Dr. Changcheng Zhou and Colleagues publish in JCI Insight!
Dr. Changcheng Zhou and fellow departmental and UK colleagues, including Drs. Yipeng Sui, Zun Liu, Se-Yhung Park, Sean Thatcher and Phil Kern, have published in the new journal JCI Insight, a sister publication of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Wonder Women: Young Scientists Help Confirm Presence of Breathing "Ghost Network"
According to a paper recently published in Cell Reports, labs from Case Western Reserve and the University of Kentucky's Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) were able to demonstrate the existence of a parallel neural network that could potentially restore diaphragm function after spinal cord injury.
This ghost network operates entirely separate from the brain, which has long been considered the only organ capable of directing respiratory function, and appears able to instruct the diaphragm to contract when properly activated.
UK College of Medicine Receives Prestigious Grant to Investigate Vascular Disease
The American Heart Association has awarded a University of Kentucky and Baylor University research partnership $3.7 million to study aortic disease.
UK and Baylor were one of four teams nationwide to receive the honor, which coincides with the establishment of the American Heart Association's Vascular Research Disease Network.
Abstracts, Mentor Nominations Being Accepted for CCTS Spring Conference
Abstracts and mentor nominations are now being accepted for the 13th Annual Spring Conference of the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Abstracts are due Monday, March 5, and mentor nominations are due Monday, Feb. 26.
The conference will be held Friday, April 13, 2018, at the Lexington Convention Center. The theme is “Opioids: Addressing the Public Health Crisis through Translational Science.” More details are available here.
Abstracts
NIH Updated Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality
NIH has updated its policy on Certificates of Confidentiality for NIH-funded and conducted research. To read the full announcement, click here.
Request from All of Us Research Program at NIH
[From National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute]
UK Medical Students Open New Eye Clinic at the Salvation Army
The opening of a new ophthalmology clinic at the student-run University of Kentucky College of Medicine Salvation Army Clinic was "a culmination of people saying we can do this," said Dr. Julia Stevens, associate professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics, and liaison to the students working to bring the clinic to life.
Swartz and Williams Presented at the AACN Annual Doctoral Education Conference
Employee Calls Free Fitbit Opportunity a 'True Benefit'
More than 7,000 University of Kentucky employees, retirees and spouses have purchased a Fitbit through UK's recent promotion. It is just one way the university is helping the community improve their well-being. The promotion continues through Jan. 31.
"Walking more is an attainable goal," said Allison Walters, a UK employee for almost 20 years. "The Fitbit is a true benefit to my health because it keeps me in tune with how I'm doing."
To the Bluegrass and Beyond: Alumnus John Charles Reflects on 30-year career at NASA
Why?
That's the question John Charles constantly asked his parents as a boy. His father was a trained geologist, but he struggled to answer his son's barrage of questions about nature. So he made sure young John had plenty of books about science and space and encouraged him to find the answers.
