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Registration for the Sixth Annual Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day is now open.  The deadline for abstract submissions is April 22, 2016.  Details of the event, including registration and program schedule, can be found on the Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day web site. 

University of Kentucky researchers Robin Vanderpool and Mark Dignan are leading projects funded by the National Cancer Institute鈥檚 Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities to continue Markey Cancer Center鈥檚 community-based efforts aimed at reducing cancer rates in Appalachia. Both programs are funded for three years. Appalachian regions, particularly in Eastern Kentucky, have disproportionately high rates of both incidence and mortality due to cancer when compared to other regions in the United States.

Nearly 68,000 Kentuckians today are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but the emotional and financial tolls are much higher. That's because, in the words of Linda Van Eldik, Alzheimer's is a "family disease."

"Alzheimer's affects the patient, of course, but as the disease progresses, it is also devastating for the people who love and care for that patient," said Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

Two researchers from the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging won awards at the National Charleston Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (CCAD) earlier this month. Ai-Ling Lin, Ph.D., and Jose Abisambra, Ph.D., were two of 15 researchers selected from high-caliber institutions such as Harvard, Mount Sinai and New York University to attend the conference based on the quality and originality of their research. Of the four awards presented, Sanders-Brown researchers were awarded two. Lin was one of three recipients who received the $50,000 New Vision Award.

Beginning Monday, April 11th, all new protocol submissions, modifications, adverse events, violations and continuation reviews may be submitted electronically.  This is an initial step in the shift from paper to electronic submission as the web-based E-IRB program is being developed. 

With the assistance of the 好色先生HC Business Partners, we are pleased to make available a college-level version of the monthly PI Report.  Using the versions of the report that the SRAS receives by CGO and IBU, this is a college-wide report that can be easily filtered by department.  We have posted the report using February data to the College鈥檚 Finance SharePoint site (accessible to chairs and DAs; in the Grants Reports folder, see SPA PI Reports folder) and also to the shared IBU FI drive (in the ! WBS Elements folder, see !

The University of Kentucky Department of Biological Safety would like to invite you to register for the following seminar:

 

By March 25, 2016, NIH will release the new FORMS D packet to accommodate the updated requirements for applications due on or after May 25, 2016. 

The changes in the new FORMS D packet focus on the following areas:

The deadline to submit an abstract for the CCTS Spring Conference and cooperating conferences has been extended (for most sessions*) to Friday, April 1, 2016. 

When you ask Brett Spear about what he most admires in his wife and colleague, Martha Peterson, a smile instantly appears on his face.

The pair, both professors in the 好色先生 Department ofMicrobiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, has been married for 32 years and has two sons. Yet, because they have different last names, not everyone on campus recognizes their connection. 

OSPA recently published instructions allowing PIs to track their own eIAFs.  To access the instructions, follow the link below.

http://www.research.uky.edu/ospa/info/docs/OSPA%20PI%20Tracking%20Report%20Instructions.pdf

 

 

NIH is now requiring grant applicants to validate key reagents to be used in the proposed research, particularly cell lines.  Major journals are also starting to require such validation for publication.  The preferred validation method is STR (short tandem repeat) profiling.  Commercial firms provide this service for fees ranging from $70 to $300, depending on the firm and the precise work being done. 

The laboratories of University of Kentucky researchers Anika Hartz, Ph.D., and Christopher Norris, Ph.D., published research studying the pathologies of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and traumatic brain injury (TBI), respectively, in the most recent issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Both Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and TBI impair patients鈥� memory and cognitive abilities, but they have different causes.

Beginning March 25, 2016, the website Grants.NIH.gov will be transformed into a more helpful and usable site. NIH has used input from surveys, reviews and discussion panels to create a more streamlined site with less clutter and more context. The new site will offer a new homepage, an updated forms page and improved details on how to apply.

To access the NIH site, click here.

 

The purpose of the Research Enrichment Program (REP) is to stimulate new research and support existing research and scholarly activities within units (departments, centers, and institutes), thus supporting the university's strategic objective of facilitating interdisciplinary research and collaborative scholarship. The REP funds will be awarded to units according to the percentage distribution indicated in Item #8 on the eIAF.

As a reminder, the University of Kentucky defines an investigator in the Administrative Regulations 7:2 as, 鈥減roject director or principal investigator/program director, co-investigator, collaborator, senior/key personnel, faculty associate, and any other person, regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct, reporting, or proposing of research or other activity that is sponsored by an extramural agency.鈥� Investigators also include 鈥渙ther significant contributors鈥� and 鈥渟ub-investigators.鈥� All investigators on a sponsored project proposal should be included on t

Dr. Natasha Kyrpianou has been chosen as the 2016 Urology Care Foundation Distinguished Research Scholar Alumna. The award recognizes those in the urologic community who have compiled significant and substantial research and demonstrated academic leadership as well as a commitment to scholarship to advance urology care. Dr.

The University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute has named Dr. Helen Hobbs and Dr. Barry Coller as recipients of the 2016 Gill Award in recognition of their lifelong achievements in the study of cardiovascular biology and disease. "Both Helen's and Barry's work have changed the standard of cardiovascular clinical care," said Dr. Susan Smyth, director of the Gill Heart Institute.