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February 2022 Propeller

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER ZOOM EVENT

UWMA @ QUADRANGLE CLUB

 

 

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,
NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS
Please Join Us with Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

WHEREVER YOU ARE

7 P, EASTERN TIME (USA) -- TUESDAY, Febraru 8th, 2022

 

“Leveraging Advances in LED Lighting
To Maximize Human Health”

Speaker:  Robert Soler

Vice President, Biological Research & Technology
BIOS Lighting

 

Circadian rhythm, a 24-hour pattern found in all life, is governed by a central clock, tied to novel receptors in our eyes, called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs).  They influence many important aspects of human physiology:  circadian synchronization; tracking of seasonal changes; acute alertness; working memory; mood and behavior.  These ipRGCs contain a sky-blue photopigment called melanopsin, with peak in-vivo sensitivity ~ 490nm, a frequency highly abundant in daylight.  Human physiology is set up to seek high amounts of 490nm light in the day and low amounts at night.  Now that most humans spend > 90% of their lives indoors with electric light, they receive insufficient sky-blue signal --- a problem exacerbated by energy-efficient lighting, which contains even less. The resulting poor delineation of day vs night has led to myriad adverse health consequences.   After walking us through the problem at large, our speaker will describe recent advances in biologically-aware lighting and how they’re being used to enhance human health and quality of life.

 

To receive the Zoom link, please register by February 6th:   propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER:  Tuesday, March 8th 2022 (7 P)


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PWN Entrepreneurship Program

PWN Entrepreneurship Program - Embracing the Formerly Corporate Life: Is this the Year?

Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 7:30 - 9 pm via Zoom

A new year always brings dreams and apprehensions about what lies ahead. Is 2022 the year to look at where your work life is going?

Many people are confronted with the realities of working from home, child education and care, isolation, or job loss. Some have already decided that working for themselves is a better option. But it’s complicated, and you will need a plan, whether you start a new profession, buy a franchise business, or form a new company.

The Princeton Women’s Network of the Princeton Area is pleased to offer “Embracing the Formerly Corporate Life: Is this the year?” on Wednesday, January 19, 7:30 – 9 pm. Lorette Pruden *81, PhD, founder of Inventive Strategies, business coach, and author of the book Formerly Corporate: Mindset Shifts for Success in Your Own Business, will share the key things to consider as you navigate the move from employee to entrepreneur.

Attendees will leave with a better sense of what it takes to start and succeed in a new business venture. They will also receive a free chapter from Lorette’s book and an opportunity for a free 30-minute coaching session.

This program is free to join. Zoom details will be shared with those who register via the Register link below.

Questions? Contact Diane Hasling ’79, PWN Princeton Area Chair

Register: Register for Presentation

Short Bio of the Speaker:

Working at the intersection of business and people processes, Lorette Pruden, *81, has helped hundreds of small business owners and start-up entrepreneurs. Many of those clients turned from the corporate world to build businesses of their own.

Lorette earned a Princeton PhD with a Mobil Incentive Fellowship, and is a chemical engineer and entrepreneur.

Lorette helps clients with the transition from working for others to building a successful business. With her latest book, Formerly Corporate: Mindset Shifts for Success in Your Own Business, she lays out the path for the erstwhile employee to become a successful business owner.

 


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Propeller videos available online

LInks to Recorded Propeller Talks

 

October 2021 (Joby Aviation & The Future of Urban Mobility) Joby Aviation & The Future of Urban Mobility 

September 2021 (Prevention of Myopia & Treatment of Metabolic  Disorders) Prevention of Myopia & Treatment of Metabolic Disorders:  Surprising New Roles for Light-Based Disease Therapies 

June 2021 (Vertical Urban Farming) Vertical Urban Farming: A Technological Solution to Farming in  the 21st Century & Beyond 

May 2021 (Medical Drone Delivery) Transforming Medical Logistics with Drones:  Bringing Health Products to Africa, the US & Beyond https://player.vimeo.com/video/ Not Released 

April, 2021 (AI & Developing Autonomous Commercial Vehicles) How AI is Empowering a Non-Collision Driving World:  Possibilities, Limitations & Next Steps 

March, 2021 (Offshore Aquaculture) Offshore Aquaculture & World Protein Demand: Commercial  Incentives to Fulfill Conservation Imperatives 

October, 2020 (Hydrofoiling) Technical Innovations in Hydrofoiling: Breakthroughs in Crafting  ‘The Boat That Flies’ 

September, 2020 (US Postal Innovations) American Postal Innovations: What Citizens Need to Know  

June, 2020 (COVID @ Local Level) An Up-To-Date Briefing on COVID-19 Infection: And Dealing with  this Pandemic at the Local Level 

May, 2020 (Telemedicine/Telehealth) COVID-19 Unleashes Telemedicine Innovations: New Paradigms  for Delivering Patient Care 

Spring, 2020 (Princeton Propellers Response to COVID-19) Princeton Propellers New Flight Plan 

September, 2019 (Reprise of the December, 2018 Propeller) Assessing a New Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

 


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Holiday Wine Tasting

PA3 cordially invites you to a

Holiday Wine Tasting

Saturday, December 4, 2021

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm.

Via Zoom

 

Per our sommelier Sebastian Koncurat: 

Picking your Holiday wines this season this year may be challenging as we are still facing pandemic times and gatherings will be limited to small crowds. We imagine most people’s Holiday celebrations to be long meals that may begin with snacks and noshes, extend through appetizers and main courses and end, perhaps hours later, with desserts. The liveliness that comes with good acidity is in effect a survival strategy. Such wines will rejuvenate, even as all that food pushes you toward a comatose state. The French naturally have a term for this characteristic in wines, ‘digestibilité’, wines that are delicious and easy to drink without being freighted with excess or weighing too heavily in the gut...

Optional Cost: $70 plus tax for four bottles of wine plus a seminar with a certified sommelier and educator. It is not required to purchase the wines or buy all 4 bottles.  See below for cheese pairings.

For Zoom instructions, RSVP with affiliation by November 30th to Mo Chen ’80 at mochen1746@outlook.com.

 

Wine Details

We have again arranged a wine tasting in partnership with Public Wines, 23 Witherspoon St. Our certified Sommelier and educator for the evening will be Sebastian Koncurat, who has 20 years of experience in the wine and culinary industries.

Click here for the description of the four holiday wines, and how to purchase them.  Further details plus cheese pairings will be sent to registrants.

Please purchase or reserve wines by noon on Tuesday, November 30th. This will help Public Wine order enough in advance.

Please note that if you buy 12 bottles or more, you can get a 15% discount by using promotional code PA3.

Public offers free delivery to the following zip codes: 08502, 08504, 08525, 08528, 08534, 08536,08540,08542,08553, and 08558. Promotional code: Freeship

If you live outside these zip codes, please order online or call and pick up at the store. If you have questions for Public Wine, please call 609 924 0750 and they will be happy to help you. Please mention PA3 wine tasting.

Cheese Pairings

Alexandre-Bonnet-Grande-Reserve-Brut-Champagne: Fromager D’Affionis
La-Patience-Rose-2020: Le Chevrot Goat 
Chateau-Ferran-Pessac-Leognan-2018:   Comte 
Punset-Punset-Langhe-Arneis-Doc-2018: Taleggio

Olsson’s link for pairing cheeses 


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Detecting Viruses with CRISPR

Detecting Viruses with CRISPR

A discussion with Professor Cameron Mryhvold '11

Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 730 to 900 pm

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Please join us for what will no doubt be a fascinating look into the use of the gene editing technology CRISPR  to detect - and potentially destroy- viruses.  This will be a nice complement to Shirley Tilghman's talk on the ethical considerations and regulation of CRISPR in 2018.

Cameron Myhrvold is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. His work specializes in the development of CRISPR-based technologies for studying RNA, with an emphasis on detecting and destroying RNA viruses. He received a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard in 2016. His PhD studies in synthetic biology and nucleic acid nanotechnology, supported by a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation fellowship, involved the development of three technologies that demonstrated a variety of applications for self-assembled nanostructures. During his postdoc, he turned his attention towards the RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein Cas13, where he has led or co-led the development of four Cas13-based technologies, including CARMEN, CARVER, and SHINE.

Further information on his work may be found at his laboratory website and at the departmental website

 


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