This week's image is from Seth Currlin at TMC - Florida and may make your heart skip a beat! In honor of American Heart Month and Wear Red Day, we present an autofluorescence image of human cardiomyocytes.
Are you looking for fame and notoriety? Send your best images to dena.procaccini@nih.gov.
National Wear Red Day
February is American Heart Month. February 5th is National Wear Red Day to raise awareness about heart disease as the leading cause of death among Americans, especially women.
For more information on how to promote the cause (including a virtual dance party, animated GIFs, social media images and more) see the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute' page.
HCA Bionetworks Seminars
The next seminar in the HCA Bionetworks Seminars series is scheduled for February 11 @ 10:30 AM EST. The topic for the seminar is "Adipose and Lung Network".
More details on the event, including registration information, can be found here.
Save the Date:
External Sci-Tech Webinar March 8, 2021
This is a reminder that the next external webinar (open to all interested persons) will be held on Monday, March 8 @ 3PM.
Speakers will be Katy Börner of HIVE-TC IU and Rahul Satija of HIVE-MC NYGC.
More detailed information and promotional material to come.
Underrepresented/Minority Internship Program (HuBMAP)
The HuBMAP Minority Internship Program is now accepting applications through February 15th.
Please help us get the word out by distributing this opportunity to any students or colleagues that my have interested students. This virtual internship program provides a fantastic opportunity to build connections, add to your experience and conduct vital research in the single cell community.
Presented by Oxford Global, the 3 day online Spatial Biology Congress brings together world leaders from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as academic institutions to discuss the latest insights into Spatial Biology on Drug Development and Therapeutic Development.
Katy Börner, PI of HIVE-TC Indiana University, will be presenting and participating in a panel discussion at the event.
Developers in need of HIVE infrastructure may request access through the PSC web form, found here.
Instructions for using HIVE infrastructure can now be found in the "Quick Links" section of the Collaboration Portal. A direct link to this documentation can be foundhere. Please report any issues or direct any questions tohelp@hubmapconsortium.org.
Content Suggestions
The IEC is seeking to collect information of general interest from individual members and groups to share with the rest of the Consortium. Please submit content suggestions by emailing: admin@hubmapconsortium.org.
Past Newsletters are available on the Collaboration Portal.
For comments, suggestions about how to improve the HuBMAP Happenings, or questions about the consortium, please contact: help@hubmapconsortium.org
