Dec. 15
Shaheen to present CGIBD Thursday Research Seminar
Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Esophageal Disease and Swallowing will present "Evolving Concepts in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer" at this week's CGIBD Research Seminar.
UNC scientist elected Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Weili Lin, PhD, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Lin was cited for his outstanding contributions to the development and translation of MR functional neuroimaging.
Tips for traveling with your laptop
As the holidays approach, OIS encourages all employees to remember these safety tips when traveling with your laptop.
Dr. Karl Pillemer on Your Health®
30 Lessons for Living with Dr. Karl Pillemer
TraCS Grant Funding Guide
For more information, please visit, http://tracs.unc.edu/plan-research/tracs-grant-seeking-resources.html
Research Ethics Grand Rounds
"Community-based Research Challenges" will be presented by Malika Roman Isler, PhD, MPH.
NC TraCS Biostatistics Core Grand Rounds
Hongtu Zhu will present "Multiscale Smoothing Models for Neuroimaging data" and Paul Stewart will present "Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Models for Ozone Exposure-Response Experiments."
CRMS 2.0 Training
Learn about the NC TraCS new Clinical Research Management System.
Strengthening Your Research Partnership - Greensboro
The day-long workshop (8 hours) introduces participants to components and considerations of conducting research between partners of different organizations.
Strengthening Your Research Partnership - Raleigh
The day-long workshop (8 hours) introduces participants to components and considerations of conducting research between partners of different organizations.
CRMS 2.0 Training
Learn about the NC TraCS new Clinical Research Management System.
CTRC Educational Session: HIV and The Aging Population
Presented by Julie Dumond, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVE
To Be Or What To Be: A Symposium on Cell Fate
Symposium presented by the Cell Structure, Regulation and Function Training Program on Jan. 6.
Brennwald named interim chair of Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Patrick J. Brennwald, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, was appointed interim chair Dec. 1.
Dean's Advisory Committee - Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes are now available from the November DAC meeting.
Power Shutdown in MacNider - Dec. 17
The power will be shut down from 8-10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon.
TMS Numbered Memo #60
Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Immune Cell Function (Cylex) assay will become a send-out test performed by Quest Diagnostics. Please read the attached memo for more detail.
Vital Signs Holiday Schedule
The last issue of Vital Signs for the 2011 year will go out early next week, on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Vital Signs will not be released the week of Dec. 26. If you have announcements that need to go out before Jan. 5, please be sure to submit them by Tuesday, Dec. 20 so that we can include them in our next issue. Thank you and happy holidays!
Microsoft Security Patches - Windows Servers Downtime
OIS will apply Microsoft Windows Security patches to our systems on Dec. 19 from 5-6 p.m. Each server will be down for a few minutes during the reboot process.