Weekly Update
Keeping you informed of upcoming opportunities and events
~ From the team at Alaska INBRE ~
October 21, 2019
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Upcoming Presentations, Talks, and Lectures
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Oct 21 - Dr. Shere Byrd, Professor of Biology at Fort Lewis College, presents "A 'Dirty Mouse' Model for Studying Immune Response."
ANCIENT DNA TALKS @ UAF: The Alaska Quaternary Center is happy to announce that Dr. Eske Willersley, world expert on ancient DNA, will be giving two talks at UAF
Oct 22, 7pm Schiable Auditorium - "Hunting for the Molecular Past: From Trapping in Siberia to Studies of our Human History"
Oct 23, 4pm, UA Museum of the North Auditorium - "Early Peopling of the Americas and the Ice Age Megafaunal Extinction - an Ancient Genomics Perspective"
UAA BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINARS - Fridays 3:30pm @ CPISB, UAA
This series is free and open to the public. Click here or information on upcoming seminars as they are advertised
Oct 25 - Skip Walker presents "Navigating the New Arctic Landscape evolution and adapting to change in ice-rich permafrost systems"
Nov 1 - Brandon Briggs presents "Geomicrobiomes of extreme environments and their biotechnological applications"
ANTHC RESEARCH METHODS BROWNBAG: October 29, 2019, 12-1pm, DCHS Library 2nd Floor Health Communities Building or online via Adobe Connect
Presenter Curry J. Cunningham, PhD, Assistant Professor, UAF College of Fishers and Ocean Sciences, will present "Ecology in the Era of Big Data: Bayesian hierarchical models for exploring demographic processes at cost-wide scales." To participate online, go to http://anthc.adobeconnect.com/biostatsbrown_bag/, or for those who don't have a computer/microphone/web cam, call in at 1-800-832-0736 Room Number 1863744.
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REDCap Training: October 22, 2019, 2-4pm MT (via Zoom) Please join the Mountain West CTR-IN and University of New Mexico's CTSC via Zoom Video Conferencing for our live REDCap Basic Training. REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data, it is specifically geared to support online or offline data capture for clinical and translational research studies and operations. The training is designed for beginners. It provides an introduction to REDCap and its features, and is a good place to start for new users. Registration is required (click here).
I-Trep One-to-One Consulting Service: Open Now - awards are first-come, first served! Continuing with their mission to promote success in biomedical entrepreneurship, the I-Trep program offers individual one-to-one consulting to assist in the preparation of proposals and the management of awarded SBIR/STTR grants. Assistance is available for: SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II submission or resubmission; accounting and compliance assistance for awarded grants.
Alaska Indigenous Research Programs: Promoting Resilience, Health and Wellness: Registration opens in November Are you a researcher or public health professional interested in Alaska Native health research? Are you Alaska Native or American Indian and interested in health research? Are you at least 18 years old? The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and Alaska Pacific University (APU) invite you to attend up to three weeks of courses held at APU covering Indigenous and Western research methodologies, community-based participatory research, culturally responsive community engagement and communication, health research ethics, and health research and historical trauma. Courses are designed for varying levels of experience from beginners to experienced researchers and public health professionals. Choose the week(s) that best fits your needs:
May 4-8, 2020 - Advanced Research Course
May 11-15 - Research Ethics Course
May 18-22 - Introductory Research Course
For more information, contactg Lauren Smayda at lcsmayda@anthc.org or (907) 729-4551, or visit the program web page at anthc.org/indigenous-research.
Fall 2019 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration:
Nov. 6-8, 2019, Phoenix, AZ
The NIH Regional Seminar serves the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists. The seminar is intended to demystify the application and review process, clarify federal regulations and polices, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. General registration deadline ends Oct 11, 2019; late/onsite registration Oct 12-Nov 8.
NCGR Fall 2019 Bioinformatics Workshop on Differential Gene Expression
Nov 11-15, 2019 National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, This program is geared towards training biologists (undergrads, grads, and researchers) with minimal or no bioinformatics experience. Space is limited.
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ALASKA INBRE: also available at www.alaskainbre.org
Multi-Year Pilot Opportunity - deadline November 15, 2019
Student Travel Application Form
Student Mentor Letter of Support Form
Faculty and Researcher Travel Application Form
Exceptional Request Application Form
Bioinformatics Service Request Application Form
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM (AI/AN CTRP):
Currently soliciting proposals from investigators to support and develop research programs relevant to AI-AN health disparities in Montana and Alaska. All investigators planning to submit Pilot or Development Awards must register in the electronic portal by February 6, 2020. All applications are due March 23, 2020. Award amounts will be up to $100,000, to be spent by July 31, 2021. Full Request for Proposal
NIH MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC INDEPENDENT CAREERS (MOSAIC) PROGRAM:
MOSAIC Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00) application deadline Feb. 12, 2020
MOSAIC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Cooperative Agreement to Promote Diversity (UE5) application deadline Nov. 15, 2019.
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Monthly Webinar on "How to Navigate the NRMNetwork"
Register for these monthly webinars and stay in the know with the latest updates on features and upcoming opportunities. Every 3rd Monday of the month. Click here to register.
The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM
Public Release: Oc t 30, 2019 - 1-3pm EDT
The new National Academies report, The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM, systematically compiles and analyzes current research on the characteristics, competencies, and behaviors of effective mentors and mentees in STEMM. In addition to the comprehensive report, the committee will debut a practical resource guide for mentoring practitioners to create and support viable sustainable mentoring support systems.
University of Utah NRMN 101 Study
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2019
Are you finding it challenging to learn the intricacies of writing NIH-style research proposals? Have you considered applying for entry into the University of Utah Grant Writing Coaching Research Study funded by the NIH Common Fund (grant U01 GM132366, administered by the NIGMS)? This study will compare variations of an established grant writing group coaching process to identify features that influence its effectiveness. Click here for more information about this study.
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15th of each month
Alaska INBRE travel award application deadline
Oct. 21 Deadline EXTENDED!
EPSCoR Seed Grants
submission deadline
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Please Share!
Publications, News Articles, Announcements, and Photos!
Pilot Faculty, Undergraduate, and Graduate Research Assistants: Please send your news, publications, post-doc announcements, and photos, we would like to share. Thank you in advance for your help!
Please send to:
ua-akinbre@alaska.edu
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