News & Communications: Major Events and Conferences
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 and TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10:
Monday, November 9, 4:00 - 6:00 PM - Poster Session
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM - Plenary Session and Breakout Sessions
Towsley Education Center
20th Annual Pediatric Research Symposium
Sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
For details, visit: (http://sitemaker.umich.edu/peds.research/annual_pediatric_research_symposium)
CME credit offered. For more information, contact Jackie Torres at 734-763-9150 or (jjtorres@umich.edu).
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11:
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, (see locations below)
NIH Comes to Michigan
From new leadership to ARRA funding programs to enhanced peer review, there are significant changes on-going at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2009 and 2010. We invite you to participate in any of three different sessions being held Wednesday, November 11, to hear from NIH program staff about what is happening at NIH and learn how to take advantage of these changes and new funding opportunities:
- 10:00 - 11:30 AM, Blau Auditorium, UM Ross School of Business, 701 Tappan Street
NIH Funding for Academic Institutions: Ch ch ch changes…
(sponsored by Michigan’s University Research Corridor) - 1:30 - 4:30 PM, SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor
Meet One-on-One with NIH
(15 min meetings, sponsored by Biotechnology Business Consultants) - 5:00 - 7:00 PM, SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor
NIH Funding for Life Science Companies and Entrepreneurs: SBIR/STTR and Beyond…
(sponsored by BioArbor)
For more information and to register, please visit the website (http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/research/nih-visits-michigan.pdf).
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12:
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM, BSRB Auditorium
Hosted by Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Brockman Memorial Symposium on Tumor Virology - 25th Anniversary
Speakers:
Paul Lambert, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
“Contributions of Human Papillomavirus Oncogenes and Host Factors in Cervical Cancer”
Stanley Lemon, Ph.D., University of Texas
“Contrasts in Virus Persistence: Evasion of Innate Immune Responses by Hepatitis A and Hepatitis C Viruses”
Hung Fan, Ph.D., University of California
“Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus and Lung Cancer”
James Pipas, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
“Viral Proteins as Probes of Cellular Pathways: SV40 and Beyond”
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, North Campus: Johnson Rooms
Industry Sponsored Research in the College of Engineering: Working with DRDA
This program will provide valuable insights about how administrators, working with DRDA can effectively process industry sponsored projects. Elaine Brock will share her expertise on these subjects:
- The different types of interactions UM has with industry, including research agreements, materials transfer and others
- The contrast in the positions of UM and industry sponsors
- A wide range of Policies and issues related to industry agreements
- How to best work with DRDA to process them through the university system
To register, visit (http://cgi.research.umich.edu/training/research/research_training.lasso).
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18:
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Palmer Commons Forum Hall
Introductory Course for Emerging Clinical & Translational Research Scholars
Sponsored by MICHR (Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research), this two-day workshop aims to provide attendees with an overview of clinical translational research and pathways to develop an academic career focused on clinical research.
To register and see complete program information, please visit:
http://www.michr.umich.edu/programs/ed-mentoring.html
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19:
12:00 - 2:00 PM, Palmer Commons Forum Hall
Clinical Research Career Development Awards - Getting Started
Sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)
Directed toward junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and research scientists interested in clinical and translational research, this presentation will provide all the necessary information for getting started on a proposal.
To register and see complete program information, please visit:
http://www.michr.umich.edu/programs/ed-mentoring.html
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall (NLH), Medical Science II Building
The William E.M. Lands Lectureship sponsored by the Department of Biological Chemistry
Host: Dr. William L. Smith
Richard Wurtman, M.D., Cecil H. Green Distinguished Professor of Neuropharmacology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
"Administering Phosphatide Precursors Increases Synaptic Membrane, Dendritic Spines, and Probably, Brain Synapses?"
http://www.biochem.med.umich.edu/
1:00-5.30 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium
Systems Biology Symposium:
"Celebrating the Diversity of Contemporary Integrative Biology"
Sponsored by Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics, Endowment for Basic Science, Center for Integrative Genomics, Systems & Integrative Biology Training Grant, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mathematical Biology Research Group, and University of Michigan Medical School.
The symposium also includes a poster session and lunch starting at 11:30 AM. Please register your poster by sending an abstract (no more than 250 words of text) to Kate Ray (kateray@umich.edu). Poster size should be 4’ x 6’. The top three poster presenters will each receive a $50 gift card.
Deadline for poster abstract submission: November 17, 2009
Speakers:
Santiago Schnell, D.Phil., Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
Daniel Forger, Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Michigan
Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology, University of Michigan
Xiaoxia (Nina) Lin, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Plenary Speakers:
Douglas Lauffenburger, Ph.D., Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Denis Noble, Ph.D., CBE, FRS, FRCP, Physiology, University of Oxford
For a complete program, please visit:
http://www.physiology.med.umich.edu/Symposium/Flyer-final.pdf
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4:
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM, M-3330 Med Sci I
New Faculty Orientation to U-M Clinical Research Practices
New faculty and U-M faculty who are new to the practice of clinical research are invited to attend this half-day workshop, which gives an overview and resources for navigating the U-M clinical research environment. Personnel and faculty from offices that manage and govern clinical research practices will present key information on the topics of initiating, conducting and collaborating on clinical and translational research. For more information or to register, visit the website.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Industry Sponsored Research in the Medical School: Working with DRDA
This program will provide valuable insights about how administrators, working with DRDA can effectively process industry sponsored projects. Elaine Brock will share her expertise on these subjects:
- The different types of interactions UM has with industry, including clinical trials, materials transfer and others
- A wide range of Policies and issues related to industry agreements
- How to best work with DRDA to process them through the university system
To register, visit (http://cgi.research.umich.edu/training/research/research_training.lasso).
