inbre steering committee informational meeting
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INBRE Steering Committee Informational Meeting. INBRE Competitive R enewal. Submitted: July 29, 2014 Funding Period: May 1, 2015 – April 30, 2020 Study Section Review: November 2014 Council Meeting: January/February 2015. Organizational Structure of the Arkansas INBRE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INBRE Steering Committee Informational Meeting
INBRE Competitive Renewal
Submitted: July 29, 2014Funding Period: May 1, 2015 – April 30, 2020Study Section Review: November 2014Council Meeting: January/February 2015
Organizational Structure of the Arkansas INBRE
Administrative CoreBioinformatics CoreResearch Technology CoreDevelopmental Research Project Program
INBRE Competitive Renewal
Admin Core
Specific Aim 1. Provide overall operational support to the network (i.e., provide budgetary and fiscal services, organize and conduct Steering Committee and External Advisory Committee meetings).
Specific Aim 2. Provide scientific leadership to coordinate research activities within the Arkansas INBRE’s thematic scientific focus (i.e., training, mentoring, career development).
Specific Aim 3. Broaden opportunities for undergraduate participation in research in Arkansas, regardless of the location of the student’s home or educational institution.
Director: Larry Cornett, UAMS
Specific Aim 4. Foster statewide networking and communication among INBRE programs and participants.
Specific Aim 5. Support programs to expand participation by members of underrepresented minority groups in the Arkansas INBRE.
Specific Aim 6. Represent the Arkansas INBRE in the national and regional networks of IDeA programs.
Admin Core Contd.
Administrative Core
Bioinformatics CoreResearch Technology CoreDevelopmental Research Project Program
INBRE Competitive Renewal
Bioinformatics Core
Specific Aim 1. Provide training in bioinformatics to support biomedical research across Arkansas.
Specific Aim 2. Provide bioinformatics research support and consulting services to investigators in the Arkansas INBRE network.
Co-DirectorsGalina Glazko, UAMS
Elizabeth Pierce, UALR
Bioinformatics Core Contd.· This fall 2014, we are welcoming 2 new MS students
and 2 new PhD students · So far this year we have graduated 2 PhD Students· Our current student head count stands at 22 students · With the new MS curriculum finalized, we can focus this
year on recruiting students interested in pursuing research in the following 4 areas:
Drug Design Integrated Bioinformatics & Genomics Computational Biology Biomedical Informatics
Workshops in the Fall/Spring Semesters
• Building and Using a Rocks Cluster for Bioinformatics
• Survey of Bioinformatics Tools on a Linux System
• Machine Learning for Bioinformatics
• Bash Scripting for Bioinformatics
• Processing Next-gen Sequence Data on a Linux System
The Arkansas INBRE webpage and a Bioinformatics Core Support Request Form are available on the Division of Biomedical Informatics website (http://dbmi.uams.edu/)
The listserv INBRE Research Support with the email address of [email protected] has been created and Support Requests are automatically sent to [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]. These changes will be announced on the Arkansas INBRE Bioinformatics Core and Arkansas Bioinformatics Network webpagesGSAR (“Gene Set Analysis in R”) is freely available on the Bioconductor website www.bioconductor.org and will have a link on the DBMI website and the Arkansas INBRE page
New Ways to Support Research
Plans to Facilitate Collaboration and Training
• MCBIOS 2015 will be held at the Statehouse Convention Center , Little Rock, March 12 - 14, 2015
• UALR/UAMS Graduate Program in Bioinformatics will have a recruiting booth
• A One-Day Omics Workshop will be organized with 3 options in conjunction with the MCBIOS Conference: – Transcriptomics Data Analysis Workshop presented by Dr.
Frank Emmert-Streib, Center for Cancer Research and Cell Biology , Queen's University Belfast , UK
– Genomics Data Analysis Workshop, TBN– Proteomics (Metabolomics?) Data Analysis Workshop, TBN
• We will hold an Omics Poster Session as part of the UAMS Research Day (also coordinated with the UALR Research Day) in April 2015
Administrative CoreBioinformatics Core
Research Technology CoreDevelopmental Research Project Program
INBRE Competitive Renewal
Research Technology Core
Diagram of the Arkansas INBRE Research Technology Core. The three branches of this core will facilitate cutting-edge research and provide education on state-of-the-art technologies at Arkansas INBRE partner and affiliated institutions.
Director: Alan Tackett, UAMS
Specific Aim 1. Support undergraduate research by providing Core Facility Vouchers to undergraduate faculty and students.
Specific Aim 2. Invest in cutting-edge core facility technology development by providing Core Facility Development Awards to core facilities at UAMS and UAF.
• Core facilities will apply for funds to implement some new approach/service into their facility
• Awards will be up to $3,500, and we anticipate awarding 4–6 yearly• Priority will be given to core facilities that have large numbers of
INBRE-supported PUI users• These awards will provide a mechanism by which the Arkansas
INBRE can support Core Facility development, while still providing general access to all Core Facilities for PUI users
• Faculty Research Core Facility Vouchers • Student Research Core Facility Vouchers• Faculty Curriculum Core Facility Vouchers
Specific Aim 3. Promote the Arkansas INBRE Research Technology Core and provide on-site educational seminars at Arkansas undergraduate institutions.• On-site promotional activities and educational seminars
(1) a one-hour seminar (30 minutes for Dr. Tackett to describe opportunities through the Research Technology Core and 30 minutes of training given by a core facility director)
(2) display of a Research Technology Core poster detailing the Core Facility Voucher Program and available core facilities
(3) one-on-one meetings with INBRE-funded faculty and students(4) meetings with non-INBRE-funded faculty and students.
• Social Media Hub
Diagram of the Arkansas INBRE Research Technology Core personnel and roles.
Administrative CoreBioinformatics CoreResearch Technology Core
Developmental Research Project Program
INBRE Competitive Renewal
Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP)
Specific Aim 1. Recruit new faculty to select partner institutions.
Specific Aim 2. Support biomedical research by funding research grants for mentored faculty at partner and affiliate institutions.
Specific Aim 3. Sustain the research career development of faculty at partner and affiliate institutions by mentoring and other activities.
Director: Helen Beneš, UAMS
DRPP Contd. Average
Award AmtYR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 YR 5
Summer Research Grants 25,500 153,000 153,000 153,000 153,000 153,000
Pilot Study Grants 40,000 80,000 120,000 120,000 172,000 274,000
Research Development Grants 100,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Shared Instrumentation Grants >5,000 197,000 52,000 42,000
Faculty Recruitment Packages
100,000 over 3 years
35,000 140,000 150,000 140,000 35,000
Mini Sabbaticals/Training 7,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000
Seminar Series/Workshops 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 10,000
Total DRPP 1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Funding Mechanisms — Types of Grants
Type of Grant Duration Average Award
Amount
Allowable Expenses
Summer Research Grants
Summer(10 weeks)
Up to $25,500
Personnel (PL and student), supplies, travel and other costs as justified
Pilot Study GrantsVariable(4–12 months)
Up to $40,000
Personnel (PL, student, and technician), small equipment, supplies, travel and others costs as justified
Research Development Grants
2.5 years $250,000
Personnel (PL, student, and technician), equipment, supplies, travel, and other costs as justified
Shared Instrumentation Grants
1 year(12 months)
$5,000 - $50,000
Purchase cost of instrument only
Career Development
Research Career Development Groups – “Chalk talks” to help Project Leaders with research development
Seminar Series – up to $1,200 for Project Leaders to invite speakers to their home institution
Mini-Sabbaticals for Technical Training – up to $7,000 for Project Leaders to learn special techniques at core facilities
Proposal-Writing Workshops – Arkansas INBRE Project Leaders will be able to take advantage of the annual AREA grant writing workshops offered by Kentucky INBRE
Proposed Timeline
Proposal Review CommitteeGwen V. Childs, PhD, Professor & Chair, Neurobiology &
Developmental Science, UAMS
Andrea Duina, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Biology, Hendrix College
Howard Hendrickson, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UAMS
Argelia Lorence, PhD, Professor, Chemistry and Physics, ASU
David Paul, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UAF
Marty Perry, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry, OBU
Antonie Rice, PhD, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics
Jerry Ware, PhD, Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS
Research Development Committee
Jerry Darsey, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Chemistry, UALR INBRE mentor; previous INBRE proposal reviewer; chemistry/biochemistry
Robert J. Griffin, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Radiation Oncology, UAMS
INBRE mentor for current Project Leader; molecular biology/cell and cancer biology
Lori Hensley, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Biological Sciences, OBU INBRE Project Leader (current), cell and cancer biology
Brent Hill, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Biology, UCA INBRE Project Leader (current), physiology/cell biology
Malathi Srivatsan, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Biological Sciences, ASUINBRE Project Leader (former), neuroscience/cell biology/molecular biology
Daniel Voth, PhD, Assist. Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, UAMS
INBRE mentor for current Project Leader; infectious disease/molecular biology/cell
biology