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If you’ve driven along Virginia Avenue, toward main campus, you’ve seen the steel skeleton of the new research building under construction. This is Research Building 2 (RB2), a precious resource and a vehicle for the University of Kentucky to reduce the health disparities that most impact Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Research Day is an opportunity for researchers to share their work, and receive feedback from colleagues across campus. An estimated 400 people were in attendance at the event, with about 45 staff members tasked with judging posters. While many posters are presented by seasoned researchers, high school, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students, as well as junior researchers and staff, can also submit work and have their poster presentation judged by faculty members.
Training will be offered in the College of Medicine for the new Cayuse 424 Proposal Preparation and Submission System as follows:
Wednesday, May 31, 2-3:30 p.m., BBSRB 202A
Tuesday, June 6, 2-3:30 p.m., MN363
Colorectal cancer incidence rates have declined by 25 percent in Kentucky in less than 10 years. Death rates have dropped by 30 percent.
Why?
Among other reasons, screenings have increased significantly, led by University of Kentucky researchers along with changes in state policy.
Even when it’s your job, it’s not easy to ask people about substance use. Kalea Benner’s current research is based on this fact.
In response to a major challenge of ‘hypercompetition’ for NIH awards, Director Francis Collins has recently announced steps that will be implemented over the next several months to implement limits on NIH Grant Support for individual laboratories.
NIH issued a new policy to increase the availability of information about clinical trials via ClinicalTrials.gov. As part of that new policy, NIH grantees must certify compliance with federal regulations in applications and progress reports. Grant applications and progress report for applicable clinical trials* require certification that clinicaltrials.gov requirements have been met.
The PI Financial Report Review Best Practices document on the COM SRAS website has been updated and can be found here. It is critical that these reports be reviewed on a routine basis, especially to ensure all your projects active for the period are listed, that expenses for each project are in line with your expectations, and that individuals paid from
Halcomb Fellowship In Medicine and Engineering
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) recently hosted their sixth annual "Meet the Researcher Day" on April 27- 28. Meet the Researchers Day is a field trip given as a prize to schools in the region who successfully raise more than $1,000 for the LLS's Pennies for Patients campaign.
UK and DHHS Cost Accounting Services came to agreement last week on UK’s F&A rates for the next three years beginning July 1, 2017. The following rates should be used in proposal budgets for projects that will begin July 1, 2017 or later. Please now begin to use these rates in new proposals.
Fiscal Year
FY 18,19,20
By Vice President for Research Lisa Cassis
Recently, we celebrated a new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), within a program called the Institutional Development Award (IDeA), for a Center for Cancer and Metabolism. This Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), which is headed by Daret St. Clair in collaboration with Peter Zhou, is anticipated to have an amazing impact on our ability to fight the cancer scourge that plagues Kentucky.
They've hosted astronauts, entrepreneurs, national champions, politicians and world leaders. But this year, the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging opted to tell "Our Story" at its annual dinner.
Instead of a keynote speaker from outside the organization, Sanders-Brown featured the stories of six families whose lives have been ravaged by Alzheimer's disease.
For minors working in Research Laboratories and Animal Facilities, Environmental Health and Safety has developed policies and procedures to minimize the risk to minors working in these areas. You may review the EHS information here, http://ehs.uky.edu/ohs/minors_0001.php.
Mechanosensory hair cells in the inner ear pick up the softest sounds, such as whispers and distant noises.
Unlike other cells in the human body, these sensory cells are fragile and finite. At birth, the human ear contains approximately 15,000 of these cells. They do not regenerate or divide and, therefore are susceptible to permanent damage from exposure to loud sounds. Scientists believe understanding the molecular mechanisms that maintain the structure of these cells throughout the lifespan can provide insight into the fundamental causes of hearing loss and deafness.
The University of Kentucky was recently awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study the metabolism of cancer from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. The $11.2 million grant will fund UK's Center for Cancer and Metabolism over the next five years.
In December, with bipartisan support, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a major piece of legislation designed to re-energize medical research within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – the world’s premier biomedical research government agency. But the recently released so called “skinny” budget within the America First budget blueprint, which includes a roughly $6 billion cut to the NIH, would profoundly curtail discovery and innovation across the U.S.
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 12 for the Knapp Memorial Lecture. Dr. Charles Sfeir from the University of Pittsburgh will be speaking.
Craniofacial and Dental Regeneration: From Bench to Bedside
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Pavilion A Auditorium
3:45 – 4:00 – Light Refreshments
4:00 – 4:15 – Greetings
4:15 – 5:15 – Presentation
About Dr. Sfeir: