The latest news & opportunities from RI C-AIM
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New publications from RI C-AIM investigators
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The RI C-AIM community is busy turning research into results as a handful of publications have been released since the beginning of 2020:
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Mapping and Characterizing Enigmatic Habitats in the Last Great Wilderness on Earth
Dr. Andrew Davies,
Friday, Feb. 28, 3 pm
Avedisian Hall, Room 170
RI C-AIM's
Dr. Andrew Davies
, visiting associate professor of biological sciences at URI, specializes in intertidal and deep-sea ecology. His research focuses on examining reefs by " using a mixture of natural history observation, experimentation and novel technologies to untangle the ecology of these enigmatic habitats." (from
Dr. Davies' website
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Amgen Chemical Engineering Department seminar: Highlighting RIN2
Dr. Irene Andreu
Thursday, March 19, 12:45 pm
Kirk Auditorium
This seminar will describe existing imaging capabilities in
RIN2
and planned equipment: Fourier transform infrared microscopy, X-ray microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy. Come to learn how to use these new techniques in your research.
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Intellectual Property Basics
Thursday, Feb. 27, 11:30 am-1 pm
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As part of the
RI-INBRE
Entrepreneur Series, this workshop will help you to understand IP basics and protect your innovation.
RSVP & More Info
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Student Spotlight
Robert Chevalier, URI
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University of Rhode Island and RI C-AIM doctoral student
Robert Chevalier
is featured alongside advisor Dr. Jason Dwyer in the latest edition of
Momentum
, URI's research magazine. His C-AIM research focuses on detection of nitrates and phosphates at low concentrations.
Read Momentum, page 39
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Power Dynamics in Research Environments
Friday, March 20, 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Memorial Union, URI
This virtual conference, convened by the
Society for Neuroscience, features science professionals in academic, private, and public sectors who will highlight the various aspects of power dynamics in research environments and provide thoughtful strategies that foster a positive work culture by promoting respect and professionalism.
*Counts towards CDP Certificate credit*
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URI Graduate School's Diversity and Inclusion Badge Program
The mission of URI's
Diversity and Inclusion Badge Program
is to enable graduate students (URI only) to gain a competitive edge in the job market by earning a micro-credential. The DIBP offers graduate-level, professional development workshops that emphasize the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for cultural competence in a variety of environments. Students
can complete the badge before or at the same time they complete their graduate degrees.
Next workshop:
"
Identity in STEM: Creating Inclusive Spaces in Scientific Research"
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My IDP
is a web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences, including exercises to help examine your skills, interests, and values, and a list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests.
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Do plankton have feelings?
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URI and RI C-AIM investigator Dr.
Susanne Menden-Deuer
has collaborated with artist and educator Cynthia Beth Rubin to present,
"Do Plankton Have Feelings,"
an exhibit at
Artspace
in New Haven of
microscopic plankton through which "Rubin emphasizes the energy of the living organisms...into an expressive portrait." (from Artspace's website)
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Dr. Susanne Menden-Deuer
's research focuses on
on marine planktonic food web structure and function. She has also had a long standing collaboration with Rubin to develop compelling science visualizations.
(Image courtesy Susanne Menden-Deuer)
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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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Grad Student & Post-Doc Assistance: If you are a graduate student working on RI C-AIM research, be sure to contact our liaison
Patricia Thibodeau for questions about programming and opportunities.
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Rhode Island EPSCoR is funded by the National Science Foundation under EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award #OIA-1655221 . Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
For more information about RI C-AIM and RI NSF EPSCoR, contact Communications Coordinator Shaun Kirby at 401-874-6888 or
[email protected]
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