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Monday, May 9 -
Thursday, May 12
Four-day workshop
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Kellogg Eye Center
Tuesday, May 10 Forum Hall, Palmer Commons This event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, May 17 (breakfast provided) or (lunch provided) BSRB Seminar Rooms
Wednesday, May 18
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
NCRC Bldgs. 10 & 18
RSVP required.
Tuesday, May 24 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Kahn Auditorium, BSRB
Wednesday, June 1 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Michigan League Monday, June 6 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest
Tuesday, June 7 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, June 14 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Tuesday, June 28 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM BSRB Seminar Rooms
Both breakfast and
lunch will be provided.
SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, August 31 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Circle Drive in front of Med Sci I |
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Bridging Support
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Featured Foundation Grants
Visit the UMHS Corporate and Foundation Relations website for more foundation funding opportunities.
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The site visit team had one (only one) observation to which U-M must respond by Thursday, May 5.
The area they identified as needing improvement involved decisions of approvals with contingencies that might have been more appropriately identified as requiring deferral of approval.
- the strategic and integrative nature of our HRPP,
- our well-trained and motivated HRPP staff and
IRB members, - our well informed investigators,
- our education programs, and
- our integrated website.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this positive outcome.
We expect our final reaccreditation determination to be provided by the AAHRPP Council in mid-June.
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RFP for Therapeutic Innovation Fund
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Proposals due Friday, June 17
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Request for Proposals!
Submission Deadline: Friday, June 17 by 5:00 PM
Eligibility: Open to investigators across U-M
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The fund supports the discovery and optimization of small molecule lead compounds for projects with a specific, novel, and testable drug discovery hypothesis. Selected projects receive funding and resources from MCTI in the areas of drug design, cell biology, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, and pharmacology (up to $100,000 in value for each award for one to two years). The fund is jointly administered by MCTI and FFMI.
An advisory committee of recognized drug discovery and development experts will review and select projects for funding, and MCTI and FFMI will partner to assign funded teams with experienced mentors to guide each individual project.
Schedule your pre-submission meeting today!
Contact Dr. Ester Fernández-Salas, MCTI Managing Director, at esterf@umich.edu or (734) 998-8301, or Casey Wegner, Senior Business Analyst, at cjwegner@umich.edu or (734) 764-2695.
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Meet with All of the Biomedical Research Core Facilities in One Room
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Join us on Thursday, June 2 at Palmer Commons
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Are you interested in learning more about Single Cell Analysis? Did you know that we have an Epigenomics Core, or that you can purchase more than 700 stocked items at five locations at our Biomedical Research Store?
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Thursday, June 2
Palmer Commons
10:00 AM
Speaking Sessions Begin
11:30 AM
Exhibit Hall Opens
FREE lunch from Zingerman's Deli
available with entry ticket
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Speaking sessions featuring top experts in biomedical research will be held in Forum Hall, across from the vendor area. Sessions include:
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM:
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| Karin Hardiman, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Surgery
in the Division of Colorectal Surgery, will present on her work with colorectal cancer, tumor heterogeneity, and subclonality
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM:
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"Identification of Low Abundance Proteins in a Highly Complex Sample" from Proteomics & Peptide Synthesis Core Director Henriette Remmer, Ph.D.
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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM:
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| Discussion on STED Depletion Microscopy with Linda Barthel,
Lead Research Laboratory Specialist, Microscopy & Image Analysis Laboratory, MIL North
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2:00 PM - 2:45 PM:
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| "CRISPR/Cas9 Systems:
CRISPR Activators, Synthetic CRISPR, and the CRISPR Core Partnership Program" with Tom Lanigan, Ph.D., Director of the Vector Core, and Chris Lemke, Scientific Liaison, MilliporeSigma |
Visit the event website for a full list of participating vendors and Core exhibitors.
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Your Lab is Spending HOW MUCH to Transport Samples Across Campus??
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Did you know that biological samples are prohibited on public buses (including AATA and U-M passenger buses), taxis/ubers, personal cars, and non-DOT regulated motor vehicles on public roads?
Did you also know that improperly transporting samples can potentially cause personal injury as well as result in significant fines by the Department of Transportation?
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U-M has three compliant, convenient, and cost-effective options for researchers to quickly get biological samples where they need to go around the U-M campus.
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CLICK HERE for more information about each OSEH-approved transportation option, including a side-by-side comparison chart. |
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Apply by Friday, May 13 for MICHR Community-University Seed Funding
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& Health Research (MICHR) is now accepting applications for a funding opportunity designed to support community-engaged research partnerships and projects addressing community-identified health priorities in communities across Michigan.
- Developing a steering committee or other partnership infrastructure;
- Disseminating and translating research findings;
- Evaluating the partnership process.
CUPS applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Applicants that would like to be considered during the upcoming round of review will need to submit their applications by Friday, May 13.
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Help Inform Future Communications and You Could Win $50 from Amazon!
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has crafted a brief customer satisfaction survey to better understand our research community's communication needs and usage habits as they pertain to animal care and use at U-M.
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(or paste bit.ly/acuo-comm into your web browser)
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The results will inform efforts to re-design the website and to refine communications to the U-M community. Plus, every person who submits a completed survey will be entered automatically in a prize drawing to win a $50 Amazon.com gift card!
Thank you for your feedback.
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Medicine at Michigan Seeking Publications, Apps by Faculty
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Submissions due by Wednesday, June 1
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They are also interested in featuring faculty-developed health apps.
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For publications:
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For mobile apps:
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Metabolic Test Kitchen Available
to Meet Your Research Needs
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Are you designing a research study involving dietary, physical activity/exercise, body composition, and/or metabolic measurements or interventions in human subjects?
- Consultation services to investigators. The HPC has the expertise to help you optimize the design of your study.
- Standardized and sophisticated assessment and physiological testing of human subjects. The HPC has the equipment and the expertise to implement a wide array of nutritional assessments and physiological/metabolic tests for your research studies.
- Services to directly assist researchers with conducting their nutritional and/or exercise interventions in human subjects.
Not sure how these services may apply to your study?
Recently, the HPC metabolic test kitchen began prepping for an intensive feeding study looking at the effects of a high-fat vs. high-carbohydrate diet on responses of the metabolome.
With dietitians and technicians on staff, we are able to design five-day rotating menus for both study conditions that are calorie controlled to the study participant to prevent changes in weight.
In addition, we procure and prepare the food for pickup using standardized weighing and menu development techniques.
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Featured Foundation Grants
for Biomedical Research
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James S. McDonnell Foundation -- Postdoctoral Fellowships
The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Studying Complex Systems provides fellowships to students completing doctoral training in the multidisciplinary field of complex systems science.
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Award
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$200K
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Thursday, June 30
by 4:59 PM EST
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The total amount of the JSMF Fellowship is to be expended in no less than two and no more than three years.
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association Research Grants
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International Mental Health Research Organization -- Rising Star Awards
The International Mental Health Research Organization (IMHRO)'s Rising Star Awards aim to encourage the community of neuroscience researchers to direct their efforts toward basic, translational, and clinical science while supporting the research of emerging leaders in the field.
Questions about these award opportunities should be directed to Joe Piffaretti in UMHS Corporate and Foundation Relations via email at piffaret@med.umich.edu or phone at (734) 763-1318.
If you are interested in receiving weekly funding announcements that include opportunities such as those listed above, please contact Joe Piffaretti to be added to the faculty/staff email circulation list.
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New NIH Rigor Standards: Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources
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Sharpening Your Focus:
Tips on Grant Proposal Preparation
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By Jill Jividen, Ph.D., Senior Manager
for Research Development Support,
U-M Medical School Office of Research
(One in a series of tips published in UMMS Research News about writing proposals.)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s 2016 Rigor & Reproducibility criteria require a new attachment to the updated SF424 form (soon to be FORMS-D). This document, called "Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources," asks researchers to detail plans for authenticating resources that are integral to the proposed research -- resources that may differ from lab to lab (or over time), or have qualities that might influence results. Those resources include (but are not limited to) cell lines, specialty chemicals, reagents, antibodies, or other biologics.
a page or less -- and should be limited to an investigator's plans to authenticate during the course of the project (not the actual results or data of resources already authenticated). Examples include plans to use flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry to identify primary cell lines, or using western blot analysis for antibody specificity.
Study section members will be asked to review this document, but at this point it will not affect impact scores. They may follow up with questions if more information is needed on meritorious proposals.
The challenge, NIH has acknowledged, is that there is a lack of standards and best practices for authenticating some of the relevant resources. It is a hope that this push toward transparency and detailed reporting of practices will build a consensus in the research community around best practices for authenticating critical scientific resources.
For more information:
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