|
|
If you are ever wondering which NGP weekly contained what, there is no need to scroll through all of your emails. Simply go here and you will see all of the archived weekly newsletters.
|
|
Monday, April 26 - 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Processing the Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict: U-M Community Listening Circles
The news coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd has been a painful reminder of racialized trauma, both witnessed and lived experiences. In response to the announcement of the trial verdict on Tuesday afternoon, April 20, Organizational Learning, OHEI and ODEI are collaborating to offer safe spaces—Community Listening Circles—for the U-M community to come together to process the impact following the trial verdict. These Community Listening Circles will allow us to hold space for the range of emotions many of us feel, from a moment of relief at the verdict to continued outrage at the trial and anxiety around the sentence outcome.
Community Listening Circles are a way of bringing people together to understand one another, strengthen bonds and actively listen with empathy in a structured form of intergroup dialogue and relationship-building. Community Listening Circles are structured dialogue that allow for expressing:
- how we are currently feeling
- how the verdict has impacted us personally
- what we need our community to provide as we seek to heal and move forward
The flow of dialogue centers advocacy, comfort in safety and non-judgment, and intentionally creates a container for self-expression and the development of peer understanding and empathy.
Register here to join us the Community Listening Circle session below:
Monday, April 26 - 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
|
|
|
Thursday, April 29th 3 pm to 5 pm
|
|
DEI Symposium "Making Space for Belonging Through Racial Healing"
Symposium Agenda
3:00 - 3:10pm - Welcome - Sonya Jacobs, Chief Organizational Learning Officer,
U-M and Sr. Director, Faculty and Leadership Development, MM
3:10 - 4:10pm - Keynote: On Pedagogies and Practices of Healing and Belonging: Mindfulness-Based Transformative Education as Public Health Imperative - Professor Rhonda V. Magee(link is external), University of San Francisco, School of Law
4:10 - 4:40pm - Healing Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator:
Dr. David J. Brown, AVP, and Associate Dean OHEI and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
4:40 - 4:55pm - DEI Advocate Awards - Clarissa Love, Program Manager and DEI Consultant, OHEI
4:55 - 5:00pm - Anti-Racism Oversight Committee - Dr. David Miller, President, U-M Health System, Executive Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, U-M Medical School, Professor, Department of Urology, and Committee Co-Chair MM Anti-Racism Oversight Committee and Phyllis Blackman Co-Chair MM Anti-Racism Oversight Committee
|
|
|
Tuesday, May 4th 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
|
|
|
Facilitators:
LaTonya Berryhill, Operations Manager MICHR and Stacey Nyugen, DEI Facilitator
|
|
|
Meeting ID: 941 8955 8092 Passcode: OHEI
|
|
DEI Read of the Week
5 Ways To Support Black Employees This Week and Beyond
Megan Carpenter, "I used to hate it when someone who was interested in being an ally to me and other members of the Black community asked me ‘what can I do?’, ‘what do you need from me?’ . . . "Now, when someone asks, ‘what do you need from me’, I say, ‘I need you to learn, I need you to care’.
|
|
|
Post-COVID Care and Health Disparities
Our experts will share their most recent findings on the origin, symptoms, and consequences of COVID-19 and how the pandemic has affected certain populations to different degrees.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT
This virtual event will be hosted on Zoom.
Please register and submit questions in advance using the link below by April 26.
|
|
New Mentoring Workshop Opportunity
Mentoring Plan Workshop
May 4, 2021
This virtual workshop (with content updated since in-person workshops) helps to enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor. Faculty and students will work independently in separate sessions to identify their own objectives and styles, and then faculty-student pairs will have time to work together to develop a mentoring plan: a two-way document to codify goals, needs, and shared expectations. Over 85% of Rackham doctoral students who have written mentoring plans report those plans to be useful.
Part I, Faculty Only and Student Only Sessions: 9:30-11:00 am
Part II, Faculty and Student Joint Session, 11:10 am-12:00 pm
Part III, Optional Additional One-on-One Time, 12:00-1:00 pm
Registration is required of both the faculty and the student.
Student registration: HERE
Faculty registration: HERE
|
|
|
DEI Education Task Force
Members: NGP Students: Antoinette Danku, Amanda Gibson, Sophie Hill, Sarah Pizzano
Faculty: Natalie Tronson and Audrey Seasholtz
|
|
- The NGP Intercultural Competency Training (in collaboration with Rackham facilitators Laura Schram and Gina Shereda) took place in March 2021. Fifty NGP faculty and students completed the confidential Intercultural Development Inventory and attended a workshop to learn more about developing intercultural competency. Almost 30 participants also engaged in confidential 1:1 meetings with trained facilitators to discuss ways to increase awareness and understanding of cultural commonalities and differences. We plan to offer the workshop again next Fall.
- The NGP book groups finished discussions on “How to be an Anti-Racist” by Ibram Kendi and started reading “The End of Policing” by Alex S. Vitale.
- We are currently considering DEI education/discussions for the NGP retreat in October 2021.
|
|
Neuroscience Seminars and Workshops
|
|
|
|
Thursday, April 29th at 11:45 am
|
|
|
HBCS Seminar
Dr. Charles Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
West Virginia University School of Medicine
"Synapse - and cell - type - specific effects of synaptically released zinc in mouse auditory cortex"
|
|
|
Tuesday, May 4th at 3 pm to 4 pm
|
|
|
Zoom Meeting ID: 932 5305 9153 Passcode: 859919
|
|
|
Relate Summer Workshop 2021
|
|
This summer, RELATE invites you to participate in an intensive, interactive communication training workshop from 4:00-5:30 pm on Thursdays (June 3rd - July 22nd). This year RELATE Summer Workshop will be hosted virtually on Zoom! The workshop is designed for STEM graduate students, postdocs, and researchers who are interested in developing their communication skills and preparing to discuss their work with any audience.
If you participate in the STEM Communication Fundamentals Workshop, you will:
- Learn effective lay-audience communication fundamentals, including how to adapt to any audience and use storytelling tools when presenting research
- Build a polished talk, aimed at a lay-audience, on your research project or an area of interest in your field
- Put your developing communication skills into practice through public engagement and outreach opportunities
Complete workshop details, including a workshop schedule and how to apply, are outlined in our 2021 Summer Workshop Information Packet. To access the Information Packet as well as the online workshop application, visit https://www.learntorelate.org/workshop-application. Applications are due on Friday, May 14 by 5 pm.
Please contact RELATE leadership at RELATE.coordinators@umich.edu with any questions or concerns you may have! We look forward to reviewing your application!
|
|
|
Wednesday, May 5th at 9;30 a.m. to noon
|
|
|
Zoom Meeting ID: 989 7245 4383 Passcode: 057638
|
|
 Postdoctoral Position - Neuronal circuits, breathing and vocalization
Charite Universitatsmedizin – Berlin, Germany
Hernandez-Miranda's Lab
A three-year full-time postdoctoral position is available in the group of Dr. Luis R. Hernandez-Miranda at the Institut für Zell- und Neurobiologie of the Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin. We are looking for a candidate with experience in at least one of the following areas: i) single-cell sequencing (wet-lab or computational), ii) Electrophysiology (patch-clamp, calcium imaging, motor root recordings), and/or iii) monosynaptic rabies tracing. Our research focuses on the brainstem control of respiration and other orofacial behaviors, such as vocalization. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree relevant to neuroscience or molecular biology. Experienced postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will work closely with the PI and other members of the team, perform experiments, write manuscripts, and participate in Institutional seminars and other activities. The ideal candidate will have excellent technical and communication skills, as well as a willingness to work well with others. Please submit a cover letter, CV, the reprint(s) of any recent paper(s) in which you are the first/lastauthor, and the names/emails for two references to luis.hernandez-miranda@charite.de
by May 31st, 2021. Online interviews will be conducted in the first week of June 2021. The
position is immediately available (ideally from August 1st, 2021, but a later starting date can be negotiated).
Informal queries can be sent to luis.hernandez-miranda@charite.de. |
|
Internal Postdoc Openings
|
|
|
Postdoctoral Position in Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL
The laboratory of Alana Kirby MD PhD is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join research efforts on pathophysiology and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The fellow’s project will focus on neural function and circuitry, and the effect of neurostimulation therapy, i.e., deep brainstimulation (DBS) on these parameters in rodent models of Parkinson’s disease. The contributions of individual neural circuits to beneficial and adverse effects of DBS in Parkinson’s disease will be interrogated using electrical, optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations to isolate neural circuits of
interest. Behavioral, electrophysiologic and pathophysiologic output measures will be tailored to individual circuit function. Within the scope of this project, there is significant flexibility for the postdoctoral fellow to also pursue their own interests through the selection of target circuits and outcomes for evaluation of motor (e.g., gait, bradykinesia, vocalization, dyskinesia) and non-motor(e.g., cognition, anxiety, depression, apathy, sleep) outcomes. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to work with several key collaborators, including T. Celeste Napier PhD, Director of the Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction. Dr. Kirby is an Assistant Professor in the Movement
Disorders Division of the Department of Neurological Sciences at Rush University Medical Center. This Division is a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment with physicians and scientists in a world class center for care of patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Interested individuals should email Dr. Alana Kirby at Alana_E_Kirby@Rush.edu with a letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, and contact information for two references.
|
|
|
AHMED and SARTER LAB
The labs of Drs. Omar Ahmed (http://www.omarlab.org/) and Martin Sarter (https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/msarter/) at the University of Michigan are seeking two outstanding, driven postdoctoral fellows for research on a newly funded, five-year project on cortico-striatal circuitry and the integration of cognitive, spatial and motor functions. Together, the two labs combine state-of-the art methods and research approaches to conduct systems and behavioral neuroscience research. Our labs have enjoyed a record of continuous, high productivity and successful pre- and postdoctoral training. Our joint research is embedded in a larger, well-funded multi-disciplinary research program aimed at determining the neuronal circuitry underlying complex movement disorders in Parkinson’s disease. Therefore, trainees and their research will benefit from intense interactions with clinical researchers conducting converging research in patients. We seek trainees with prior training in systems and behavioral neuroscience in rodents and who aspire to a productive and visible career. For more information please contact Omar or Martin (ojahmed@umich.edu; msarter@umich.edu). Posting HERE.
|
|
|
XU LAB
Dr. Shawn Xu’s lab in the Life Sciences Institute is seeking postdoctoral fellows to study sensory neuroscience. The Xu lab focuses on identifying novel sensory receptors and channels that sense temperature, touch, odors, tastants and light, and investigating how they regulate sensory signaling and behavior using both C. elegans and mouse models. See details at: https://www.lsi.umich.edu/science/our-labs/xz-shawn-xu-lab. Email contact: shawnxu@umich.edu
APOSTOLIDES LAB
Information here
LI LAB
The laboratory of Dr. Peng Li at the Life Sciences Institute of the University of Michigan is seeking postdoctoral fellows to study neural control of breathing (http://www.lsi.umich.edu/labs/peng-li-lab).
Contact Peng Li, PhD
LOWENSTEIN LAB
Information here
DUS LAB
The Dus lab has an open postdoctoral position to study how dietary environment persistently alters sensory and reward circuits to promote maladaptive behaviors in flies and rodents. Techniques used in the lab are in vivo imaging, behavior, molecular biology, neuro & optogenetics, and genomics. Interested candidates should apply by emailing mdus@umich.edu.
DUAN LAB
Seeking postdoc with extensive experience in developmental biology for an NSF-funded project on brain development in zebrafish.
Please email: Cuming Duan, PhD
RAPHAEL LAB
Postdoctoral position is available for gene editing of auditory neurons in cultured explants and in vivo. Please contact Yehoash Raphael for more information.
BORJIGIN LAB
Please email Dr. Borjigin directly for more information.
EBAN-ROTHSCHILD LAB
Neuronal Circuitry of Sleep and Wakefulness using highly innovative techniques. For details please contact: adae@umich.edu.
WALDHAUS LAB
Seeking a postdoctoral candidate with interest in Regenerative Medicine of the inner ear. The study is about tracing the process of auditory hair cell regeneration at single cell level and whole transcriptome resolution. Information
SATIN LAB
A NIH-funded POSTDOCTORAL position is available immediately in the Satin Lab for a PhD or an MD to study stimulus-secretion coupling mechanisms and ion channels in mouse and human pancreatic islets. Candidates should have experience in live cell imaging, image acquisition and analysis, molecular biology, and using adenoviruses to express novel optical probes in cells, as well as other proteins. Experience in patch clamping would be an additional strength, as is knowledge of ion channel physiology, metabolic biochemistry, and/or familiarity with mathematical models.
Interested individuals should supply a current CV and the names of 3 individuals who could be used as references directly to Les Satin, PhD
OLSON LAB
The Olson lab is focused on understanding the neurons and neural circuitry within the central nervous system that regulate feeding, energy balance and metabolism. We combine neuron-specific Cre recombinase expressing transgenic mouse lines with stereotaxic delivery of Cre-inducible viruses to acutely and chronically manipulate subsets of neurons in order to understand their physiologic functions. Active project areas include genetic dissection of the paraventricular hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamic regulation of blood glucose and mechanisms of feeding regulation housed in the lateral parabrachial nucleus. We currently have an opening for a post-doctoral fellow interested in the central control of energy balance. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of rodent neuroanatomy, an interest in physiology and exposure to rodent surgery. Interested candidates should contact Dr. David Olson: dpolson@med.umich.edu.
SHORE LAB
Research fellow Kresge Institute
|
|
External Postdoc Openings
|
|
|
The Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to engage in ongoing studies related to neuron-glia communication, synaptic transmission, and neural circuit development in the central nervous system (CNS). We are particularly interested in elucidating the cellular mechanisms underlying neurons and oligodendrocytes bi-directional communication and activity-dependent myelination in the CNS. We have a highly interactive and dynamic research environment, and encourage collaborations with colleagues across disciplines. Applicants with a Ph.D in neuroscience or neurophysiology and demonstrated record of high quality publications, excellent written and communication skills and ability to design and perform research in an independent manner should apply. Experience in in vivo-imaging or -recording, patch-clamp recording, and live cell imaging would be most suitable for our many ongoing projects.
Salary is commensurate with experience and accomplishments; starting at NIH pay scale. Additional information regarding our laboratory and scientific interests are at https://physiology.uthscsa.edu/team-member/jun-hee-kim-ph-d/ and our Department and the UT Health San Antonio at https://physiology.uthscsa.edu/
|
|
|
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Positions available for a collaborative project that is using systems neuroscience approaches (in vivo imaging and electrophysiology) to better understand circuit mechanisms in attention-guided behavior. Specifically, we are probing how neural activity and cellular signaling in the anterior cingulate cortex controls behavior in a touchscreen continuous performance test. We have a number of positions that we could fill to work on various aspects of this project from the postbac level to masters level research associate to postdoctoral fellow to staff scientist. We are particularly interested in people who have background/expertise or interest in learning some combination of viral manipulations/transgenesis in rodent brain, opto/chemo-genetic manipulation, touchscreen tasks, endoscopic imaging and/or in vivo ephys for LFP/EEG analysis.
For more information please contact Dr. Greg Carr (Greg.Carr@libd.org) or Keri Martinowich (Keri.Martinowich@libd.org)
|
|
Please refer to this list of predoctoral funding opportunities for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
