eRA Information: Coming Soon the ALL NEW Electronic Research Administration Web Site Monday, November 18, 2013
It has been six months since we started the redesign of the Electronic Research Administration (eRA) web site. We are excited to announce that on Thursday, November 21, we will launch the new design!
The new design is more graphical, focusing on processes. The less text heavy approach is designed to make the pages easier to navigate, and less overwhelming.
Are you interested in getting paid to conduct research over the summer?
Join the Office of External Scholarships on Wednesday, November 13 at 6:00 p.m.in 313 Funkhouser as we discuss Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
In biomedical research, access to human tissues is of central importance in studying a disease or condition, and ultimately in developing drugs and looking for cures. For this reason, the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is rolling out an innovative project to develop an extensive Research Registry and Specimen Bank, called a biobank, for UK researchers.
The biobank will utilize leftover blood and tissue from normal medical procedures.
Donna Wilcock of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is the lead investigator on a recently-funded project exploring the links between Alzheimer's disease and Down Syndrome. Elizabeth Head, also of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is a co-investigator on the project.
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome have awarded $1.2 million in research grants to five scientists for innovative investigations that explore the development of Alzheimer’s disease in individuals with Down syndrome.
Singer, physician, athlete and inspirational speaker Dr. Ronan Tynan is no stranger to adversity. When Tynan was 20, his legs had to be amputated below the knee after an auto accident caused serious complications. Just weeks after the operation, he was climbing up the steps of his college dorm, and within a year, he was winning gold medals in the Paralympics as a multitalented athlete.
Between 1981 and 1984, Tynan amassed 18 gold medals and 14 world records, of which he still holds nine.
More than five million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and millions more are affected by their roles as family member, friend or caregiver to an individual with a memory disorder. In its efforts to educate and inform, the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is hosting the Third Annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, Nov. 15 and 16. This symposium is in honor of the founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Dr. William R. Markesbery.
This two-day program will offer sessions for both scientific and community audiences.
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Min Chen and Kathleen O’Connor shows that a specific protein may assist breast cancer cells in metastasizing.
Tumor cells escape a primary tumor by a process called invasion. This process of invasion requires cells to migrate or move through tissue.
NIH has released its guidance (see below). OSPA is unable to submit applications at this time. We will provide an update as more information is available.
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science will host the 2nd Annual UK Clinical Research Education Day on Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UK Chandler Hospital, Pavilion H North Lobby (outside of the administration offices).
NIH Grant Submission Process during the Shutdown
eIAF – these should be processed as soon as possible
Proposals – do not submit your proposal to OSPA. New deadlines will be established once the Government re-opens. Therefore, proposals need to be ready for submission in response to these deadlines.
CCTS Call for Drug Discovery and Development Applications for Funding of Transformational Team Science Linda Dwoskin, PhD, Director Jon Thorson, PhD, Co-Director
Bradley Gelfand, assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has received a $100,000 one-year grant from the International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) for his study “Iron-induced Alu RNA stability and toxicity in geographic atrophy.”
Gelfand's lab is investigating the integration of two disease causing phenomena -- iron overload and Alu RNA buildup - into one overarching model.
"The disease we are studying is geographic atrophy, which is the advanced stage of ‘dry’ age-related macular degeneration," Ge
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Pilot Funding Program announces recipients of its most recent round of pilot funding in the Collaborative Category.
I am very pleased to announce a new cycle of funding opportunities for pilot projects in cancer research under an Institutional Research Grant to the University of Kentucky from the American Cancer Society. This grant is awarded to the University "... to provide 'seed' money awards for the initiation of promising new projects [in cancer research] by junior faculty members (Assistant Professors or their equivalent, not currently funded), so they can obtain preliminary results that will enable them to compete successfully for national research grants."
It’s now possible for those without SAP access, including PIs, to track the routing status of eIAFs. Here is the announcement distributed in last week’s Grants Bulletin by the Office of Sponsored Project Administration.
The bodies of mammals, including humans, respond to injury by releasing endogenous opioids — compounds that mitigate acute pain. A team of researchers, led by those at the University of Kentucky, has uncovered groundbreaking new information about how the body responds to traumatic injury with the development of a surprisingly long-lasting opioid mechanism of natural chronic pain control.
Remarkably, the body develops both physical and physiological dependence on this opioid system, just as it does on opiate narcotic drugs.
