Newsletter-January 2020
The latest news & opportunities from RI C-AIM
Save the Date! 2020 RI C-AIM Research Symposium
Mark your calendars! RI C-AIM's 2020 Research Symposium will be held on Monday, April 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the University of Rhode Island's Memorial Union. An agenda and further details will be forthcoming.

We look forward to seeing everyone in the RI C-AIM community and highlighting our Year 3 progress!
Events & Deadlines
2020 SURF-Still Time to Apply!

Applications for our 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are being accepted until Friday, Feb. 7!

Undergraduates from RI C-AIM's eight partner institutions are encouraged to apply for this intensive, 10-week introduction to scientific research.

For questions, please contact RI C-AIM SURF Coordinator Jim Lemire at jlemire@rwu.edu.
2020 RI C-AIM Vis-a-Thon

In collaboration with The Nature Lab @RISD , the 2020 Vis-a-Thon aims to promote visualization as an integral facet of research methodology and provide opportunities for participants to experiment with innovative ways to create and effectively utilize visual imagery and language.

The Vis-a-Thon is open to any undergraduate, graduate student or post-doc conducting RI C-AIM-related research at a  partner institution.
Student Spotlight
Teresa Mako, URI
Last month, University of Rhode Island and RI C-AIM student Teresa Mako successfully defended her doctoral thesis, "Dual Detection of Nitrite and Nitrate in Aquatic Environments Using Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices," advised by Dr. Mindy Levine. Congratulations!
Upcoming Opportunities
Time Management for Graduate Students
Thurs, Feb. 13, Rm 205, Avedisian Hall, URI

This workshop will introduce effective time management strategies to help graduate students be better prepared to make each day a productive one.

RSVP to Cara Mitnick , Dir. of Professional Development, URI Graduate School, at cmitnick@uri.edu .

*Counts towards CDP Certificate credit* 
NSF INCLUDES

Created through NSF's Big Ideas initiative, NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) aims to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering by developing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent from all sectors of society.

Learn more about funding & resources through NSF INCLUDES.
Olympus Image of the Year Competition
Submissions due by Friday, Jan. 31, 2020

Olympus is continuing to search for the best light microscopy images in 2019—this time on a global scale. Olympus’ first Image of the Year Global Life Science Light Microscopy Award recognizes the very best in life science imaging worldwide.

Participants can win a CX43 microscope with DP27 digital camera, X Line objectives or an OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera.

Learn more about the competition. 
CDP Resource Highlight
The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM
Angela Byars-Winston and Maria Lund Dahlberg, Editors

Explore more career development resources through our CDP catalog!
The News
New Year, New Faces @RI C-AIM

Dr. Maia joins us as RI C-AIM's new institutional lead for Rhode Island College. As assistant professor of Biology, her research focuses on fish biomechanics in light of habitat changes. She has also served as a 2019 SURF mentor.


Dr. Davies joins as operating manager of RI C-AIM's Bay Observatory , and is visiting associate professor at URI's College of Environmental & Life Sciences. His research focuses on Intertidal and deep-sea ecology.

Patricia Thibodeau

Having recently received her Ph.D from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Dr. Thibodeau joins C-AIM as a postdoctoral fellow of coastal marine plankton ecology in Dr. Tatiana Rynearson's lab.

Sea urchins, the next commercially viable species?
URI and RI C-AIM researcher Dr. Coleen Suckling explains her work on Atlantic purple sea urchins as a potential industry for consumption.

Her research features in the Westerly Sun, EcoRI News & URI Communications. Congrats!
Suckling's students Anna Byczynski, Max Zavell and Alli McKenna hold sea urchins being raised at her lab on the URI Bay Campus. (Photo by Michael Salerno, courtesy URI)
Don't Forget
NSF Deadlines: Be sure to consult upcoming funding/project due dates for faculty and students alike from the National Science Foundation through their web portal .
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