March 26, 2019 • Page 10 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com SD Mines Receives Imaging Scientist Temporary I-90 Lane Grant For Cutting-Edge Live Cell Imaging Closures To Remove RAPID CITY, SD (March 20, 2019) — Brandon Scott, Ph.D., a post-doctoral researcher in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, and affiliated with the imaging core of BioSystems Networks / Translational Research, or BioSNTR (pronounced "bio-center") at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, is one of 17 scientists in the United States to be supported by a $17-million dollar grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to select imaging centers across the country. The grant will support Scott to continue his work on cutting-edge imaging science using the Lattice Light Sheet Microscope (LLSM) and a suite of state-of-the-art imaging tools established by the imaging core of BioSNTR at SD Mines. The centerpiece of the application was 3D imaging of living cells using the LLSM. This powerful tool allows the visualization of life at the cellular level in ways previously not possible, giving researchers the ability to view the inner workings of cells dynamically. The work could have impact on a wide range of medical research, from immunotherapy to cancer research. These new imaging methods are helping researchers understand how life works at the cellular and sub-cellular level, which could enable new therapies and other insights into the origins and prevention of many diseases. “If you took a clock and smashed it, and then looked at all the parts to try to figure out how it worked, it would be a difficult and timeconsuming process which may never yield the right answer. But being able to see the parts in action — that’s the difference,” says Steve Smith, Ph.D. director of the nanoscience and nanoengineering program, the imaging core of BioSNTR at SD Mines, and principal investigator on the award from CZI. “So many more questions can be answered by seeing the parts of a cell working together.” The CZI award recognizes the state-of-the-art imaging and bioscience capabilities established through the State of South Dakota’s investments in BioSNTR, and the science in which Scott played a critical role during his postdoctoral studies. Scott’s BioSNTR research at SD Mines is in collaboration with Robert Anderson, Ph.D., who developed the LLSM through a license agreement with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BioSNTR director Adam Hoppe, Ph.D., (SDSU), BioSNTR imaging core lead Steve Smith, Ph.D, at SD Mines and collaborators in and outside of South Dakota. “The team includes biologists, optical physicists, and computer scientists all working together,” says Scott. “I am passionate about creating new microscopic techniques and image processing algorithms to answer quantitative cell biology questions.” One of the 3D movies captured by the Mines team (including several Ph.D. students) on the LLSM shows white blood cells reacting to antibody labeled target cells. This kind of imaging can lead scientists to a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the immune system and how to harness the body’s ability to defend itself to fight disease. “If we can learn how to direct our own immune system to attack cancer cells, that’s a big push in cancer research right now – imaging can enable and advance medical science toward new understanding and eventual breakthroughs,” says Smith. The research funded by this CZI grant begins this summer. The Lattice Light Sheet (Bessel Beam) Microscope referenced in this research was used under license from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus. Bridge at Exit 402 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation will begin placing traffic control devices on Interstate 90 near Exit 402 on Monday, March 25, in support of the new I-90 and Veteran’s Parkway interchange construction project. Traffic is being placed in two-way traffic configuration first in the eastbound lanes as the north half of the bridge is removed and then switched to the westbound lanes for removal of the south half. The switch is expected to begin on Tuesday, April 2, and continue to Saturday, April 6. The eastbound on and off ramps at Exit 402 remain closed and the westbound on and off ramps will remain open to allow for business access only. Both east and westbound traffic wanting to go north on County Road 121 will be directed to use highways 115 and 11 and County Road 130. The interchange is scheduled to be open to traffic by the substantial completion date of Oct. 18, 2019. The overall completion date is Aug. 28, 2020. The prime contractor on this $55.6 million project is Riley Brothers Construction of Morris, Minnesota. For complete road construction information, visit www.safetravelusa.com/sd or dial 511. Check out the for great specials at your local restaurants! In Print and Online! Container Gardening To Be Featured At 2019 Spring Fling BY BRENDA K. JOHNSON P&D Correspondent When Cindy Jungman retired, and moved from Pierre five years ago, she left behind a yard with trees, pond and multiple flower gardens. She moved to a large, barren backyard with one small tree and a huge empty concrete patio in Hartford, South Dakota. “We moved on June 1, so there was no time to develop a flower garden,” she said. Her solution for the first season in a new location was container gardening. She put lots of plants she liked into containers around her outdoors. A month went by. “I put my focus on our patio where we spend a lot of time, and the front step, to have a welcoming entrance,” she said. “I enjoy everything that comes with flowers — the butterflies, the bees, the hummingbirds that we didn’t have in Pierre. Our summers are precious when we live in South Dakota. Colors outside are important to me,” Jungman said. By the end of that month, she had surrounded her house with bright, cheery containers. She expresses what she likes with plants in containers. Over years, she sees how to care for the plants and even overwinters many plants for next season. JUNGMAN’S PRESENTATION DETAILS “Brighten Your Landscape with Amazing Containers” is Cindy Jungman’s Spring Fling topic sponsored by Missouri Valley Master Gardeners. The event will be held at the Pavilion Auditorium on the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Campus, Summit Ave., Yankton, on Tuesday, March 26, from 7-8:30 p.m. These days, Jungman plants more than a hundred containers a year with more than 200 plant varieties. She will show many photos to illustrate her design techniques and plant combinations. New and experienced gardeners and people who just like flowers are invited to this free event. Door prizes will be drawn. Donations that offset event costs are appreciated. See “Missouri Valley Master Gardeners” on Facebook, in case of weather questions. For special assistance, email mjhaar@hotmail.com. Milt Haar is a Missouri Valley Master Gardener member and an organizer for this event. “Members of our club heard Cindy Jungman speak at a regional master gardener seminar and she was well received. We asked her to come to Yankton for our local audience. She’s been a master gardener for 20 years and recently received the State Master Gardener Gold Star Award for service to the program,” Haar said. She is currently vice president of the South Dakota State Master Gardener Association. Her container gardening topic is of general interest to gardeners. We look forward to her presentation,” he said. Missouri Valley Master Gardeners sponsor the Spring Fling to provide consumer horticulture information based on current research, along with doing other community service. More information about flowers, vegetables, fruit, lawns, trees and shrubs or community garden topics by South Dakota Extension professionals can be found un- the Missouri Valley Shopper In print and online! www.missourivalleyshopper.com Do you have a problem with water getting in your basement? We Have A Solution For You! Contact us today for your FREE personal consultation A&E Basement Ozzy Fayas & Eric Anderson 605.252.9987 der the “Garden and Yard” tab at www.extension.sdstate. edu. WHAT SHE GETS FROM CONTAINER GARDENING “Most importantly, you don’t need a yard or garden to plant in containers,” Jungman said. “You can create an immediate impact, and you can design containers for any light condition.” Plants can be moved around as needed. But there are a few drawbacks. “You must maintain your containers in order to keep them strong and healthy,” she said. That means watering regularly, fertilizing, and removing straggly stems and spent flowers. I find great enjoyment in watering and grooming my containers.” She observes the beauty of each container and monitors for bugs or diseases. “Oh my, the cactus is going to bloom,” is just one of her discoveries. “Container gardening has generated a photography hobby for me, too. I always have my IPhone in my back pocket,” she said. Jungman was the chief financial officer for South Dakota Department of Public Safety before she retired. She oversaw all financial operations as well as grant funds for Homeland Security and Highway Safety programs. “Gardening was a breath of fresh air to have something not related to your work,” she said. This is my hobby. My husband golfs. I garden. Other than family things like camping and grandkids, this is what I enjoy. It’s my year-round hobby — not just summer.” She grows some plants from seeds in order to get varieties not commonly available in garden centers. She’s learned to propagate some container plants from cuttings and overwinter them. She uses shop lights and florescent bulbs for lighting indoors. She grows perennials, as well as annuals, in containers and transplants some to her flowerbeds at the end of the season. She puts houseplants in her protected and shaded patio area in summer to create a cool oasis. She likes growing special plants that last many years. SERVICE THROUGH MASTER GARDENERS Jungman trained as a Master Gardener and provided community service with Prairie Potter Master Gardeners in Pierre for 15 years, before joining Minnehaha Master Gardeners five years ago. She enjoys learning opportunities such as at monthly club meetings, the annual Update, regional gatherings like this Spring Fling, and multi-state conferences. She also attended an international Master Gardener conference. She learns as she assists in presentations and from networking with other Master Gardeners. She chooses public speaking for some of her Master Gardener community service. Presentations have included women’s service clubs, garden clubs and auxiliaries. She has talked about children’s gardening for Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) groups, libraries, and Girl Scouts. She writes articles for her club newsletter, participates Spring Clean up Full Service Lawn Care • Fertilizing • Mowing & More! CALL TODAY (605)665-2521 Yankton Home & Garden 806 E. Hwy 50 Yankoton, SD COURTESY OF CINDY JUNGMAN: Cindy Jungman, Master Gardener from Hartford, South Dakota, will share container gardening design techniques and plant combinations with her container photos at the Spring Fling, Tuesday, March 26. in other club projects and is chair for her club’s educational outreach “Gardening with the Masters.” Before Jungman’s presentation, some of the current projects of Missouri Valley Master Gardeners will be displayed. Path to joining the local club is through training conducted by South Dakota State Extension professionals. 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