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On March 7, 2024, the Experimental Hematology community lost a legend. Editor of our journal (2017- June 2023), and a member of the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) for over 50 years, Professor Connie Eaves was thoroughly devoted to ISEH and its community of researchers. She contributed significantly to the ISEH leadership, notably as President (2002-2003) and was the highly deserving recipient of both the Donald Metcalf Award (2008) and the Outstanding Mentor award (2023). Upon accepting her Mentorship award, Connie declared how proud she was of ISEH - that it was a wonderful scientific meeting and community - and her passion for the society shone through. She worked tirelessly, both for scientific advances and to create opportunities for young scientists. She touched the lives of countless researchers along the way and she will be dearly missed. Connie and Allen at dinner at the close of the New York ISEH 2023 Meeting at which Connie received the ISEH Outs

It is time to gear up for the 3rd edition of the Virtual Career Fair ! We've pulled out all the stops to unveil an electrifying platform that transforms networking with some of the best PIs in experimental hematology into a thrilling 'speed meet.' Get ready to fast-track your career in a dynamic and interactive virtual environment! The ISEH New Investigator Committee is thrilled to present the ISEH 2024 Virtual Postdoc Career Fair scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 15:00-16:00 CDT ( Click to see in your date and time ). This event is open and free for all PhD students and postdocs around the world. You do not need an ISEH membership to participate. It is FREE! Secure your spot by clicking here to register. What to anticipate? Upon registration, participants will receive a link to access an online networking platform. In this virtual setting, each hiring principal investigator will engage in several ‘speed networking’ talks with potential candidates to fulfill th

Each month, Simply Blood spotlights a lab contributing to the fields of hematology, immunology, stem cell research, cell and gene therapies, and more. Get to know groups doing cutting edge research from around the world! This month, we are featuring the Tamplin Lab which is based out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States ( https://tamplin.crb.wisc.edu/staff/tamplin-owen/ ). How long has your lab been open and who is in your lab currently? The lab first opened in January 2016 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and we moved to the University of Wisconsin Madison during the pandemic in 2020. The lab currently has three graduate students, five undergraduates and one research technician. What is the overarching research goal for your group? The main research theme is the hematopoietic stem cell microenvironment. We use zebrafish and mouse and models. We are interested in utilizing new technologies through collaboration to apply to our interest in the microen

What is science policy? Science policy is a broad term encompassing a range of different career paths relevant to governmental allocation of resources towards scientific research. This can include job roles such as science communicator, science policy analyst, and scientific advisor for government agencies. Because of the large amount of funding needed for scientific research, legislation concerning scientific policy in most countries is often approved at a national or international level, and only a few countries have a provincial or state-level scientific policy apparatus. How do different science policy roles fit together? Science policy often starts with an advocacy group (such as scientists in ISEH) having a special interest in passing a piece of legislation (such as governmental funding to study a disease, or modifying regulations surrounding a research topic). In the US, an advocacy group starts by meeting with the staff of an elected representative who sits on the relevant comm

What I Have Learned in My First 3.5 Years as Principal Investigator I am a physician scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Our lab studies the changes that occur in blood formation across the lifespan and how this impacts age-biased blood diseases – this work is strongly driven by my perspective as a pediatric hematologist. In this post, I share some of the lessons that I have learned over the first 3+ years as a PI. This advice is not one-size-fits-all – you can take it or leave it, and I am sure everyone’s situation is different in one way or another. You must spend money to make money. When you start a lab, your institution may provide you with startup funds. What funding you receive is variable and open to negotiation. This funding is crucial to support your pet projects that are not externally funded, fill gaps in salary support, and in many cases, to support your own salary. Early on, I was overly protective of my startup., then I realized that the point of this money is

The 52nd ISEH Annual Scientific Meeting took place at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge from 17-20 August 2023. Our Annual Scientific Meeting brought together more than 540 scientists and ISEH members from 25 different countries from around the world. This meeting in New York City was planned for 2020, but it had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 emergency. After three years, we finally got to roll our suitcases down the streets of NYC, which is a fantastic playground for networking. We were extremely happy and grateful to bring the community together again! The Science The meeting included many events that were targeted to a broad audience of scientists at various stages of their careers (from trainees to PIs). We had 31 invited speakers, 26 short talk presenters, 15 featured poster presentations and 217 poster presentations. The scientific sessions covered a wide range of topics from the molecular mechanisms of developmental and adult hematopoiesis, the role of the micro