FNNDSC Weekly Newsletter - Week 7
Happy Valentine's Day!
Dr. M. Judah Folkman Research Day, June 1st, 2022
Each year for the past 21 years, over 100 investigators from more than 25 departments, divisions and programs have used Dr. M. Judah Folkman Research Day to present their research to the Boston Children's Hospital community. Research Day is named in memory of the late Dr. Judah Folkman, founder and former chief of the Program in Vascular Biology, and a pioneering scientist in the field of angiogenesis. Call for Poster Abstracts Clinical fellows, research postdoctoral fellows, residents, instructors, technicians, clinical coordinators, and students are invited to submit abstracts. Please note the presenting author cannot be a PI. Selected submissions will be invited to give oral presentations at Medical or Surgical Grand Rounds on June 1st, 2022. They will be accepting abstracts from February 14 - March 15, 2022. Posters:
At present they expect, similar to last year, to hold a virtual poster session. Presenters will be asked to prepare a slide presentation of up to 8 slides instead of an actual poster. These presentations will be uploaded to an internal Wiki site as pdfs. The audience will be able to view the posters for three days starting on June 1st Email addresses for the first author will be provided so that viewers can reach out and ask any question they may have. If an in-person poster session becomes possible, it will be on June 1, from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Longwood Inn.
Abstract submissions are to be uploaded as a single page PDF:
Please include the abstract title, authors, and affiliations at the top of the uploaded pdf
Limit one abstract per first author.
NO FIGURES are permitted in the abstract
Please name the file to be uploaded with your first initial, last name, date with no spaces. i.e., J_Smith_2022.
Please use the Division, Program, or Department in which your lab or program is located as your primary affiliation.
Submission deadline is March 15, 2022 @ 5 pm
February 17th: LIVE: NBS Webinar Session: Dr. Adam Kirton
February 24th: LIVE: QI/Research Webinar: Dr. Kathy McCoy
Flux 2022 | September 7-9, 2022 | La Sorbonne Paris, France
The deadline to submit a symposia abstract is February 25, 2022.
Learn more about their 2022 Paris Flux Congress and submit your Symposia HERE.
The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism: August 28 – September 1, 2022
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Call for Abstracts/Posters submissions has been extended to Friday March 18, 2022
Society for Neuroscience: November 12-16, 2022; San Diego, CA
online abstract submission opens on June 21
More information on abstract deadlines here: Society for Neuroscience - Dates and Deadlines (sfn.org)
51ST CNS ANNUAL MEETING: The 51st CNS Annual Meeting will be held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio October 12-15, 2022.
The abstract submission portal will be open February 1 – April 1, 2022. More information here: CNS Annual Meeting - Child Neurology Society
Various Dates: Newborn Brain Society - Fetal Neurology Webinar Series Helpful Links ▴ Research Computing Data Management ▴ Research Computing Self Portal ▴ Research Announcements & News ▴ Office of Sponsored Programs Updates ▴ Funding Opportunities and Links ▴ Staff Resources - Covid-19 ▴ Covid Vaccine FAQs
FNNDSC Wellness Club
Last year, four members of FNNDSC including Filiz Yetisir and Ai Wern Chung formed a 'virtual exercise club' to motivate each other to move more. They logged in how many minutes of exercise they did each week in a google doc and had a chat group to interact with each other on a weekly basis. They logged in 25140 minutes in total last year, with a weekly group average of 483 minutes. The winner was Ai with an average of 209 minutes/week, and Filiz followed with 199 minutes/week. The group's favorite activities were walking (184 minutes/week), running (104 minutes/week), biking (64 minutes/week), and yoga (63 minutes/week).
Given last year's success, they intend to continue with the virtual exercise club this year and logged in 687 minutes with 3 members in the first week of January, very strong start to the year! They would like to extend an invitation to everyone and are eager to welcome new members! They are also thinking about having in person club meetings in the office or elsewhere from time to time to celebrate all the exercise in 2022, COVID permitting.
If you are interested, email winona.bruce-baiden@childrens.harvard.edu to be added to the wellness club Slack.
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