The list includes new grants, competitive renewals, transferred grants to KSOM, supplements, and non-competing continuations. The data for this list was obtained via the USC SCera portal and the Contracts and Grants database.  Congratulations to all the principal investigators on their awards! Click here to view the awards.

March 12, 1951 – June 12, 2011

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Craig Lauder on June 12, 2011. Our deepest sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with his family during this time. He is survived by his wife Jennifer and three beautiful, young daughters Emily, Megan, and Alison. Craig came to the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in March of 1984 and worked in Audio Visual Services in the Department of Educational Affairs for the past 27 years. A collection is being taken to assist the family at this most difficult time. Contributions will be accepted in the Office of Educational Affairs- KAM- 218, and the office of Educational Support Services BMT – 106. We extend our condolences to all who knew him. Craig was a wonderful, good man and his warm smile will always be remembered. He had a passion for life and family, loved to travel, was a soccer dad, and LOVED sushi. Craig was a loyal member of the Trojan Family and he will be greatly missed. A service in memory of Craig was held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm in the Mayer Auditorium of the Keith Administration Building in the Health Science Campus.

Offered through the USC Department of Contracts and Grants, the C&G Curriculum is a comprehensive training program developed to meet the needs of today’s evolving research environment and to help clarify sponsored project administration processes at USC. Sample topics include, DCG, SPA and Purchasing- do and how they differ?; How to complete proposal forms correctly; How to craft a concise and well written budget justification; and Policies and procedures governing contracts and grants. Click Here to register.

Galaxy is a web-based workbench for interactive and reproducible analysis of high – throughput sequencing data. Galaxy has hundreds of tools and workflows from simple file formatting and statistics to complex sequence data analysis. Software developers can customize and integrate existing resources into Galaxy frame work. Jeremy Goecks, Ph.D, Galaxy developer from the Department of Biology, Math and Computer Science at Emory University will be presenting this workshop on June 23rd from 9:15 am – 5:00 pm in the Aresty Auditorium of the Norris Research Towers. This event has been coordinated by Vasu Punj with the USC Epigenome Center, Gully Burnes with the Information Science Institute, and Yibu Chen with the Norris Medical Library. Click Here to register. For key Galaxy highlights and workshop agenda, Click Here.

The Center for Education, Training & Career Development is offering a free summer short – course as an introduction to the broad spectrum of clinical and translational research. The course is directed at new clinical/ translational researchers and at clinicians and researchers seeking to develop their skills in reading and interpreting reports of clinical/translational research. Already active researchers needing to obtain a stronger methodological foundation are also welcome. Registration ends on July 11, 2011 Click Here to register online and for additional schedule details and overview of the course.

The Keck School of Medicine of USC is pleased to again offer INTD 500:  Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).  This one-week course, which will be held from Aug 1st- Aug 5th,satisfies NIH RCR training requirements and is open to all staff, postdoctoral fellows, masters and graduate students conducting research.  All PIBBS graduate students must complete and pass INTD 500 prior to advancing to candidacy.  Postdoctoral fellows and masters students auditing the course will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course. Click Here for full course information. To sign-up to audit the course, send an email to ResAdv@keck.usc.edu.

The CIRM Early Translational Research Initiative aims to fund and advance innovative translational stem cell science toward clinical development. The purpose of this CIRM Early Translational III Research Awards RFA is to support projects that enable the initial stage of translational research including the conduct of studies resulting in proof of concept for a potential development candidate and/or studies to select a Development Candidate (DC).

BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface provide $500,000 to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences and engineers whose work addresses biological questions. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as to U.S. temporary residents. Eligible candidates for this award may self-nominate by submitting a pre-proposal by no later than September 1, 2011. For full grant details, see their website at www.bwfund.org  

• Extramural Nexus (NIH Office of Extramural Research)
• National Postdoctoral Association POSTDOCket
• Academic Medicine Online
• Science Translational Medicine
• Science Magazine
  
  

• Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
• Weekly Foundation RFP Bulletin
  

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Mon June 20th
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – KSOM Research Seminar Series – Pao - Tien Chuang, M.D., PhD, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, of University of California, San Francisco will present, “Mechanism and Evolution of Mammalian Hedgehog Signal Transduction.” Dr. Cheng- Ming Chuong will be hosting this event. This Seminar will be held in the Aresty Auditorium of the Norris Research Tower, LG. A light lunch will be served in the foyer at 11:40 am. Click Here to View the Live Webcast!

Tues June 21st
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Norris Cancer Center Grand Rounds – Contantinos Koumenis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia will be presenting, “Targeting Radioresistance in Head and Neck Cancer by Inhibition of Thioredoxin Reductase 1: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.” Dr. Amy Lee will be hosting this event.  This Seminar will be held in the Aresty Auditorium of the Norris Research Tower, LG. For further information contact Gracie Mercado (323) 865–0801.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis Special Lecture – Steven Dooley, Ph.D, Professor of Molecular Hepatology – Alcohol Dependant Diseases University of Heidelberg, will present, “Diversity of TGF Signaling and Outcome in Liver Cells”.  This meeting will be held in the Hasting Auditorium of the Hoffman Bldg. 1st floor of the Hoffman Bldg and Refreshments will be provided. Click Here for more information on meeting with Dr. Dooly. For further questions contact Wendy Alvarez.

Wed June 22nd
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – House Research Institute Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series – Gabriel Cofas, PhD, Professor F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital Boston and Departments of Neurology and Otolaryngology Harvard Medical School Center for Life Sciences, will be presenting, “More Than Just Supporting the Roles of Non - neural Cells in Postnatal Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia.” Neil Segil will be hosting this event and HCN Co – Sponsored Seminar Series. This Seminar will be held in the Auditorium of House Research Institute, 2100 West Third Street, Los Angeles CA 90057. Click Here for further information.

Thurs June 23rd
9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Galaxy: One Day Workshop -  Dr. Jeremy Goecks, (Galaxy Developer) Emory University, will be presenting, “Galaxy: A Web – Based Work Bench for Interactive and Reproducible Analysis of High – Throughput Sequencing Data.” This Workshop is hosted by Norris Medical Library, the ISI, Bioinformatics Core, and USC Epigenome Center and will be held in the Aresty Auditorium of the Norris Research Tower.  Click Here to register. For key Galaxy highlights and workshop agenda, Click Here.

Friday June 24th
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – House Research Institute Special Speaker Seminar Series – Nancy Ratner, PhD, Beatrice C. Lampkin Chair in Cancer Biology Professor, Division of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology Department of Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, will be presenting, “Using Gene Expression Analysis to Identify Therapeutic Targets in Neurofibromatosis.” Marco Giovannini will be hosting this event. This Seminar will be held in the Auditorium of House Research Institute, 2100 West Third Street, Los Angeles CA 90057. Lunch will be served. Click Here for further information.

Monday June 27th
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – KSOM Research Seminar Series – J. Andrew MacKay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Biomedical Engineeing Viterbi School of Engineering of USC will present, “Proteins Polymers – A Platform for Biopharmaceutical Delivery andSelf – Assembly.” This Seminar will be held in the Aresty Auditorium of the Norris Research Tower, LG. A light lunch will be served in the foyer at 11:40 am. Click Here to View the Live Webcast!

Tues June 28th
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – CHLA The Saban Research Institute Tuesday Research Seminar Series – Roger D. Cone, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Joe C. Davis Chair of Biomedical Science Vanderbilt University, will present “Identification of Allosteric Modulators of the MC4R.” This Seminar hosted by Dr. Richard Simerly, and be held in the Saban Auditorium of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles The Saban Research Institute. Lunch will be provided for the first 60 attendees. Click Here for more information on the Seminar. Click Here for Dr. Cone’s Biography and Research Interests.

To keep up-to-date on available research funding opportunities, visit these institutions and organizations:

• The National Institutes of Health
• The National Science Foundation
• The Foundation Center
• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• Office of Research, University of Southern California
• Keck Office of Research Advancement
• Los Angeles Basin Clinical & Translational Science Institute
• Programs in Biomedical & Biological Sciences (PIBBS)
• Links to Professional Societies Promoting Biomedical Research