This event is designed to explore the profound impact of effective written communication on professional success. Join for insightful discussion and practical tips on leveraging writing skills to enhance your career prospects, whether through resumes, reports or persuasive communication in the workplace. 4:30 p.m., Nov. 9 in Moreland Hall, Room 330.

The College of Science will host a presentation and answer questions about the OSU-OMSI Spring Science Communication Fellows Program in the Kidder 128 conference room. The program is open to any faculty, postdocs, staff or graduate students at OSU. Join us from noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 14 to learn more.

OSU Families, bring your kids to the MU Family Lounge (112) and pick up a map of prearranged destinations for the trick-or-treat tour happening around campus. OSU departments will have treats, and maybe even some tricks, for you and your children to enjoy on Halloween. 3-5 p.m., Oct. 31, begins in the MU Family Lounge. Open to students, staff and faculty. Please remain with your child(ren) at all times.

The NASA Graduate Research Opportunities due date is November 1, 2023. 

1. The proposals are written by the students but submitted by OSU and consists of one pdf that includes:
2. Personal statement (2 pages)
3. Project narrative (5 pages. References do not count toward the page limit)
4. A NSTGRO Schedule (1 page)
5. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (2 pages, with a note on publications/presentations noted in the solicitation)

Three letters of recommendation (2 pages each) are submitted separately (and due by November 6^th, I think).

This introductory video is quite helpful and worth watching if you plan to apply: https://youtu.be/WxM-Rzrl-e0

Since, the proposals are submitted by the university, this means you need to submit a Cayuse record, that includes the budget, budget narrative and a draft proposal or scope of work 5-7 days prior to the deadline (early next week) for departmental, college and OSRAA review and approval.  You can continue to work on the narrative until the deadline. OSRAA implemented a policy that is now in effect that all proposals must be submitted one day prior to the deadline (so, October 31^st). 

To submit a proposal through OSU, please see: https://research.oregonstate.edu/osraa

If you are not registered in Cayuse, you can sign up here: https://research.oregonstate.edu/osraa/forms

If you are planning a proposal and would like assistance, please contact our Proposal Support Team at COS-Proposal-Support@oregonstate.edu but, because of the tight deadline, we can only offer minimal assistance.

The OSU Supplier Showcase and Expo takes place 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 25 at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. The 2023 OSU Supplier Showcase and Expo is an opportunity for OSU faculty and staff who are in the market for goods and services or even contemplating a future purchase. Familiarize yourself with supplier offerings, make meaningful contacts, learn about new products and services from a wide array of preferred vendors and pick up some supplier swag. Visit https://osuexpo.org/attendees/ to register for OSU staff attendance.

Private Company – Lateral flow antibodies for allergens and mycotoxins – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

The company is seeking collaborators with expertise in developing highly sensitive, specific, and robust antibodies for use in lateral flow assays. They are also looking for opportunities to buy or license antibodies that are already developed.

https://www.halo.science/research/food/antibodies-for-food-safety-lateral-flow-assays?utm_campaign=n-650152&utm_source=notification-campaigns&utm_medium=email&_luid=6969&_nid=650152

Bayer Consumer Health – Novel nutritional ingredients or experts in prenatal nutrition – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Bayer Consumer Health is seeking novel nutritional ingredients and/or experts in the field of prenatal nutrition.

Under Armour – Novel cushioning and thermal comfort solutions for athletic footwear – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Under Armour is seeking technologies that can deliver increased thermal comfort through better airflow across the foot while maintaining key properties in athletic footwear (energy return, compression set, weight). 

Bayer Consumer Health – Moisture resistant technologies and formulations for solid effervescent tablets – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Bayer Consumer Health is seeking alternative effervescent components and/or moisture barrier coatings for tablets used to deliver drugs or nutritional supplements.

Unilever – Nutritional interventions for telomere defense – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Unilever is seeking novel nutritional interventions, specifically ingredients or blends of ingredients suitable for dietary supplements, to help maintain optimal telomere length. 

Private Company – Antibodies for food safety lateral flow assays – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

The company is seeking collaborators with expertise in developing highly sensitive, specific, and robust antibodies for use in lateral flow assays. They are also looking for opportunities to buy or license antibodies that are already developed.

Unilever – Screening system to identify SGLT1, GLUT5 inhibitors and activators – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Unilever is seeking tools and screening capabilities to help understand the impact of different dietary ingredients on SGLT1 and GLUT5. 

Altium Packaging – Recyclable materials, additives, or coatings for monolayer barriers – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Altium is seeking a monolayer barrier solution that is compatible with their manufacturing assets (specifically the reciprocating screw blow molding machines used for EBM). 

Altium Packaging – Improvements to lightweight plastic bottle packaging – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Altium is seeking materials, additives, processing technologies, and design techniques to enable lighter weight packaging.

Altium Packaging – Bio-based resins and extrusion technologies for rigid plastic packaging applications – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Altium is seeking bio-based resins for plastic packaging and/or polymer extrusion tooling and extrusion technologies that effectively process bio-based resins. 

Altium Packaging – Mechanically recycled polymers that perform like virgin polymers – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

Altium is seeking to identify manufacturing methods and materials for PCR resins that offer significant improvement in molded product appearance, mechanical performance, and ease of process than current material available at scale.

General Mills – Making ice cream more resilient towards fluctuations in temperature – Deadline: Tue, Oct 31 

General Mills is seeking technologies to make ice cream more resilient towards temperature fluctuations in terms of textural and physical stability, without compromising the sensory experience. Potential solutions can include ingredients, processing, distribution, packaging, and storage.

Private Company – Novel approaches (long-duration) to chronic inflammatory skin conditions – Deadline: Thu, Nov 30 

We are seeking therapeutic approaches to chronic inflammatory skin conditions (e.g., atopic and allergic dermatitis) that can achieve long duration of modulated disease progression or severity.

Private Company – Genome editing with CRISPR in vegetable crops – Deadline: Thu, Nov 30 

We are seeking a single base genome editing with CRISPR in vegetable crops for known candidate genes.

BASF – Modeling plants to create a “digital twin” – Deadline: Thu, Nov 30 

We are seeking graph-based building and querying technologies that can be applied to model plants. We are also looking for methods to integrate data from different physiological levels and different conditions.

BASF – “Point-of-Care” tool for DNA/RNA detection – Deadline: Thu, Nov 30 

We are seeking new “point-of-care” tools for detection of DNA and/or RNA features in plant material for routine use in non-lab settings. 

Private Company – Caffeine Potentiation and Natural Caffeine Alternatives – Deadline: Thu, Nov 30 

We are seeking tools, collaboration, and subject matter expertise to help understand the effects of caffeine and nootropics on cognitive and energy related outcomes in the context of a caffeinated beverage.

The Department of Physics welcomes biophysicist Gaudenz Danuser to present the 38th annual Yunker Lecture. His talk explores the paradigm of “form follows function,” delving into the interplay between cell shape and molecular action that governs function, particularly in cancer cells, on Monday, October 9 in the Memorial Union Horizon Room. The talk, “Cell Shapes Keep Cells in Shape,” will begin at 5 p.m. with a light reception beforehand at 4 p.m. Danuser is the chair of the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics and the director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Systems Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. His research focuses on measuring and modeling non-genetic mechanisms of cancer metastasis and drug resistance. Making discoveries by computer vision of molecular and cellular mechanisms to enhance observation steers Danuser’s research. We hope to see you at this inspiring talk!

Learn More

Monday, October 9, 2023MU Horizon Room 4 p.m. refreshments 5 p.m. lecture To make accommodations for disabilities, contact us at 541-737-3854 or sciencesuccess@oregonstate.edu