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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

November is also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Many funding opportunities are available. Learn more below.
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Weekly News for November 11, 2016

SC INBRE News

Today (Nov. 11) is Veterans Day. Thank you to all of our SC INBRE members and their families who have served to protect and preserve the freedom of our country.


INVESTIGATORS: The SC INBRE Developmental Research Project Program Request for Applications (RFA) was released on Nov. 1. Proposals can be received from faculty at all institutions in the SC INBRE network (including CRUs, Network PUIs and Outreach PUIs) who meet the eligibility and focus criteria. Full details are available on our website

UNDERGRADS: 2017 Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Training Opportunity. The South Carolina Cancer Health Equity Consortium (SC CHEC) conducts an innovative, inter-institutional, 10-week summer program to attract and catalyze a new generation of diverse biomedical scientists. Limited to students from USC, MUSC, Claflin, SC State and Voorhees College. Deadline to apply is Dec. 16Learn more and to apply

Pancreatic cancer: More work to be done

Pancreatic cancer is a relatively rare cancer, but it remains one of the most lethal. "It's a very complex disease; these people are hard to take care of, they have complicated medical issues," says Dr. Margaret Tempero, research director at UC San Francisco's Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. "The field needs more trained practitioners and more funding for research," she says.

South Carolina has not ignored this call-to-action. Researchers at SC INBRE network and outreach institutions are working on this disease: MUSC's Hollings Cancer Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cancers of the digestive system, including the colon, pancreas, liver, stomach, biliary tree and rectum. Students at the Anderson University Center for Cancer Research work with advanced equipment and skilled researchers to study cancer treatments and causes, all with a focus on community outreach and education. Students work with fruit and plant extracts to see how well they fight different forms of cancer – pancreatic, stomach, or nerve, for example. 

There is still more work to be done. Funding opportunities are available from groups such as the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Learn more

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JimDeavor-CofC"Receiving the Developmental Research Project Program award has been very beneficial to my research program. It has supported summer research and provides opportunities for undergraduate students to work in my lab. In addition, SC INBRE funding has facilitated interactions with other lab head of PUIs across the state."

 


Daniel Williams is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Coastal Carolina University, where he has been since 2012. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 2005, which was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. Research in the Williams Lab is focused on the cellular mechanism and molecular pathways that underlie neurodegeneration triggered by reactive oxygen species. This is accomplished by using a novel optiogenetic approach for the temporal and spatial production of reactive oxygen species in neurons of the nematode C. elegans. Coastal Carolina University became an SC INBRE network institution in 2015 and Dr. Williams became Target Faculty shortly thereafter. Dr. Williams also teaches undergraduate courses in Introductory Biology, Genetics, and Neuroscience. 

Meetings

Informational Webinars: 

SAVE THE DATES: Council on Undergraduate Research

  • Jan. 13-15, 2017: “Broadening Participation Institute” at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. Applications due Nov. 21. Learn more
  • Feb. 16-18, 2017: CUR Dialogues: Reigniting Research: Identifying and Pursuing Diverse Options. Registration deadline is Feb. 1. Learn more
  • June 27-29, 2017: Undergraduate Research Programs: Undergraduate Research Collaborations” Conference at Northern Arizona University. All abstracts and proposals due Jan. 17. Learn more

Funding Opportunities

Miscellaneous

The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) at the National Institutes of Health invites submissions for the ODP Early-Stage Investigator Award. This inaugural award will recognize early-career prevention scientists who have already made substantial, outstanding research contributions to their respective fields and are poised to become future leaders in prevention research. Submission deadline is 9 am, Tues., Nov. 15. Learn more

Know the signs

Early detection is the key to a fighting chance for survival of pancreatic cancer. Learn more about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's website. (click here to view above image enlarged)

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