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SUMMARY:CBSN Career Chats: Charting the academic job market and the path to faculty: Insights from applications to interviews and negotiations
DESCRIPTION:All CBSN Members are invited to join us for the next CBSN Career Chat \nApril 9\, 2025 \n4pm ET \nTopic: Charting the academic job market and the path to faculty: Insights from applications to interviews and negotiations\nwith \nDr. Joseph O. Olajide\nAssistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland \nBio: \nDr. Joseph Olayemi Olajide is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland\, where he leads research focused on understanding the brain’s aging process and diseases like Alzheimer’s. With a passion for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration processes\, his research explores novel therapeutic strategies targeting neuronal vulnerability\, with a focus on sex-related differences in neurodegeneration. Dr. Olajide earned his Ph.D. through a program between the University of Ilorin and University College London\, where he uncovered how mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress drive neuropathology in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease. Following his doctoral work\, he expanded his expertise at the highly prestigious International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Italy\, focusing on pharmacologic and gene therapy interventions for rare neurodegenerative diseases. As a research associate and lecturer at the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neuroscience at Concordia University in Canada\, Dr. Olajide developed innovative methods to study mechanisms underlying the selective vulnerability of the entorhinal cortex\, a brain region essential for memory and cognition. His research provided key insights into the early pathogenic mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease\, including how sex-related differences impact its progression. \nDr. Olajide has demonstrated significant accomplishments in academic settings\, including leading cutting-edge research projects\, mentoring emerging scientists\, and making several key contributions to scientific literature. A recipient of multiple prestigious research awards and grants from Canadian and international institutions\, Dr. Olajide continues to push the boundaries of neurodegenerative research while mentoring the next generation of scientists. Based on a passion for advocating for brain science and mental health research across all strata of society\, Dr. Olajide has been involved in managing and leading strategic programs of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy (CBRS)\, a pan-Canadian organization with a mission to push the frontiers of brain science\, for the benefit of all Canadians. As a Black neuroscientist and advocate for diversity in academia\, Dr. Olajide is committed to advancing the next generation of scientific leaders\, with a focus on mentoring and empowering underrepresented groups in neuroscience. His career trajectory\, marked by successful collaborations and transformative research\, serves as a model for aspiring academics navigating the complexities of the academic job market. Dr. Olajide’s work exemplifies the intersection of innovation\, mentorship\, and impactful scientific discovery. \n\nPlease contact the CBSN Project Administrator if you are a member looking for the registration link! \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\nMay 14
URL:https://blackscientists.ca/be-stemm-event/cbsn-career-chats-charting-the-academic-job-market-and-the-path-to-faculty-insights-from-applications-to-interviews-and-negotiations/
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SUMMARY:BE-STEMM Seminar: Dynein motor and its adaptors\, a journey from yeast to mammalian immune cells
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next seminar of 2025. \nApril 16\, 4pm ET \nTitle: Dynein motor and its adaptors\, a journey from yeast to mammalian immune cells\nwith \nDr. Safia Omer\nPost-doctoral fellow cell biologist at the University of Toronto \nBio: \nDr. Safia Omer is a post-doctoral fellow cell biologist at the University of Toronto with +13 years of expertise in biology research using diverse models such as Plasmodium and Leishmania parasites\, budding yeast and immune cells. In her research\, she applies advanced fluorescence imaging\, biochemistry\, and cell-based assays to examine the regulation of microtubule-associated proteins. \nAbstract: \nMy work focuses on examining the regulation of an evolutionary conserved motor protein dynein and how and when it associates with its diverse cargos. I examine dynein regulation in yeast\, a unicellular organism and in mouse macrophage\, a specialized immune cell that remove microbes such as bacteria and parasites. Following contact with these targets\, macrophages extend their plasma membranes to surround and encapsulate the particles within an enclosed-membrane compartment known as the phagosome. I identified that ninein\, an adaptor protein\, is required for the recruitment of the dynein complex to the phagocytic membrane. Drugs that inhibit dynein activity or experimental depletion of ninein protein from macrophages reduces the inward pulling on the developing phagosome. Finally\, I found that this early phagosome movement is required for promoting downstream processes that ultimately result in the degradation of the engulfed particle. This work highlights the importance of the adaptor protein ninein\, and the motor dynein\, and their role in pulling pathogen-containing phagosomes inside macrophages. \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\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-dynein-motor-and-its-adaptors-a-journey-from-yeast-to-mammalian-immune-cells/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Canada
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