning healthcare, lifestyle, and education. In this virtual conference you will learn fundamental principles of bioelectronic systems and hear from world experts about how to build a successful career in this emerging research field.

In the morning session, you will hear three tutorials presented by leading researchers on:

• Organic bioelectronic interfaces
• Bioelectronic microfabrication
• Mechanics of bioelectronic devices

In the afternoon session, you will participate in an interactive question and answer session focused on career development. The first career development panel will focus on issues facing new and early-stage researchers, while the second panel will focus on building and maintaining leading research groups and working with industry. In these sessions, the panelists will answer your questions about navigating the bioelectronics research field and share some insights from their experiences.

NASA Delaware Space Grant Academic Year 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $30,000 are awarded annually to qualified graduate students in the STEM fields who will be attending a DESGC member institution in 2020-2021. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply. Stipends are for one year (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021).

The Delaware Space Grant 2020-2021 Graduate Fellowship application is open at www.delspace.org/fs! Letter of nomination from faculty member will be requested online. Applications are due by February 28, 2020.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows Course
November 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C.

R is a flexible, extensible statistical computing environment, but it is limited to single-core execution.  Spark is a distributed computing environment which treats R as a first-class programming language.  This course introduces data structures in R and their use in functional programming workflows relevant to data science.

The course covers the initial steps in the data science process:

• extracting data from source systems,
• transforming data into a tidy form,
• loading data into distributed file systems, distributed data warehouses, and NoSQL databases, i.e., ETL.

These R-based workflows are illustrated by using dplyr directly and as a frontend to SQL databases.

The sparklyr package with its dplyr interface to Spark is then used for modeling big data using regression and classification supervised learning methods.  Unsupervised learning methods, such as clustering and dimension reduction, are also covered.  Finally, methods for analyzing streaming data are presented.  The course finishes with two in-depth examples. Student accounts are provided to allow attendees to interactively run the R Markdown content in Amazon’s cloud (AWS). The computing infrastructure and the content is containerized which allows the complete course environment to be downloaded and run on Docker-supported laptops.

Register here!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Sabbatical Grants from NSF for Senior Faculty in Biosciences

NSF has announced a new sabbatical leave grant for mid-career to senior faculty members who are interested in exploring a new direction for their research. Click here for details.

Mentor Recruiting for INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The mentor search for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Program 2020 is now open.

Through the Delaware INBRE program, we seek to help students understand the research process, experience problem-solving in the lab, and through this exposure, determine whether a career in biomedical research may be correct for them.  You are a vital part of this process and we greatly appreciate the time and effort put into being a mentor.

For past INBRE Mentors, a new mentor application must be submitted every year.

To submit the online mentor application go to: http://ugresearch.udel.edu/PUB_Program.aspx. You must log in before the apply now button becomes active for the Summer 2020: INBRE Summer Scholar Mentor. If your are using a udel.edu email, use the “UD log on” selection I the top right corner. Otherwise you will use the “Non-UD Logon”. The application must be submitted by January 1st, 2020. 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME in the News

How Do Cells Interact with Their Environments? featuring Dr. John Slater and Ph.D. candidate Omar Banda
JoVE Video Journal

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, 10:30 AM @ ISE 322
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Abstract
Functional vasculature is essential for healthy bone remodeling, and vascular dysfunction following ischemic stroke is associated with increased fracture incidence. However, the effects of stroke on microvasculature within bone (osteovasculature) are not well understood. My lab characterizes osteovasculature in mouse models at functional, microstructural, and cellular/molecular levels to study mechanisms contributing to bone fragility. To do this we developed a minimally invasive laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) technique suitable for monitoring bone perfusion longitudinally during stroke recovery. We also optimized contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography protocols to measure osteovascular structure and its proximity to bone, which is indicative of its osteogenic potential. Our ongoing work identifying bone-specific biomarkers unique to stroke will inform treatment targets for mitigating the impaired bone adaptation observed post-stroke.

Biography
Jacque Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and director of the Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab (OML).  She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan in Chemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Cole is committed to K-12 STEM outreach, directing the National Biomechanics Day effort at NC State for the past four years, earning the Best Content Award in 2017 and Greatest Impact Award in 2018 from the American Society of Biomechanics.

Other Department Seminars of Interest

CRiSP Seminar: Stephen Schrettl, Université de Fribourg
Monday, November 4
10 am @ 366 Colburn
“Tunable and Responsive Supramolecular Polymer Materials”

CBST Seminar: Kenneth Waterman, FreeThink Technologies
Thursday, December 5
1:30 pm @ 366 Colburn
“Accelerated Stability Assessment Program (ASAP): Using Science to Drug Expiration Dates”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
Friday, December 6, 2019
10 am @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• BMES MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  When: Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM
  Where: eCLAC Computer Lab, CLB 046
  There are still several more lectures in the series for this semester. Please register in advance here.
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Monday, November 11 – Spring Semester registration open
• Friday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Break begins after last class; classes end at 10 PM
• November 25 thru 29 – Thanksgiving Break, all classes suspended for holiday
• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

Pitch:90 – DENIN wants to hear your research pitch!
Thursday, November 14, 5:30 PM @ ISE Lab Atrium

While few “elevator pitches” actually take place in elevators, being able to explain your research clearly, concisely, and engagingly is important. That’s what DENIN’s Pitch:90 competition is all about: a fast-paced speaking competition in which student researchers describe their work in 90 seconds or less to a panel of judges and an enthusiastic audience.

Top 5 receive cash prizes! Open to the public. Reception to follow.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Less than 10 seats left for Delaware’s November BioBreakfast!
Thursday, November 21, 2019 from 7:30 to 9:30 am @ INCYTE

Have you registered for the last BioBreakfast of 2019? Only 10 seats left for the November BioBreakfast on Thursday, November 21st from 7:30 – 9:30 AM at Incyte!

Join us as the CEO of Incyte, Hervé Hoppenot, and University of DelawareProfessor, Catherine Grimes, provide an in-depth look at the innovative work being performed here in Delaware in the life science community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Delaware Bio’s leading-edge members. Grab a coffee, bring your business cards, and connect with Delaware’s life science industry leaders at our November BioBreakfast!

Register here today!

IEEE Brain Virtual Conference: Bioelectronics

IEEE Brain Initiative is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural IEEE Brain Virtual Conference.  The first event, to be held 26 November 2019, will explore the emerging field of bioelectronics.

Bioelectronics is a rapidly growing field that develops electronic systems to intelligently interact with biological tissue for applications spanning healthcare, lifestyle, and education. In this virtual conference you will learn fundamental principles of bioelectronic systems and hear from world experts about how to build a successful career in this emerging research field.

In the morning session, you will hear three tutorials presented by leading researchers on:

• Organic bioelectronic interfaces
• Bioelectronic microfabrication
• Mechanics of bioelectronic devices

In the afternoon session, you will participate in an interactive question and answer session focused on career development. The first career development panel will focus on issues facing new and early-stage researchers, while the second panel will focus on building and maintaining leading research groups and working with industry. In these sessions, the panelists will answer your questions about navigating the bioelectronics research field and share some insights from their experiences.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows Course
November 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C.

R is a flexible, extensible statistical computing environment, but it is limited to single-core execution.  Spark is a distributed computing environment which treats R as a first-class programming language.  This course introduces data structures in R and their use in functional programming workflows relevant to data science.

The course covers the initial steps in the data science process:

– extracting data from source systems,
– transforming data into a tidy form,
– loading data into distributed file systems, distributed data warehouses, and NoSQL databases, i.e., ETL.

These R-based workflows are illustrated by using dplyr directly and as a frontend to SQL databases.

The sparklyr package with its dplyr interface to Spark is then used for modeling big data using regression and classification supervised learning methods.  Unsupervised learning methods, such as clustering and dimension reduction, are also covered.  Finally, methods for analyzing streaming data are presented.  The course finishes with two in-depth examples. Student accounts are provided to allow attendees to interactively run the R Markdown content in Amazon’s cloud (AWS). The computing infrastructure and the content is containerized which allows the complete course environment to be downloaded and run on Docker-supported laptops.

Register here!

2019 UCLA B.I.G. Summer, Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Application review begins January 5, 2020

B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning how to read and analyze genes and genomes. Through this program students will have the opportunity to experience graduate-level coursework, and learn the latest cutting-edge research, tools and methods used by leading scientists to solve real-world problems.

B.I.G. Summer experiences show students what a science career can look like. Students apply what they’ve learned to an original research project in a laboratory, guided by UCLA faculty mentors. Students learn how to be a scientist in lab meetings, journal clubs, and our final poster and award session.

Apply and check out more details here!

2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques; Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Abstracts

The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results and will take place jointly with the IEEE International School of Imaging in Abu Dhabi, December 9-10, 2019.

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit a full-page abstract using the template provided in all areas of imaging systems and techniques. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and accepted abstracts will be invited to present in a special poster session during the conference. This will be a great opportunity to showcase students work in front of specialists and scholars and receive their feedback. The top three undergraduate and top three graduate abstracts and posters as selected by an external judging committee will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony by the IEEE UAE – Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of Abu Dhabi University.

The conference is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world’s largest professional association, with nearly 500,000 members, dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefits of humanity.

The scope of the IST is to explore, advance, and generate new knowledge on multifaceted imaging design principles, systems, and techniques, with applications in medical imaging, genomics and artificial intelligence, aimed at the exploring of novel pathophysiology and metabolic mechanisms and measure therapeutic efficacy; machine learning and data mining solutions utilizing medical imaging to assist clinicians and healthcare providers to bring big data to personalized medicine; imaging and cognitive machine vision systems, imaging informatics, robotic vision systems, with applications in Industry 4, healthcare, autonomous driving and navigation, Internet of Things (IoT), Space and Resources exploration; emerging imaging trends that would lead ultimately to novel systems and technologies, standards and metrology, and systems with unsurpassable image quality, scalability, and miniaturization capabilities.

• Submission Deadline:  November 10th, 2019
• Announcement of Accepted Abstracts:  November 15th, 2019
• Announcement of Winners: December 10th, 2019
• Submission Procedure: Send your PDF abstracts to Dr. Mohammed Ghazal (mohammed.ghazal@adu.ac.ae)

2020 NeuroNEM REU: A Unique Summer Experience in Brain Research
Application deadline: February 14, 2020

The NeuroNEM REU is a 9 week summer program for undergraduate students to work collaboratively on brain dynamics research projects related to neuronal networks underlying epilepsy and memory. The program provides financial support, educational and career advancing opportunities, with hands-on graduate-level laboratory research experience and guidance by dedicated mentoring faculty and research staff at Universities across three states: Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock (UAMS). The program is supported by research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF OIA/EPSCoR grant #1632891).

REU program dates: May 25 – July 26, 2020

Eligibility requirements

• Undergraduate students from US institutions in EPSCoR states who have at least completed their first year and will not be graduating before the start of the program
• Must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• Minimum overall GPA 3.25

Program Benefits include stipend, housing allowance, and meal allowance. Link to list of EPSCoR states:

https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/epscor/nsf_oiia_epscor_EPSCoRstatewebsites.jsp

Interested students must submit applications online at www.neuronem.latech.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Katie Evans (kevans@latech.edu).

Participants Needed for Lumbar Spine MRI Study

We are recruiting subjects for an MRI study of the lumbar spine. Participation will include a 2 to 2.5 hour appointment in the morning, and a second ~45 min appointment in the evening. Subjects will be compensated with a $50 Amazon gift card. All scans will occur at the Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus.

Subject Requirements:

1. Must be at least 18 years old (Note: we are particularly interested in recruiting subjects over 35 for these next two scanning sessions)
2. Must have no history of or current back pain that has caused you to miss work/school
3. No history of back surgery
4. Must be able to lie down for 45 minutes
5. No contraindications to MRI:

• claustrophobia
• pregnancy
• medical implants (not including orthopaedic/surgical hardware)
• metal fragments within the eyes or body

What to expect:

Subjects will be asked to get a full night of sleep and to come to the MRI facility soon after rising (~7AM). Subjects will be asked to lie down for 45 minutes to unload the spine, in which time they will read, understand, and sign informed consent for the study. Then subjects will be scanned (at 8AM) for ~45 minutes in the supine position before being scanned for ~10 minutes in a flexed and extended posture. In the evening (7PM), ~45 minutes of scanning in the supine position will be repeated. During scanning, the subject will be able to watch a movie (DVD, feel free to bring your own). Between scans, the subjects will be asked to wear a FitBit to track steps, but otherwise may go about their day normally.

What to wear:

Please wear comfortable clothes that do not have any metal on them. For women, bras without underwire are required. We have scrubs at the imaging facility if you would like to change there.

We have time slots on Thursday Nov 7th and Wednesday Nov 13th. If you are interested, please reply to Kyle Meadows (meadowkd@udel.edu), and I can coordinate the scans and share with you the protocol and informed consent before coming in for the study.

Participants Needed for fMRI Study

We are recruiting participants for a new fMRI study. Participation includes a two and a half hour fMRI appointment.  Subjects will be compensated $40 (paid by check) for their time, as well as receive a copy of their structural brain scan.  All experimental sessions will be held at the Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus.

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old, Height > 5′ 4″, BMI < 26 (Due to MRI size limitations), Right handed,  Free from neurological disorders, orthopedic or pain conditions affecting your right arm

What to expect: Participants will interact with our wrist robot during a total of three sessions held outside-inside-outside the fMRI scanner, respectively. During each session, the robot will apply motion to the participants’ right hand so that the wrist will bend. EMG electrodes will be placed on the participants forearm throughout the entire duration of the experiment.  NOTE: The removal of electrodes from the skin may cause a low risk of pain similar to removing a Band-Aid

What to wear: Please wear comfortable, metal free apparel (zipper on pants is fine).  For women, bras without underwire are required.

If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email from me, and a reminder email two days before your appointment. For any questions, please feel free to email Andrea Zonnino.

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, 10:30 AM @ ISE 322
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Abstract
Functional vasculature is essential for healthy bone remodeling, and vascular dysfunction following ischemic stroke is associated with increased fracture incidence. However, the effects of stroke on microvasculature within bone (osteovasculature) are not well understood. My lab characterizes osteovasculature in mouse models at functional, microstructural, and cellular/molecular levels to study mechanisms contributing to bone fragility. To do this we developed a minimally invasive laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) technique suitable for monitoring bone perfusion longitudinally during stroke recovery. We also optimized contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography protocols to measure osteovascular structure and its proximity to bone, which is indicative of its osteogenic potential. Our ongoing work identifying bone-specific biomarkers unique to stroke will inform treatment targets for mitigating the impaired bone adaptation observed post-stroke.

Biography
Jacque Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and director of the Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab (OML).  She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan in Chemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Cole is committed to K-12 STEM outreach, directing the National Biomechanics Day effort at NC State for the past four years, earning the Best Content Award in 2017 and Greatest Impact Award in 2018 from the American Society of Biomechanics.

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Kang Zhou, National University of Singapore

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“New Bioinformatic and Molecular Biology Tools for Metabolic Engineering”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University

Friday, December 6, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• BMES MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  When: Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM
  Where: eCLAC Computer Lab, CLB 046
  There are still several more lectures in the series for this semester. Please register in advance here.
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

University-wide Dates of Interest

• Monday, October 28 – Winter Session registration open
• Monday, November 11 – Spring Semester registration open
• Friday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Break begins after last class; classes end at 10 PM
• November 25 thru 29 – Thanksgiving Break, all classes suspended for holiday
• Thursday, December 5 – Last day of classes
• Friday, December 6 – Reading Day; no exams scheduled
• December 9 thru 14 – Final Exams
• Wednesday December 18 – Deadline for Fall 2019 grades to be posted to UDSIS

BME Graduate News

BME EmPOWER Halloween Movie Night

Thursday, October 31 from 6 to 9:30 PM @ ISE 322
Join us for a Halloween Double Feature! Stop by for either Monsters, Inc., Zombieland, or both! Halloween goodies and beverages will be provided.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences: Single Cell Biology and Evolution

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Junhyong Kim at University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. We are pursuing multiple single cell biology projects concerning genomics and evolution of cell differentiation and cell diversity. We are actively developing novel technologies including sub-cellular transcriptomics, new machine learning methods, and models of system function to examine the functional identification of cell phenotypes and RNA biology of individual cells. More information is found in https://csg.sas.upenn.edu and http://kim.bio.upenn.edu.

Our group tightly integrates both computational modeling and experimental approaches. We especially value a broad interdisciplinary outlook, an ability to work well with others, and interest in theory and concepts. The postdoctoral fellow will have a variety of projects to choose from including neuro-cell biology, mitochondrial genetics, kidney regeneration, and opportunities to develop their own projects.

Expertise is desired in one or more of evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genomics, and computational biology.

Please send to Junhyong@sas.upenn.edu: (1) cover letter describing interest in the position and future research interests (not to exceed one page); (2) CV; (3) names and contact information for three references.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

1-Day Undergraduate Mathematics Workshop hosted by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

On Saturday November 2nd, the AWM will be hosting a 1 day workshop for all undergraduate students at the University of Delaware.

The workshop will take place from 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM in EWING 336.

Four topics will be offered: Cryptography, Epidemiology, Invariants, and Graph Colorings. From the four topics, each student will select the two which they are most interested in learning about.

There will be two 3-hour problem solving sessions for each topic, all of which will be run by mathematics graduate students. One session will run in the morning, and one will run in the afternoon. Students may choose whether they would like to attend the entire workshop, or just the morning or afternoon session. Lunch will be provided only for students who attend the entire workshop.

We have decided to organize this workshop to give undergraduate students the opportunity to briefly learn about topics they may not necessarily learn about in their courses. No prior knowledge of these topics is required to come to the workshop!

Students may sign up for the workshop here: https://forms.gle/zKMtuMrC42eMaB3R8

If students have any questions they may email melfue@udel.edu.

2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques; Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Abstracts

The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results and will take place jointly with the IEEE International School of Imaging in Abu Dhabi, December 9-10, 2019.

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit a full-page abstract using the template provided in all areas of imaging systems and techniques. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and accepted abstracts will be invited to present in a special poster session during the conference. This will be a great opportunity to showcase students work in front of specialists and scholars and receive their feedback. The top three undergraduate and top three graduate abstracts and posters as selected by an external judging committee will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony by the IEEE UAE – Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of Abu Dhabi University.

The conference is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world’s largest professional association, with nearly 500,000 members, dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefits of humanity.

The scope of the IST is to explore, advance, and generate new knowledge on multifaceted imaging design principles, systems, and techniques, with applications in medical imaging, genomics and artificial intelligence, aimed at the exploring of novel pathophysiology and metabolic mechanisms and measure therapeutic efficacy; machine learning and data mining solutions utilizing medical imaging to assist clinicians and healthcare providers to bring big data to personalized medicine; imaging and cognitive machine vision systems, imaging informatics, robotic vision systems, with applications in Industry 4, healthcare, autonomous driving and navigation, Internet of Things (IoT), Space and Resources exploration; emerging imaging trends that would lead ultimately to novel systems and technologies, standards and metrology, and systems with unsurpassable image quality, scalability, and miniaturization capabilities.

• Submission Deadline:  November 10th, 2019
• Announcement of Accepted Abstracts:  November 15th, 2019
• Announcement of Winners: December 10th, 2019
• Submission Procedure: Send your PDF abstracts to Dr. Mohammed Ghazal (mohammed.ghazal@adu.ac.ae)

Participants Needed for fMRI Study

We are recruiting participants for a new fMRI study. Participation includes a two and a half hour fMRI appointment.  Subjects will be compensated $40 (paid by check) for their time, as well as receive a copy of their structural brain scan.  All experimental sessions will be held at the Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus.

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old, Height > 5′ 4″, BMI < 26 (Due to MRI size limitations), Right handed,  Free from neurological disorders, orthopedic or pain conditions affecting your right arm

What to expect: Participants will interact with our wrist robot during a total of three sessions held outside-inside-outside the fMRI scanner, respectively. During each session, the robot will apply motion to the participants’ right hand so that the wrist will bend. EMG electrodes will be placed on the participants forearm throughout the entire duration of the experiment.  NOTE: The removal of electrodes from the skin may cause a low risk of pain similar to removing a Band-Aid

What to wear: Please wear comfortable, metal free apparel (zipper on pants is fine).  For women, bras without underwire are required.

If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email from me, and a reminder email two days before your appointment. For any questions, please feel free to email Andrea Zonnino.

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – Young International Faculty Program

Please see the linked publication for application and university details.

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

From University of Delaware’s RESEARCH online magazine, Vol. 8 No. 1 —

Cracking a Cell’s Secret Code, featuring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

Art in Science, featuring Dr. John Slater

News Briefs: Training Ethical Hackers, featuring Isabel Navarro

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, 10:30 AM @ ISE 322
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Abstract
Functional vasculature is essential for healthy bone remodeling, and vascular dysfunction following ischemic stroke is associated with increased fracture incidence. However, the effects of stroke on microvasculature within bone (osteovasculature) are not well understood. My lab characterizes osteovasculature in mouse models at functional, microstructural, and cellular/molecular levels to study mechanisms contributing to bone fragility. To do this we developed a minimally invasive laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) technique suitable for monitoring bone perfusion longitudinally during stroke recovery. We also optimized contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography protocols to measure osteovascular structure and its proximity to bone, which is indicative of its osteogenic potential. Our ongoing work identifying bone-specific biomarkers unique to stroke will inform treatment targets for mitigating the impaired bone adaptation observed post-stroke.

Biography
Jacque Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and director of the Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab (OML).  She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan in Chemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Cole is committed to K-12 STEM outreach, directing the National Biomechanics Day effort at NC State for the past four years, earning the Best Content Award in 2017 and Greatest Impact Award in 2018 from the American Society of Biomechanics.

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Jeffrey Rimer, University of Houston

Friday, October 18, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Breaking the Rules of Classical Crystallization: An Unconventional Guide to Crystal Engineering”

Kang Zhou, National University of Singapore

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“New Bioinformatic and Molecular Biology Tools for Metabolic Engineering”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University

Friday, December 6, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• BMES MATLAB Lecture Series, hosted by the UD Graduate BMES Chapter
  When: Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 PM
  Where: eCLAC Computer Lab, CLB 046
  There are still several more lectures in the series for this semester. Please register in advance here.
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

INBRE Core Access Award for Analysis of Medicaid Data
Deadline to apply: Monday, October 21, 2019

Core Center Access Awards in the amount of $8,000 per project are available to use in support of research projects requiring the analysis of Medicaid data. Up to 3 projects will be funded in the current funding cycle ending April 15, 2020.

Click here to access the application and learn more about the submission process.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

BMEG 350 Infomation Session with Dr. Rooney via Zoom

Dr. Rooney will be hosting an information session via Zoom for students interested in enrolling in BMEG350: Clinical Immersion for Engineers this Winter.

Monday, October 21 at 5:15pm @ link: https://udel.zoom.us/j/738278000

Please plan to attend this session (or view the recording after) to learn about the course expectations, have all your questions answered, and receive the link to apply. This course is an awesome opportunity to identify unmet needs in clinical practice!

Please note that enrollment is capped due to limited clinical sites. Priority enrollment is given based on BME seniority, and clinical site matching is based on the content of your application cover letter. Just because you register for the course does not guarantee you a spot; registration is restricted. The online link to apply and indicate clinical site preferences will be provided at the information session.

2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques; Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Abstracts

The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results and will take place jointly with the IEEE International School of Imaging in Abu Dhabi, December 9-10, 2019.

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit a full-page abstract using the template provided in all areas of imaging systems and techniques. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and accepted abstracts will be invited to present in a special poster session during the conference. This will be a great opportunity to showcase students work in front of specialists and scholars and receive their feedback. The top three undergraduate and top three graduate abstracts and posters as selected by an external judging committee will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony by the IEEE UAE – Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of Abu Dhabi University.

The conference is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world’s largest professional association, with nearly 500,000 members, dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefits of humanity.

The scope of the IST is to explore, advance, and generate new knowledge on multifaceted imaging design principles, systems, and techniques, with applications in medical imaging, genomics and artificial intelligence, aimed at the exploring of novel pathophysiology and metabolic mechanisms and measure therapeutic efficacy; machine learning and data mining solutions utilizing medical imaging to assist clinicians and healthcare providers to bring big data to personalized medicine; imaging and cognitive machine vision systems, imaging informatics, robotic vision systems, with applications in Industry 4, healthcare, autonomous driving and navigation, Internet of Things (IoT), Space and Resources exploration; emerging imaging trends that would lead ultimately to novel systems and technologies, standards and metrology, and systems with unsurpassable image quality, scalability, and miniaturization capabilities.

• Submission Deadline:  November 10th, 2019
• Announcement of Accepted Abstracts:  November 15th, 2019
• Announcement of Winners: December 10th, 2019
• Submission Procedure: Send your PDF abstracts to Dr. Mohammed Ghazal (mohammed.ghazal@adu.ac.ae)

Participants Needed for fMRI Study

We are recruiting participants for a new fMRI study. Participation includes a two and a half hour fMRI appointment.  Subjects will be compensated $40 (paid by check) for their time, as well as receive a copy of their structural brain scan.  All experimental sessions will be held at the Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus.

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old, Height > 5′ 4″, BMI < 26 (Due to MRI size limitations), Right handed,  Free from neurological disorders, orthopedic or pain conditions affecting your right arm

What to expect: Participants will interact with our wrist robot during a total of three sessions held outside-inside-outside the fMRI scanner, respectively. During each session, the robot will apply motion to the participants’ right hand so that the wrist will bend. EMG electrodes will be placed on the participants forearm throughout the entire duration of the experiment.  NOTE: The removal of electrodes from the skin may cause a low risk of pain similar to removing a Band-Aid

What to wear: Please wear comfortable, metal free apparel (zipper on pants is fine).  For women, bras without underwire are required.

If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email from me, and a reminder email two days before your appointment. For any questions, please feel free to email Andrea Zonnino.

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

UD summer scholar Arif Peracha studies properties of Achilles tendons

From University of Delaware’s RESEARCH online magazine, Vol. 8 No. 1 —

Cracking a Cell’s Secret Code, featuring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

Art in Science, featuring Dr. John Slater

News Briefs: Training Ethical Hackers, featuring Isabel Navarro

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, 10:30 AM @ ISE 322
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Abstract
Functional vasculature is essential for healthy bone remodeling, and vascular dysfunction following ischemic stroke is associated with increased fracture incidence. However, the effects of stroke on microvasculature within bone (osteovasculature) are not well understood. My lab characterizes osteovasculature in mouse models at functional, microstructural, and cellular/molecular levels to study mechanisms contributing to bone fragility. To do this we developed a minimally invasive laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) technique suitable for monitoring bone perfusion longitudinally during stroke recovery. We also optimized contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography protocols to measure osteovascular structure and its proximity to bone, which is indicative of its osteogenic potential. Our ongoing work identifying bone-specific biomarkers unique to stroke will inform treatment targets for mitigating the impaired bone adaptation observed post-stroke.

Biography
Jacque Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and director of the Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab (OML).  She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan in Chemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Cole is committed to K-12 STEM outreach, directing the National Biomechanics Day effort at NC State for the past four years, earning the Best Content Award in 2017 and Greatest Impact Award in 2018 from the American Society of Biomechanics.

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Ashlee Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University

Tuesday, October 15, 2019
1:00 p.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics: Multiscale Modeling of Tissues, Treatments, & Toxicology”

Jeffrey Rimer, University of Houston

Friday, October 18, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Breaking the Rules of Classical Crystallization: An Unconventional Guide to Crystal Engineering”

Kang Zhou, National University of Singapore

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“New Bioinformatic and Molecular Biology Tools for Metabolic Engineering”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University

Friday, December 6, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• THIS WEEK! BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

INBRE Core Access Award for Analysis of Medicaid Data
Deadline to apply: Monday, October 21, 2019

Core Center Access Awards in the amount of $8,000 per project are available to use in support of research projects requiring the analysis of Medicaid data. Up to 3 projects will be funded in the current funding cycle ending April 15, 2020.

Click here to access the application and learn more about the submission process.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques; Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Abstracts

The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results and will take place jointly with the IEEE International School of Imaging in Abu Dhabi, December 9-10, 2019.

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit a full-page abstract using the template provided in all areas of imaging systems and techniques. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and accepted abstracts will be invited to present in a special poster session during the conference. This will be a great opportunity to showcase students work in front of specialists and scholars and receive their feedback. The top three undergraduate and top three graduate abstracts and posters as selected by an external judging committee will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony by the IEEE UAE – Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of Abu Dhabi University.

The conference is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world’s largest professional association, with nearly 500,000 members, dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefits of humanity.

The scope of the IST is to explore, advance, and generate new knowledge on multifaceted imaging design principles, systems, and techniques, with applications in medical imaging, genomics and artificial intelligence, aimed at the exploring of novel pathophysiology and metabolic mechanisms and measure therapeutic efficacy; machine learning and data mining solutions utilizing medical imaging to assist clinicians and healthcare providers to bring big data to personalized medicine; imaging and cognitive machine vision systems, imaging informatics, robotic vision systems, with applications in Industry 4, healthcare, autonomous driving and navigation, Internet of Things (IoT), Space and Resources exploration; emerging imaging trends that would lead ultimately to novel systems and technologies, standards and metrology, and systems with unsurpassable image quality, scalability, and miniaturization capabilities.

• Submission Deadline:  November 10th, 2019
• Announcement of Accepted Abstracts:  November 15th, 2019
• Announcement of Winners: December 10th, 2019
• Submission Procedure: Send your PDF abstracts to Dr. Mohammed Ghazal (mohammed.ghazal@adu.ac.ae)

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Fall 2019 Career Centre Programs for COE Students

• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

UD summer scholar Arif Peracha studies properties of Achilles tendons

UD engineering professors honoured, including Dr. Emily Day

From University of Delaware’s RESEARCH online magazine, Vol. 8 No. 1 —

Cracking a Cell’s Secret Code, featuring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

Art in Science, featuring Dr. John Slater

News Briefs: Training Ethical Hackers, featuring Isabel Navarro

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, 10:30 AM @ ISE 322
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Abstract
Functional vasculature is essential for healthy bone remodeling, and vascular dysfunction following ischemic stroke is associated with increased fracture incidence. However, the effects of stroke on microvasculature within bone (osteovasculature) are not well understood. My lab characterizes osteovasculature in mouse models at functional, microstructural, and cellular/molecular levels to study mechanisms contributing to bone fragility. To do this we developed a minimally invasive laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) technique suitable for monitoring bone perfusion longitudinally during stroke recovery. We also optimized contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography protocols to measure osteovascular structure and its proximity to bone, which is indicative of its osteogenic potential. Our ongoing work identifying bone-specific biomarkers unique to stroke will inform treatment targets for mitigating the impaired bone adaptation observed post-stroke.

Biography
Jacque Cole is an Assistant Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and director of the Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab (OML).  She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan in Chemistry and Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Cole is committed to K-12 STEM outreach, directing the National Biomechanics Day effort at NC State for the past four years, earning the Best Content Award in 2017 and Greatest Impact Award in 2018 from the American Society of Biomechanics.

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Bruce Kerwin, Just Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“Developing Biologics for a Global Population”

Ashlee Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University

Tuesday, October 15, 2019
1:00 p.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics: Multiscale Modeling of Tissues, Treatments, & Toxicology”

Jeffrey Rimer, University of Houston

Friday, October 18, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Breaking the Rules of Classical Crystallization: An Unconventional Guide to Crystal Engineering”

Kang Zhou, National University of Singapore

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 366 Colburn Lab
“New Bioinformatic and Molecular Biology Tools for Metabolic Engineering”

Roseanna Zia, Stanford University

Friday, December 6, 2019
10:00 a.m. @ 102 Colburn Lab
“Phase Mechanics” of Arrested Colloidal Gels: A New Paradigm for Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter”

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

INBRE Core Access Award for Analysis of Medicaid Data
Deadline to apply: Monday, October 21, 2019

Core Center Access Awards in the amount of $8,000 per project are available to use in support of research projects requiring the analysis of Medicaid data. Up to 3 projects will be funded in the current funding cycle ending April 15, 2020.

Click here to access the application and learn more about the submission process.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques; Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Abstracts

The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results and will take place jointly with the IEEE International School of Imaging in Abu Dhabi, December 9-10, 2019.

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit a full-page abstract using the template provided in all areas of imaging systems and techniques. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and accepted abstracts will be invited to present in a special poster session during the conference. This will be a great opportunity to showcase students work in front of specialists and scholars and receive their feedback. The top three undergraduate and top three graduate abstracts and posters as selected by an external judging committee will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony by the IEEE UAE – Instrumentation and Measurement Society Chapter and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs of Abu Dhabi University.

The conference is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which is the world’s largest professional association, with nearly 500,000 members, dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefits of humanity.

The scope of the IST is to explore, advance, and generate new knowledge on multifaceted imaging design principles, systems, and techniques, with applications in medical imaging, genomics and artificial intelligence, aimed at the exploring of novel pathophysiology and metabolic mechanisms and measure therapeutic efficacy; machine learning and data mining solutions utilizing medical imaging to assist clinicians and healthcare providers to bring big data to personalized medicine; imaging and cognitive machine vision systems, imaging informatics, robotic vision systems, with applications in Industry 4, healthcare, autonomous driving and navigation, Internet of Things (IoT), Space and Resources exploration; emerging imaging trends that would lead ultimately to novel systems and technologies, standards and metrology, and systems with unsurpassable image quality, scalability, and miniaturization capabilities.

• Submission Deadline:  November 10th, 2019
• Announcement of Accepted Abstracts:  November 15th, 2019
• Announcement of Winners: December 10th, 2019
• Submission Procedure: Send your PDF abstracts to Dr. Mohammed Ghazal (mohammed.ghazal@adu.ac.ae)

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant

The University of Delaware Career Center Faculty & Staff Career Innovation Grant (FSCIG) provides funding for UD faculty and staff to create professional and career development activities for their students. Funding is provided to offset costs associated with infusing career-related materials and/or experiences into existing or new class curricula and/or departmental, program school, Division of Student Life and Department of Athletics-based initiatives.

Learn more about the grant and its application here.

Fall 2019 Career Centre Programs for COE Students

• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

UD summer scholar Arif Peracha studies properties of Achilles tendons

UD engineering professors honoured, including Dr. Emily Day

From University of Delaware’s RESEARCH online magazine, Vol. 8 No. 1 —

Cracking a Cell’s Secret Code, featuring Dr. Jason Gleghorn

Art in Science, featuring Dr. John Slater

News Briefs: Training Ethical Hackers, featuring Isabel Navarro

BME Seminars

Impaired Bone Adaptation and Osteovascular Function Following Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Jacqueline Cole
Friday November 8, time and location TBD
Assistant Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Mechanobiology Lab
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Red Blood Cell Membrane Architecture, Shape and Biomechanics: From The Micro- To Nanoscale
Velia Fowler
Friday, September 27 @ 10 AM, 102 Colburn Lab
Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences – University of Delaware

From Cell Phones to Stent Grafts: Materials Science and Innovation at W.L. Gore & Associates
Theresa Tonge
Monday, September 30, 2019 @ 10 AM, 366 Colburn Lab
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
CRiSP Seminar

“Design Criteria of Advanced Nanomaterials from the Basic Understanding of Thermal Energy Storage Mechanisms“
Bruno D’Aguanno
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 @ 10 AM, 366 Colburn Lab
VIT University, Vellore
CRiSP Seminar

University of Delaware CRISPR Seminar
Tuesday, October 3, 2019 @ 12 PM, 366 Colburn Lab
Hosted by Synthego
Space is limited. Lunch is provided. Please register in advance at the link above.

Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Producing Oleochemicals in Bacteria
Brian Pfleger
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 10 AM, 102 Colburn Lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Translating Biomechanics Research into Products that Improve Human Health
Dr. Scott L. Delp
Friday, October 4 @ 12 PM, STAR Health Science Complex, North Atrium
James H. Clark Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Founding Chairman of the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford
Director of the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research
Director of the Mobilize Center, a NIH National Center of Excellence focused on Big Data and Mobile Health
Scott is focused on developing technologies to advance movement science and rehabilitation. Software tools developed in his lab (OpenSim and Simtk.org) have become the basis of an international collaboration involving thousands of investigators who exchange biomechanical models, simulations, and data. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, Delp was on the faculty at Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. He has co-founded six biomedical technology companies.

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

New Mexico INBRE hosting workshop on Nextgen Sequencing Analysis with scholarship opportunity
Deadline to apply: September 30, 2019

Link to workshop details: NCGR Fall 2019 Bioinformatics workshop on Differential gene Expression (DE)
Contact to apply for scholarship to attend via Delaware INBRE

Delaware INBRE is offering three partial scholarships for the meeting ($1000 each) for graduate students accepted into the course who are enrolled in a Delaware institution. Interested students should apply for the course and if accepted, send their information and a copy of the acceptance letter from INBRE education to apply for funding.

Women in Engineering Board Game Night

Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Time: 6 to 8:30 PM
Location: Blue & Gold Room, Perkins Student Centre

Please join us for a night of board games and fun to be shared with your fellow graduate students. This a great chance to meet students outside of your department in a laid back setting, and to engage in friendly competition with your peers. We will be providing games but feel free to bring some of your favorites if you’d like! This event is open to both men and women within the College of Engineering, and it is fine to bring additional guests if desired. Best of all, WiE will be providing pizza as well as other snacks to enjoy during the event.

INBRE Core Access Award for Analysis of Medicaid Data
Deadline to apply: Monday, October 21, 2019

Core Center Access Awards in the amount of $8,000 per project are available to use in support of research projects requiring the analysis of Medicaid data. Up to 3 projects will be funded in the current funding cycle ending April 15, 2020.

Click here to access the application and learn more about the submission process.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.  We will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 24 at 1 PM ET for applicants to both the UE5 and K99/R00 programs (slides and video will be posted on the MOSAIC website following the webinar).

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Free download: writing effective titles and abstracts

From Martin Spiering at the Journal of Biological Chemistry, click here to access PDF document

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Centre Programs for COE Students

• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

UD engineering professors honoured, including Dr. Emily Day

BME Seminars

Dr. Jacqueline Cole, North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Friday November 8
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi
More details coming soon

Other Department Seminars of Interest

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cellular Heterogeneity in Gene Expression
Keji Zhao
Monday, September 23 @ 3:30 PM, Delaware Biotechnology Institute Room 102
Senior Investigator, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Translating Biomechanics Research into Products that Improve Human Health
Dr. Scott L. Delp
Friday, October 4 @ 12 PM, STAR Health Science Complex, North Atrium
James H. Clark Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Founding Chairman of the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford
Director of the National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research
Director of the Mobilize Center, a NIH National Center of Excellence focused on Big Data and Mobile Health
Scott is focused on developing technologies to advance movement science and rehabilitation. Software tools developed in his lab (OpenSim and Simtk.org) have become the basis of an international collaboration involving thousands of investigators who exchange biomechanical models, simulations, and data. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, Delp was on the faculty at Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. He has co-founded six biomedical technology companies.

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

New Mexico INBRE hosting workshop on Nextgen Sequencing Analysis with scholarship opportunity
Deadline to apply: September 30, 2019

Link to workshop details: NCGR Fall 2019 Bioinformatics workshop on Differential gene Expression (DE)
Contact to apply for scholarship to attend via Delaware INBRE

Delaware INBRE is offering three partial scholarships for the meeting ($1000 each) for graduate students accepted into the course who are enrolled in a Delaware institution. Interested students should apply for the course and if accepted, send their information and a copy of the acceptance letter from INBRE education to apply for funding.

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Opportunity @ University of Rochester, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics, and the Center for Oral Biology

The principal focus of these positions will be to work on a collaborative team to develop functional human salivary gland tissue chips. For more than 550,000 patients annually diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide, severe loss of salivary gland function (xerostomia) is an unavoidable outcome of radiation therapy. Efforts to study radiosensitivity to discover effective radioprotective and regenerative strategies have been hampered by the inability to culture salivary gland mimetics in vitro, due to loss of secretory acinar cell phenotype. The work will utilize our microbubble (MB) array technology as a highthroughput, modular platform for the tissue chips. The MB platform will be used to develop tissue chips capable of long-term secretory function, exploring a variety of variables including cell seeding density, phenotype, and microenvironmental cues with the end goal of screening FDA-approved drugs to identify effective radioprotective agents and testing them in vivo. The project is supported by NIH 1UH3DE027695 (Benoit, DeLouise, Ovitt mPI). The selected candidates are expected to gather and analyze experimental data, which includes hydrogel material and MB platform synthesis and characterization and in vitro testing using salivary gland cell isolates. Data will be summarized and reported on a regular basis. Additionally, the candidate will identify synthetic, methodological, or technical problems, and adjust experimental protocols to ensure research progress towards the stated milestones. She/He will participate in weekly group meetings, communicate project progress, and interact with collaborators. In addition to working on this project, the candidate will also have an opportunity to work on side projects and to develop novel lines of research, based on the candidate’s interests and background, and participate in the rich training environment at the University of Rochester.

Please submit CVs with list of at least 3 references in PDF format to Dr. Danielle Benoit, Dr. Lisa DeLouise, and Dr. Catherine Ovitt. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.  We will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 24 at 1 PM ET for applicants to both the UE5 and K99/R00 programs (slides and video will be posted on the MOSAIC website following the webinar).

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

Participants Needed for Treadmill Walking Study

We are recruiting more subjects for our treadmill walking study! You are eligible if you have NOT participated in a treadmill walking study previously. Participants will be asked to walk for 20 minutes on a treadmill, while we collect EMG and motion capture data. EMG placement will require us to shave small patches in the leg hair.  Subjects will be compensated $20 (by check) for their time.

The experimental sessions will be held at STAR campus, in suite 124A. The session will last for 1 hour (~40 minutes set up, 20 minutes walking).

Subjects Requirements: 18-50 years old. Free from orthopedic, neurological disorders, or pain conditions affecting your ability to walk. For the experimental session, you will be asked to wear comfortable athletic apparel, such as a t-shirt, shorts and walking-running shoes. If you are interested in being a participant, please click this link to schedule an appointment time. After you schedule an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email.

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

BME In The News

Welcome Dr. Charles Dhong!

BME Seminars

Dr. Jacqueline Cole, North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Friday November 8
Hosted by Dr. Megan Killian and Dr. Fabrizio Sergi
More details coming soon

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

TODAY: Women in Engineering is hosting our annual Welcome Pizza Lunch on Friday, September 13th at 12:30 pm. Please join us to enjoy some pizza and trivia and get a chance to get to meet the amazing network of women engineers at the University of Delaware!

Who: All women grad students, post-docs, and faculty!  (The pizza lunch is one of our rare women-only events.)
When: Friday, September 13th, 2019
Time: 12:30 to 2 PM
Where: Trabant Multipurpose Room C

*For anyone at DTP, especially new graduate students, Meghan will be organizing carpools from DTP to campus leaving around 12. Feel free to email (kupratis@udel.edu) for help arranging transportation!

Graduate Research Opportunities at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories
Deadline to apply: Thursday, November 14, 2019

I would like to bring to your attention 4 new research areas added to encourage activities at the convergence of multiple disciplines and communities, including Microelectronics, Data Science, Fundamental Symmetries, and Accelerator Science. We strongly encourage applications in these areas.

The SCGSR program provides doctoral dissertation/thesis research opportunities for graduate students at DOE national laboratories. Details about the program, research areas, and online application can be found at https://science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.  We will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 24 at 1 PM ET for applicants to both the UE5 and K99/R00 programs (slides and video will be posted on the MOSAIC website following the webinar).

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

McNair Scholars Program Now Accepting Applications for Summer 2020

Please find the current flyer here.
McNair Scholars Program at the University of Delaware website can be found here.

Program is open to all low-income, first-generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education. Deadline to apply for Summer 2020 program is Friday, February 14, 2020. See flyer and website for all details and application requirements.

Engineering opportunity to LEAD in Italy with cruise to Croatia and Greece

LEAD 411 is an approved COE breadth course in the Leadership category under Career and Professional Preparation courses.  You have a new opportunity to develop your own cultural intelligence by joining a new leadership adventure. In June 2020, we will be offering LEAD 411 “Topics in Leadership Dynamics: Leading with Cultural Intelligence in Italy, Croatia and at Sea”.  This course will spend two weeks in Tuscany, Italy and then board the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship for an 8 day cruise from Venice to Rome, with port stops in Croatia, Greece and southern Italy.

This would be a tremendously exciting—and educationally valuable—way to fulfill a COE breadth course (please check with your advisor). This trip also offers 3 credits of the required DLE. In essence, you can complete two requirements in only three weeks.

Learn more by visiting the trip’s webpage. Our next two information/interest meetings are September 11 (6pm, ISE 205) and September 19 (7 pm, PRN 236).  Come find out more—no obligation.  Bring your friends too, as this opportunity is open to all students interested in developing their leadership capacities.  If you can’t attend but are interested, contact Dr. Stein (kstein@udel.edu) who would be glad to answer your questions.  You may also apply directly on the Institute for Global Studies’s website. Applying for the program preserves the opportunity to be considered for this experience, but does not obligate you to participate. This trip anticipates taking only 14 students so early applications are encouraged.

MS in Medical Product Engineering Open House @ University of Pittsburgh
LAST CHANCE Deadline to RSVP: Friday, September 13, 2019
Event: Friday, September 27, 2019 from 8am to 2pm

We are opening our doors to potential students to introduce our Masters in Medical Product Engineering program and the variety of organizations and resources in Pittsburgh that can ignite professional development, engineering/entrepreneurship/innovation training opportunities for anyone seeking careers in medical product industry. The CMI and MS-MPE program develop collaborations among engineers and clinicians to apply advanced technologies to unmet needs in the clinic. This creates exciting new opportunities for our MS-MPE program students. The Open House provides:

• Opportunities to learn about the MS-MPE program: application requirements, curriculum, expectations, and more!
• Information about resources available within the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Engagement with program affiliated faculty members in engineering and medicine.
• Networking with industry partners who provide professional experience for our program students.

Links here to RSVP for the event, agenda, and educational overview.

Dhong Lab Now Seeking Undergraduate Researchers

The Dhong Lab is a new lab in BME/MSEG seeking to hire enthusiastic undergraduates for research opportunities. One project is on understanding and designing the human sense of touch. Another project is on developing microfluidic devices for measuring the mechanical properties. Typical experiences include: microfabrication, 3D-printing, wearable devices, building custom mechanical setups, polymer characterization, human psychophysical testing, and device fabrication. Interested students should e-mail Professor Charles Dhong with a cover letter describing their interests and a CV.

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

This week: Application deadline for multiple Penn State faculty positions over the weekend. New entry-level openings via the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with deadlines on 9/19. Innospec in Newark, DE still looking for part-time lab techs, open to undergrads as well.

BME In The News

via UDaily: $23.5 million to expand Delaware’s biomedical research pipeline

Welcome Dr. Charles Dhong!

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Monday, Sept 9 — Rotation Schedule 1 begins
• Tuesday, Sept 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add
• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

Postdoc Funding Opportunity – NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, such as individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.

The program has two components:

• MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00). Supports postdoctoral scientists from diverse backgrounds conducting research in areas within the NIGMS mission by providing up to 5 years of support in two phases.  The initial (K99) phase provides support for up to 2 years of mentored postdoctoral research training and career development. The second (R00) phase provides up to 3 years of independent research support once the scholar transitions to an independent faculty position. Awardees must be US Citizens or Permanent Residents.  For more information see: PAR-19-343.  Please note, the first application deadline is February 12, 2020.
• MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5). Supports scientific societies whose members conduct research within the NIGMS mission. Awardees will provide skills development, mentoring, and networking opportunities that prepare cohorts of scholars supported by MOSAIC K99/R00 awards to transition into, succeed, and advance in independent faculty careers at research-intensive institutions.  For more information see: PAR-19-342.  Please note the first application deadline is November 15, 2019.

For additional information on both funding announcements, please see the MOSAIC website.  We will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 24 at 1 PM ET for applicants to both the UE5 and K99/R00 programs (slides and video will be posted on the MOSAIC website following the webinar).

Please disseminate information about the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award and webinar to postdocs at your institution and those affiliated with the INBRE program who would be interested.

BME Undergraduate News

LAST CHANCE: Call for Abstracts! Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair Poster Reception and Competition

Calling all students with research interests relating to the biotechnology and biomedical industry!

The Career Center invites you to present your research to employers in the industry as a part of our first annual Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair, taking place on October 2nd. They will be judging your work and prizes will be given!

Submissions will be accepted from August 14th to September 13th. Follow the link in the flyer which is linked above. Questions can be forwarded to Jen Laird at jlaird@udel.edu. We hope to see you there!

Engineering opportunity to LEAD in Italy with cruise to Croatia and Greece

LEAD 411 is an approved COE breadth course in the Leadership category under Career and Professional Preparation courses.  You have a new opportunity to develop your own cultural intelligence by joining a new leadership adventure. In June 2020, we will be offering LEAD 411 “Topics in Leadership Dynamics: Leading with Cultural Intelligence in Italy, Croatia and at Sea”.  This course will spend two weeks in Tuscany, Italy and then board the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship for an 8 day cruise from Venice to Rome, with port stops in Croatia, Greece and southern Italy.

This would be a tremendously exciting—and educationally valuable—way to fulfill a COE breadth course (please check with your advisor). This trip also offers 3 credits of the required DLE.  In essence, you can complete two requirements in only three weeks.

Learn more by visiting the trip’s webpage. Our next two information/interest meetings are September 11 (6pm, ISE 205) and September 19 (7 pm, PRN 236).  Come find out more—no obligation.  Bring your friends too, as this opportunity is open to all students interested in developing their leadership capacities.  If you can’t attend but are interested, contact Dr. Stein (kstein@udel.edu) who would be glad to answer your questions.  You may also apply directly on the Institute for Global Studies’s website. Applying for the program preserves the opportunity to be considered for this experience, but does not obligate you to participate. This trip anticipates taking only 14 students so early applications are encouraged.

MS in Medical Product Engineering Open House @ University of Pittsburgh
Deadline to RSVP: Friday, September 13, 2019
Event: Friday, September 27, 2019 from 8am to 2pm

We are opening our doors to potential students to introduce our Masters in Medical Product Engineering program and the variety of organizations and resources in Pittsburgh that can ignite professional development, engineering/entrepreneurship/innovation training opportunities for anyone seeking careers in medical product industry. The CMI and MS-MPE program develop collaborations among engineers and clinicians to apply advanced technologies to unmet needs in the clinic. This creates exciting new opportunities for our MS-MPE program students. The Open House provides:

• Opportunities to learn about the MS-MPE program: application requirements, curriculum, expectations, and more!
• Information about resources available within the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Engagement with program affiliated faculty members in engineering and medicine.
• Networking with industry partners who provide professional experience for our program students.

Links here to RSVP for the event, agenda, and educational overview.

Dhong Lab Now Seeking Undergraduate Researchers

The Dhong Lab is a new lab in BME/MSEG seeking to hire enthusiastic undergraduates for research opportunities. One project is on understanding and designing the human sense of touch. Another project is on developing microfluidic devices for measuring the mechanical properties. Typical experiences include: microfabrication, 3D-printing, wearable devices, building custom mechanical setups, polymer characterization, human psychophysical testing, and device fabrication. Interested students should e-mail Professor Charles Dhong with a cover letter describing their interests and a CV.

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Monday, September 9– W.L. Gore Resume & Interviewing Boot Camp
  5.30 – 6.30 PM; Trabant MPR
  Register Here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/events/330382
• Wednesday, September 11– Employer Resume Review Day
  1 – 4 PM; Career Centre [STUDENTS WILL BE SEEN IN 15-MINUTE INCREMENTS ON A 1ST COME, 1ST SERVED BASIS] Employer Participants (as of 8/29/19): Deloitte, Duffield, NSA, Terumo, SEPTA, Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS), BPGS Construction
  Register Here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/events/332336
• Thursday, September 12– Fall Career & Internship Fair
  3 – 6.30 PM; The Little Bob
  This will be a great time to network and practice your communication skills, while learning of employers’ hiring needs from a variety of industries.  You may also be able to score a next-day interview with an employer here on campus!
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8842/employers_list; over 80 employers confirmed to attend
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

This week: Innospec is looking for part-time lab techs in Newark, DE; deadlines for teaching opportunities at Penn State, Rowan, and West Chester University coming up.

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis and Amanda Ramsaran
Administrative Assistants
Biomedical Engineering

BME In The News

via UDaily: $23.5 million to expand Delaware’s biomedical research pipeline

Welcome Dr. Charles Dhong!

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Monday, Sept 2 — Labour Day!! UD Closed
• Wednesday, Sept 4 — CCM 106 Choosing an Advisor and Building Lab Relationships
• Friday, Sept 6 — CCM 106 Panel Q&A
• Friday, Sept 6 — Picnic (RSVPs are CLOSING on Tuesday, Sept 3) 3.00 – 5.00 pm White Clay Creek State Park Pavilion. 880 New London Rd
• Monday, Sept 9 — Rotation Schedule 1 begins
• Tuesday, Sept 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add
• Friday, Oct 11 – Fall Break, no classes
• Tuesday, Oct 22 – Last day to change registration or to withdraw from courses w/o academic penalty for Fall 2019

LAST CHANCE: Funds for BME-related professional development workshops

Delaware INBRE is again offering funding for professional development workshops that impact students/fellows/postdocs working in biomedical research areas. The full consideration deadline for funding requests is Friday, September 6th. After that, support will only be available if funds remain.

Click here to access the application. Remember: the deadline is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6!

BME Undergraduate News

Dhong Lab Now Seeking Undergraduate Researchers

The Dhong Lab is a new lab in BME/MSEG seeking to hire enthusiastic undergraduates for research opportunities. One project is on understanding and designing the human sense of touch. Another project is on developing microfluidic devices for measuring the mechanical properties. Typical experiences include: microfabrication, 3D-printing, wearable devices, building custom mechanical setups, polymer characterization, human psychophysical testing, and device fabrication. Interested students should e-mail Professor Charles Dhong with a cover letter describing their interests and a CV.

Call for Abstracts! Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair Poster Reception and Competition

Calling all students with research interests relating to the biotechnology and biomedical industry!

The Career Center invites you to present your research to employers in the industry as a part of our first annual Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair, taking place on October 2nd. They will be judging your work and prizes will be given!

Submissions will be accepted from August 14th to September 13th. Follow the link in the flyer which is linked above. Questions can be forwarded to Jen Laird at jlaird@udel.edu. We hope to see you there!

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2 to 4 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Monday, September 9– W.L. Gore Resume & Interviewing Boot Camp
  5.30 – 6.30 PM; Trabant MPR
  Register Here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/events/330382
• Wednesday, September 11– Employer Resume Review Day
  1 – 4 PM; Career Centre [STUDENTS WILL BE SEEN IN 15-MINUTE INCREMENTS ON A 1ST COME, 1ST SERVED BASIS] Employer Participants (as of 8/29/19): Deloitte, Duffield, NSA, Terumo, SEPTA, Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS), BPGS Construction
  Register Here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/events/332336
• Thursday, September 12– Fall Career & Internship Fair
  3 – 6.30 PM; The Little Bob
  This will be a great time to network and practice your communication skills, while learning of employers’ hiring needs from a variety of industries.  You may also be able to score a next-day interview with an employer here on campus!
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8842/employers_list; over 80 employers confirmed to attend
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5 – 7 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Job Opportunities

We have moved this to the Opportunities section of the website. Postings are sorted with most recent deadlines and application due dates at the top. They will be updated more frequently and you are encouraged to check regularly!

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis and Amanda Ramsaran
Administrative Assistants
Biomedical Engineering

BME In The News

via UDaily: $23.5 million to expand Delaware’s biomedical research pipeline

Welcome Dr. Julie Kohn!

BME Department News

• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Friday, Aug 23 — Graduate Seminar Symposium 8.30 – 11.50 UD Star Atrium (bring your mug for coffee & continental breakfast)
• Friday, Aug 23 — New Grad Student On-Boarding 1.30 – 4.00 pm 325 Academy St.
• Monday, Aug 26 — BME New Grad Student Orientation ISE 322
• Monday, Aug 26 — Boot-Camp ISE 322 Balancing Research, Class, and Life
• Tuesday, Aug 27— FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
• Wednesday, Aug 28 — Boot-Camp CCM106 Being Successful and Showing Leadership in the Lab

  Stephanie Law: New Graduate Advising Tools and Tips

• Friday, Aug 30 — Enjoy your day. Go to DE beaches, shop, relax, explore!
• Monday, Sept 2 — Labor Day!! UD Closed
• Wednesday, Sept 4 — CCM 106 Choosing an Advisor and Building Lab Relationships
• Friday, Sept 6 — CCM 106 Panel Q&A
• Friday, Sept 6 — Picnic (We are still looking for RSVPs!) 3.00 – 5.00 pm White Clay Creek State Park Pavilion. 880 New London Rd
• Monday, Sep 9 — Rotation Schedule 1 begins
• Tuesday, Sep 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add

Funds for BME-related professional development workshops

Delaware INBRE is again offering funding for professional development workshops that impact students/fellows/postdocs working in biomedical research areas. The full consideration deadline for funding requests is Friday, September 6th. After that, support will only be available if funds remain.

Click here to access the application. Remember: the deadline is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6!

BME Undergraduate News

Call for Abstracts! Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair Poster Reception and Competition

Calling all students with research interests relating to the biotechnology and biomedical industry!

The Career Center invites you to present your research to employers in the industry as a part of our first annual Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair, taking place on October 2nd. They will be judging your work and prizes will be given!

Submissions will be accepted from August 14th to September 13th. Follow the link in the flyer which is linked above. Questions can be forwarded to Jen Laird at jlaird@udel.edu. We hope to see you there!

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2.00 to 4.00 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Monday, September 9– W.L. Gore Resume & Interviewing Boot Camp
  5.30 – 8.30 PM; Trabant MPR
• Wednesday, September 11– Employer Resume Review Day
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): Deloitte, Duffield, NSA, Terumo, SEPTA, Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS)
• Thursday, September 12– Fall Career & Internship Fair
  3.00 – 6.30 PM; The Little Bob
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8842/employers_list
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5.00 – 7.00 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5.00 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5.00 – 7.00 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
  Employer Participants (as of 8/22/19): ACell, AcroBiosystems, Agilent Technologies, GE, Globus Medical, Merck, Meso Scale Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Synerfac Technical Staffing, Terumo Medical Corporation, Wilmington PharmaTech
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Research Centers Collaborative Network of the National Institute on Aging, NIH
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The third workshop, “Resilience and Reserve in Aging”, will be held November 12 and 13, 2019 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Austin, Texas. Topics will include the biology of resilience, social network influences on resilience and reserve, erosion of reserve by chronic stress, physical recovery from planned surgery, and contributors and interventions to build resilience and reserve.

Travel Awards are available for approximately 10 early career investigators or investigators in-training, who will participate in a special session at the meeting that will focus on career development.

For more information and details on how to apply, click here.

Rowan University: Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position, School of Health Professions
Deadline to apply: November, 1, 2019

Click here for more information and/or to apply.

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Future Faculty Lectures Program

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has initiated a Future Faculty Lectures program for advanced PhD students and post-doctoral scholars to visit UCLA to present their work.  We welcome you to apply to our Future Faculty Lectures—an opportunity for advanced Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to assess whether the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is the best fit for a faculty position. Our goal is to help our faculty tackle today’s greatest engineering challenges and empower students to become future change agents.

If selected, you will be invited to present an hour-long seminar on your research; tour the vibrant UCLA campus; and meet with current faculty over lunch. We believe a relaxed environment with open dialog is the best way to learn about each other and the opportunities available at UCLA Samueli.

The school will support all travel and lodging expenses. Please feel free to share this opportunity with friends and colleagues who may be interested in this opportunity.

West Virginia University

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor – Engineering & Mineral Resources-11974

Brief Description: The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University invites applications for tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor depending upon qualifications. Candidates must have research expertise in one or more of the following areas (1) process systems engineering, including artificial intelligence techniques, and/or computations with an emphasis in energy systems, (2) catalysis, catalytic materials, and/or reaction engineering in the area of energy systems (3) materials processing (including polymeric materials and/or biomaterials) for synthetic sustainable applications.

National Institute of Health

Position: Development Positions

The Formulation & Stability group at the Vaccine Production Program (VPP/VRC/NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health is actively recruiting to fill both entry and mid-level formulation development positions. The person filling this position will be part of a dynamic and motivated team working on the characterization, formulation and development of multiple types of biologic vaccine candidates, including virus-like Particles, monoclonal antibodies, and protein nanoparticles.

Princeton University

Position: Data Scientists for Schmidt DataX Project

The Center for Statistics and Machine Learning’s DataX Fund supports the hiring of six data scientists who will create and improve data-analysis software to operate at large scale, leading to faster discovery, wider impact and greater continuity.

These data scientists will work in faculty-led, collaborative, multidisciplinary environments, and leverage their skills to advance the progress of data-driven scientific discovery. Three research areas are of particular interest:

• Catalysis – led by the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with other departments including Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Computer Science.
• Biomedical Data Science – led by the Department of Computer Science, in collaboration with the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and additional engineering departments.
• Technology Policy – led by the Center for Information Technology Policy.

Prior expertise in the above areas is not required — the data scientists will be mentored in the relevant research area. They will have access to Princeton’s first-class resources and have the opportunity to co-author academic publications.

These are 3-year appointments offering a very competitive salary and excellent opportunities for growth and future career opportunities. The positions are part of the Schmidt DataX project, an initiative made possible by a major gift from Schmidt Futures.

Questions?  Feel free to contact our Project Manager, Ellen DiPippo if you have any questions about the position or process.

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis and Amanda Ramsaran
Administrative Assistants
Biomedical Engineering

BME In The News

WELCOME DR. JULIE KOHN

Dr. Julie Kohn joined the department as Assistant Professor July 1st. She was a US. Fulbright Scholar in Tanzania. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University and both her MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Her research areas include cardiovascular mechanotransduction and tissue and regenerative medicine.  She will be teaching BMEG467/667 Material-Human Body Interfaces.

BME Department News

• Tuesday, Aug 20 – Faculty Retreat 9.00 – 5.00
• BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers
• BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at STAR Campus
  Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

• Monday Aug 19 thru Friday Aug 23 — Oral Qual Exams; best of luck to all students testing!
• Tuesday, Aug 20 — New Grad Orientation 8.00 – 5.00 Clayton Hall    register
• Wednesday, Aug 21 — TA Learning Sessions 8.30 – 12.00 Gore Hall register
• Friday, Aug 23 — Graduate Seminar Symposium 8.30 – 11.50 UD Star Atrium (bring your mug for coffee & continental breakfast)
• Friday, Aug 23 — New Grad Student On-Boarding 1.30 – 4.00 pm 325 Academy St.
• Monday, Aug 26 — BME New Grad Student Orientation ISE 322
• Monday, Aug 26 — Boot-Camp ISE 322 Balancing Research, Class, and Life
• Tuesday, Aug 27— FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
• Wednesday, Aug 28 — Boot-Camp CCM106 Being Successful and Showing Leadership in the Lab

  Stephanie Law: New Graduate Advising Tools and Tips

• Friday, Aug 30 — Enjoy your day. Go to DE beaches, shop, relax, explore!
• Monday, Sept 2 — Labor Day!! UD Closed
• Wednesday, Sept 4 — CCM 106 Choosing an Advisor and Building Lab Relationships
• Friday, Sept 6 — CCM 106 Panel Q&A
• Friday, Sept 6 — Picnic (PLEASE RSVP!) 3.00 – 5.00 pm White Clay Creek State Park Pavilion. 880 New London Rd
• Monday, Sep 9 — Rotation Schedule 1 begins
• Tuesday, Sep 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

• Every Wednesday from 2.00 to 4.00 PM— COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)
• Monday, September 9– W.L. Gore Resume & Interviewing Boot Camp
  5.30 – 8.30 PM; Trabant MPR
• Wednesday, September 11– Employer Resume Review Day
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): Deloitte, Duffield, NSA, Terumo, SEPTA, Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS)
• Thursday, September 12– Fall Career & Internship Fair
  3.00 – 6.30 PM; The Little Bob
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8842/employers_list
• Tuesday, September 24– Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
  5.00 – 7.00 PM; Trabant Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list
• Tuesday, October 1– Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
  5.00 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)
• Wednesday, October 2– Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
  5.00 – 7.00 PM; Perkins Student Center
  View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list
• Wednesday, October 16– Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
  Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

Science Talk Volunteer Leadership Opportunities

As ScienceTalk.org continues to grow, so does our need for leaders and pioneers to help with our mission. As such, we are now recruiting volunteers for the following positions:

• VP of Marketing: This is an executive board-level position responsible for overseeing our messaging and marketing efforts. We are seeking someone with a strong marketing and communications background, a collaborative approach to leadership, and a feel for the ever-evolving science communication and marketing landscape. This position acts as Chair for the Marketing and Communications committee and will help guide our organization’s strategic growth.
• Online Community Manager: This position will act as moderator and facilitator to keep the conversation flowing on our Mighty Networks community network. A strong desire to be social is highly recommended.
• SCIENCE TALK ’20 Catering Coordinator: Think it’s easy feeding up to 500 people? We need your help. Please join our conference planning committee and you get to pick the food for our annual conference – yum!
• SCIENCE TALK ’20 Poster Session Coordinator: Lastly, we need some help coordinating our poster-art sessions moving forward. Love logistics? Help conference attendees showcase their research and science-themed art.

Email info@sciencetalk.org to apply for any of these volunteer positions. In your email, please indicate the position(s) you would like to be considered for and a brief (100-200 word) description of your qualifications and interests. In addition, please attach a 1-2 page CV or resume.

We will start reviewing applications on August 16th. Join us in serving the science communication community. Leadership opportunities are knocking… what are you going to do?

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Future Faculty Lectures Program

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has initiated a Future Faculty Lectures program for advanced PhD students and post-doctoral scholars to visit UCLA to present their work.  We welcome you to apply to our Future Faculty Lectures—an opportunity for advanced Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to assess whether the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is the best fit for a faculty position. Our goal is to help our faculty tackle today’s greatest engineering challenges and empower students to become future change agents.

If selected, you will be invited to present an hour-long seminar on your research; tour the vibrant UCLA campus; and meet with current faculty over lunch. We believe a relaxed environment with open dialog is the best way to learn about each other and the opportunities available at UCLA Samueli.

The school will support all travel and lodging expenses. Please feel free to share this opportunity with friends and colleagues who may be interested in this opportunity.

Research Centers Collaborative Network of the National Institute on Aging, NIH
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The third workshop, “Resilience and Reserve in Aging”, will be held November 12 and 13, 2019 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Austin, Texas. Topics will include the biology of resilience, social network influences on resilience and reserve, erosion of reserve by chronic stress, physical recovery from planned surgery, and contributors and interventions to build resilience and reserve.

Travel Awards are available for approximately 10 early career investigators or investigators in-training, who will participate in a special session at the meeting that will focus on career development.

For more information and details on how to apply, click here.

West Virginia University

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor – Engineering & Mineral Resources-11974

Brief Description: The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University invites applications for tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor depending upon qualifications. Candidates must have research expertise in one or more of the following areas (1) process systems engineering, including artificial intelligence techniques, and/or computations with an emphasis in energy systems, (2) catalysis, catalytic materials, and/or reaction engineering in the area of energy systems (3) materials processing (including polymeric materials and/or biomaterials) for synthetic sustainable applications.

National Institute of Health

Position: Development Positions

The Formulation & Stability group at the Vaccine Production Program (VPP/VRC/NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health is actively recruiting to fill both entry and mid-level formulation development positions. The person filling this position will be part of a dynamic and motivated team working on the characterization, formulation and development of multiple types of biologic vaccine candidates, including virus-like Particles, monoclonal antibodies, and protein nanoparticles.

Princeton University

Position: Data Scientists for Schmidt DataX Project

The Center for Statistics and Machine Learning’s DataX Fund supports the hiring of six data scientists who will create and improve data-analysis software to operate at large scale, leading to faster discovery, wider impact and greater continuity.

These data scientists will work in faculty-led, collaborative, multidisciplinary environments, and leverage their skills to advance the progress of data-driven scientific discovery. Three research areas are of particular interest:

• Catalysis – led by the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with other departments including Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Computer Science.
• Biomedical Data Science – led by the Department of Computer Science, in collaboration with the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and additional engineering departments.
• Technology Policy – led by the Center for Information Technology Policy.

Prior expertise in the above areas is not required — the data scientists will be mentored in the relevant research area. They will have access to Princeton’s first-class resources and have the opportunity to co-author academic publications.

These are 3-year appointments offering a very competitive salary and excellent opportunities for growth and future career opportunities. The positions are part of the Schmidt DataX project, an initiative made possible by a major gift from Schmidt Futures.

Questions?  Feel free to contact our Project Manager, Ellen DiPippo if you have any questions about the position or process.

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis and Amanda Ramsaran
Administrative Assistants
Biomedical Engineering

Welcome from the Department Chair

I want to take this opportunity to warmly welcome all of our new and seasoned students, faculty, and staff. Hopefully you have had the opportunity to share some relaxing and fun times with family and friends, and are now as excited as we are to begin the new academic year. I am proud to work beside our dedicated faculty and highly engaged students as we make new discoveries to answer the medical needs of the future and educate the students to enable and expand these.

Our department has grown with the addition of new faculty Dr. Julie Kohn and Dr. Joshua Cashback to begin in January. Additionally Becca Scott will join as temporary faculty this fall. We have a new face in our administrative office, Ms. Amanda Ramsaran, please stop in to say hello and welcome her to the department.

Have a great semester!
Dawn Elliott, Ph.D.

Beginning of the Year Dates

Thursday, Aug 15 — Undergrad Research Symposium 7.00 – 5.00 pm  ISE LAB: Schedule  Abstracts

Tuesday, Aug 27 — FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

Monday, Sept 2 — Labor Day!! UD Closed

Tuesday, Sept 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add

BME In The News

Welcome Dr. Julie Kohn

Dr. Julie Kohn joined the department as Assistant Professor July 1^st. She was a US. Fulbright Scholar in Tanzania. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University and both her MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Her research areas includes cardiovascular mechanotransduction and tissue and regenerative medicine.  She will be teaching BMEG467/667 Material-Human Body Interfaces.

BME Department News

Tuesday, Aug 20 – Faculty Retreat 9.00 – 5.00

BMES Annual Meeting is October 16-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Phil, PA). Students who wish to volunteer for registration credit are invited to apply here: https://www.bmes.org/studentvolunteers

BME – Biopharmaceutical Institute (BPI) at Star Campus
Move-in date is still scheduled for March 2020. Please continue to reduce your material to move. Please refer to emails and direct any questions or concerns to Joey Norikane: jnorikan@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

Monday Aug 19 thru Friday Aug 23 — Oral Qual Exams; best of luck to all students testing!

Tuesday, Aug 20 — New Grad Orientation 8.00 – 5.00 Clayton Hall    register

Wednesday, Aug 21 — TA Learning Sessions 8.30 – 12.00 Gore Hall register

Friday, Aug 23 — Graduate Seminar Symposium 8.30 – 11.50 UD Star Atrium (bring your mug for coffee & continental breakfast)

Friday, Aug 23 — New Grad Student On-Boarding 1.30 – 4.00 pm 325 Academy St.

Monday, Aug 26  — BME New Grad Student Orientation ISE 322

Monday, Aug 26 — Boot-Camp ISE 322 Balancing Research, Class, and Life

Tuesday, Aug 27 — FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

Wednesday, Aug 28 — Boot-Camp CCM106 Being Successful and Showing Leadership in the Lab

Stephanie Law: New Graduate Advising Tools and Tips

Friday, Aug 30 — Enjoy your day. Go to DE beaches, shop, relax, explore!

Monday, Sept 2 — Labor Day!! UD Closed

Wednesday, Sept 4 — CCM 106 Choosing an Advisor and Building Lab Relationships

Friday, Sept 6 — CCM 106 Panel Q&A

Friday, Sept 6 — Picnic 3.00 – 5.00 pm White Clay Creek State Park Pavilion. 880 New London Rd

Monday, Sep 9 — Rotation Schedule 1 begins

Tuesday, Sep 10 — Last Day to Drop/Add

BME Undergraduate News

UD Support Information

Center for Counseling & Student Development 831-2141
261 Perkins Student Center
Individual support, career counseling, group counseling, workshops, support groups

Crisis UD HELPLINE 24/7/365 302-831-1000

Disability Support Services dssoffice@udel.edu  302-831-4643

Office of Academic Enrichment 148-150 S. College Ave 302-831-4555
Workshops, skill-building, tutors, study groups

UD Writing Center 016 Memorial Hall & 017 Morris Library 302-831-1168 writing-center@udel.edu
For undergrads, graduates, faculty & staff

UD Police – Emergency 911 302-831-2222
Protected Escort 831-2224

UD Parking Permit info click the link for pricing and to register your bike too!

Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) 26 E Main St 831-2115

Other Departmental Events

Career Corner

Fall 2019 Career Programs for COE Students

Every Wednesday from 2.00 to 4.00 PM — COE Career Drop in Hours (DuPont – Room TBD)

Monday, September 9 – W.L. Gore Resume & Interviewing Boot Camp
5.30 – 8.30 PM; Trabant MPR

Wednesday, September 11 – Employer Resume Review Day
Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): Deloitte, Duffield, NSA, Terumo, SEPTA, Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS)

Thursday, September 12 – Fall Career & Internship Fair
3.00 – 6.30 PM; The Little Bob
View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8842/employers_list

Tuesday, September 24 – Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering Fair
5.00 – 7.00 PM; Trabant Student Center
View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8851/employers_list

Tuesday, October 1 – Career Paths in the Biopharmaceutical Industry – NIIMBL
5.00 – 6.30 PM; Career Center (Workshop Room)

Wednesday, October 2 – Biotechnology & Biomedical Career Fair
5.00 – 7.00 PM; Perkins Student Center
View employers here: https://udel.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/8986/employers_list

Wednesday, October 16 – Employer/Alumni Panel Interview
Employer Participants (as of 7/31/19): TE Connectivity, Siemens Healthineers, WL Gore

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has initiated a Future Faculty Lectures program for advanced PhD students and post-doctoral scholars to visit UCLA to present their work.  We welcome you to apply to our Future Faculty Lectures—an opportunity for advanced Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to assess whether the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering is the best fit for a faculty position. Our goal is to help our faculty tackle today’s greatest engineering challenges and empower students to become future change agents.
If selected, you will be invited to present an hour-long seminar on your research; tour the vibrant UCLA campus; and meet with current faculty over lunch. We believe a relaxed environment with open dialog is the best way to learn about each other and the opportunities available at UCLA Samueli.
The school will support all travel and lodging expenses. Please feel free to share this opportunity with friends and colleagues who may be interested in this opportunity.

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

End of the Year Dates

Finals are done! BME faculty and staff wish you all a fun and safe summer break.

Doctoral Hooding: TODAY! 6:45 am The Green Details
Convocation: TONIGHT!  5:30 pm Bob Carpenter Center Details
Commencement:  June 1^st  7:30 am Delaware Stadium Details
Grades posted: June 3^rd
Alumni Weekend: June 7-9  Register  Details
Summer Session: June 10^th

BME in the News

John Slater and Abhyudai Singh, have been recognized to receive Dean’s awards in 2019. John Slater received the Excellence in Service and Community Engagement award. Abhyudai Singh received the Outstanding Junior Faculty award. Read about it here.

BME Department News 

Human Robotics Lab Study

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participant for their Robotic Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Study.
Where: STAR Suite 124 (only two visits)
Compensation: $20 and $10 Amazon Gift Card
For more info: Contact Robbie McGrath rmcgrath@udel.edu

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participants for fMRI Motor Learning Study.
Where: Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus
Compensation: $25 amazon gift card and copy of structural brain scan
To schedule: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4aaba72da3f94-fmri
For more info: Contact Andria Farrens afarrens@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

Summer Dissertation Retreats

UD Writing Center is hosting three Dissertation Retreats this summer.
Retreat 1: June 17-32; application due by June 2
Retreat 2: July 8-12; application due by June 23
Retreat 3: August 5-9; application due by July 22
Info and application forms: https://www.writingcenter.udel.edu/for-graduate-students/dissertation-boot-camp

BME Undergraduate News

BME Wins the Dean’s Cup Challenge!

BME has won the Dean’s Cup Challenge once again due to the wonderful collaboration of our awesome seniors! The winning department of the Dean’s Cup Challenge gets honored at convocation by being the first department to graduate.

Career Corner

Merck positions

For BS Graduates: ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST, STERILE FORMULATION SCIENCES http://www.udel.edu/006099
For PhD or Masters Graduates: SENIOR SCIENTIST, PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT https://bit.ly/2M0JTng

Teaching/Research Program (TREM)

A great opportunity for finishing grad students who are teaching-focused in their career path

TREM (Training Research Educators at Minnesota) is a NIH funded award with an August 31st start date, however, applications are accepted year-round. Applicants are not restricted to University of Minnesota. Please see the flyer for more information.

Bio 2019

https://convention.bio.org/studentday/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=bio2019-student-day
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 5)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
For: Students over age 21

Sex and Gender Differences in Aging (Live-stream conference)

For: Faculty and Students
When: June 6 – 8
Info: https://www.rccn-aging.org/assets/uploads/default/RCCN-June-2019-Workshop-Agenda.pdf
Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/38376d9e8fe2297a34538d7d4481ef37

Kavli Civic Science Fellow: Science Communication / Advocacy

For: MS & Doctoral Grad students
Where: Bethesda, Maryland
Info: https://jobs.ascb.org/job/kavli-civic-science-fellow/48099271/?utm_source=JobFlash&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=JobFlash-4%2B30%2C%2B2019

Marie Curie Fellowship

For: Postdocs
Where: Paris
Info: topic related to microfluidics, biology and lab on chip
Lydie Jeux contact@microfluidics-valley.com

Olympus: High end Microscopy Sales Position

For: UD Blue Hens: Grad programs
Info: Matthew Weitzman
Matthew.weitzman@olympus-ossa.com

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

International Workshop on Control Engineering & Synthetic Biology

This workshop will discuss both the challenges and the opportunities that Synthetic Biology offers. A specific focus will be on the “next grand challenges” in the field of synthetic biology and how control engineering can address them.
For Info: http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2019for
Where: Worcester College, Oxford
When: Sept 9-11, 2019

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

End of the Year Dates

Finals: Now to May 30^th  Find your exam date and location
Doctoral Hooding: May 31^st 6:45 am The Green Details
Convocation: May 31^st  5:30 pm Bob Carpenter Center Details
Commencement:  June 1^st  7:30 am Delaware Stadium Details
Grades posted: June 3^rd
Alumni Weekend: June 7-9  Register  Details
Summer Session: June 10^th

BME in the News

Peyton Delgorio is a recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award.
Grace McIlvain earned a Top Podium Presentation Award for “Brain Mechanical Properties and Balance Reactions in Children with Cerebral Palsy.”
Margot Farnham earned the Elmer E. Klaus award for her work with articular cartilage
Art in Science has been featured in UD Engineering’s Twitter. Check out the video.

BME Department News 

Human Robotics Lab Study

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participant for their Robotic Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Study.
Where: STAR Suite 124 (only two visits)
Compensation: $20 and $10 Amazon Gift Card
For more info: Contact Robbie McGrath rmcgrath@udel.edu

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participants for fMRI Motor Learning Study.
Where: Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI) on campus
Compensation: $25 amazon gift card and copy of structural brain scan
To schedule: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4aaba72da3f94-fmri
For more info: Contact Andria Farrens afarrens@udel.edu

BME Graduate News

Lab Twin (Note Taker)

UD researchers can now access LabTwin at no cost. LabTwin is the world’s first voice-powered digital lab assistant. It enables you to take notes and record results at the time of experimentation by merely talking to your phone. Hands-free documentation means you don’t have to interrupt experiments to take notes. I would encourage you to sign up and take advantage of this offering. To get free LabTwin access, use this link: https://app.labtwin.com/#/signup. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Guru Singh, Head of Growth at LabTwin, at guru.singh@labtwin.com.

WIE News

Jamie Benson and Meghan Kupratis will be transitioning to the WIE representatives for BME. Thanks to Danielle and Catherine for their excellent job in getting the news out.  Here are additional events coming in the following months:
Families in Grad School Lunch (June) – discussing the experience of starting a family in grad school
Ice Cream Social (August) – eating ice cream.

BME Undergraduate News

BME Junior Design Showcase was May 20^th. Sponsored by Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics, Inc (IPO)

The Goal: Create a shower prosthesis: Non-slip, Support entire weight, Usable in shower, Manufacture cost under $500, Under 5 lbs, Durable, Easy to use, One size fits, all, Adjustable, Aesthetically pleasing.
The Teams: There were nine student teams from BMEG360
People’s Choice Award: Team Crelf, Mary Lemma, Nathan Patel, Ahlad Neti (see photo!)

Career Corner

Bio 2019

https://convention.bio.org/studentday/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketo&utm_campaign=bio2019-student-day
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 5)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 24^th
For: Students over age 21

Sex and Gender Differences in Aging (Live-stream conference)

For: Faculty and Students
When: June 6 – 8
Info: https://www.rccn-aging.org/assets/uploads/default/RCCN-June-2019-Workshop-Agenda.pdf
Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/38376d9e8fe2297a34538d7d4481ef37

Kavli Civic Science Fellow: Science Communication / Advocacy

For: MS & Doctoral Grad students
Where: Bethesda, Maryland
Info: https://jobs.ascb.org/job/kavli-civic-science-fellow/48099271/?utm_source=JobFlash&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=JobFlash-4%2B30%2C%2B2019

Marie Curie Fellowship

For: Postdocs
Where: Paris
Info: topic related to microfluidics, biology and lab on chip
Lydie Jeux contact@microfluidics-valley.com

Olympus: High end Microscopy Sales Position

For: UD Blue Hens: Grad programs
Info: Matthew Weitzman
Matthew.weitzman@olympus-ossa.com

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

International Workshop on Control Engineering & Synthetic Biology

This workshop will discuss both the challenges and the opportunities that Synthetic Biology offers. A specific focus will be on the “next grand challenges” in the field of synthetic biology and how control engineering can address them.
For Info: http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2019for
Where: Worcester College, Oxford
When: Sept 9-11, 2019

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME In the News

BME Senior, Carly Pettipaw, is racing to the top in sports, school, and career.

Read the UDaily article to see how she is Off to a fast start.

BME Department News

Human Robotics Lab Study

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participant for their robotic lower extremity exoskeleton study.
Where: STAR Suite 124 (only two visits)
Compensation: $20 and $10 Amazon Gift Card
For more info: Contact Robbie McGrath rmcgrath@udel.edu

BME Seminars

That’s a wrap… Look for more in the fall

BME Graduate News

• GSG Gala – May 10^th 2019 6pm – 10 pm  TONIGHT
  Chambers Memorial Hall
  3900 Kirkwood Highway
  Tickets $20.00
  Registration

BME Undergraduate News

BME Junior Design Showcase

Monday, May 20^th, 2019
12:20 – 2:15 pm  322 ISE Lab
BME juniors are working with Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics to develop an assistive device that can be used by lower limb amputees in the shower. Come listen to their pitches and see demos of their prototypes. Light snacks will be provided.

Dean’s Cup Challenge:

The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019
Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

CBST Seminar

Katrin Kramer – University of Otago, New Zealand
366 Colburn Lab
Monday, May 13, 2019
10:00 am
“Cancer Vaccines – Using Virus-like Particles for Immunotherapy”

CBE Seminar

Dr. Ramamurthy Nagarajan, IIT, Madras
Thursday, May 16, 2019
10:00 am – 366 CLB
“Ultrasonic & Megasonic Intensification of Processes”

Workshop: Supporting Graduate School Success for Students with Disabilities

2019 Workshop & Lecture Series – Diversity in Biomedical Research Graduate Programs
Sponsored by the UNIDEL Grand Challenge Grant
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Courtyard Marriott, Newark
Info: engr-events@udel.edu

Career Corner

Kavli Civic Science Fellow: Science Communication / Advocacy

For: MS & Doctoral Grad students
Where: Bethesda, Maryland
Info: https://jobs.ascb.org/job/kavli-civic-science-fellow/48099271/?utm_source=JobFlash&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=JobFlash-4%2B30%2C%2B2019

Marie Curie Fellowship

For: Postdocs
Where: Paris
Info: topic related to microfluidics, biology and lab on chip
Lydie Jeux contact@microfluidics-valley.com

Olympus: High end Microscopy Sales Position

For: UD Blue Hens: Grad programs
Info: Matthew Weitzman
Matthew.weitzman@olympus-ossa.com

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

International Workshop on Control Engineering & Synthetic Biology

This workshop will discuss both the challenges and the opportunities that Synthetic Biology offers. A specific focus will be on the “next grand challenges” in the field of synthetic biology and how control engineering can address them.
For Info: http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2019for
Where: Worcester College, Oxford
When: Sept 9 – 11, 2019

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME In the News

Buchanan Lab Uses Engineering Science to Improve Rehabilitation

Read about this team that uses MRI test results to study ACL injuries and what they’ve found here!

BME Department News

Art in Science Opening Night 2019 (Tonight @ 5pm!)

Come celebrate the beautiful border where STEM mastery and artistry intertwine!
Where: Blue Ball Barn, Alapocas Run State Park (1914 W Park Dr, Wilmington, DE 19803)
When: May 3^rd 5 pm – 8 pm
Info: https://engr.udel.edu/art-in-science

Women in STEM Art Exhibit

When: May 3^rd  5 pm – 9 pm
Where: 800 B N. Tatnall St, Wilm, DE (The Sold Firm Gallery)

Human Robotics Lab Study

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participant for their robotic lower extremity exoskeleton study.
Where: STAR Suite 124 (only two visits)
Compensation: $20 and $10 Amazon Gift Card
For more info: Contact Robbie McGrath rmcgrath@udel.edu

BME Seminars

That’s a wrap… Look for more in the fall

BME Graduate News

• GSG Gala – May 10^th 2019 6pm – 10 pm
  Chambers Memorial Hall
  3900 Kirkwood Highway
  Tickets $20.00
  Registration

BME Undergraduate News

BME Junior Design Showcase

Monday, May 20^th, 2019
12:20 – 2:15 pm  322 ISE Lab
BME juniors are working with Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics to develop an assistive device that can be used by lower limb amputees in the shower. Come listen to their pitches and see demos of their prototypes. Light snacks will be provided.

Dean’s Cup Challenge:

The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019

Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

CRiSP Seminar

Prof. Julie Albert, Tulane University
Monday, May 6, 2019
10:00 am – 366 CLB
“Combining Theory, Experiment, and Simulation to Describe the Thermodynamics that Drive Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Systems”

“Science Friday” speaker Charles Bergquist

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
3:00 pm – Memorial Hall 3^rd floor dome
Topic: What makes a good science story and the challenges of dealing with “fake news”

Workshop: Supporting Graduate School Success for Students with Disabilities

2019 Workshop & Lecture Series – Diversity in Biomedical Research Graduate Programs
Sponsored by the UNIDEL Grand Challenge Grant
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Courtyard Marriott, Newark
Info: engr-events@udel.edu

Career Corner

Sister 2 Sister Mentoring Event
Hosted by: Profs. LaShanda Korley and Monique Head
Who: Women graduate students, postdoctoral associates and faculty from underrepresented groups in STEM
Where: 204 Evans
When: May 8^th
Info & RSVP: Nancy Bickings (bickingn@udel.edu) by May 1^st

Summer Social for Life Scientists
What: networking
Cost: $25 includes food and drinks
Where: Timothy’s on the Riverfront
When: May 9^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/2019-summer-social/

Bio 2019
https://wp.me/a7IxRW-2uQ
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 6)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 10^th
For: Students over age 21

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech
For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME Department News

BME is featured in UD’s President’s Annual Report

Check out Dr. Curtis Johnson and graduate student Grace McIlvain featured in the Investing in our Intellectual and Physical Capital section of the President’s Annual Report for their work with MRI brain imaging.

BMES Calls for Abstracts!

The 2019 Annual Meeting will be October 16-19 in Philadelphia
Abstract submissions will be accepted until May 1^st.
For info: https://www.bmes.org/abstracts

Art in Science Opening Night 2019

Come celebrate the beautiful border where STEM mastery and artistry intertwine!
Where: Blue Ball Barn, Alapocas Run State Park (1914 W Park Dr, Wilmington, DE 19803)
When: May 3^rd 5 pm – 8 pm
Info: https://engr.udel.edu/art-in-science

Women in STEM Art Exhibit

When: May 3^rd  5 pm – 9 pm
Where: 800 B N. Tatnall St, Wilm, DE (The Sold Firm Gallery)

Human Robotics Lab Study

The HuRo Lab is recruiting participant for their robotic lower extremity exoskeleton study.
Where: STAR Suite 124 (only two visits)
Compensation: $20 and $10 Amazon Gift Card
For more info: Contact Robbie McGrath rmcgrath@udel.edu

BME Seminars

Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Monday, April 29, 2018
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding”

BME Graduate News

• GSG Gala – May 10^th 2019 6pm – 10 pm
  Chambers Memorial Hall
  3900 Kirkwood Highway
  Tickets $20.00
  Registration

BME Undergraduate News

BME Junior Design Showcase

Monday, May 20^th, 2019
12:20 – 2:15 pm  322 ISE Lab
BME juniors are working with Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics to develop an assistive device that can be used by lower limb amputees in the shower. Come listen to their pitches and see demos of their prototypes. Light snacks will be provided.

Dean’s Cup Challenge:

The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019

Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

COE Seminar

Shahab Rezaei-Mazinaini, Collége de France
May 2^nd, 2019
11:00 am 106 CCM
“Harvesting Calcium Signals using Optoelectronic Devices”
For meeting opportunities, please contact Alaina Norvell anorvell@udel.edu

David Norton Memorial Lecture

Jeremy Waldron, NYU School of Law
May 3, 2019
3:30 pm – 116 gore Hall
“Philosophical Foundations of Migration Law

CRiSP Seminar

Prof. Julie Albert, Tulane University
Monday, May 6, 2019
10:00 am – 366 CLB
“Combining Theory, Experiment, and Simulation to Describe the Thermodynamics that Drive Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Systems”

Career Corner

NASA STEM: The Future of Space, A Live College Broadcast
April 29^th, 2019 @ 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
Streaming: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
Delaware Space Grant is hosting a watch party in the AJ Cannon Room, Sharp Lab, on the University of Delaware campus beginning at 1:45 pm.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Please RSVP https://forms.gle/2u4f37sGnS3HYBfe8

New PhD Program: Financial Services Analytics
Who: Students from Finance, MIS, Operations Management, Math, Physics, CISC, Electrical, Chemical, Computer & Mechanical Engineering & Statistics
What: Open House
When: Tuesday, April 30^th  4pm – 6pm
Register: https://fsaninfosession1.eventbrite.com
Questions: Kelly Chan kellyc@udel.edu
Info: Lerner.udel.edu/FSAN

Sister 2 Sister Mentoring Event
Hosted by: Profs. LaShanda Korley and Monique Head
Who: Women graduate students, postdoctoral associates and faculty from underrepresented groups in STEM
Where: 204 Evans
When: May 8^th
Info & RSVP: Nancy Bickings (bickingn@udel.edu) by May 1^st

Summer Social for Life Scientists
What: networking
Cost: $25 includes food and drinks
Where: Timothy’s on the Riverfront
When: May 9^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/2019-summer-social/

Bio 2019
https://wp.me/a7IxRW-2uQ
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 6)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 10^th
For: Students over age 21

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech
For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME Department News

BMES Calls for Abstracts!

The 2019 Annual Meeting will be October 16-19 in Philadelphia
Abstract submissions will be accepted until May 1^st.
For info: https://www.bmes.org/abstracts

Art in Science Opening Night 2019

Come celebrate the beautiful border where STEM mastery and artistry intertwine!
Where: Blue Ball Barn, Alapocas Run State Park (1914 W Park Dr, Wilmington, DE 19803)
When: May 3^rd 5 pm – 8 pm
Info: https://engr.udel.edu/art-in-science

Women in STEM Art Exhibit

When: May 3^rd  5 pm – 9 pm
Where: 800 B N. Tatnall St, Wilm, DE (The Sold Firm Gallery)

BME Seminars

Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Monday, April 29, 2018
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding”

BME Graduate News

• BME 2019 Spring Graduate Seminar Symposium – Was held in DBI on Friday, April 19^th.  Eleven talks were presented with speakers from year two to postdocs. Afterwards there was a celebration of yearly awards.
• Journey to Latin America – Mexico. Sponsored by the Hispanic/Latino Graduate Student Association. April 25^th 6 pm – 9 pm. Food, folk dance, Mariachi band. Perkins Student Center-West lounge.
• GSG Forum – Better Together: Mobilizing a Community of Scholars –  Clayton Hall: Info & Register Diane Codding April 26^th
• GSG Gala – May 10^th

BME Undergraduate News

BME Junior Design Showcase

Monday, May 20^th, 2019
12:20 – 2:15 pm  322 ISE Lab
BME juniors are working with Independence Prosthetics-Orthotics to develop an assistive device that can be used by lower limb amputees in the shower. Come listen to their pitches and see demos of their prototypes. Light snacks will be provided.

Dean’s Cup Challenge:

The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019

Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

CBCB Seminar

Jiqiang (Lanny) Ling, University of Maryland
Monday, April 22, 2019
3:30 pm – Delaware Biotechnology Institute Room 102
“Fidelity during Protein Synthesis from Population to single cells”

UNIDEL Grand Challenge

Karl Booksh, UD Chemistry and Biochemisty
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
3:30 pm – 140 Smith Hall
“Graduate School success for Students with Disabilities: a perspective from both sides of the desk”
RSVP: engr-events@udel.edu

IEC Seminar

Abhishek Sharan, University of Delaware
Thursday, April 25, 2019
11:00 am – IEC Seminar Room 115
“Role of Cu deficient layer in chalcopyrite based solar cells

Dept of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Dr. Bernard Frischer, Indiana University
Thursday, April 25^th, 2019
7pm – Memorial Hall 127
“Rome Reborn Project”

Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture

James Swan, MIT
Friday, April 26, 2019
10:00 am – 102 CLB
“Large scale Simulation of Colloidal Hydrodynamics: Heterogenous Particles, Structures and Flow Patterns”

David Norton Memorial Lecture

Jeremy Waldron, NYU School of Law
May 3, 2019
3:30 pm – 116 gore Hall
“Philosophical Foundations of Migration Law”

Career Corner

University of Louisville Summer Online Courses
Who: Biomedical Undergraduates and Graduate Students
Where: Online
Info: Undergrads http://louisville.edu/admissions/apply/requirements/college-visitor-requirements
Grads: http://louisville.edu/graduate/futurestudents/apply-materials/application

Careers in STEM Lunch: Academia vs. Industry – Sponsored by WiE
Who: Open to all Graduate Students
What: Industrial/Academic Careers in STEM
Where: Perkins Student Center, Gallery
When: April 23^rd 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Please RSVP

Link to Life Science – Communicating for Success
Who: Those interested in connecting and collaborating with the life science industry including graduate students, post-docs, and early career professionals.
Where: Delaware Biotechnology Institute
When: April 25^th  5:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/april-2019-link-to-life-science/

NASA STEM: The Future of Space, A Live College Broadcast
April 29^th, 2019 @ 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST
Streaming: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
Delaware Space Grant is hosting a watch party in the AJ Cannon Room, Sharp Lab, on the University of Delaware campus beginning at 1:45 pm.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Please RSVP https://forms.gle/2u4f37sGnS3HYBfe8

New PhD Program: Financial Services Analytics
Who: Students from Finance, MIS, Operations Management, Math, Physics, CISC, Electrical, Chemical, Computer & Mechanical Engineering & Statistics
What: Open House
When: Tuesday, April 30^th  4pm – 6pm
Register: https://fsaninfosession1.eventbrite.com
Questions: Kelly Chan kellyc@udel.edu
Info: Lerner.udel.edu/FSAN

Sister 2 Sister Mentoring Event
Hosted by: Profs. LaShanda Korley and Monique Head
Who: Women graduate students, postdoctoral associates and faculty from underrepresented groups in STEM
Where: 204 Evans
When: May 8^th
Info & RSVP: Nancy Bickings (bickingn@udel.edu) by May 1^st

Summer Social for Life Scientists
What: networking
Cost: $25 includes food and drinks
Where: Timothy’s on the Riverfront
When: May 9^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/2019-summer-social/

Bio 2019
https://wp.me/a7IxRW-2uQ
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 6)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 10^th
For: Students over age 21

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech
For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME Department News

Welcome New Faculty

BME is excited to welcome our new faculty!
Dr. Millie Sullivan is now a joint faculty with BME.
Dr. Julie Kohn will be joining us July 1^st as a new assistant professor. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar in Tanzania.
Dr. Ashutosh Khandha will transition from temporary faculty to assistant professor Sept 1^st.
Dr. Joshua Cashaback will be joining us beginning Jan 1^st as an assistant professor. He is currently a postdoc at the University of Calgary

2019 NSF GRFP Awards

Congratulations to UD BME-affiliated students and alumni!

NSF GRFP Awardees:                  Honorable Mention:

Erica Comber (BME ’17)                             Maggie Billingsley (BME ’18)
Kelly Kempski (BME ’19)                            Rachel O’Sullivan (BME ’19)
Isabel Navarro (CMBE ’19)                        Amanda Studnicki (BME ’18)
Laurel Schappell (BME ’19)                       Megan Dang (current PhD)
Cedric Whitney (BME ’17)

BMES Calls for Abstracts!

The 2019 Annual Meeting will be October 16-19 in Philadelphia
Abstract submissions will be accepted until May 1^st.
For info: https://www.bmes.org/abstracts

Art in Science Opening Night 2019

Come celebrate the beautiful border where STEM mastery and artistry intertwine!
Where: Blue Ball Barn, Alapocas Run State Park (1914 W Park Dr, Wilmington, DE 19803)
When: May 3^rd 5 pm – 8 pm
Info: https://engr.udel.edu/art-in-science

BME Seminars

Andrés García, Georgia Institute of Technology

Monday, April 15, 2019
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine”

Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Monday, April 29, 2018
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding”

BME Graduate News

• BME 2019 Spring Graduate Seminar Symposium – Was held in DBI on Friday, April 19^th.  Eleven talks were presented with speakers from year two to postdocs. Afterwards there was a celebration of yearly awards.
• GSG Forum – Better Together: Mobilizing a Community of Scholars –  Clayton Hall: Info & Register Diane Codding April 26^th
• GSG Gala – May 10^th

BME Undergraduate News

Dean’s Cup Challenge: The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019
Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

CBCB Seminar

Lukasz Bugaj, University of Pennsylvania
Monday, April 15, 2019
3:30 pm – 307 ISE
“Understanding Cell Signal Perception Via High-Throughput Optogenetics “

2019 Graduation Information is now available!
See the COE website to find out more. http://www.engr.udel.edu/events/commencement/

Career Corner

Careers in STEM Lunch: Academia vs. Industry – Sponsored by WiE

Who: Open to all Graduate Students
What: Industrial/Academic Careers in STEM
Where: Perkins Student Center, Gallery
When: April 23^rd 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Please RSVP

Link to Life Science – Communicating for Success

Who: Those interested in connecting and collaborating with the life science industry including graduate students, post-docs, and early career professionals.
Where: Delaware Biotechnology Institute
When: April 25^th  5:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/april-2019-link-to-life-science/

Sister 2 Sister Mentoring Event

Hosted by: Profs. LaShanda Korley and Monique Head
Who: Women graduate students, postdoctoral associates and faculty from underrepresented groups in STEM
Where: 204 Evans
When: May 8^th
Info & RSVP: Nancy Bickings (bickingn@udel.edu) by May 1^st

Biomedical Job Posting – Veteran Health Administration

How to create your USA Jobs Resume
VHA Technical Career Field Trainee Program Flyer
Job listing www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/529559400
For: Bachelors & up
Deadline: April 17, 2019

I-Trep Summer Course in “Biomedical Entrepreneurship”

When: June 13-21, 2019
University of Vermont in Burlington, VT
For: Undergrads, Grads, Postdocs & Faculty
Application Deadline: April 15, 2019
Info: http://med.uvm.edu/itrep/short-course

Summer Data Science Fellowship

When: June 24 – Aug 16
For: Masters, PhD & Postdocs
Info: The Data Incubator
Due by: April 15, 2019 & April 22, 2019

Summer Social for Life Scientists

What: networking
Cost: $25 includes food and drinks
Where: Timothy’s on the Riverfront
When: May 9^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Info: https://delawarebio.org/events/link-to-life-science/2019-summer-social/

Bio 2019

https://wp.me/a7IxRW-2uQ
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 6)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 10^th
For: Students over age 21

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers US and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals.  The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections.
For Info: https://npp.usra.edu/
Due by: July 1^st

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME in the News

BME Students are notices with Women of Promise Award

PhD graduate student, Grace McIlvain is one of the women who has received the 2019 Women of Promise award which has recognized exceptional female students at UD.

BME Seminars

Andrés García, Georgia Institute of Technology

Monday, April 15, 2019
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine”

Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Monday, April 29, 2018
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding”

BME Graduate News

• BME Graduate Seminar Symposium – DBI 8.00 – 1.00 pm April 19th
• GSG Forum – Clayton Hall: Info & Register Diane Codding April 26th
• Adobe Illustrator Workshop – Morris Library – Student Multimedia Design Center, Room B 10.00 – 12.00 pm Register April 17^th
• Mathematical Modeling Camp – June 12-15, 2019 @ UD Info

BME Undergraduate News

Dean’s Cup Challenge:

The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019
Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge
Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

16^th Annual Biomechanics Research Symposium

Presented by Center for Biomechanical Engineering Research (CBER)
Keynote Lecture: Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley
“Engineering solutions to optimize mobility after joint replacement”
When: Wed, April 17^th
8:30 am – 3:45 pm. – Star Campus
Registration Deadline: April 5^th, 2019

CMET Seminar

Dave Venerus, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Monday, April 8, 2019
11:00 am – 366 CLB
“Thermal Transport and Flow in Polymeric Materials “

MSEG Seminar

Huili Grace Xing, Cornell University
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
10:30 am – 322 ISE
“High Performance Electronics for Communication, Power Management, and Beyond”

CBST Seminar

Jennifer McManus, Maynooth University, Ireland
Thursday, April 11, 2019
1:00 pm – 366 CLB
“The Physical and Chemical Factors Driving Protein Self-Assembly”

CBE Seminar

Kaushal Rege, Arizona State University
Friday, April 12, 2019
10:00 am – 102 Colburn
“Aminoglycoside-derived Molecular and Cellular Technologies for Accelerated Discovery Platforms”

2019 Graduation Information is now available!

See the COE website to find out more. http://www.engr.udel.edu/events/commencement/

UD Events

Jefferson Lecture

Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
11:00 am – Mitchel Hall
“Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life”

Career Corner

Biomedical Job Posting – Veteran Health Administration

How to create your USA Jobs Resume
VHA Technical Career Field Trainee Program Flyer
Job listing www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/529559400
For: Bachelors & up
Deadline: April 17, 2019

I-Trep Summer Course in “Biomedical Entrepreneurship”

When: June 13-21, 2019
University of Vermont in Burlington, VT
For: Undergrads, Grads, Postdocs & Faculty
Application Deadline: April 15, 2019
Info: http://med.uvm.edu/itrep/short-course

Summer Data Science Fellowship

When: June 24 – Aug 16
For: Masters, PhD & Postdocs
Info: The Data Incubator
Due by: April 15, 2019 & April 22, 2019

Bio 2019

https://wp.me/a7IxRW-2uQ
When: June 3-6 (Student Day June 6)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Convention Center)
Register by May 10^th
For: Students over age 21

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME in the News

• BME Graduate School & Moves UP!

• Professor Jill Higginson named Fellow by AIMBE

BME Seminars

Andrés García, Georgia Institute of Technology
Monday, April 15, 2019
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine”

Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Monday, April 29, 2018
10:30 am – 322 ISE Lab
“Engineering Nanoparticles to Stop Internal Bleeding”

BME Graduate News

• BME Graduate Seminar Symposium – DBI 8.00 – 1.00 pm April 19th
• GSG Forum – Clayton Hall: Info & Register Diane Codding April 26th
• Adobe Illustrator Workshop – Morris Library – Student Multimedia Design Center, Room B 10.00 – 12.00 pm Register April 17^th
• Mathematical Modeling Camp – June 12-15, 2019 @ UD Info

BME Undergraduate News

Dean’s Cup Challenge: The Dean’s Cup Challenge is an annual tradition in the College of Engineering that is part of the Senior Class Gift campaign. College of Engineering departments participate in a friendly, inter-departmental competition to achieve the highest participation rate of Senior Class Gift donors. Graduating seniors in the winning department earn the honor of walking first at the College of Engineering Convocation, and the engraved Dean’s Cup resides with the winning department throughout the academic year. Deadline: May 21, 2019

Participate in the Dean’s Cup Challenge

Consider joining your fellow seniors and give $20.19 in honor of your graduation year!

Other Departmental Events

CMET Seminar

Dave Venerus, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Monday, April 8, 2019
11:00 am – 366 CLB
“Thermal Transport and Flow in Polymeric Materials “

CBST Seminar

Jennifer McManus, Maynooth University, Ireland
Thursday, April 11, 2019
1:00 pm – 366 CLB
“The Physical and Chemical Factors Driving Protein Self-Assembly”

2019 Graduation Information is now available!

See the COE website to find out more. http://www.engr.udel.edu/events/commencement/

UD Events

Jefferson Lecture

Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
11:00 am – Mitchel Hall
“Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life”

Career Corner

Regeneron has an open position for an entry level Ph.D. with a background in protein biochemistry and protein purification. The position would include, amongst other things, process characterization of different unit operations for the purification of monoclonal antibodies, including (but not limited to) liquid chromatography, normal filtration, and tangential flow filtration.   Go to:  https://careers.regeneron.com/; Search for posting: 16131BR; the title of the position is: Process Scientist

Graduate & Postdoc Women’s Forum DESRES for grad students and postdocs
When: Friday, May 10, 2019
Deadline to apply: Friday, April 5, 2019 DESRESForum@DEShawResearch.com

Juvenile Osteology Laboratory Workshop – Bioarchaeology of Children (Transylvania, Romania)
For: Graduate & Undergrad students
When: June 30 – July 27, 2019
Info: https://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/juvenile-osteology-laboratory

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech
For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

Lasker Essay Contest for biomedical sciences $10,000
For: Grad student and postdocs
Due by: April 11, 2019

Special from the Horn Program

Can be found on BME Weekly of March 22

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578

BME Weekly on our website!

You can now find this newsletter on our website under News & Events.
https://bme.udel.edu/bme-weekly/

Congratulations

Postdoctoral researcher, Shantanu Pradhan, from John Slater’s lab has been offered an Assistant Professor position from IIT Madras. Congratulations Shantanu!

BME Graduate News

• BME Graduate Seminar Symposium – DBI 8.00 – 1.00 pm April 19th
• GSG Forum – Clayton Hall: Info & Register Diane Codding April 26th
• Adobe Illustrator Workshop – Morris Library – Student Multimedia Design Center, Room B 10.00 – 12.00 pm Register April 17^th
• Mathematical Modeling Camp – June 12-15, 2019 @ UD Info

Other Departmental Events

CBST Seminar

Joshua Katz, DuPont Pharma Excipients
Monday, March 25, 2019
11:00 am – 366 CLB
“Novel Excipients for Liquid Stabilization of Protein Pharmaceuticals”

IEC Seminar

Koffi Yao, Mechanical Engineering, UD
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 – 11:00 am – IEC Seminar Room 115
“Quantifying lithium concentration gradients n the graphite electrode of Li-ion cells using operando energy dispersive X-ray diffraction”

CBE Seminar

Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Friday, March 29, 2019
10:00 am – 102 CLB
“A Sense of Balance: Development of Metabolic Pathway Balancing Approaches for the Production of High Value Chemicals in Recombinant E.coli”

2019 Graduation Information is now available!

See the COE website to find out more,  http://www.engr.udel.edu/events/commencement/

UD Events

Jefferson Lecture

Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
11:00 am – Mitchel Hall
“Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life”

Career Corner

Undergrad and Grad Scholarship Opportunity

Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) is offering scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Open to sophomores and above pursuing a Bachelors or Graduate degree in the Physical Sciences, Engineering, Tribology, Mathematics or similar studies with a GPA of 3.0 or above.
For more information see the attached application due May 31^st.

Graduate & Postdoc Women’s Forum DESRES for grad students and postdocs

When: Friday, May 10, 2019
Deadline to apply: Friday, April 5, 2019 DESRESForum@DEShawResearch.com

Juvenile Osteology Laboratory Workshop – Bioarchaeology of Children (Transylvania, Romania)

For: Graduate & Undergrad students
When: June 30 – July 27, 2019
Info: https://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/juvenile-osteology-laboratory

2019 ASCB Courses for Biotech

For: Grad students
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
When: June 2-8
Info: https://www.ascb.org/career-development/biotech-course

Lasker Essay Contest for biomedical sciences $10,000

For: Grad student and postdocs
Due by: April 11, 2019

Special from the Horn Program

Dear colleagues,

Since there is so much happening in the next few weeks, I’m keeping the format of this email very simple so you can click through to read more depending on what interests you. Below are 4 categories: workshops, funding (including a new investment fund  – DISI First Fund – here in Delaware!), events, and Startup Village. Be sure to scroll all the way down!

Workshops

• Sizing Your Opportunity: Markets and Competition

When: April 2, 1-3pm at the VDC
RSVP: http://bit.ly/Horn-Markets

• Pitch Coaching

When: April 4, 10am-1pm at DTP@STAR
RSVP: http://bit.ly/Horn-Pitch

Funding

• Delaware Bioscience Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept grant ($50,000): March 31^st

https://cat.dbi.udel.edu/grantsEPoC.php

• Delaware Innovation Space FastPass ($50,000 in kind): March 31^st

https://gust.com/programs/dupont-fastpass-at-the-delaware-innovation-space-competition

• Apply to BIO I-Corps (free admission to BIO): April 15^th

https://innovation.unh.edu/icorps/i-corps-bio-entrepreneurship-workshop

• University City Science Center QED Proof-of-Concept Program ($200,000): May 15^th

https://sciencecenter.org/discover/qed

• NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program ($250K/550K): July 10^th

https://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/pfi/apply.jsp

Events

• Science Center QED Info Session: March 29, 9-10am

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/qed-proof-of-concept-program-info-session-tickets-58319216346

• Delaware Entrepreneurial Summit: April 10^th

http://business.ncccc.com/events/details/2nd-annual-delaware-entrepreneurial-summit-3087

• Chemical Ventures Conference: April 23-24^th

https://www.aiche.org/conferences/chemical-ventures-conference/2019

• Hen Hatch: April 30^th

https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/horn/venture-support/hen-hatch/

Startup Village
Sign up with the advisors below here: www.udel.edu/startupvillage

• March 27 | 10am-1pm – Specializes in government grants and contracts: Lou Dinetta – signup via Fundraising link
• March 27 | 9am-1pm – Intellectual Property Attorney: Chris Halliday – sign up via Legal link
• March 28 | 9am-12pm – Specializes in Lean Manufacturing: Rustyn Stoops – sign up via Prototyping & Manufacturing link
• March 29 | 10am-12pm – Specializes in Prototyping: Anna Solomon – sign up via Prototyping & Manufacturing link

Best regards,
Christina Pellicane
Director, Commercialization Programs

Best regards,
Michelle Pergeorelis
Administrative Assistant
Biomedical Engineering
5 Innovation Way, Rm 102
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4578