About the Program
The ASCB MOSAIC Program (AMP) is a cohort-based professional skills development program that builds on the strengths of AMP scholars (K99/R00 grantees), their mentors, and departmental and university leaders to enhance the preparation, hiring, advancement, and success of AMP scholars in tenure-track, research-intensive faculty positions.
Who are AMP Scholars?
AMP scholars are selected K99 grantees who have received funding through the MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transitions Award.
This program will enable AMP scholars to:
- Identify their strengths and develop a plan to enhance them through professional development and networking
- Develop new skills through in-person and on-line training sessions
- Expand and strengthen their support network through cohort-based peer groups and mentoring
Matching with Trained Mentors
(Mentors click here for more information)
AMP Scholars will be matched with trained mentors from the ASCB community. The members of ASCB span a wide range of scientific fields, including biophysics, genetics, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and who work in biomedical technology, computational biosciences, pharmacology, physiology, biochemistry, and structural biology. The ASCB also has long-standing committees in the Maximizing Access to Cell Biology for PEERS Committee and the Women in Cell Biology Committee (WICB) where AMP Scholars will have access to mentors.
Match-Making Site Visits
- AMP will facilitate match-making visits for AMP scholars in their K99 phase and institutions of interest to present their research and/or give chalk talks
- AMP scholars will also meet with host department faculty and department chair
- Each AMP scholar will have at least one site visit to expand their scientific and professional network and explore potential future candidacy
In-person and virtual workshop sessions will address a range of topics. In-person programs will occur during AMP Scholars' workshops held in mid-autumn and through events at the ASCB|EMBO meeting in early December. Virtual workshops will run between one-hour to 1.5 hours in length. AMP will offer customized offerings based on each cohort.
ALL TRAVEL TO IN-PERSON EVENTS IS COVERED BY THE PROGRAM.
Training Topics and Events
In-person sessions
- Resilience and work-life integration at all career stages
- Grant writing
- The academic job search
- Interviewing and negotiating
Virtual sessions
- Scientific publishing
- The academic job search
- Applying to jobs
Hybrid sessions
- Scientific and professional communication
- Responsible conduct of research
Virtual session
- Budgeting
In-person sessions
- Lab management
- 1.5-days NRMN mentoring training held in mid-autumn
Virtual session
- Time management
In-person session
- Networking and self-advocacy
Virtual session
- Planning ahead for the tenure dossier
In-person session
- Long-term academic advancement and building ties across the cell biology community
Special networking sessions will be held at the annual Cell Bio Meetings held in December. Scholars will be able to present a poster, attend science, education, and professional development sessions, and interact with ASCB committees.
AMP Leadership
MOSAIC Co-Investigators
Michael Boyce, Duke University
Mary Munson, University of Massachusetts
AMP Recipients
Adelita D. Mendoza, Ph.D.
Project Title: Regulation of Zinc-Dependent Lysosome Morphological Restructuring, Zinc Trafficking, and Low Zinc Homeostasis in C. elegans and Human Model Systems
Washington University
Andrew Kekūpa'a Knutson, Ph.D.
Project Title: Epigenetic Regulation of the Hypoxic Response in the Mouse Heart
University of Hawaii
Andrew S. Mendiola, Ph.D.
Project Title: Epigenomic Regulation of Oxidative Stress-producing innate immunity in neuroinflammation
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Anel Jaramillo, Ph.D.
Project Title: Neuropeptide-Dependent Parabrachial Control of the BNST During Alcohol Abstinence-Induced Negative Affect
Vanderbilt University
Agnes Karasik, Ph.D.
Project Title: The role of host mRNA cleavage by RNase L in viral infections
NIDDK
Barbara Juarez, Ph.D.
Project Title: Dopamine Circuit Regulation of Morphine Reinforcement Across the Opioid Exposure Cycle
University of Washington
Booker T. Davis IV, Ph.D.
Project Title: Fecal Microbiota Transfer Attenuates Aged Gut Dysbiosis and Functional Deficits After Traumatic Brain Injury
Northwestern University at Chicago
Caroline B. Palavicino-Maggio, Ph.D.
Project Title: Unraveling the neural basis of female aggression and dementia-related aggression: a systems biology approach
Harvard Medical School
Charisse Winston, Ph.D.
Project Title: Ethnoracial Impact on Blood-Based Biomarker Detection of Alzheimer’s in Primary Care Patients
University of California, San Diego
Claire L. Riggs, Ph.D.
Project Title: Stress tolerant annual killifish: a new model for the cellular stress response
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel Abebayehu, Ph.D.
Project Title: Immuno-Stromal Axes Regulate Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Tissue Fibrosis and Regeneration
University of Virginia
Edikan Ogunnaike, Ph.D.
Fibrin-CAR-T cells therapies to enhance efficacy in glioblastoma treatments
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Duran, Ph.D.
Project Title: Protein-driven dynamics of pre-mRNA splicing catalysis through single molecule microscopy
University of Michigan
Ewa Bomba-Warczak, Ph.D.
Project Title: Mitochondrial Fidelity in Mammalian Neurons
Northwestern University at Chicago
Jaye C. Gardiner, Ph.D.
Project Title: Elucidating the Epigenetic Regulation of Extracellular Matrix and Virus-Induced Fibroblast Activation
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jenna R. Christensen, Ph.D.
Project Title: Evolution of Cargo Transport
University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Landino, Ph.D.
Project Title: Investigating the Mechanism of Self-Organized Cortical Patterning in an Artificial Cortex
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Jennifer Urban, Ph.D.
Project Title: Contribution of DNA Replication to Epigenetic Inheritance In a Model Multi-Cellular Organism
Johns Hopkins University
Jenny Chen, Ph.D.
Project Title: The Genetic Control of Neuronal Number and Behavior
Harvard University
Julia Rodgers, Ph.D.
Project Title: Dynamic mechanisms of transcriptional coactivator function in Notch signaling
Harvard Medical School
Kelsey Anbuhl, Ph.D.
Project Title: Identifying Neural Circuits That Support Effortful Listening
New York University
Laura E. Newman, Ph.D.
Project Title: The role of mitochondrial/ER contacts in the regulation of mtDNA release from mitochondria, innate immune signaling, and responses to viral infection
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Laura C. Ornelas, Ph.D.
Project Title: Corticolimbic Circuitry in Adaptive Stress Coping Behavior and Subsequent Alcohol Drinking
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leah Gates, Ph.D.
Project Title: Integration of metabolism and chromatin in regulating gene expression in vivo
Rockefeller University
Lomeli Shull, Ph.D.
Project Title: Functions of PRDM Histone Methyltransferases during Cartilage Development in the Craniofacial Skeleton
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Nicole R. Sparks, Ph.D.
Project Title: Analysis of Environmentally-Sensitive epigenetic Machinery During Osteogenic Differentiation
University of California, Riverside
Oleta T. Johnson, Ph.D.
Project Title: Developing Tools to Probe DnaJB6 Dynamics in Spinobulbular Muscular Atrophy
University of California, San Francisco
Shaneice R. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Project Title: Investigating the Pathological Features of Clonal Hematopoiesis-Derived Macrophages
Stanford University
Stephanie R. Villa-Niemczyk, Ph.D.
Project Title: Investigation of Cerebrovascular Notch as a Novel Modulator of Cognitive Function
University of Illinois at Chicago
Theresa Loveless, Ph.D.
Project Title: Deep cell history tracking: engineering cells that write their detailed life stories into their DNA to study DNA damage
University of California Irvine
Whitney S. Gibbss, Ph.D.
Project Title: Investigating the Role of Neuronal SYNJ2 in mRNA Transport and Mitochondrial Function
Boston Children's Hospital
Yadira M. Soto-Feliciano, Ph.D.
Project Title: Understanding Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin Adaptor Proteins
Rockefeller University
Yvon L. Woappi, Ph.D.
Project Title: Delineating Epigenetic Coordination of Regenerative Cell Plasticity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Questions? Please email info@ascb.org
This program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant #UE5GM139190-01.