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  • Towards Bioengineered Control of Cell Fate Post Transplantation
    • - Jeffrey Karp, PhD, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (2012/02/09)
    • - Category : Stem Cell
    NIH CRM/SCIG Stem Cell Seminar Series:

    Jeffrey Karp, PhD, Co-Director of Regenerative Therapeutics, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

    Control of cell fate and its extracellular environment is critical for tissue regeneration and cell therapy. This talk will explore methods to enhance the engraftment of systemically infused stem cells through engineering the surface of cells to induce a robust rolling response. This approach is based on leukocytes ability to target tissues via specific interactions with the vascular endothelium. In addition, a novel strategy to engineer cells with an intracellular depot of phenotype altering agents will be described that can be used for programming cell fate via both intracrine-, paracrine-, and endocrine-like mechanisms. The talk will also examine the potential of cell surface sensors that can be used to detect signals within the cellular nano-environment with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution and that should be useful for elucidating niche biology in vivo.

    Towards Bioengineered Control of Cell Fate Post Transplantation

  • Council of Councils - February 2012
    • - Council of Councils (2012/02/08)
    • - Category : Council of Councils
    Council of Councils meeting will be held on February 1, 2012

    Council of Councils - February 2012

  • Examining Cognitive and Neural Plasticity
    • - Arthur Kramer, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012/02/08)
    • - Category : Neuroscience
    Neuroscience Seminar Series

    Dr. Kramer is the Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology and the Swanlund Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1984. He holds appointments in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience program, and the Beckman Institute. Professor Kramer???s research projects include topics in Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Aging, and Human Factors. A major focus of his labs recent research is the understanding and enhancement of cognitive and neural plasticity across the lifespan. He is a former Associate Editor of Perception and Psychophysics and is currently a member of six editorial boards. Dr. Kramer is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, a former member of the executive committee of the International Society of Attention and Performance, and a recent recipient of a NIH Ten Year MERIT Award. Dr. Kramer???s research has been featured in a long list of print, radio and electronic media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, CBS Evening News, Today Show, NPR and Saturday Night Live.

    Dr. Kramer plans to discuss two distinct but overlapping programs of research that they have been pursuing, in an interdisciplinary fashion, at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois. The first part of the presentation will focus on research which follows from a Center grant from ONR, with their colleague Ann Graybiel (MIT). This research focuses on both understanding and predicting learning and transfer of new skills ??? from single unit recording in monkeys to human neuroimaging. Hell concentrate on the human research and present some intriguing data both in terms of learning prediction and using brain connectivity analyses to understand practice, training strategy and aptitude interactions. The second part of the talk will focus on a question that Dr. Kramer was asked at a recent cognitive training conference ??? that is, how they can best engender broad transfer of training ??? their response being take a walk. Hell discuss how walking and other physical activities (a treadmill desk, perhaps?) can lead to enhancement of cognitive and brain health across the lifespan.

    For more information, visit: http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov

    Examining Cognitive and Neural Plasticity

  • AOS All Hands - January 2012 (HHS-Only)
    • - AOS Leadership (2012/02/04)
    • - Category : HHS Only
    AOS All Hands event to discuss recent accomplishments and make announcement for future

    AOS All Hands - January 2012 (HHS-Only)

  • K99/R00 Grants
    • - Sharon L. Milgram, PhD (2012/02/04)
    • - Category : Career Development/OITE
    The K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award offers a unique opportunity for postdocs to be supported during the completion of their mentored position as well as during the first 3 years of a tenure-track position. This seminar provides an overview of the grant mechanism, discusses eligibility requirements, and offers tips on successful grant writing.

    For more information go to https://www.training.nih.gov

    K99/R00 Grants

  • Demystifying Medicine- Genomics and undiagnosed disease
    • - Eric Green, William Gahl (2012/02/04)
    • - Category : Demystifying Medicine
    The course includes presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, fellows, and staff, it is also of interest to medical students and clinicians. The course is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components which are presented by NIH staff and outside invitees.

    For more information go to http://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/

    Demystifying Medicine- Genomics and undiagnosed disease

  • Ethics Rounds: The Value of Making Treatment Decisions for Oneself
    • - Dan W. Brock, PhD, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Director, University Program in Ethics and Health, Harvard University (2012/02/04)
    • - Category : Clinical Center Grand Rounds
    The Value of Making Treatment Decisions for Oneself

    Respect for patient autonomy implies that patients should make their own treatment decisions. Yet, in some cases, the steps required to allow patients to make their own decisions pose risks to them. These cases force us to consider how important it is for patients to make their own decisions, and the extent to which the value of making one???s own decisions can be balanced against other values.

    The program, which involves presentation and discussion of an actual case that occurred at the NIH, should be of interest to all individuals involved in clinical care, as well as those interested in important issues in bioethics.

    Presenter: John Park, MD, NINDS

    Discussant: Dan Brock, PhD, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School

    For more information go to http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html

    Ethics Rounds: The Value of Making Treatment Decisions for Oneself

  • ASA Quarterly All Hands - February 2012 (HHS Only)
    • - Ned Holland and Pam Hyde (2012/02/04)
    • - Category : HHS Only
    This is a quarterly meeting where updates on the office are disseminated, keynote speakers talk about their organization???s current work, and employees can pose questions to the director

    ASA Quarterly All Hands - February 2012 (HHS Only)

  • AIDS Research Advisory Committee - January 2012 (NIH Only)
    • - NIAID (2012/02/03)
    • - Category : AIDS Research Advisory Committee (NIH Only)
    One of three annual meetings of the AIDS Subcommittee of the NIAID Council and the AIDS Research Advisory Committee

    AIDS Research Advisory Committee - January 2012 (NIH Only)

  • Opportunities in Data Visualization and Visual Analytics for Behavioral and Social Science Research
    • - Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (2012/02/02)
    • - Category : Conferences
    The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, present a meeting on Opportunities in Data Visualization and Visual Analytics for Behavioral and Social Science Research. The meeting will explore the use of data visualization and visual analytics software in the context of health-related behavioral and social science research. Although this conference will highlight the use of visualization and visual analytics to facilitate both communication and data analysis, the emphasis will be on the power these tools hold to elucidate complex data from behavioral and social science research in new ways to advance public health. Specifically, this workshop seeks to: (a) Highlight existing developments in the field of data visualization and visual analytics (b) Provide an overview of current challenges and opportunities in statistical methodologies such as geographic analyses and longitudinal social networks that might be advanced through better visualization tools (c) Identify relevant areas of behavioral and social science research supported by NIH that are highly complex and could make the best use of data visualization and visual analytics.

    For more information go to http://conferences.thehillgroup.com/obssr/DataVisualization/index.html

    Opportunities in Data Visualization and Visual Analytics for Behavioral and Social Science Research

  • The NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee - January 2012
    • - NCI (2012/02/01)
    • - Category : NCI Frederick Advisory Committee
    The 1st meeting of the NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee

    The NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee - January 2012

  • NACHHD Council Meeting - January 2012
    • - NICHD (2012/02/01)
    • - Category : National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council
    To help achieve the goals of the Institute, the NACHHD Council is charged with advising, consulting with, and making recommendations to the NICHD director on matters relating to the research and research support activities and functions of the Institute.

    NACHHD Council Meeting - January 2012

  • Core Curriculum 1 - Funding Mechanisms (HHS Only)
    • - Chuck Selden (2012/02/01)
    • - Category : Core Curriculum (HHS Only)
    The objective for this training is for the trainee to understand the major classes of funding mechanisms and learn a set of skills for answering the question: ???Which funding mechanism(s) do I use to facilitate support of this research need???? Extramural research activities may be supported by any one of three main mechanisms: grants, contracts and cooperative agreements. A mechanism is a particular type of funding transaction used at the NIH.

    In general, with grants, investigators are responsible for developing the concepts, methods, and approach for a research project. With contracts, the DHHS awarding unit is responsible for establishing the detailed requirements. With cooperative agreements, both the awarding unit and the recipient have substantial responsibility.

    For more information, visit: http://esa.nih.gov/oer/training/esa/esa_cores_2012.htm

    Core Curriculum 1 - Funding Mechanisms (HHS Only)

  • National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council - January 2012 (NIH Only)
    • - Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and LTG Eric B. Schoomaker, US Army (ret), former Surgeon General of the Army. (2012/02/01)
    • - Category : NIAID Council (NIH Only)
    The National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council will meet in open session to hear presentations by the institute director and a guest speaker.

    National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council - January 2012 (NIH Only)

  • The Role of Basal Ganglia Circuits in Vocal Learning in the Songbird: A Hypothesis
    • - Michale Fee, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012/02/01)
    • - Category : Neuroscience
    Neuroscience Seminar Series

    Sensitivity to temporal sequence is a striking and nearly universal aspect of brain function ??? not only at a sensory level, but also at a motor and cognitive level. The ability of the brain to step rapidly through a learned sequence of states underlies not only the performance of complex motor tasks such as speech, but perhaps our ability to think and plan as well. Despite the fundamental significance of temporal ordering in animal behavior, little is known about the biophysical and circuit mechanisms underlying the generation, learning and detection of complex sequences in the brain.

    Animal vocalizations provide a marvelous example of these phenomena, and Dr. Fees lab is using the songbird as an experimental system to explore detailed models of neural sequence generation. Most songbirds, such as the zebra finch, produce a stereotyped pattern of acoustic signals with structure and modulation over a wide range of time-scales, from milliseconds to several seconds. Another remarkable aspect of this behavior is that the specific acoustic pattern produced by a songbird is learned, rather than being innately controlled: Vocalizations are learned from the parents through a series of well-defined stages. Moreover, avian brain areas involved in song learning are closely homologous to mammalian brain areas involved in motor learning. Thus, the song control system may have a great deal to teach us about general principles of sequence generation and learning in the vertebrate brain.

    For more information, visit: http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov

    The Role of Basal Ganglia Circuits in Vocal Learning in the Songbird: A Hypothesis

  • The NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee - January 2012
    • - NCI (2012/01/29)
    • - Category : Special
    The 1st meeting of the NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee

    The NCI-Frederick Advisory Committee - January 2012

  • Acquisition of Normal Tissues for the GTEx Program
    • - Jeffery Struewing, MD, MS, Program Director, National Human Genome Research Institute; Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute (2012/01/29)
    • - Category : Biospecimens
    This meeting of the NIH Biospecimens Interest Group will focus on the acquisition of normal human tissues for Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx), an NIH Common Fund program.

    For more information go to http://biospecimens.cancer.gov

    Acquisition of Normal Tissues for the GTEx Program

  • National Childrens Study Metadata Repository Workshop
    • - National Childrens Study (2012/01/27)
    • - Category : Conferences
    The goal of this workshop is to exchange knowledge and experiences in the use of metadata in the data lifecycle of studies, inform the development and population of the Metadata Repository for the National Children's Study, and promote connections and collaborations between metadata curators and users.

    For more information go to http://www.cvent.com/d/7cqk75

    National Childrens Study Metadata Repository Workshop

  • Affordable Care Act and You (HHS Only)
    • - Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health (2012/01/27)
    • - Category : HHS Only
    Join us for an overview presentation on the health care law. Office of Health Reform, Director of Public Health Policy, Mayra Alvarez will present on the goals of the law, potential benefits for the American people, and HHS??? progress on implementation.

    Affordable Care Act and You (HHS Only)

  • CC Grand Rounds: Bioinformatic Approaches to Track HIV Epidemics
    • - Frank Maldarelli, MD, PhD, Staff Clinician, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI (2012/01/27)
    • - Category : Clinical Center Grand Rounds
    Bioinformatic Approaches to Track HIV Epidemics

    CC Grand Rounds: Bioinformatic Approaches to Track HIV Epidemics