Attend Dean Woolliscroft's office hours program
Since beginning the "office hours" program, Dean Woolliscroft has met informally with many faculty, staff and students who have provided him with valuable comments and suggestions on how to enhance our efforts and make a great school even better. Below are the days, times and locations for office hours in the coming month. Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with their creative ideas and innovative solutions:
Monday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. in 2738 Cardiovascular Center
Thursday, Mar. 6 at 4:30 p.m. in VA, room A917, 9th floor
Wednesday, Mar. 19 at 11:30 a.m. in 2955 Taubman Library, CAP Conference Room
William Chandler, M.D., to give next Dean's Lecture Feb. 19
William Chandler, M.D., Richard C. Schneider Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Internal Medicine, will give the next Dean's Lecture at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center. The topic of his talk is "Treatment of Disorders of the Pituitary - the Master Gland." All members of the University Community are welcome to attend. A reception will follow in the Towsley Lobby. For more information, call 734-615-6981.
Cardiovascular Center research award competition extension
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center has granted an extension until Feb. 29 for the CVC Research Award Competition. There are three separate awards available this year:
McKay Grant Competition: Grants have generally range from $5,000 to $25,000. This competition is intended to assist new cardiovascular investigators, within any UM discipline related to cardiovascular disease, to initiate projects that will lead to extramural funding. The PI must have a primary faculty appointment within U-M.
Barr Discovery Grant Competition: New this year! This competition is intended to award proposals that study Neurological Complications stemming from Cardiovascular Disease.
Gelman Innovation/Innovator Grant Competition: This competition is intended to award innovative approaches to or innovators in general cardiovascular science.
Those who applied for the McKay Grant in the past and who were not funded or only partially funded are urged to reapply.
For more information, visit the Web site.
Funds Available: Nathan Shock Center Deadline: Saturday,
March 15
The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in Aging sponsors an Aging Transgenic Rodent/Pathology Core. The goal of the ATRPC is to provide both scientific and financial assistance to U-M researchers who wish to develop and study aged mice whose genotypes make them particularly valuable for the study of problems in the cell and molecular biology of aging. Studies of spontaneous or induced mutants, knock-outs, and transgenic animals are eligible for consideration. The Shock Center is funded by the NIA and is headed by John Faulkner, Ph.D. The ATRPC core is directed by Evan Keller.
The ATRPC is likely to make to to four such awards annually. Typical support is $6,000-$10,000 annually for one to two years. UCUCA approval is required before mice can be obtained or used in the proposal, but is not required prior to application. All questions can be e-mailed to Evan Keller at etkeller@umich.edu. For application, contact Terri Gorowski at terrilg@umich.edu.
Copyright and Publishing Essentials
All university faculty and researchers who are both users and creators of copyrighted material, and copyright law, can have a profound impact on our professional lives. This session provides an introduction to copyright questions that most affect scholarly authors, such as:
What does copyright protect and for how long?
Who owns the copyright?
When do you need permission to use other people's works in your writing and teaching?
How can you protect your interests in dealing with journals and publishers?
In addition, this session will cover the new National Institutes of Health mandatory deposit policy, and the impact that open access is having in the field of medical research. This free workshop will be at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the MCHC Auditorium. Registration is not required.
For more information, visit the Health Science Library Web site.
Protein Structure Facility: Lower prices and more service options Peptide Synthesis Service
Lower prices are available for custom synthesis of short peptides (six to 15 amino acids), for repeat requests and regular peptides (subject to sequence review). Turn around times are currently seven to 15 business days for most linear peptides. View our new prices at med.umich.edu/medschool/brcf/protein/.
Mass Spectrometry Services
Prices have been lowered for all mass spectrometry services especially for protein identification by LC-MS/MS and other proteome analysis options. We also perform de-novo sequence analysis by mass spectrometry and sample preparation. Contact the facility or schedule a project consultation at med.umich.edu/medschool/brcf/protein/.
Listen to Family Medicine Residency Podcast UnPlugged
Listen to Family Medicine Residency Podcast UnPlugged as current residents share a recent call night experience at Chelsea Community Hospital.
CHEAR-cast: National Poll finds millions use discount generic Rx programs
Nearly 70 million Americans have used discount generic prescription drug programs offered at major retail stores across the country, say researchers with the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
U-M
Makes the News!
M-News Now is a Web page with timely information about members of the UMHS
community who are in the news. See who is being interviewed or where their
comments are being published at M-News
Now! Feb. 13
--Dr. Dempsey in Ann Arbor News, WebMD
Feb. 10
--Howard Markel in United Kingdom's Observer
News
Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the
headlines, visit www.med.umich.edu/news
Medical School FAQs
Not sure where to get your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School answered? The FAQ page links to a variety of resources on such things as information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists some useful U-M resources.
Seminars,
lectures, colloquia and events for next week
Monday,
Feb. 18, 2008 4
p.m. Neuroscience Program Seminar. Randy Buckner, Ph.D., professor, Department of Psychology, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University; associate director, Athinuola A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute will present, "The Brain's Default Network: Anatomy, Function, and Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease," in room 2260, Undergraduate Science Building.
4
p.m. Department of Human Genetics Seminar. Faculty candidate, Anthony Antonellis, Ph.D., research fellow, Physical Mapping
Section, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institute of Health will present "Genetic and Genomic Approaches for Studying Inherited Peripheral
Neuropathies," in 5915 Buhl (classroom).
Tuesday,
Feb. 19, 2008 Noon Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. Faculty Candidate, Bing Li, Ph.D., senior research associate, Stowers Institute for Medical Research will present "ReSETting transcribed chromatin: the Set2-Rpd3S pathway," in the North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II.
3 p.m. Michigan Translational Research Seminar. Paul H. Krebsbach, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor, Biologic and Materials Sciences; professor, Biomedical Engineering; Roy H. Roberts Professor of Dentistry, University of Michigan, will present "Gene Therapy Strategies for Skeletal Regeneration," in the Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center.
4 p.m. Vision Research Seminar. Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D., Systems Neurobiology Laboratories at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies will present, "Specific Neuronal Types and Functional Visual Cortical Circuits," in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium.
Wednesday,
Feb. 20, 2008
10:30 a.m.
Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Marc Woodbury-Smith, MA, MB, ChB, MPhil, Ph.D., MRCPsych, consultant psychiatrist, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge presents "Understanding Offending Among Adults with Asperger Syndrome," in the Garden Level Auditorium, Rachel Upjohn Building.
12:15 p.m. Immunology Seminar. Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Ph.D., professor, Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, who will present "B cell activation in SLE - Toll Up, Toll Down," in the South Lecture Hall, Medical Science II.
4 p.m. Molecular and Integrative Physiology Seminar. Jian Xie, Ph.D., professor, Pharmacology and Physiology and Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, will present "The Non-pumping Na/D-ATPase and cardiovascular physiology of endogenous cardiotonic steroids," in 7745 Medical Science II.
Thursday,
Feb. 21, 2008 12:10
p.m. Gifts of Art. Classical piano and voice by Jennifer Hartley and Gjergji Gaqi, University Hospital, Main Lobby, floor 1
4
p.m. Pathology Research Seminar Series. Jay L. Hess, M.D., Ph.D. Carl V. Weller Professor, chair, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, presents "Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and transformation by MLL," 4234 Med. Sci. I.
4
p.m. Department of Human Genetics Seminar. Faculty candidate, David Mu, Ph.D., research investigator and faculty,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cancer Genome Center, New York, will present, "Novel Lung Cancer Genes and Clinical Implications," in 5915 Buhl (classroom).
Friday,
Feb. 22, 2008 Noon Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. John Del Valle, M.D., professor, Internal Medicine, senior associate chair of Medicine for Graduate Medical Education, Internal Medicine residency program director and Amanda Osta, M.D., 2007-2008 chief medical resident, will present "Morbidity and Mortality," Ford Auditorium , University Hospital.
