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September 2024 BMB Monthly Newsletter

From the Outreach Office

Everybody take one last deep breath before the school year gets going full-swing! Seminars are back, RIPS are back, conferences are happening, oh my! Make sure to tell your friends about our faculty search (due date is October 1!) and to sign up for Jill’s Maroon Walkers for the Cancer Walk at the end of the month.

PhD Comics by Jorge Cham, PhD

New Hires

BMB Seminars

Sep 11, 12pm – Dmitry Lyumkis, PhD, Salk Institute

Sep 25, 12pm – Jeff Gelles, PhD, Brandeis

RIPS

Sep 20 – Haley Barlow – Top Tips for Presentation Prep!

Sep 27 – Sarah Zvornicanin (Schiffer Lab) // Michelle Mosqueda (Massi Lab)

FREE Events In & Around Worcester

Any time – volunteer with One Leaf Corp (run by our own Webb Camille in the Xu Lab) by emailing oneleafcorp@gmail.com

Sundays, 7-8pm - Echoes of Tranquility Sound Bath

Fridays, 10am - Free Coffee Tastings at Acoustic Java

Sep 4, 5-8pm - Annual Celebration at ArtsWorcester

Sep 7, 2-6pm - 2024 Stone Park [Classical] Music Festival

Sep 7, 3-8pm - Worcester PRIDE Festival (finally!!!)

Sep 7, 8-9:30pm - studioXpresents: GRIMM Aerial Dance Revue

Sep 8, 12-6pm - Middle Eastern Picnic

Sep 15, 12-4pm - Record Hop (vibes are free, records are not)

Sep 17, 7-9pm - Preparing your Garden for Winter

Sep 26, 6-9pm - Retro Video Game Night @ Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co.

Worcester Pride Events
Sep 5, 5-9pm - LGTBQ+ PRIDE Celebration at New England Botanic Garden

Sep 8, 11am-4pm - Be You Drag Brunch

Sep 13, 6-8pm - PRIDE at the [Polar] Park

From the UMass Chan OWB

Sep 19, 1pm - Earth Yoga

Sep 27, 11am-3pm - Farmer’s Market

…and more!

Department News

The Department took a trip to Polar Park for a fun evening of fellowship, franks, and fbaseball. Some even participated in the cardboard car race contest and won a free car wash!

New Funding Awards

Blog Posts & Social Media

Follow the BMB department on Instagram, X, TikTok, and its blog!

Feature of the Month

Publications

#newscience alert!

• In through the out door: A loop-binding-first model for topological cohesion loading (BioEssays) Nick Rhind

• Long wavelength near-infrared and red light-driven consecutive photo-induced electron transfer for highly effective photoredox catalysis (Nat Commun) Gang Han & colleagues

Wellness

Haley is currently working through a list of wellness column ideas pinned up at her desk. If you have a subject you’d like to learn more about (or make sure your coworkers learn about), please do not hesitate to reach out to Haley to make a suggestion. The next idea on Haley’s list is best practices for promoting and maintaining sexual health, so here we go!

To protect the preferences of everyone reading this newsletter, this month’s Wellness Column will just be a list of resources with links about sexual health. If you’d like to learn more, click on through! If you don’t feel comfortable reading about sexual health and safer sex practices, then keep on scrolling.

• Safer sex practices from Planned Parenthood & Johns Hopkins

• Many resources from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including:

  • Types of reproductive health services available in MA

  • Where to find reproductive health services in MA

  • The facts about emergency contraception

  • Info about post-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of bacterial STI’s

  • Info about HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)

  • Mpox vaccination resources

  • HIV info

  • Info about Zika virus

• Make sure to get your annual wellness check-up with your primary care provider EVERY YEAR.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

EAP: 1-800-322-5327 or eap@umassmed.edu

Emergency numbers

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988

MA Behavioral Health Help Line (can also text this number!): 833-773-2445

SAMHSA National Helpline (in English and Spanish!): 1-800-662-4357

Worcester Community HealthLink: 1-866-549-2142

Check out the Office of Well-Being Newsletter in your inbox from hr.communications+umassmed.edu@ccsend.com for even more resources!

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