Research News- Dec. 6, 2013

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards - Nominations are now being accepted!

The Clinical Research Forum is pleased to announce its annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards honoring outstanding accomplishments in clinical research. This national competition seeks to identify major advances resulting from the nation's investment in research to benefit the health and welfare of its citizens.

We invite you to nominate outstanding research projects that:

• represent innovation, creativity and scientific advancement,
• contribute to the understanding of human disease and/or human physiology; and/or
• demonstrate impact on the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment or increased understanding of the disease state.

The nomination deadline is January 3, 2014.

For more information on the eligibility criteria and the nomination process, please click here.

2. Core of the Week: Flow Cytometry Core and Flow Image Analysis

Flow Cytometry Core and Flow Image Analysis
Director: Frederic Preffer, Ph.D.
Location: Simches 3.434 & CNY 6.307

The cell sorting and analysis lab provides access to the most sophisticated flow cytometers presently available. The core is able to analyze and physically separate cells based upon features detectable with fluorescently labeled monoclonal antibodies. The Amnis technology combines flow with fluorescent and bright field image based analysis.

To learn more about the Flow Cytometry Core and Flow Image Analysis, please click here.

EVENTS

1. SAC 2014 Scientific Poster Session

Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, Wyndham Beacon Hill, 5 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114

ECOR is now accepting submission of abstracts for the 2014 SAC Poster Session!

Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 9:00 PM

The SAC Poster Session gives researchers the opportunity to create a compelling visual display of their work, and present it to some of the best scientific minds in the nation. It is an essential part of the two-day meeting, which highlights excellence in research at MGH. Presenters must be a MGH employee.

Twelve $1,000 Awards of Excellence
for Scientific Meeting Travel
-6 for Clinical Research
-6 for Basic Research

For Submission Form and Instructions Go To: https://ecor.mgh.harvard.edu/SAC/SubmitPoster.aspx
Please contact sac@partners.org with any questions.

2. Partners Innovation Forum

December 9, 2013, 5-7PM with a reception to follow, BWH Bornstein Family Amphitheater

The Partners HealthCare community is invited to attend the newly launched Partners Innovators Forum, a monthly 5-part education series focused on contemporary issues in academic innovation. The Forum is free for the PHS community and is also open to the public. Future sessions will rotate between MGH and BWH.

RVL Innovators Forum: Corporate Venture Funding for Academic Ventures
This session will feature the leaders of some of the largest corporate venture funds in the world. Executives will share perspectives on investing in academically based ventures. The Forum is free for the PHS community and is also open to the public.

REGISTRATION - To register go to: https://partnersinnovatorsforum.eventbrite.com/ Walk-in registrations will be available on the day of the event.

The Bornstein Family Amphitheater is located on the 2nd Floor "Pike" in Brigham and Women's Hospital. From main lobby on the 1st floor at 75 Francis Street, walk down the "lower pike" corridor to the Connors Center for Women's Health elevators. Take the elevator up one level. Turn left into the main corridor. Find the entrance to this room on your left, between exits 5 and 6.

To learn more about the entire 2013-2014 Innovators Forum series and dates, please click here: http://rvl.partners.org/resource_center/innovatorsforum

3. Save the Date! Research Nurse Book Club: RN Roundtable

Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 12:00pm- 1:00pm, Simches Research Building, 2nd Floor, Garrod Mendel Conference Room

Sponsored by the MGH Clinical Research Program

We are very pleased to announce the next selection of the Research Nurse Book Club. We will be discussing Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment by James H. Jones. Book club is open to anyone who has read the book or who is interested in hearing more about it!

Bad Blood may be found at Amazon.com, public libraries or your local bookstore.

The mission of the Research Nurse Roundtable is to provide a forum for nurses who work in clinical research to discuss issues common to their practice. The roundtable meets once a month and is led by experienced research nurses in collaboration with the MGH Clinical Research Program Education Unit. This forum provides a great opportunity for knowledge sharing, problem solving, peer support and community building.

Registration is recommended. Please contact Jillian Tonelli with questions.

For questions about the Research Nurse Roundtable please contact Amy Sbrolla, RN.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

1. Private Funding Opportunities

Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@partners.org if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these funding opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.

• Grants, National Pancreas Foundation (NPF)
• Executive Nurse Fellows (ENF), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Claire M. Fagin Fellowship Program, American Academy of Nursing (AAN)

Please click here for further details on these funding opportunities.

2. NIH Update for Week Ending December 6, 2013

For the latest National Institutes of Health notices, requests for applications, and program announcements, follow this link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Reminders of recently posted funding opportunities, deadlines and events

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Deadlines

-Young Investigator Award, Deadline: December 16, 2013 - Apply Now!
-Epidemiology Grants, Deadline: December 16, 2013 - Apply Now!

Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Application deadline: December 16, 2013

Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research
Nomination Deadline: January 31, 2014

2014 Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
Application Deadline: February 17, 2014

Save the Date: Research Staff Appreciation Day - January 21, 2014