NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant Program and Required Information for Letter of Institutional Commitment
The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) supports the Shared Instrumentation Grant program for major research equipment costing between $100,000 and $600,000. ORIP intends to commit approximately $40 million in FY2015 to fund approximately 80 new awards. The NIH deadline is March 21, 2014.
Please find below an important message from the UK Environmental Management Department:
I need to remind you of a matter that is vitally important in meeting the intent and spirit of certain regulatory obligations, and in ensuring the safe transportation of dangerous goods (1) packaging originating from the University. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has established regulations for the transport of dangerous goods by rail, air, vessel (ships), and motor carrier (ground). Very significant financial penalties may result from any violations of DOT regulations.
Renowned chemist, novelist and playwright Carl Djerassi, known for his work in organic chemistry and as a father of insect and human birth control, will take part in several events being held Feb. 13-15, at the University of Kentucky.
During his visit to the Bluegrass, Djerassi will participate in three events. He will first serve as the featured speaker at a luncheon for business and academic leaders.
As part of the recent announcment that NIH is operating under a continuing solution, it was announced that the salary cap has been increased by 1%. To read more about the continuing resolution and the salary cap increase, click here.
Sally Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, released in a recent blog post the FY 2013 information for research applications, funding and awards. To read her blog post, click here.
Dr. Rockey releases a blog post every week with benefical information for every researcher. To sign up for Dr. Rockey's blog, called Rock Talk, click here.
A new lecture series presented by mUsiKcare will highlight wellness and health care benefits of music programs like the UK piano courses for individuals 50 years of age and older. A transcript of this video can be found here. Video by Jenny Wells/UK Public Relations and Marketing.
Donna Wilcock, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Physiology and the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has been invited to join the editorial board of The Journal of Neuroscience in 2014 as an associate editor in the Neurobiology of Disease section.
She was been selected by the senior and reviewing editors of the journal based on her expertise and history of reviews. As an associate editor, Wilcock will provide frequent reviews as well as suggesting appropriate reviewers for manuscripts.
Ana Bastos-Carvalho, a visiting scholar in the Ambati research group in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, received the Global Ophthalmology Research Award from Bayer HealthCare for her research, "Mechanisms of geographic atrophy expansion in age-related macular degeneration." http://www.bayer-ophthalmology-awards.com/html/b-about-c.html
“We are studying age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the disease responsible for most cases of legal blindness in the American elderly population”, Bastos-Carvalho said.
The University of Kentucky is partnering with KNODE Inc. to promote and connect UK researchers with colleagues and potential collaborators worldwide.
Through a UK-specific portal (search.knodeinc.com/ukentucky) the KNODE platform helps individual researchers, academic institutions and companies share scientific knowledge, particularly in the biomedical field.
There's a proverb in the business world that says, "If you don’t know, hire someone who does."
In the world of translational research, the saying might go like something this: "If you don't have the expertise or resources, collaborate with someone who does."
The nature of translational science -- the process of turning a basic science discovery into applications for human patients -- is inherently multidimensional.
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that activating the tumor suppressor p53 in normal cells causes them to secrete Par-4, another potent tumor suppressor protein that induces cell death in cancer cells. This finding may help researchers decipher how to inhibit the growth of tumors that have become resistant to other treatments.
Loss of the tumor suppressor p53 often contributes to therapy resistance in tumors.
Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine,is one of 11 recipients of the 2014 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Awards given by the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center.
In a time when competition for federal research funding is tougher than ever before, the University of Kentucky has been awarded one of the largest health grants ever made to the institution: an $11.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant supporting research focusing on issues that plague the Commonwealth - the twin scourges of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Mark Evers, director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, professor and vice-chair for research in the Department of Surgery and Markey Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair, has been elected the new president of the Southern Surgical Association.
One of the nation’s leading medical groups, the association is dedicated to furthering the study and practice of surgery, especially in the Southern states.
The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (257-9420), the Proposal Development Office (257-2861), the Office of Research Integrity–IRB & IACUC– (257-9428), and the Survey Research Center (257-4684) will be closed Wednesday, December 25 through Wednesday, January 1 and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2014. If you anticipate a need for services provided by any of these offices during this time, please call the appropriate office(s) as soon as possible so that assistance may be provided before the break.
