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SUMMARY:CBSN Career Chat: From Engineer to Entrepreneur with Ajoa Mintah (November 13)
DESCRIPTION:All CBSN Members are invited to join us for our first CBSN Career Chat of Fall 2024! \nNovember 13\, 2024 \n4pm ET \nTopic: Engineer to Entrepreneur\nwith Ajoa Mintah\nFounder\, Four All Ice Cream \nLearn more about Ajoa in this article: https://canadiansme.ca/four-all-ice-cream-ajoa-mintahs-recipe-for-community-and-quality/ \nCheck out Four All Ice Cream: https://www.fourall.ca/ \n  \n  \n\nNeed the registration link?\n\nCheck on Slack or\nLogin to your membership account then click this link for registration information\n\nCBSN Career Chats (or C3) is a monthly\, drop-in discussion series providing an opportunity for people exploring different career options to chat with experienced professionals for career insight\, advice\, and answers to their questions.\n\nSecond Wednesday of each month\nOctober 2024 to May 2025\n4pm ET\n\nEach session will have a focus derived from member suggestions\, although organic questions and conversations are expected and encouraged!\nShare ideas for focal topics or offers for sharing professional insights on this form.\nThis series is open to CBSN Members and to contributors who will be invited by the program committee.  \nRegister once and we will remind you each month. \nWatch this space for future session announcements! \n\nNovember 13\nDecember 11\nJanuary 8\nFeburary 12\nMarch 12\nApril 9\nMay 14
URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/cbsn-career-chats-placeholder-wednesday-october-9th-2024/
CATEGORIES:CBSN Career Chat
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SUMMARY:BE-STEMM Seminar: Developing Biophotonics Technologies using Melanin\, Azo dyes and Natural Polymers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next seminar of 2024. \nNovember 20\, 4pm ET \nTitle: Developing Biophotonics Technologies using Melanin\, Azo dyes and Natural Polymers\nDr. Kayrel Edwards\nPost-doctoral Research Fellow (York University\, Department of Physics & Astronomy\, Department of Psychology\, MiBar Lab\, Steeves Lab) \n  \nBio: \nKayrel Edwards is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at York University.  Originally from St. Vincent and the Grenadines\, Kayrel completed her PhD in Chemistry from the McGill University in 2023.  She is the author of 6 peer reviewed manuscripts and has presented her work on photo-reversible azo dye/natural polymer complexes at over 15 conferences\, receiving the best oral presentation award at Canadian Chemistry Conference & Exhibition (CCCE) 2021. In 2024\, Kayrel received a Connected Minds Post-doctoral fellowship\, supported by Canada First Research Excellence Fund\, to develop Biophotonics Technologies at York U\, joint between the Department of Physics & Astronomy\,  and Department of Psychology.  Her current research interests involve ‘Erasing Racism in Optical Technologies’ by designing skin phantoms and performing brain studies involving near-InfraRed (NIR) light.  Kayrel is passionate about community outreach and looks forward to engaging with high school students in the GTA region to encourage enrolment in Biophysics amongst black children. \nAbstract: \nTo create a more sustainable and ethical future\, we must continue to transition from the use of petrol-based polymers to natural polymers which can biodegrade into non-toxic components. The combination of natural polymers such as cellulose and chitosan\, with a photo-switchable small azo molecule\, can produce smart materials that can be used for a wide range of applications.  In the first part of my talk\, I will present results from my Doctoral work on developing photo-reversible materials capable of controlled assembly/disassembly in response to different wavelengths of light.  Plastic alternatives were prepared by ionically bonding natural polymers with azo dyes\, and the materials were easily disassembled using blue or green light into their original starting components to be recycled to prepare 2nd generation materials. In the second part of my talk\, I will present preliminary results on the fabrication of melanin-azo-chitosan skin phantoms\, to increase the sensitivity of Biophotonics Technologies which utilize NIR light.  The goal here is to increase the sensitivity of fNIRs instruments (e.g. pulse and cerebral oximeters) when measuring darker skin tones and deep tissue\, to erase racism in optical technologies. \n  \n——————– \nOur monthly online seminar series\, features STEMM scholarship from across disciplines\, aimed at a general STEMM audience. \nAll are welcome! \n\n4pm ET\nThird Wednesday of every month\nOctober 2024 through May 2025.\n\nRegister once and we will remind you each month. \n \nWatch this space for seminar speaker announcements! \n\nDecember 18\nJanuary 15\nFebruary 19\nMarch 19\nApril 16\nMay 21\n\n\nThe CBSN/RCSN gratefully acknowledges the University of Toronto Scarborough and its support as the Network Host Institution\, and the Academic Program Committee of the Network for the BE-STEMM Seminar Series.
URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/be-stemm-seminar-developing-biophotonics-technologies-using-melanin-azo-dyes-and-natural-polymers/
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