Registration: tiny.cc/IGPCareerDay
For a full list of speakers visit our IGP Career Day page
Outreach Opportunity in May 2017
Hi everyone!
Are you interested in boosting your resume/CV with valuable outreach/teaching experience? Adding some diversity to your graduate school activities? Looking for a fun way to give back to the community?
Come join us in helping students at our local Hilltonia Middle School learn about fundamental scientific concepts, while performing fun and interactive activities! We currently have two events planned in May for the week before IGP, so hopefully these don’t interfere with anyone’s travel plans. We are recruiting volunteers to help with a photosynthesis activity on Monday, May 15th (Photosynthesis) and a frog dissection on Thursday, May 18th (don’t worry, prior experience with dissection is not necessary).
The time commitment is extremely flexible with these events! Sessions are held both in the morning and early afternoon, and only last about an hour each. So if you are considering volunteering but only available for a short time, attending for part of the day, even just one session, is certainly an option!
If you are interested or want more information about times, responsibilities, etc., please respond to the OSBP contact, Effie Miller (miller.8028@osu.edu) or the MCDB contact, Daniel Del Valle (delvallemorales.1@gmail.com).
April CGS Update from OSBP Representative Samantha Dodbele
CGS Delegate Meeting Notes
- Senate Elections
- Biological Sciences- Yao Wan
- Food Agriculture and Environmental Science- Kyle Benzle
- Math and Physics Sciences Senator Seat- Blake Szkoda
- Humanities- Julie Dentzer
- Education and Human Ecology- David Bowers
- Business- Francis Hedgemire
- Engineering Sciences- Joachim Bean
- Arts- Jezzalyn Gowdy
- Professional Biological Sciences- Chloe Williams
- Social and Behavioral Sciences-Elizabeth Douglas
- New Business
- Amendment to Delegate Apportionment- Few seats were increased for a few programs based on increased numbers of students in these programs.- Passed.
- Delegate Concerns
- Bus routes being shut down update- COTA never sought the university’s input before making these changes. Upper level people are looking into where they can bring this up to COTA. COTA says that no stops have been eliminated, but rather the have been restructured to be make more efficient bus routes. New maps are on the transit app.
Presidential Award Winner!
Congratulations to Walter Zahurancik, in the lab of Dr. Zucai Suo, for being awarded a Spring 2017 Presidential Fellowship!
Walter joined OSBP after completing his BS degree in Biochemistry here at Ohio State in 2012. His work in the Suo lab has focused on the mechanisms of multiple enzymes that participate in DNA replication and repair. The Presidential fellowship, which is the highest honor awarded by the graduate school, will support Walter during the final year of his thesis work. We are proud to add Walter to the list of many successful Presidential fellows in OSBP!
Presidential Fellowship Winner!
From the Desk of Thomas Magliery:
Please join me in congratulating Austin Raper for receiving a Presidential Fellowship in the Spring 2016 competition. The Presidential Fellowship, the highest award given by the Graduate School for outstanding scholarship, supports the fellow in the final year of dissertation work. Only 24 of OSU’s over 10,000 graduate students are recognized in each biannual competition.
Austin was a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Mount Union in Biochemistry, and he started at Ohio State in 2013. Austin joined the lab of Zucai Suo in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. He studies mechanisms of DNA damage tolerance and repair while pioneering new applications of single molecule techniques.
Congratulations, Austin!
Outreach Opportunity!
Are you interested in boosting your resume/CV with valuable outreach/teaching experience? Adding some diversity to your graduate school activities? Looking for a fun way to give back to the community?
Come join us in helping students at our local Hilltonia Middle School learn about fundamental scientific concepts, while performing fun and interactive activities! We currently have two events planned in December we are recruiting volunteers for, Friday, December 9th and another TBD but most likely Wednesday, December 14th.
The time commitment is extremely flexible with these events! Sessions are held both in the morning and early afternoon, and only last about an hour each. So if you are considering volunteering but only available for a short time, attending for part of the day, even just 1 session, is certainly an option!
Also, if you are a CLSE TA, we have partnered with Judy Ridgeway to offer 5001 points for volunteering, a great way to make up some of those last minute points!
If you are interested or what more information, please respond to the OSBP contact, Effie Miller (miller.8028@osu.edu) or the MCDB contact, Daniel Del Valle (delvallemorales.1@gmail.com), by Friday December 2nd. We will also be offering an optional session in BioSci (time TBA) on that same Friday to go over the activities and discuss any questions you might have as first time or returning volunteers!
Thank you!
Volunteer Opportunity!
Hello fellow science lovers!
Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School is looking for judges for our annual STEM fair on Saturday November 19, 2016. Our schools is located at 1070 Morse Rd in Columbus. Judges should arrive at 8:30am and be finished about noon. We are looking for scientists, educators, and engineers. Come join us and have some science fun with the future minds in science and engineering. If you are interested, please fill our the google form at the link below.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Jamie Doup by email:doup@horizoncolumbus.org.
Qualifications:
18 +, College degree (or in college), doesn’t have to be a science major
Incentives:
Breakfast, coffee, gift, & encouraging science minds.
If you know anyone who would be interested in judging please forward my email to them. If you are associated with a student group who has a newsletter or other form of events communication please pass this along.
Thank you!
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Ms. Jamie Doup
STEM Coordinator (Room 110)
Head of the Science Department
Scientific Research and Design Teacher
Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School
614-846-7616 ext. 1102
October CGS Delegate Meeting Notes
10/28/16
- OUTSIDE SPEAKERS
- Senior VP for Student Life, Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston aka Dr. “J”
- Buckeye Village- University remains committed to having good housing for students with families/ spouses. However there are changes coming to Buckeye Village availability/ reduction of people able to move in. 18% of BV will go away in the fall of 2017, everyone who is there now will stay there. But they will be able to accommodate the 18% loss (because not accepting new residents), no one will be displaced. Lead in water issues are all taken care of and over.
- Second Year Transformation Experience Program (STEP)- the reason why second year undergrads are now required to live on campus. Created to increase retention, sense of place and community, and academic success. Has so far proven to be a great success, OSU is currently the national model. OSU is working on a model that can be used for retention of graduate students (not necessarily dictating where grad students live, but in other ways).
- Senior VP for Student Life, Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston aka Dr. “J”
- Student Health Insurance- SHIP- had the possibility of being in danger for people on GRA, GAA (funded graduate students) because of national legislation (Affordable Care Act). Right now we are still covered under student health insurance, there are ongoing conversations going on between federal agencies and graduate student orgs to monitor the situation.
- Scarlet and Gray Financial Wellness Program- will help students understand how do taxes especially if they are on fellowship. Cannot help you prepare your taxes, but will help graduate students (esp those on fellowship) understand the forms they need etc.
- Officer Updates
- Treasurer- CGS Delegate Grant- Give a summary about how CGS can impact your graduate students, and write up the event. Up to 200$ for event. Google CGS OSU Delegate Outreach Grant- there is a new application.
- Committee Chair Updates
- Research Committee for the University- Thinking to switching to electronic lab notebooks. What are your thoughts on this? Committee thinks this would be hardest for science and anthropology departments. Trying to become a university wide policy. To increase security of data, patents, etc. Can still keep written notebooks but must also keep electronic records.
- NEW BUSINESS
- President Drake is visiting next month’s CGS Meeting- any topics you would like his to address? Topic discussed- A position being created for someone who can handle ethical issues/ PI problems (especially useful for smaller departments) who can mitigate problems and help create anonymity; fostering interdisciplinary contact; what is his vision for the graduate school.
- Issues
- Carmen- Carmen has a size limit (500 MB) per class for uploads.
Graduate Career Resources
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REMINDER: Halloween Mixer!!
Hey OSBP!
Don’t forget, the annual OSBP-MCDB-Biophysics Halloween mixer is this Wednesday! The event will be held at Woodlands Backyard in Grandview, beginning at 6pm.Appetizers and candy will be provided.
We will be awarding prizes to those with the best costume and best dessert. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
See flyer for more details: mcdb-osbp-ibgp-halloween-mixer-2016
Ray Travel Award – Funding Period 3
Email below was sent out today to the CGS listserv and may be of interest to everyone:
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope that this message finds each of you doing well, now that we are well into the Autumn Semester.
I am writing you today to let you know that the window to apply for the Ray Travel Award, Funding Period 3, is open. The third funding period covers conferences occurring between January 1 – March 31.
The deadline for Ray Travel Award applications is TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016 BY 11:59 PM for all application materials (including recommendation responses).
Please note that any applications submitted for conferences occurring outside of the funding period window will be deleted and unable to be recovered when the window to apply closes.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by email (wesaw.1@osu.edu)!
Have a great day,
-Alex
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W. Alex Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians)
PhD Candidate & Graduate Teaching Associate
Treasurer, Council of Graduate Students
PhD Candidate & Graduate Teaching Associate
Treasurer, Council of Graduate Students
Commissioner, City of Columbus – University Area Commission
The Ohio State University
Knowlton School of Architecture City & Regional Planning
468 Knowlton Hall, 275 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1138
614-292-4380 office
wesaw.1@osu.edu go.osu.edu/awesaw
The Ohio State University
Knowlton School of Architecture City & Regional Planning
468 Knowlton Hall, 275 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1138
614-292-4380 office
wesaw.1@osu.edu go.osu.edu/awesaw
RAY TRAVEL AWARD FOR SERVICE UPDATES AND DEADLINES
IMPORTANT: Please note the changes made to the funding periods covered in the upcoming deadline. Date changes were made to more closely align with the University’s academic calendar.
2016 – 2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
Funding Period #1
§ Application deadline: May 1
§ Conference dates: August 1 – September 30
Funding Period #2
§ Application deadline: August 1
§ Conference dates: October 1 – December 31
Funding Period #3
§ Application deadline: November 1
§ Conference dates: January 1 – March 31
Funding Period #4
§ Application deadline: February 1
§ Conference dates: April 1 – June 30
Applications (including recommendation responses) are due by 11:59PM on the deadline day. Absolutely NO applications will be accepted after the application deadline. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Purpose
The Edward J. Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service (Ray Award) encourages and enables graduate students across the university to participate in professional conferences, both in their respective fields and in the broader academic community, by reimbursing or partially reimbursing the expenses incurred by graduate students during travel to conferences and meetings to present original research.
Unlike other programs that grant travel funds, the Ray Award gives substantial weight to the applicant’s service to his/her department, the university, and the surrounding community. Ray Award judges also take into account the academic standing of the applicant, the applicant’s professional goals, the nature of the conference being attended, and the applicant’s ability to convey the focus of their research to a general audience.
Rationale
The financial aspect of travel to and presentation at such events can be prohibitive to many graduate students, and the availability of such support for students varies widely across the university. Whereas students in some departments, schools, and colleges may have several opportunities for funding, others have no sources of funding whatsoever. For this reason, the absence of such funds at the university level has been a subject of concern for CGS for several years. Inquiries on this matter to the CGS office, from both individual students and other graduate student associations within the university, have increased in recent years. Therefore, we feel that the Professional Development Fund will fill a void for many students; it will also sustain and further the professional activities of students who have exhausted other funding sources. The Professional Development Fund is intended to supplement — not to replace — existing funds at the program, department, school, college, or university levels.
Although the fund is primarily intended to assist with travel expenses, we recognize that there are often other costs involved with professional presentations. We have defined the fund’s uses so that other legitimate costs can be included when necessary. The awards committee will be composed of graduate students and faculty members representative of the university community, as well as representatives from groups contributing to the fund. These individuals will be expected to consider the university as a whole in their decision-making processes.
The Ray Award supports and enhances the three-part mission of the University: research, teaching, and service. The Council believes that professional presentations of research are a vital part of the academic and professional development of graduate students. Not only do such activities help the individual student gain recognition in his or her field (therefore increasing employment opportunities), but they also showcase the high quality research that characterizes The Ohio State University. Further, this program will have a positive effect on undergraduate programs in which graduate students serve as Teaching Associates, because we believe that those who engage in research and professional activities in their fields can become better teachers. Finally, we believe that this program will promote service to the university and surrounding community because service activities will be considered when selecting recipients. It is our hope that this endeavor will further develop the academic and civic culture of Ohio State.
Reminder: Club Officers Election Meeting
With the new semester underway, we will be holding a meeting Wednesday, September 14 at 4:00 pm BioSci 773. This meeting will directly follow the First Year student’s orientation class.
This meeting is open to anyone who is interested in helping to run and organize our club. I strongly encourage first year students and younger students to participate as many of the current officers have graduated or will very soon and without your involvement, many of the activities we currently do will fall by the wayside.
At the meeting, we will discuss the summer and orientation events, this upcoming year, and start to put together a new budget. Most importantly, we will be holding elections for the officer positions. Positions are open to any student in OSBP, including the new first year students, who is currently in good standing with the program.
All positions within the club are open! A list of the positions can be found on our new student website: https://u.osu.edu/buckeyebiochemistryclub/
Every position can be ran by anyone, excluding president as the elected student must be post-candidacy to hold the chair position. This year we are particularly interested in finding someone to take over the Community Outreach Chair position.
If you cannot make the meeting but are interested in running for a position, please contact me before next Wednesday!
Hope to see you there,
David Heisler
President
Dr. David Nagib’s Game Changing New NIH MIRA Grant
Source: https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/new-nih-mira-grant-game-changer-drug-discovery
David Nagib, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry, just received a significant award that encourages promising new and early stage investigators to tackle ambitious, far-reaching projects that impact health. Nagib’s five-year, $1,749,619 “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds work on synthesizing medicinal candidates via a new strategy called Chaperones for Radical Relays: Enabling Directed C-H Functionalizations.
Nagib shares the significance of his research, the impact the new grant will have and the importance of collaboration.
How important is this grant to your work?
This NIH award is a game-changer for our laboratory for two main reasons:
- It provides stable, long-term research funding, so we can devote all of our time to research (rather than grant-writing), and;
- It allows us significant freedom and flexibility to pursue especially “high-risk/high-reward” ideas.
Can you explain how the NIH MIRA funding will allow you to do #2?
“Our research team is focused on harnessing free radical chemistry to manipulate the molecular structure of medicines – to improve their pharmacological activity. The BIG challenge is that we are going after C-H bonds, which are the most ubiquitous functionality in all medicines.
To do this, we must invent new strategies that are both unusually reactive and precise in order to selectively mutate a single C-H amidst a sea of similar C-Hs found in complex, organic molecules. We believe that free radicals hold the key to solving this problem.
“This award will allow us to continue pursuing important challenges in the modern field of C-H functionalization with ideas that are innovative and perhaps more high-risk/high-reward.
What is your ultimate goal?
Our dream is to build an entire synthetic toolbox of “radical relay chaperones” that will allow a chemist anywhere in the world to take a cancer drug, antibiotic or diabetes pill off a shelf and make more potent, targeted analogs from it … in a single afternoon. This could lead to a fundamentally new approach to designing and synthesizing improved medicines.
Your website shows a dynamic, energetic group of aspiring young scientists. Can you share how they contribute to the research?
Science is very much a team sport. Great discoveries require a strong, unified team working together to solve a big challenge from every angle. Luckily, I have the best labmates ever!
My colleagues include talented and passionate undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows. When you have a dozen people constantly helping you to design more clever experiments and then meticulously sifting through all the data, it’s much easier to do great science and make important discoveries.
IGP Career Day 2017: Call for Speakers
The 2017 IGP Career Day committee is now looking for suggestions for speakers.
If you know of someone who would be a valuable resource for current students, please email Christine Wachnowsky (Wachnowsky.1@osu.edu) with their contact information as we to put together another group of diverse and excellent speakers.
**Alumni, if you would like to speak about your experiences after OSBP, we would be happy to have you!
Post Doc Panel
Are you interested in doing a post doc after OSU?
Not sure what you need to do to prepare or apply?
Come to the post doctoral information session and panel.
Tuesday, September 13th at 12 PM
In 105 BRT
Lunch will be provided.
RSVP here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NRN7HNF
An information session sponsored by the Buckeye Biochemistry Club and Marcela Hernandez, will be followed by a panel of current post docs, who will be happy to answer your questions!!
Questions or comments, please email Christine Wachnowsky (wachnowsky.1@osu.edu)
Important Candidacy and Graduation Deadlines for 2016-2017 Announced!
PDF Version: Grad Deadlines 2016-2017new format
Dr. Wysocki awarded ACS Achievement Award!
Congratulations to, Dr. Vicki Wysocki, on a well-deserved national ACS award. She was awarded the Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. For the full list of awards please visit here.
Source: Chemistry.osu.edu
Welcoming the New OSBP Cohort!
Our new group of students started classes today!
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Name |
Institution (Original) |
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Burge, Nathaniel Lee |
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
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Caldwell, Brian |
Dixie State University |
| Chandler, Claire N |
Heidelberg University |
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Dewal, Revati Sumukh |
University of Mumbai/VIT University |
| Dong, Songyu |
Tsinghua University |
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DuPlain, Holly Rochelle |
Georgia Regents University |
| Greve, Jenna Marie |
The Ohio State University |
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Hempfling, Jordan Patrick |
Albion College |
| Howard, Zachary Mathew |
Northern Illinois University |
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Jacob, Bryant Stephen |
Case Western Reserve University |
| Jamshidi, Cameron |
Miami University (Ohio) |
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Leggett, Abigail Marie |
The Ohio State University |
| McNutt, Zakkary Alan |
University of New Hampshire |
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Steward, Margaret |
Delaware State College |
| Szkoda, Blake |
Marietta College |
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Wormsbaecher, Clarrisa |
Michigan State University |
OSBP Students watch Clippers Beat the Mud Hounds!
The program made an outing to Huntington Field to watch the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Indians AAA-Affiliate) play against the Toledo Mud Hounds. A full recap of the Clipper’s win can be found here: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160819&content_id=196587796&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t445 and http://www.milb.com/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2016_08_20_tolaaa_colaaa_1&mode=gameday
MLS Seminar Series Announced
The Fall 2016 list of seminears can be found here: https://osbp.osu.edu/sites/osbp.osu.edu/files/autumn-2016-MLS-seminar-schedule.pdf