It’s Hepatitis Awareness Month and for this week's image HuBMAP researchers Dr. Hua Tian at Penn State and Brent Stockwell at Columbia present a high resolution cluster secondary ion mass spec image of mouse liver that shows biomolecules at single cell level.
HCA plans to host Town Hall meetings in order to welcome new personnel to the HCA community, and demonstrate the event management platform in preparation for the General Meeting. Each Town Hall will include an "Ask Me Anything" panel to help clarify HCA and the 2021 General Meeting goals and logistics.
Four town halls are scheduled for the following regions: Asia and Australia, Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom, and the Americas.
2021 HCA General Meeting - June 28-30 Register for the meeting.
Register for Europe & UK Town Hall, June 15, 10 - 11:30AM BST.
Register for Asian & Australia Town Hall, June 16, 15-16:30 JST.
Register for Africa Town Hall, June 17, 12-1:30 GMT.
Register for Americas Town Hall, June 18, 11-12:30PM EDT.
This event will bring the HCA community together virtually with a great event platform, and share updates and insights on new HCA research and initiatives. We will also highlight the work of the 18 HCA Biological Networksand explore how to build draft cell atlas roadmaps, building on the progress from the HCA Biological Network Seminar Series.
Please submit poster abstracts for
the virtual poster sessions *by* Friday May 14, 5PM EDT via the registration site.
HCA Seminar Series
Heart and Musculoskeletal Bionetworks
When: May 13: 10:30AM - 12PM (EDT)
Speakers: Jonathan Seidman (HMS), Mapping the cellular complexity of the human heart
Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford), The implications of the Human Cell Atlas for experimental medicine studies in arthritis
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), Intramural Research Program (IRP), a major research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is seeking applications from highly motivated individuals to serve as a Staff Scientist/Facility Head in the Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (CARD) in Bethesda, MD. The successful candidate will help create and directly manage a shared Single-Cell Sequencing Core within CARD.
The selected candidate will manage resources from CARD for funding start-up costs and on-going program operations, and will be responsible for managing budget, personnel, and space within the facility. The incumbent will have a role in assisting the CARD Director in project prioritization, and in identifying research and development opportunities that fit within the program and mission of CARD.
Salary is commensurate with research experience and accomplishments. A full Civil Service package of benefits (including retirement, health, life, and long-term care insurance, Thrift Savings Plan participation, etc.) is available. All employees of the Federal Government are subject to the conflict-of-interest statutes and regulations, including the Standards of Ethical Conduct. Additional information regarding CARD is available here.
To apply, please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, bibliography, statement of research interest, and three letters of recommendation to: Sarah Lewis, Intramural Program Specialist; Office of the Scientific Director, National Institute on Aging; Vacancy #CARD-2021-03.
Applications, including letters of recommendation, must reference the Vacancy #CARD-2021-03. The first round of reviews is expected to occur on or about July 12, 2021 however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
DHHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers.
The NIH is dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs and encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
The meeting will take place on *Wednesday, Thursday and Friday May 19-21,
2021*.
Reminder to speakers and moderators, please upload any slides you plan to use to the appropriate folder in Drive by this *Friday May 14th*.
The Annual Meeting Websitehas all of the information you need to know . Note that you'll need to be logged into the Member Portal to view the website. Below are the themes of each day (all times in EDT):
Day 1, Wednesday 5/19, 12:00pm-6:00pm: *Harmonizing HuBMAP*
Day 2, Thursday 5/20, 12:00pm-6:00pm: *How do we build an atlas*?
Day 3, Friday 5/21, 10:30am-6:00pm: *External Collaboration and Engagement:
Cell Type Identification & Annotation*
We have an agendapacked full of presentations, breakout sessions, and plenty of opportunities to chat with fellow Consortium members! With many opportunities for
discussion, we are excited to hear from a diverse range of voices from across the Consortium, including from our HuBMAP junior investigators.
There's no need to register for this meeting - you can access it from the following Zoom links:
Cancer Immunology Postdoc Positions @ Northwestern
Two collaborative laboratories of immunology and cancer metastasis seek to recruit postdoctoral team players who are: Highly mission-driven, self-motivated, crazy for science, creative and productive, with PhD training in immunology, cancer biology, virology, stem cells, proteomics, genetics and epigenetics, bioinformatics, biomedical
engineering, and other related areas.
Mutual Goals: to publish high impact research in top journals and help advance your career transition to next level.
Research Directions: cancer immunology, COVID-19, breast cancer stem cells, Tregs, cancer metastasis, circulating tumor cells, exosomes, single-cell sequencing and mass spectrometry, therapeutics, translational medicine.
Interested candidates are to email their CV and three reference contacts to Dr. Huiping Liu and/or Dr. Deyu Fang. Please share this position with your networks.
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.
