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Medicine at Michigan Seeks News of Books Edited or Authored by Faculty
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 31
Medicine at Michigan seeks news of books edited or authored by Medical School faculty for the "In Print" section of the Spring 2003 issue. If you have recently edited or written a book, please alert Rick Krupinski, editor, at rkrup@umich.edu or 998-7523, and forward a copy of the book to him at the Office of Medical Development, 301 E. Liberty, Suite 300, 2251 by Jan. 31. The Dean's Office would like to display your book or journal once it has been photographed for the magazine. Please indicate if this is acceptable, or if you would like your items returned after photography.

Biomedical News is Available Online
The February 2003 Biomedical News is available for immediate viewing online. The hard copy version will be mailed to departments during the first week of February. This issue contains information on the following: Program in Biomedical Sciences, Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research, Research Staff Recognition Awards, U-M Research Partnership Program, funding opportunities and upcoming seminars.

Cancer Research Committee Funding Opportunities
Through the John and Suzanne Munn Endowment, research grants are available for any senior investigator who is taking a new direction in his/her cancer-related research, or for any interesting and innovative collaboration between scientists. IDEA Grants are available for any level of investigator who has a novel and innovative idea for cancer research. The deadline for the Munn funding application is the first Thursday of each month, September through June.

Attention Clinical Investigators:
The CRC is interested in soliciting grant applications to support clinical trials investigations. Funding for approved projects can be applied to data management, cancer center cores requiring paybacks, technical and consultative support for collaborative studies that are part of a clinical trial. For more information and application forms, please contact the Comprehensive Cancer Center or e-mail Ginny Schneider.

War Correspondents to headline Bioterrorism Conference
War correspondents Christiane Amanpour of CNN and Ashleigh Banfield of MSNBC will headline a national conference presented by the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan. The event entitled, "Covering Permanent War and Bioterrorism: The Press and Public Policy," will be held on Monday, Jan. 27 from 1 - 5 p.m. at the U-M Alumni Center. Panels of journalists and experts will debate the media coverage of war and bioterrorism and how it impacts policy decisions. For more information, call 998-7666.

Valentines Day Gifts from Borders Raise $$ for U-M
Cardiovascular Center
As a fundraiser for the U-M Cardiovascular Center, Borders Books will hold Borders Benefit Days throughout the weekend of Feb. 7 - 9. By remembering to mention the U-M Cardiovascular Center when making any purchase at either Borders in Arborland or Borders in downtown Ann Arbor, 15 percent of your purchase will automatically be donated to the CVC. For more information please e-mail mraver@umich.edu or call 615-9091.

News Releases and Health Minute
For medical press releases and the details behind the headlines, visit http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/relarch.htm
-Signing your child up for summer camp?
U-M camping health expert offers tips, checklist

Next Week's Health Minute
Women not getting enough Zzzzz's

Seminars, lectures, colloquia and events for next week
To access the entire UMHS events database, see:
http://www.academic.med.umich.edu/LassoPages/ProStaffEvents.lasso

Monday, January 27, 2003

--12 p.m., Bone Research Seminar Series. Robert L. Jilka, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and VA Research Career Scientist, associate director, UAMS Osteoporosis Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, "Why does the anabolic effect of PTH on the skeleton require intermittent administration?" LRC 2903

--4 p.m., Neuroscience Seminar. Susan McConnell, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, "Genetic Analysis of Cortical Development," Waggoner Conference Room 1057 MHRI

--4 p.m., ADVANCE Series. Ruth Oldenziel, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Amsterdam, "Making Technology, Making Gender," 1644 SSWB

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

--10 a.m., Medical Library Class: UM-MEDSEARCH Databases. This workshop teaches basic searching in UM-MEDSEARCH, which includes MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and evidence-based medicine databases, and covers searching the MIRLYN Library Catalog. This event will take place at 2802 Med. Sci. II.

--10:30 a.m., Internal Medicine Faculty Candidate Seminar. Yuan Zhu, Ph.D., instructor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, "Functional Analysis of the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Gene in Tumorigenesis and Development - Mouse Models for Tumors in the Nervous System," 5623 Med. Sci. II

--12 p.m., Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar. James McGhee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, "Gut Development in C elegans," South Lecture Hall, Med.Sci. II

--3:45 p.m., Hearing and Chemical Senses Seminar. D. Kent Morest, M.D., University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, "Sequential interactions of growth factors and their receptors define critical periods in the development of sensory neurons," Maxwell Conference Room, HR4054 KHRI. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.

--5 p.m., Neurosurgery Grand Rounds. Michael M. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins, "The Significance of Stroke Localization at the Bench and the Bedside," University Hospital 2C224

Thursday, January 30, 2003

--9 a.m., Internal Medicine Faculty Candidate Seminar. Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, "N-myc, a Proto-Oncogene Amplified in Primitive Tumors, Normally Regulates Growth by Controlling Progenitor Cell Gene Expression and Function," 2901 LRC

--10 a.m., Medical Library Class: PubMed - Introduction to the Basics. This workshop will cover the basics of doing a simple search in MEDLINE, how to manage your search results, exploring the links to Related Articles and other database resources and setting up a Cubby that provides you with a Stored Search feature to save and update searches. 2802 Med. Sci.II

--12 p.m., Vision Lunch Seminar. Usha Andley, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, "Analysis of Alpha-Crystallin Function in Lens Epithelial Cells," Kellogg Eye Center, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium

--12 p.m., Gifts of Art. The U-M School of Music Student Artist Outreach Program. Talented U-M School of Music students share their talents through community outreach, Hospital Lobby, Floor 1.

--2 p.m., Mental Health Seminar. Stephan G. Anagnostaras, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, "Cognitive Molecular Neuroscience of Memory," Waggoner Conference Room, 1057 MHRI

--4 p.m., Bioinformatics Program Seminar. Dr. Eberhard O. Voit, Biometry and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, "Metabolic Pathway Analysis, Round 3," 5330 Med. Sci.I

--5 p.m., Radiology Grand Rounds. James H. Ellis, M.D.; Brenda Myers; Harold Carlson; James Good; and Daniel Hooven, Martin Luther King Symposium entitled, "PAX Ergonomica," F2305 MCHC

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