BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//ZapCalLib 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The biochemistry of community culture: a tour of the BMB department ’s efforts to assess and nurture inclusion LOCATION:Chemistry A101 TZID:America/Denver DTSTART:20230301T160000 UID:2026-04-26-12-45-28@natsci.colostate.edu DTSTAMP:20260426T124528 Description:About the Seminar\n\nI will present the efforts of the BMB (Bio chemistry &\; Molecular Biology) Department to assess and promote a str onger community culture. At the heart of this effort is the BMB IDEA (Incl usion\, Diversity\, and Equity Action) Committee that uses a multi-pronged approach to identifying and removing barriers to inclusion. Because we ar e using the Multicultural Organizational Development framework\, these str ategies are easily portable to other units. Along the way\, we have had so me hits and some misses that I will share. For example\, our surveys and l istening sessions have highlighted major gaps in support to our community college transfer students\, and I will highlight initiatives to address th ose shortcomings.\n\nAbout the Speaker \n\nDr. Osborne Nishimura received her bachelor\\'s degree in Biochemistry &\; Molecular Biology at UC Sa nta Cruz. After working in biotech\, Erin took a hiatus from science to pu rsue bookselling\, organic farming\, and horticulture. Erin\\'s interest i n plant genetics ushered her return to academia where she worked as a rese archer at University of Oregon and then at Stanford University.\n\nDr. Nis himura attended UC Berkeley as a doctoral student where she investigated S ir-protein mediated gene silencing in the lab of Dr. Jasper Rine. She perf ormed part of her doctoral research in Akashi Japan. Dr. Nishimura\\'s pos tdoctoral research with Dr. Jason Lieb at the University of North Carolina focused on innovating single-cell transcriptome profiling to better under stand cellular differentiation.\n\nDr. Nishimura has been a professor at C olorado State University since 2016. Her lab uses genomics and microscopy to investigate how gene expression coordinates development in C. elegans� �nematode worms. Her group has discovered that mRNA localization is a feat ure of early embryos\, and they are currently working to understand its me chanisms and functions.\n\nIn her teaching\, Dr. Nishimura is committed to making computational skillsets accessible to a wider population of life s cientists. In her service\, Dr. Nishimura is dedicated to building strong communities of scientists. To that end\, she founded the BMB IDEA (Inclusi on\, Diversity\, and Equity Action) committee and leads a Community Colleg e Support Initiative. Outside of the lab\, she enjoys reading\, studying c lassical piano\, running\, and still\, growing plants. 4:00 pm END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR