LED-BIO Town Hall/Think Tank by https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk October 4-6, 2023 en-us 2023-09-21 18:58:15 UTC 2025-10-15 18:15:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/2149142327/5c3e9f065d75ac7e80d90b5f2f85e211/Logo_LED_BIO1__1_.jpg Schedule-at-a-Glance ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2715238212 2023-09-21 20:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2715238212 Bradley Carl ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2715239740 Dr. Bradley Carl is a Scientist and a Co-Director and founder of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at UW-Madison. He is the PI or Co-PI on more than 25 current and completed grants totaling more than $2.5 million. His current work focuses on partnerships with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Milwaukee Public Schools, education-based professional associations, and other agencies evaluating programs and initiatives at the PreK-12 level, particularly around educator evaluation and school accountability systems. He serves on several state-level advisory committees on these topics, in addition to frequent presentations and publications. Prior to joining WCER, Dr. Carl worked for the Office of Educational Accountability at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Center on Education and Work at UW-Madison, and the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. He holds degrees from Hamline University (B.A., International Studies and History) and Michigan State University (Ph.D., Sociology-Urban Studies).  


]]> 2023-09-21 20:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2715239740 Nazila Jamshidi ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719517429
Nazila Jamshidi, a DEI Manager at the Endocrine Society, embodies a strong commitment to fostering inclusive societies and sustainable development. With a decade-long career in inclusive international development and a passion for promoting gender and diversity, she has dedicated herself to empowering marginalized communities through initiatives in international development, foreign aid, and institution building. Nazila's journey began with a close examination of human rights barriers, gender equality, and social justice across various provinces in Afghanistan. She has collaborated with organizations such as the UN, USAID, and IFRC to promote gender equality and diversity. Nazila's academic accomplishments include earning degrees from Georgetown and Columbia University.



]]> 2023-09-25 15:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719517429 Lisa Whitenack ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719518601
Lisa Whitenack is an Associate Professor of Biology and Geology at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Her scientific research investigates the evolution of morphology, especially in predator-prey relationships through geologic time. Her primary area of study is the evolution and biomechanics of shark teeth across their 400 million year evolutionary history. Dr. Whitenack’s other area of scholarship is in K-undergraduate STEM education, from pedagogy to DEIJ and access. These research areas intersect in her work on identifying, understanding, and mitigating barriers to inclusion for people interested in working and staying in the field of “shark science” and other areas of biological research. She is the former chair and member of the Equity and Diversity Committee for the American Elasmobranch Society (AES), and will begin a second term on the AES Board of Directors in January 2024. She is also the former chair of the Education Council for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) and a member of SICB’s Broadening Participation committee. Outside of her academic identity, Dr. Whitenack is also a baker, musician, crafter, and parent to two science-loving music kiddos.



]]> 2023-09-25 15:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719518601 Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719519932
Dr. Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo is a cultural anthropologist who focuses on understanding how people are served by institutions, such as schools. Her work in education spans K-doctoral+, with an emphasis on how linguistic, racial, and ethnic groups experience K-12 resource access as well as how women, underrepresented racial/ethnic and LGBTQIA+ groups persist in undergraduate, graduate, professorial, and industry STEM contexts, with an emphasis in engineering and biology. Her book with Lexington Books explores the multi-level intersecting factors affecting how Indigenous Latinx K-12 students are understood and served in the U.S. South. In addition, Campbell-Montalvo is PI or Co-PI on three NSF projects totaling more than $6,000,000 in funding. First, Campbell-Montalvo serves as PI on the most recent award, which is a 4-year longitudinal exploration of the climate, social network, and cultural model factors that retain people in engineering graduate school and the workforce. Second, she serves as Co-PI and supports the qualitative research on a 5-year INCLUDES Collaborative Change Consortia that promotes STEM and Computing training for youth. Third, and beginning its fifth year on its current funding, she is co-PI on a research coordination network in biology education and biology education research through the Inclusive Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research network. In addition, she is an editorial board member on the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.



]]> 2023-09-25 15:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719519932 Peter Van Do ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719520954 Peter Van Do is an award-winning leader with 18+ years of experience in the global non-profit and higher education sectors (The Endocrine Society, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Cornell University, and Harvard University). Throughout his career, Peter has demonstrated expertise in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Management, Project, Program, & Event Leadership, Fundraising & Philanthropy, Policy Development & Execution, Stakeholder Education, Time & Change Management, and Community Development & Outreach. In addition, Peter has acted as a professor in Ethnic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. Specifically, Peter has taught topics in popular culture, psychological oppression, restorative practice, mutual aid, and Vietnamese American/Southeast Asian American history]]> 2023-09-25 15:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719520954 Bradley Carl ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719522205 Dr. Bradley Carl is a Scientist and a Co-Director and founder of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at UW-Madison. He is the PI or Co-PI on more than 25 current and completed grants totaling more than $2.5 million. His current work focuses on partnerships with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Milwaukee Public Schools, education-based professional associations, and other agencies evaluating programs and initiatives at the PreK-12 level, particularly around educator evaluation and school accountability systems. He serves on several state-level advisory committees on these topics, in addition to frequent presentations and publications. Prior to joining WCER, Dr. Carl worked for the Office of Educational Accountability at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Center on Education and Work at UW-Madison, and the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. He holds degrees from Hamline University (B.A., International Studies and History) and Michigan State University (Ph.D., Sociology-Urban Studies).  


]]> 2023-09-25 15:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719522205 Tracy Criswell ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719589872 Dr. Criswell is an Associate Professor at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) and the Program Director for the Translational Biotechnology Master of Science graduate program. Her current research areas of focus include the effects of age and sex on skeletal muscle regeneration and the development of  engineered neuroendocrine tissue that can mimic the changes that occur in women as they age (adolescence – puberty – child-bearing – peri-menopause – post-menopause). In addition to her research, Dr. Criswell is actively involved in many diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in her department, at her institution, and at the national level. She is a leader in her academic institution’s Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Committee as the  Education and Research Subcommittee (Member 2018-Present; Chair, 2019-2024) and as WIMS Full Committee Chair (2022-2023). Dr. Criswell served as co-leader of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate School Committee on Racial Equity (CORE) (2020-2021), which met with graduate students and postdocs to determine the DEI concerns and issues that are present at the academic institution.  This led to the preparation of the CORE report that was submitted to the Dean of the Graduate School and to the Institutions’ larger Racial Equity Task Force and led to the formation of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate School’s standing committee: Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Accelerator (IDEA), which she now co-chairs. At the national level, Dr. Criswell served as the Chair of the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) from 2019-2023, and is still a current active member. She is also a founding member and the current Vice President of the North Carolina chapter of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS).]]> 2023-09-25 15:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719589872 Rebecca Alvania ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719891293 As the Chief Executive Officer of The American Society for Cell Biology, Dr. Rebecca Alvania leads a global scientific society dedicated to advancing cell biology research. The ASCB hosts scientific meetings, publishes peer-reviewed journals, offers professional development programs, and engages in advocacy, education and outreach to promote basic science research. Prior to leading ASCB, Dr. Alvania served as the Assistant Director of Journals at The American Society for Microbiology, where she managed editorial and publishing operations and oversaw the successful launch of Microbiology Spectrum, ASM’s high-volume Gold Open Access journal. Dr. Alvania previously served as the Director of Editorial Development at Rockefeller University Press, Executive Editor of The Journal of Cell Biology, Scientific Editor at Neuron, Editorial Project Manager for Review Strategy at Cell Press, and Editor of Trends in Cell Biology. Dr. Alvania holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, an M.A. in Science Writing from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M.P.H. in Global Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.]]> 2023-09-25 19:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2719891293 Verónica A. Segarra veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720060536 Verónica Segarra, Ph.D. completed her Ph.D. in Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale. As an undergraduate, she completed a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Chemistry at the University of Miami. From 2015-2022 she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at High Point University (HPU), a private regional college in High Point, NC, where she earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in the spring of 2022. From 2020-2022, she served as the Interim Chair of Biology at HPU. She is currently Associate Professor and the Maryland E-Nnovation Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Goucher College. Her contributions to science have come in the form of research breakthroughs in cell biology, cellular self-eating, and membrane traffic. Her lab at Goucher College is not only the home base for her research program, but a place where undergraduate students receive one‐on‐one mentoring as they strive to develop their identity in science and research. Dr. Segarra co-founded and co-directs the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS; NSF 1744098) organization, a group of scientific society diversity-focused committees coming together to exchange promising practices and data. She is also co-PI on the ADVANCE Partnership grant that is sponsoring ACCESS growing into a larger network of societies, known as ACCESS+ (NSF 2017953). Most recently, Dr. Segarra and her ACCESS team received a BIO-LEAPS grant to establish a Research Coordination Network that aims to crowdsource evidence-based solutions to persistent cultural challenges scientific societies face (NSF 2134725). This is the grant that funds our LED-BIO meeting.


]]> 2023-09-25 22:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720060536 Candice Etson veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720063989 Dr. Candice Etson, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Wesleyan University and member of the ACCESS Steering Committee. Etson has played key roles in developing new initiatives and disseminating ACCESS work (Etson et al., 2021). Dr. Etson previously served on the BPS Committee for Inclusion and Diversity (CID) for two three-year terms, and has been reappointed to serve as a boundary spanner between ACCESS and CID. She has served in the role of CID Chair since July 2022. She served for multiple years as a discipline vice-chair in molecular biology and biochemistry for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. She is one of our LED-BIO Co-PIs.]]> 2023-09-25 22:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720063989 Robin Greenler veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720067405
Robin Greenler works with faculty and future faculty to support the development of equitable, inclusive, and culturally competent approaches to teaching and learning in STEM fields.   As Interim Associate Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) at University of Wisconsin Madison, Robin engages national networks in support of evidenced-based and equitable practices for STEM faculty.  Robin is part of a team that is developing the Inclusive STEM Teaching MOOC.]]> 2023-09-25 22:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720067405 Ashanti Edwards veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720068270 Ashanti Edwards has managed and administered multiple federally funded programs, such as NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, NIH T-32s, and an NCI U01. She is responsible for the professional development and diversity and inclusion programs at the Society. She is the PI on the NIH-funded MOSAIC grant, Co-PI on the NIH IPERT grant, and NSF FRED grants, both of which focus on career development, but from different angles. Each grant recruits and focuses on members of URGs, providing professional skills necessary for career success. Ms. Edwards also serves as the liaison to multiple committees at ASCB, including Minority Affairs Committee, Women in Cell Biology, the Committee for Postdocs and Students, and the LGBTQ+ committee. She is experienced in the recruitment, professional development, and support of individuals from URGs in science. Ms. Edwards has a strong track record of promoting diversity in science.

]]> 2023-09-25 22:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720068270 Taylor Lightner veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720069462 Dr. Taylor Lighter is a co-PI on the LED-BIO project and a Research Coordinator at Quality Education for Minorities Network (QEM). At QEM she provides support for the Lumina Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant-funded projects by managing their daily operation and conducting research. She obtained her Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in the area of Engineering Education.]]> 2023-09-25 22:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720069462 Mercy Mugo veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720070990 Mercy is the Executive Director at QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK (QEM). Mercy has expertise in the design and implementation of capacity building and educational research projects focused on advancing the academic and research goals of students and faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Her work is centered on efforts to broaden the participation of groups historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. She is PI/Co-PI on several major grants focused on combating disparities in STEM educational and career outcomes among underrepresented minorities. She has co-authored several articles about research productivity at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).]]> 2023-09-25 22:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720070990 Pam Pecku veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720072442 Pam is Program Manager at the American Society for Cell Biology. Her interests are in social impact, health policy, client/community engagement, and health equity. She holds a M.P.H. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Before ASCB, Pam was Accreditation Coordinator at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).]]> 2023-09-25 22:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720072442 Simone Soso veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720088977 Simone Soso is the Assistant Director of Research & Workforce Development at MSI STEM Research & Development Consortium and former Program Director of QEM. She has a background in animal ecology. Her years as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the NSF added to her expertise in science policy, building collaborative partnerships, and diversifying the STEM workforce through systemic change efforts. She is LED-BIO's Communication Strategist.]]> 2023-09-25 23:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720088977 Linda Hyman veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720090215 Linda Hyman is Director of Education at MBL and oversees all MBL educational programs. Before MBL, Hyman served as the Associate Provost at Boston University School of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology, where she was the PI on several grants that emphasized PD, including an NIH BEST award. Her experience includes outreach/diversity as the PI of a research training program and an NSF INCLUDES award.]]> 2023-09-25 23:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720090215 Scientific Society Case Studies in DEIA: The Book veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720130013 2023-09-26 00:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2720130013 Candice Etson ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721288827 Dr. Candice Etson, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Wesleyan University and member of the ACCESS Steering Committee. Etson has played key roles in developing new initiatives and disseminating ACCESS work (Etson et al., 2021). Dr. Etson previously served on the BPS Committee for Inclusion and Diversity (CID) for two three-year terms, and has been reappointed to serve as a boundary spanner between ACCESS and CID. She has served in the role of CID Chair since July 2022. She served for multiple years as a discipline vice-chair in molecular biology and biochemistry for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. She is one of our LED-BIO Co-PIs.]]> 2023-09-26 13:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721288827 Verónica A. Segarra ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721289328 Verónica Segarra, Ph.D. completed her Ph.D. in Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale. As an undergraduate, she completed a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Chemistry at the University of Miami. From 2015-2022 she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at High Point University (HPU), a private regional college in High Point, NC, where she earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in the spring of 2022. From 2020-2022, she served as the Interim Chair of Biology at HPU. She is currently Associate Professor and the Maryland E-Nnovation Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Goucher College. Her contributions to science have come in the form of research breakthroughs in cell biology, cellular self-eating, and membrane traffic. Her lab at Goucher College is not only the home base for her research program, but a place where undergraduate students receive one‐on‐one mentoring as they strive to develop their identity in science and research. Dr. Segarra co-founded and co-directs the Alliance to Catalyze Change for Equity in STEM Success (ACCESS; NSF 1744098) organization, a group of scientific society diversity-focused committees coming together to exchange promising practices and data. She is also co-PI on the ADVANCE Partnership grant that is sponsoring ACCESS growing into a larger network of societies, known as ACCESS+ (NSF 2017953). Most recently, Dr. Segarra and her ACCESS team received a BIO-LEAPS grant to establish a Research Coordination Network that aims to crowdsource evidence-based solutions to persistent cultural challenges scientific societies face (NSF 2134725). This is the grant that funds our LED-BIO meeting.


]]> 2023-09-26 13:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721289328 Robin Greenler ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721290353
Robin Greenler works with faculty and future faculty to support the development of equitable, inclusive, and culturally competent approaches to teaching and learning in STEM fields.   As Interim Associate Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) at University of Wisconsin Madison, Robin engages national networks in support of evidenced-based and equitable practices for STEM faculty.  Robin is part of a team that is developing the Inclusive STEM Teaching MOOC.]]> 2023-09-26 13:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721290353 Deanna Clemmer ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721329174 Deanna Clemmer was a LED-BIO participant in 2022 and currently serves as a Science Ambassador for LED-BIO in 2023. Her love for science began when she found a decent, old microscope in a Goodwill on a Saturday afternoon when she was 7 years old. From science fairs to community outreach, Deanna’s love for the world of research grew and bloomed when she began college at High Point University in 2014. Between her involvement in most of the musical groups on campus and classes, she found a natural talent in the lab setting, working in various research labs until the day she graduated. She is currently a 2nd-year graduate student in the lab of Dr. Harry Taylor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Their lab studies the interplay between HIV-1, host metabolism, innate immunity, and inflammation in the context of both acute and chronic infection with the goal of ameliorating the burden of co-morbidities in people living with HIV. When she’s not in the lab, she can be found playing one of her many instruments, hiking, reading, or following her passions through outreach and volunteer work. After obtaining her PhD, Deanna aspires to continue her work in virus associated inflammation and head her own lab that provides research opportunities to underrepresented students.]]> 2023-09-26 14:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721329174 Deanna Clemmer ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721351132 Deanna Clemmer was a LED-BIO participant in 2022 and currently serves as a Science Ambassador for LED-BIO in 2023. Her love for science began when she found a decent, old microscope in a Goodwill on a Saturday afternoon when she was 7 years old. From science fairs to community outreach, Deanna’s love for the world of research grew and bloomed when she began college at High Point University in 2014. Between her involvement in most of the musical groups on campus and classes, she found a natural talent in the lab setting, working in various research labs until the day she graduated. She is currently a 2nd-year graduate student in the lab of Dr. Harry Taylor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Their lab studies the interplay between HIV-1, host metabolism, innate immunity, and inflammation in the context of both acute and chronic infection with the goal of ameliorating the burden of co-morbidities in people living with HIV. When she’s not in the lab, she can be found playing one of her many instruments, hiking, reading, or following her passions through outreach and volunteer work. After obtaining her PhD, Deanna aspires to continue her work in virus associated inflammation and head her own lab that provides research opportunities to underrepresented students.]]> 2023-09-26 14:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721351132 Jennifer Pesanelli ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721872496 Jennifer Pesanelli is the Executive Officer of the Biophysical Society (BPS), a 7,000 member organization with robust meetings, publications, and professional development programs for scientists working at the interface of physical and life sciences. Jennifer is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) with over 25 years of experience working with scientific, non-profit organizations. Prior to joining BPS, Jennifer was the Deputy Executive Director for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) where she worked with multiple member and client societies in addition to overseeing FASEB programs and operations. She is a member of the American Society for Association Executives, the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing for which she served on the Board of Directors from 2015-2017 before serving as President in 2018. ]]> 2023-09-26 19:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2721872496 Share a social media post or picture with the rest of us! Add items to this Padlet column by clicking on the "+" sign and populating the stickie that pops up with what you want to share, a link to a post, a picture attachment, or your social media handle so that we can follow you! veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723542404 2023-09-27 17:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723542404 @ASCBiology on Twitter veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723546586 2023-09-27 17:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723546586 @SocietiesACCESS on Twitter veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723547895 2023-09-27 17:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723547895 @MBLScience veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723549707 2023-09-27 17:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723549707 Think Tank Attendee List and Affiliations veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723550837 2023-09-27 17:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2723550837 Holly Boettger-Tong ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2724768657 Dr. Holly Boettger-Tong is a Professor in the Department of Biology and Chair of the Division of Science and Mathematics at Wesleyan College, and President of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (2023-2025). Her lab examines the role of retinoids in the control of uterine smooth muscle cell biology and explores the influence of environmental contaminants on Danio rerio development. Recent grants include an NSF S-STEM award, designed to support the Student Preparation and Retention Collaborative (SPARC) Scholars Program, which aims to improve STEM retention and graduate outcomes for socioeconomically disadvantaged, high achieving undergraduate students. Holly has worked with a diversity of Colleges and K-12 partners in the context of Math Science Partnership (MSP) and GEAR UP funded collaborations. Prior to her arrival at Wesleyan, Holly was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, where she worked on exon trapping the mouse Y chromosome and on characterization of the Juvenile Spermatogonial Depletion (Jsd) mutant mouse; at Baylor she mentored undergraduate, graduate and medical students. Prior to her work at Baylor, Holly was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Medical Center, Houston, in the Department of Pharmacology. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Holly and her husband John are blessed with three adult children.  ]]> 2023-09-28 14:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2724768657 Hashtags for LED-BIO 2023: #scidiversity #ledbio #inclusioninstem veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727697314 2023-10-01 20:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727697314 Taylor Lightner veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727697928 Dr. Taylor Lighter is a co-PI on the LED-BIO project and a Research Coordinator at Quality Education for Minorities Network (QEM). At QEM she provides support for the Lumina Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant-funded projects by managing their daily operation and conducting research. She obtained her Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in the area of Engineering Education.]]> 2023-10-01 20:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727697928 Sakib Hussen veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727698865 Sakib Hussen is a freshman at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, double majoring in computer science and data science. He is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems and making a positive impact on the world. He is particularly interested in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and he sees these technologies as having the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives.]]> 2023-10-01 20:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727698865 veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727699656 Abdul K. Siam is a sophomore double majoring in Computer Science and Data Science and minoring in Business Management at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD. Aside from academics, Abdul is the Academic Honor Board Chair, a member of the Board of Trustees Goucher College Student Success Committee, an Arsht Presidential Diplomat, and a Resident Assistant. He is leading the Goucher College Student Government Association as the Attorney General with the vision of creating an environment where everyone’s voice will be heard.]]> 2023-10-01 20:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727699656 The LED-BIO MERLOT community webpage veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727724840 2023-10-01 21:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727724840 An introduction to the three challenges LED-BIO aims to address veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727730137 2023-10-01 21:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2727730137 Sarah Bondos ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729123805 Sarah Bondos is an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University, where her research focuses on understanding functional diversity in intrinsically disordered proteins and engineering functionalized biomaterials.  This second branch of research led her found Bondwell Technologies in 2017, for which she currently serves as its Chief Scientific Officer.  Sarah has won several mentoring awards from TAMU’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, which encompasses 80 students and >100 faculty across 3 colleges.  She became involved in addressing issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion while serving as the chair of the Genetics Student Mentoring Committee.  She served as co-PI on a NIH T32 Supplement, running a series of workshops to improve faculty advising and mentoring and enhance the sensitivity of faculty to issues involving diversity, equity and inclusion.  In the Biophysical Society, Sarah was a member of the Biophysical Society’s Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women from 2016-2022, During this time she organized workshops on Designing and implementing strategies to prevent and recover from burnout, Beyond reporting: How to be an ally to those experiencing harassment, and Rebuilding Research Group Momentum During the COVID-19 Era.  She has volunteered as a mentor for BPS’s Speed Mentoring and a panelist for the Postdoc to Faculty Q&A (2014-12016)   Sarah is currently president-elect of the Gibbs Society of Biological Thermodynamics.

]]> 2023-10-02 18:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729123805 Brian Tsukimura ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729130655 Brian Tsukimura is a professor at California State University, Fresno. His research interests include Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology, Climate Change Ecophysiology, Invasive Species Biology, and Crustacean Biology. Dr. Tsukimura holds a PhD in zoology & endocrinology and master’s in zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is the treasurer-elect of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.]]> 2023-10-02 18:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729130655 Want to share resources with the rest of us? Add items to this Padlet column by clicking on the "+" sign and populating the stickie that pops up with what you want to share (for example a document attachment, link, or like). Thanks! veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729226469 2023-10-02 20:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2729226469 Challenge 2 Google Doc https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730431697 2023-10-03 15:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730431697 Scott Glisson veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730534059 Scott Glisson is CEO of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The AIBS mission is to promote the use of science to inform decision-making and advance biology for the benefit of science and society. Our work at AIBS is focused on three strategic priorities that include: Publications and communications (Communication); Scientific Peer Advisory and Review Services(Assessment); and Community Programs (training). AIBS is committed to increasing inclusion, diversity, equity, and acceptance, and accessibility (IDEA2) in the biological sciences. AIBS is focusing on developing programs that center around our core activities of assessment, training, and communication.]]> 2023-10-03 16:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730534059 James Verdier veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730538601 James is Senior Editor of BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), a nonprofit scientific society. He collaborates with BioScience's senior staff and the journal's publishing partner, Oxford University Press, to provide scientists, decision-makers, and the general public with peer-reviewed and authoritative overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussions relevant to the field.

James also works with AIBS staff on a number of other programs aimed at scientific professional education and science communication, including hosting BioScience's podcast interview series, BioScience Talks.

]]> 2023-10-03 16:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730538601 Jasmin Graham veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730546763 Jasmin Graham is a shark scientist and environmental educator who specializes in elasmobranch (shark and ray) ecology and evolution. Her research interests include smalltooth sawfish movement ecology and hammerhead shark phylogeny. She serves on the Board of Directors as well as the Equity and Diversity Committee for the American Elasmobranch Society. Jasmin was named the 2021 WWF Conservation Leader. She has a passion for science education and making science more accessible to everyone. She is project coordinator for the MarSci-LACE project, which is focused on researching and promoting best practices to recruit, support and retain minority students in marine science. Jasmin is the President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS), an organization dedicated to supporting women of color in shark sciences. She is excited to help open doors for more underrepresented minority students to join the exciting field of marine science.

Jasmin’s work encompasses the areas of science communication, social justice, outreach, education and conservation. She cares deeply about protecting endangered and vulnerable marine species, particularly elasmobranchs. She works in collaboration with Havenworth Coastal Conservation to study movements of elasmobranchs in Sarasota Bay. She has been featured on "Dive In with Sylvia Earle" and "StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson" as well as several other podcasts and webinar series. She was also an organizer for the 2020 “Black in Marine Science Week” and is a member of Black Women in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Science (BWEEMS).

Jasmin graduated from the College of Charleston in 2017 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and a B.A. in Spanish. She went on to receive her MSc. in Biological Science from Florida State University through the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
]]> 2023-10-03 16:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730546763 LED-BIO Linked In Group veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730553837 2023-10-03 16:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730553837 Jim Gelsleichter, Ph.D. ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730790272 Professor of Biology
Director, UNF Coastal and Marine Biology Flagship Program
University of North Florida
 
Dr. Gelsleichter joined the University of North Florida faculty as an Assistant Professor of Biology in August 2008, was promoted to Associate Professor in Fall 2014, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2022. He is also current Director of UNF’s Coastal and Marine Biology Flagship Program, one of the University’s most prestigious academic programs. He teaches introductory-level and advanced courses in topics such as General Biology, Endocrinology, Environmental Toxicology, and Shark Biology to UNF undergraduates and graduate students. Since his arrival in 2008, Jim has managed the UNF Shark Biology Program, a highly active and well-funded research program focusing on the biology and ecology of sharks and rays with special emphasis on shark populations in northeast Florida. The UNF Shark Biology Program has been monitoring the species composition and abundance of sharks off the northeast FL and southeast GA coast for the past 15 years, providing data critical for the management and conservation of these important marine animals. The program is also well known for its highly publicized work on the development and use of nonlethal approaches for studying reproduction in sharks and rays, including the endangered smalltooth sawfish, and its studies on the effects of environmental pollution on shark populations, including those impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Dr. Gelsleichter’s other career accomplishments include over 15 years of experience serving as Principal Investigator of NSF-funded, underrepresented minority-focused Research Experiences for Undergraduate Programs, and he was recently elected as President of the American Elasmobranch Society. Jim completed his doctorate at the College of William and Mary’s School of Marine Science, working on the Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Shark Survey, the longest-running fishery-independent study of shark populations in the world. After receiving his degree, he was also employed as a shark biologist for 10 years at the Mote Marine Laboratory, an independent non-profit marine research institution well-known for its long history of conducting shark research.
]]> 2023-10-03 18:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730790272 DaJoie Croslan ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730798621 Dr. DaJoie Croslan is the Chief Operations and Diversity Officer at the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) responsible for the effective planning, direction, and operation of activities of major significance to the organization. She works closely with staff and stakeholder groups to identify and develop solutions to operational challenges, promote AIBS programs, cultivate relationships, and ensure that AIBS is working internally and externally to foster a more diverse and equitable organization and society. She serves as the co-chair of the AIBS IDEA2 (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Acceptance and Accessibility) Committee and oversees all of AIBS’ IDEA2 initiatives. Dr. Croslan received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science with a concentration in Neuroscience from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgetown University Medical Center’s Lombardi Cancer Institute. ]]> 2023-10-03 18:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730798621 Karina Nakayama ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730970147 Karina H. Nakayama is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Dr. Nakayama's lab develops regenerative and immunomodulatory biomaterials to enhance engineered vasculature, muscle, and complex multi-tissue composites to develop therapies for ischemic cardiovascular diseases and traumatic musculoskeletal injuries. We approach these engineering challenges using biomaterial spatial patterning and immunomodulation combined with insights gained through computational biology and regenerative rehabilitation. 
Prior to OHSU, Dr. Nakayama received her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Davis with her dissertation work aimed at developing regenerative therapies for congenital kidney diseases using decellularized kidney matrices and directed differentiation of stem cells towards renal lineages. She performed her postdoctoral work at Stanford University in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery working towards enhancing angiogenesis in ischemic limbs and engineering atheroprotective vascular grafts and myocardial tissues through the manipulation of spatial and mechanical properties.



]]> 2023-10-03 21:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2730970147 What Can Professional Scientific Societies Do to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Case Study of the American Elasmobranch Society https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731103445 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.842618 ]]> 2023-10-04 00:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731103445 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731104913 Veronica Segarra kicking off the LED-BIO meeting today.]]> 2023-10-04 00:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731104913 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731262925 2023-10-04 02:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731262925 Challenge 1 Google Doc veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731893274 2023-10-04 11:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731893274 Frontiers research topic: (17 peer-reviewed articles) Professional and Scientific Societies Impacting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEMM veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731898818 2023-10-04 11:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731898818 Challenge 3 Google Doc (Friday 10/6/23) veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731899437 2023-10-04 11:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731899437 Saundra Johnson Austin veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731908159 Saundra Johnson Austin is the Founder and President & CEO of Charis (pronounced Kare'us) Consulting Group LLC. The organization specializes in building intellectual and human capacity for education and community transformation. She has 25 years of experience in corporate America, secondary and postsecondary education, community and workforce development and non-profit organizations.
As a champion for the education of underrepresented minorities in engineering and the sciences, Saundra has published and presented papers at national conferences, Fortune 500 companies, as well as government agencies throughout the country. Also, in her quest to transform the educational and leadership landscape, she serves on numerous boards, as well as memberships with various national, regional and local organizations.

Saundra is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Executive MBA program during which she was awarded the Selected Professions Fellowship by the American Association of University Women. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, as well as a a life membership with the Penn State Alumni Association.

McKeesport, Pennsylvania is Saundra's hometown. She enjoys mentoring youth in the community and volunteering as a reading tutor. Rev. Clyde L. Austin, Jr. is her husband and she is a step-mom to their son, Joshua, and daughter, Charity.
]]> 2023-10-04 11:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2731908159 Tuesday Night Welcome Slide Deck veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732039184 2023-10-04 13:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732039184 veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732049978 2023-10-04 13:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732049978 A history of DEI at ASB https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732104569 2023-10-04 13:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732104569 Remote Connection Information veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732106604 Join Zoom Meeting
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]]> 2023-10-04 13:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732106604 Welcome to our first Town Hall from the MBL! https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732151469 2023-10-04 14:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732151469 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732190024 2023-10-04 14:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732190024 Miriam Segura ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732263625 Dr. Miriam Segura is a biology professor and the Harry B. Forester Eminent Scholars Chair in Biological Sciences at the University of North Georgia (UNG). Her research interests focus on methods that promote critical thinking in undergraduates, specifically the analysis of primary scientific literature in the classroom. Dr. Segura’s teaching was recognized in 2016 through UNG’s most prestigious honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2017 through the University System of Georgia Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award (Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award). She is President-Elect for the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER), and she has served as an editor for the Journal for Microbiology and Biology Education (JMBE) and the STEM Education section of Frontiers Journals. ]]> 2023-10-04 15:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732263625 Social Media post https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732349849 2023-10-04 15:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732349849 Marcos E. García-Ojeda mgarciaojeda1 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732391430 Dr. Marcos E. García-Ojeda is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Merced. He is the Past President of SABER, the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research. At UC Merced, he served as Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence and currently chairs the senate committee in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. ]]> 2023-10-04 16:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732391430 Social Media Post Day 01 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732415687 2023-10-04 16:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732415687 Social Media Post Day 01 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732418445 2023-10-04 16:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732418445 Challenge #1 Think Tank Notes veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732556814 2023-10-04 18:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732556814 Challenge #2 Think Tank Notes https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732810317 2023-10-04 22:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732810317 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732874430 https://bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/2/1-2/4/]]> 2023-10-04 23:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732874430 Article describing the self-study and initial steps towards anti-racism in SABER. https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732877770 2023-10-04 23:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2732877770 Caffeinated and Motivated! https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2733938514 Super excited for Day 2 as we tackle the inclusivity of scientists in career transitions by scientific societies! ]]> 2023-10-05 13:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2733938514 Patricia Hernandez veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734004801 Patricia is Professor of Biology at George Washington University and President of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. The Hernandez lab studies craniofacial development using the zebrafish model system. The Hernandez lab research centers around uncovering the developmental mechanisms involved in vertebrate head formation. ]]> 2023-10-05 14:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734004801 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734167995 2023-10-05 15:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734167995 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734170577 2023-10-05 15:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734170577 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734172043 2023-10-05 15:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734172043 Social Media post Day 02 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734688566 2023-10-06 00:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734688566 Social Media Post Day 02 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734689220 2023-10-06 00:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734689220 Day-02 post https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734693334 2023-10-06 00:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734693334 Rare Book Tour at the MBL on Day 2! https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734857065 2023-10-06 02:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734857065 Morgan’s Nobel Prize Medal @ the MBL! https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734860028 2023-10-06 02:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2734860028 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735704744 2023-10-06 14:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735704744 Bliss over Eel Pond https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735706261 2023-10-06 14:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735706261 martinezacostalab https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735728498 Veronica is a professor of biology at the University of the Incarnate Word, a Hispanic-serving institution in San Antonio, Texas. Martinez Acosta earned a PhD in zoology from Texas A&M University in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Zoran. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas under the direction of Dr. Bing Zang, now at the University of Missouri. Her lab investigates cellular and molecular mechanisms governing neural regeneration and wound healing using the annelid worm, Lumbriculus variegatus. Her most recent work includes a collaboration characterizing photoreception in Lumbriculus. This research, carried out primarily by undergraduates, has been supported by the NSF and the DoD. Veronica has extensive experience teaching undergraduate courses in cellular biology, developmental biology, and the neurosciences. She has proudly served as an executive officer for the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) and currently serves as Chair of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Education Committee. She mentors junior faculty and postdocs through the BRAINS program and SEEDiversity APA program. Veronica has served as the co-director/co-PI of the MBL NSF REU program, Biological Discovery in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for several years and is an active member of the Whitman Center Steering Committee.  She has embraced her role within the scientific community to serve as a voice for those who are marginalized through invited talks and proceedings on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM. ]]> 2023-10-06 14:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735728498 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735789180 2023-10-06 15:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735789180 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735791515 SABER's PEER Network started as a Special Interest Group and is currently in transition to a standing committee of the organization, with more direct lines of communication to Executive Committee (monthly Steering Committee meeting attended by standing committee chairs + EC), and more direct access to society resources (can request funds).]]> 2023-10-06 15:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735791515 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735792424 Scroll down to see an example of a PEER Spotlight.]]> 2023-10-06 15:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735792424 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735806568 Focus on facilitated conversations and acknowledging comments made through facilitation practices]]> 2023-10-06 15:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735806568 Challenge #3 Think Tank NOTES veronicasegarra https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735930018 2023-10-06 17:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735930018 Social Media Post Day 03 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735958475 2023-10-06 17:52:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2735958475 Can We Talk Movies mgarciaojeda1 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736008673 Two films by filmmaker Dr. Kendall Moore on how to diversify STEM.
  • Can We Talk?: Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields 
  • Can We Talk? 2: White Allies
]]> 2023-10-06 18:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736008673 Beronda L. Montgomery mgarciaojeda1 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736011070 Author of "Lessons from Plants"]]> 2023-10-06 18:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736011070 2023 LED-BIO Evaluation https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736014988 https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9FgifBFkOYLqdbU]]> 2023-10-06 18:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736014988 Race Matters mgarciaojeda1 https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736049971 Article by David Asai, where he introduces the term PEERs—persons excluded because of their ethnicity or race.

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]]> 2023-10-06 20:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736074093 Safe travels everyone! Thanks for your partnership! https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736405219 2023-10-07 11:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736405219 Demographic Options for the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance: A Living, Research-Informed Inclusive Guide for Selecting Demographics https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736525212 This is a living, research-based, inclusive guide for selecting demographics developed by the research team of the Aspire Alliance.]]> 2023-10-07 14:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/2736525212 Karina Nakayama ppecku https://padlet.com/ppecku/k6wfpvu6if2srdwk/wish/3122068302 Karina H. Nakayama is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Dr. Nakayama's lab develops regenerative and immunomodulatory biomaterials to enhance engineered vasculature, muscle, and complex multi-tissue composites to develop therapies for ischemic cardiovascular diseases and traumatic musculoskeletal injuries. We approach these engineering challenges using biomaterial spatial patterning and immunomodulation combined with insights gained through computational biology and regenerative rehabilitation. 
Prior to OHSU, Dr. Nakayama received her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Davis with her dissertation work aimed at developing regenerative therapies for congenital kidney diseases using decellularized kidney matrices and directed differentiation of stem cells towards renal lineages. She performed her postdoctoral work at Stanford University in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery working towards enhancing angiogenesis in ischemic limbs and engineering atheroprotective vascular grafts and myocardial tissues through the manipulation of spatial and mechanical properties.



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