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Topic From 0 to 100 Mark you calendar Tomorrows live virtual Chat & Learn is sure to be a treat?? TOPIC From 0 to 100 - Everything You Need To Know About Scaling Your Team (and Organization)Whetzu sich youre adding one person or one-hundred people to your team - scaling isnt easy. Shweta Saraf has been an integral part of scaling both small and large organizations while investing in each individuals career success. Join this hour-long live Q to learn Shwetas tips for hiring, training and nurturing new team members while maintaining the culture your organization needs to thrive.??MEET THE EXPERT Shweta Saraf is an Engineering Leader who is passionate about People and Technology. Currently she is the Head of Cloud Networking at DigitalOcean where she grew her team from 3 to 35 in less than 3 years. Shweta loves bringing open, diverse and inclusive culture to her teams and supporting STEM and was founder of Women in Science and Engineering at Cisco. She was recognized by YMCA, Silicon Valley in 2015 as Emerging Leader and also currently sits on Forbes Technology Council.??Join the chat and submit your questions today One of the biggest challenges in almost all industries today is achieving gender parity. Gender diversity provides huge benefits in the workplace. pWhile some industries have made significant advancements in gender diversity, some industries lag further behind... and the construction industry is well-known for being in the latter category. If someone says, construction workers, youll likely picture a group of men in yellow hard hats analyzing an architects plans or laying bricks on top of a scaffold. And men at work signs only help to reinforce this image.pThis stereotype is rooted in reality. When was the brde time you actually spotted a woman on a construction site? Or hired a female plumber or carpenter? Your answer is most likely never. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statisticsreports that only 3.4% of t he total of 8.3 million construction employees are women.pBut the construction industry has a lot more to offer than steel-toed boots and hard hats, and it needs women to help advance the industry in this era of rapid change. Here are 5 reasons why women joining the workforce or looking to make a pivot should consider a career in construction.h21. Fuel Innovation/h2pNot only is diversity the socially and morally right thing to do, but it is also actually an excellent geschftliches miteinander strategy. pResearch presented in the Harvard Business Reviewshows that diverse teams develop more innovative ideas. This is further supported by a study conducted by Gallupon the performance of gender-diverse teams versus single-gender teams, which found that the difference in backgrounds and perspectives led to better business performance and problem-solving. h22. Capitalize on Demand/h2pThe construction industry is currently experiencing a labor shortage. The industry itself is booming and pr ojected to be one of the fastest-growing industries, with total spending projected to exceed $1.45 trillion in 2023/a. However, most construction companies are unable to meet the rising demand. pAccording to the Associated General Contractors of America/a, more than 80% of contractors are experiencing difficulties filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce.pAnd demand isnt limited to individual contributor roles. Given the industry boom, there are a number of open stable and high-paying roles (any project managers out there?) waiting for the right candidateh23. Leadership Opportunities/h2pAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics/a, women compose only 7.7% of the total 1 million managerial positions in construction.br/pBut given the highly collaborative nature of construction work, more women in leadership roles would help drive innovation and enhance productivity.Furthermore, as a woman in construction in a leadership position, youd have the unique opportunity to drive change for the industry and make it a more attractive option for other women.h24. High-Income befhigung/h2pSalaries for many skilled positions in construction are on the rise, making a construction career a prime choice for women looking for a high-paying job,pThe 2018 Construction Craft Salary Surveyconducted by the National Center for Construction Education and Research revealed that salaries for many skilled craft areas are increasing. Project managers and project supervisors topped the list at $92,523 and $88,355, respectively. The next set of highest-paying jobs include those of combo welders ($71,067), instrumentation technicians ($70,080), pipe welders ($69,222), power line workers ($68,262) and industrial electricians ($67,269). Of the 32 categories of workers in the survey, 19 positions earned an average salary of $60,000 or higher.h25. Sense of accomplishment/h2p The construction industry can give employees a unique sense of achievement. Yes , the job is stressful and the work can be demanding, but nothing beats the feeling of being able to build something from the ground up. pHow many professionals in other industries can point at a school, a hospital, or a skyscraper and say I helped build that?pThe construction industry has a long way to go in combating gender bias and supporting women in the workforce, but given the current demand for workers, theres no better time to pick up a sledgehammer (figurative or literal) and smash the gender stereotypes plaguing the construction industry.

Fighting Lymphoma in Three Dimensions

Fighting Lymphoma in Three Dimensions Fighting Lymphoma in Three Dimensions Fighting Lymphoma in Three DimensionsAnkur Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, is a part of a gruppe taking a three dimensional approach to lymphomaliterally.First, his kollektiv wanted to understand how lymphomas form, in order to improve treatment. One of the big challenges affecting the translation of new drugs is that there is nothing to make patient samples survive, says Singh, who was named to the 2014 Young Innovators list put out by the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. What we did was create an artificial system that is a modular plug-and-play system. You have to understand that lymphoma is one of the most heterogeneous cancers. It has many subsets and each has its own for survival so we created a new polymer system where you can project a signal of interest. An advantage over two-dimensional systems, he adds, is that the body is t hree dimensional so, when you culture, intuitively, its a flat surface for 2D and 2D doesnt give the right kind of microenvironment signals. With the organoids created, it allows the cells to secrete the enzymes and theres also a remodeling of the whole mesh.B cell lymphomas grow in organoids as clusters, similar to those in patients. The green fluorescent areas represent lymphoma cells, while the red represents support stromal cells. Image Ankur Singh / Cornell UniversityThis is unlike a two-dimensional system with nothing to break and make, he says. Cells are used to moving around in traffic and in a three-dimensional environment they squeeze through spaces. In 2D, its a flat surface so theres no need to move around. And remember that the stiffness is another aspect. Tissue is not as stiff as a tissue culture plate. Tissues are relatively much softer so youre not giving the right environment in two dimensional and thats a big problem.Also, an issue with a new class of drugs can be one of classification. It can be expensive in vivo but you can use organoids to test those drugs, he says. Another side is exploring a big question of why 30 percent to 40 percent of lymphomas are resistant and does it have to do with what lymphoma is and the origin of lymphoma? he says. In five years there could be a revolution in the field of lymphoma and this kind of technique we have is unique.Forging AheadThere are still challenges ahead, one of which is that patient samples are hard to culture. We have had some success but, taking the patient sample, it is possible that not one signal will be the sufficient signal, he explains. This has been a great opportunity to be a part of a team that will generate data that will inform future clinical trials and can make improvements when it comes to drugs. Its clear that theres a long way to go but we have to keep going. The good news is the results so far are encouraging. Going back to working as a postdoc, I think about the work I was doing with cells and artificial tissues and a main interest was cancer. I want to be a part of helping those who are suffering.Learn about the latest trends in bioengineering at ASMEs Global Congress onNanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology. For Further Discussion In five years there could be a revolution in the field of lymphoma and this kind of technique we have is unique.Prof. Ankur Singh, Cornell University