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From the Dean's Office

Dean's State of the School address, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. in Dow Auditorium 'Creating the Future of Healthcare Through Discovery'
Much has changed since the last State of the School address in May 2008, including the instability of the international economy. We also face some of our greatest opportunities with new facilities opening soon, the acquisition of the North Campus Research Complex and important recruiting successes. Please plan to attend this event where the Dean will describe the reputation earned by Medical School efforts around the world and his vision for how we will continue to transform the way we achieve our missions and compete on the global stage. 

Sept. 9: Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professorship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the Wednesday, Sept. 9, inauguration of the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professorship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the installation of Terry J. Smith, M.D., as the first Huetwell Professor. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium at the W. K. Kellogg Eye Center. For more information, e-mail Dawn Bednarski or call 734-998-7622.

Research

Sept. 15 and 16: University Committee on Use and Care of Animals Town Hall - Medical Campus
The University Committee on Use and Care of Animals will be holding its Town Hall meetings for Sept. at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Med. Sci. I room M3330 and at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Dental School room G390. The presentations will cover:

• Policy changes for acquisition and oversight of controlled substances
• Surgical record and tumor monitoring requirements
• Overview of behavior based interviewing

The compliance associates will be on hand after the meeting for assistance. For more information, e-mail the UCUCA office ucuca.office@umich.edu at or call 734-763-8028.

• Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D., dean, U-M School of Public Health, Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health
• Jonathan E. Fielding M.D., MPH, director, Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County
• Thomas George, M.D., state senator, Michigan

Funds available for subsidized use of U-M research resource cores for problems in aging research
The Nathan Shock Center for the Biology of Aging announces the availability of subsidy funds to help U-M faculty members purchase services from the University's family of research resource cores.

The funds can be used to help pay a portion -- up to 40 percent -- of costs at any U-M core that has published user fees or recharge rates. Some examples of these cores include, among others: Center for Integrative Genomics, Metabolomics and Obesity Center, Protein Structure Facility, DNA Sequencing Core, Center for Molecular Imaging, Center for Chemical Genomics, Affymetrix and DNA Microarray Core, shRNA Library Core.

The research project must address questions related to the physiology, cell biology, genetics, or molecular biology of aging. For detailed information, visit "Funding Info. For Use of UM Research Cores."

• Exciting news from the U-M Medical School research enterprise
• New funding and educational opportunities
• Key upcoming dates for special events and seminars
• Recent awards and publication
  

Education

Biomedical engineering course needs M.D. volunteers for a minimal time commitment
We're looking for physicians to act as clients for our freshman introduction to biomedical engineering course. The total time commitment is only 10 - 15 hours. To give students a real-world experience, teams of five-six students are assigned to a U-M physician client to identify a disease which could benefit from a novel, pre-symptomatic diagnostic test. It can be multi-stage, use both genotypic and/or phenotypic technologies, apply current methods like Western blots and PCR or emerging technologies like nanosystems or camera pills. Physicians will be required to meet with their student team three times during Sept. - Oct. to answer questions and then to provide guidance via e-mail. If interested, please e-mail Mary Beth Donovan at mbdon@umich.edu.

• Do you have questions about what the policy means?
• Do you know who needs to comply?
• Do you know how the University of Michigan MLibrary can assist you in matters of compliance?
• Do you know how the U-M Medical School can help in navigating publishers' copyright agreements in order to comply with the policy?

Sept. 29: New resources from the National Center for Biotechnology Information
Scientists from the National Center for Biotechnology Information will present a webinar on new NCBI resources. from 2 - 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29. These include:

• NCBI Discovery Project and changes in the Entrez system
• Sequence database changes
• New Entrez databases: Peptidome - peptide and protein mass spectrometry data, the Short Read Archive - next generation sequencing project data, BioSystems - biochemical and signaling pathways
• New BLAST services
• New PubChem small molecule views and standalone viewer

For more information or to register, visit the Web site.

Upcoming workshops sponsored by U-M Teaching and Technology Collaborative
Getting Started with Photoshop
Thursday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Photoshop is a powerful tool -- if you know how to use it. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the basic features of Photoshop, including how to crop and resize images, select part of one image and add it to another (using "layers"), add text and apply effects such as a bevel to make an image look like a button.

Apple Keynote
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Taught by an Apple software specialist, this workshop will help participants learn how to effortlessly create stunning presentations, complete with Apple-designed themes, cinema-quality animations, and voice-over narration. Participants will learn to export their presentations in a variety of formats; as a set of image files or as Flash, QuickTime, PowerPoint, HTML, or PDF format.

For more information or to register, visit the Web site.

Other

Call for Nominations -- Candace J. Johnson Award to honor exemplary staff
The University of Michigan Office of the Provost wishes to recognize an exemplary staff member from the Ann Arbor campus or Health System with the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate those staff members who truly make a difference in the workplace by combining enthusiasm and excellence.

Established in 2004, the award is a memorial to a dedicated staff member, Candy Johnson, whose special blend of professionalism and personality was a positive influence throughout the University. A $500 cash award and certificate will be presented in December by the Office of the Provost.

The final day nominations will be accepted will be Thursday, Oct. 8. For more information and nomination forms, visit the Candace J. Johnson Staff Award for Excellence Web site.

New Zipcar location
The Zipcar car-sharing program has been so successful, another Medical Campus Zipcar location has been added. The lot on Ann Street at Zina Pitcher Place has a Ford Escape, Toyota Matrix and a new Honda Insight Hybrid. Now we have placed a Mazda 3 and a new Honda Insight Hybrid in the Glen Avenue parking structure on Catherine Street at Glen Avenue.

Join Zipcar and find-out why 1,400 U-M members love to car-share.

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News Releases
To see the latest news about Medical School research and other important Health System developments, visit the Newsroom at www.med.umich.edu/news .

Medical School FAQs
You can find answers to many of your questions pertaining to the U-M Medical School in one place. The FAQ page links to a variety of resources including information and support, educational programs, research and policy information. The site also lists useful U-M resources.

Seminars, lectures, colloquia and events for next week

Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
Noon. The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series. David J. Pinsky, M.D., chief, cardiovascular medicine, director, Cardiovascular Center, J. Griswold Ruth M.D. and Margery Hopkins Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine, professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Scholar, A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, will present "Paradoxes and inspirations: Potential therapeutic effects of a deadly gas," in Med. Sci. I room 6311.

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
11:30 a.m. Emergency Medicine Visiting Professor Lecture. Manish Shah, M.D., chief, Division of Prehospital Medicine, associate professor of Emergency Medicine, community and preventitive medicine and geriatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, EMS medical director, Monroe-Livingston Region, will present "Challenges in Prehospital Medicine: Historical Perspective;" and "When Icebergs Collide: Emergency Care, Public Health and the Unmet Needs of Older Adults," in the MCHC Auditorium.

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
12:10 p.m. Gifts of Art. Modern jazz piano by Jim Vincent, UH Main Lobby, floor 1.