AK INBRE News & Events - Apr 25, 2022

~ From the team at Alaska INBRE ~

Weekly Update

Apr 25, 2022

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Alaska Coronavirus Dashboard (Alaska COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Situation Report)
Grant Writing Workshop - Virtual format May 23-25, 2022

Congratulations,

Dr. Holly Martinson!

by Jynene Black | Alaska INBRE Outreach & Reporting

Alaska INBRE would like to congratulate Dr. Holly Martinson, UAA Assistant Professor for the WWAMI School of Medical Education, for making the Top Forty Under 40 list! Alaska Journal of Commerce released the list on March 19, 2022, after reviewing 288 nominees. Keep an eye out because the Forty will be featured in the May 24th editions of the Alaska Journal of Commerce and Anchorage Daily News.

Martinson is a 2020 Alaska INBRE Multi-Year Pilot Awardee researching "Enhancing Mucin-1 Cancer Vaccine with Complement Targeted Nanoparticles." She has received multiple Pilot Awards, and Administrative Supplement, and was once an INBRE-funded GRA! Alaska INBRE is pleased to see Holly recognized by the community she serves.

This article was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number 2P20GM103395. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the official views of the NIH.

Seminars
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Webinars

TRiM FRIDAY JOURNAL CLUB - Fridays @ 12–1 pm via Zoom Please join Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) to discuss peer-reviewed literature in metabolomics and hibernation research.

APRIL METHODS BROWNBAG - 12-1pm AKDT via Zoom
Apr 26 - "The effect of tobacco use on the expression of placental transporters in Alaska Native women" presented by Eliza McColl, PhD Candidate, and Dr. Micheline Piquette-Miller, University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy.

NIH SEMINAR SERIES: THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS All seminars are 3:00-4:10 pm ET (11am-12:10pm AKT). Visit the series website for more information.
May 2 - Responding to Trauma

NCURA RESEARCH PROGRAM - CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The purpose of the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)program is to create opportunities for NCURA members, faculty, and staff to innovate and pursue excellence in developing and sustaining critical partnerships that include, but are not limited to: supporting the data-driven needs of NCURA and the profession; identifying, developing and implementing innovative programs for research and education; and building resources for new partnership programs that support global efforts. More information is available here. Deadline to apply is April 29th, 2022 at 5pm Eastern.

BLaST UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FALL 2022-SPRING 2023: Apply by May 29, 2022. Undergraduate students from Ilisagvik College, all campuses of UAS and UAF, Alaska Pacific University, Dine College, Fort Lewis College, and Salish Kootenai College are encouraged to apply for an Undergraduate Research Experience (URE). Applicants should have an interest in biomedical or One Health research, have a mentor at their campus, and have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher. More information.

NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - NIH Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Application due June 5, 2022 - This FOA supports projects relevant to the participating NIH Institutes or Centers that focus solely on the development of technologies with the potential to enable acquisition of biomedical knowledge. The goal of this FOA is to support the development of technologies with demonstrated proof-of-concept that have remaining significant technical challenges to full implementation and broad utility. Click here for FOA

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