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Neuroscience Public Lecture

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Penn Neuroscience graduate students are hosting a public lecture entitled “Neuroinflammation: The Brain’s Defense Mechanism” which will feature 15-minute TED style talks from three Philadelphia-area neuroscience faculty members: 

  • Dr. Chris Bennett  – University of Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy  – University of Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Elena Blanco-Suárez – Jefferson University

Date & Time: Tuesday, April 20th, 6:00pm EST
Location: Crowdcast Virtual Platform

Check-in and a fun neuroscience demonstration will begin at 6pm. Please see the attached flyer for more details. 

Please register for the event here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/neurolecture/register

See you there!

The Public Lecture Planning Committee
University of Pennsylvania
phillyneurolecture@gmail.com

Penn Society for Psychedelic Science Seminar Series

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This semester, the Penn Society for Psychedelic Science is hosting a seminar series showcasing the broad range of research – from molecules, to brains, to societies – that is New and Noteworthy in Psychedelic Science. Join us roughly every other Tuesday at 4pm starting this Tuesday February 16th, where we are delighted to have Dr. Sam Vesuna. Dr. Vesuna performed research as an MD/PhD student in the Deisseroth lab at Stanford studying the neural circuits underlying self-self and self-other interactions. This week, he will be presenting his work on cortical circuits underlying ketamine-induced dissociative states, published in Nature.

Join us on future weeks to hear from Dr. David Olson, Joshua Falcon, and Dr. Ruben Laukkonen! Finally, we would love to thank BGSA for sponsoring this series and MindCORE for hosting us on their CrowdCast server. Register for Sam Vesuna, David Olson, Joshua Falcon, and Ruben Laukkonen at these links!

#BlackInCompBio seminar, “The Rubik’s Cube of Life: From Bioinformatics to Health Statistics”

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Happy Black History Month! 

Join the Black Women in Computational Biology Network on Wednesday, February 17th at 1:00 pm ET for another #BlackInCompBio seminar titled: “The Rubik’s Cube of Life: From Bioinformatics to Health Statistics.” Featuring Dr. ClarLynda Williams-DeVane, Ph.D. This event is open to the STEM community, all are welcome. 

ClarLynda Williams-DeVane is a health disparity informaticist.  Dr. Williams-DeVane currently serves as the director of North Carolina’s State Center for Health Statistics and North Carolina State Registrar.  She also serves as an Associate Professor of Data Science and Bioinformatics.  Dr. Williams-DeVane formerly served as the founding chair of the Data Science and Bioinformatics at Fisk University and an associate professor of Bioinformatics at NC Central University.  Dr. Williams-DeVane’s has focused on three main initiatives throughout her career 1) diversifying data science and bioinformatics towards having diverse perspectives at the table to solve demystify health equity by providing innovative, immersive educational experiences, 2) data curation creating accessible, digestible data sets, and 3) the use of computational approaches to explore the etiology of cardio-metabolic diseases and the co-morbidities that contribute to disparate outcomes.

Dr. Williams-DeVane earned her PhD in Bioinformatics from North Carolina State University, completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at the US Environmental Protection Agency, and lastly completed the Building Interdisciplinary Careers in Women’s Health fellowship in OB Gyn at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams-DeVane is currently focused on moving North Carolina forward in the battle against COVID19 and equitable health.

RSVP for the Zoom Link: https://www.blackwomencompbio.org/event-details/blackincompbio-seminar-series-clarlynda-williams-devane-ph-d

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Lecture Series & Open Postdoc Positions

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Give back this holiday season with gifts for friends, loved ones from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and St. Jude Thanks and Giving partners

The Academic Programs Office in Biomedical Sciences St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital invite you to join them for the spring session of  The Science of Childhood Cancer, a weekly virtual lecture series hosted by the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center. The series is designed to engage the scientific community on key questions in pediatric cancer research. Based on the enthusiastic reception of the inaugural series in fall 2020, a new 15-week session of the series will launch at 1pm EST on Thursday, January 28, 2021.

For the first session, St. Jude’s own Jinghui Zhang, PhD, will be presenting “Genomic Variants in Pediatric Cancer: Landscape, Precision Oncology, and Data Sharing Ecosystem.”

They have also attached a list of open postdoctoral positions. Any students interested in applying should send their CV to Postdoc@stjude.org.

Understanding the Possibilities of 3D Printing – Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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Have you ever wondered about the possibilities for 3D printing for scholarship and teaching, or how you can explore 3D printing at Penn for non-academic purposes? Please join Varvara Kountouzi, Lexi Voss, Chava Spivak-Birndoff from the University of Pennsylvania, and Hope O’Keeffe Senior Associate General Counsel at the Library of Congress as they discuss their works and answer common questions about 3D printing and intellectual property at Penn and beyond. The panel will touch on several real life case studies, and respond to audience questions about the possibilities of 3D printing in their work. 

If you have questions you would like the panel to address, please send an email in advance to wellere@upenn.edu

Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Time: 2:00pm – 3:15pm
Registration:
https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/7379578

Black Queer Town Hall in STEM

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The Black Queer Town Hall in STEM will feature Black Queer scientists from around the world for a day of panels hosted by Trans actor/entertainer and activist Miss Peppermint from RuPaul’s Drag Race, with appearances by Bob the Drag Queen from RuPaul’s Drag Race.

The next three days of the Town Hall will feature seminars presented by Black Queer scientists from around the world with topics ranging from physics, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, bioengineering, epidemiology, and sociology.   

January 12 – 15, 2021
Watch at http://blackqueertownhall.org

You can find more information on the background, motivation, and program layout at http://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/join-us-to-celebrate-the-intersection-of-blackness-queerness-and-science