Louisiana Biomedical Research Network - The aim of this network is to enhance the quality of biomedical research conducted throughout the state of Louisiana by increasing access to state of the art research infrastructure.

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LBRN Distinguished Biomedical Research Seminar

Thursday, May 10 2012 @ 01:26 PM CDT
Contributed by: Eric Rodriguez

New ways of representing therapeutic Proteins and Vaccines

As part of the LBRN Program IDeA Seminar Series, in the area of Drug Design, Dr. Russel Middaugh has been invited from the University of Kansas to speak. The seminar will be on May 24th from LSU campus and will be via Access Grid from 11:00 am to noon. LBRN project PIs will have an opportunity to speak with Dr. Middaugh between 1:30 to 3:00 pm. If you are interested in meeting him via AG, please let Seetharama Jois or Dung Pham know about your attendance. A brief description of Dr. Russel Middaugh's research interests is provided (see the attached flyer).

Please notice that the seminar is from 11 am to noon and the AG meeting for the project PIs is from 1:30 to 3:00 pm.

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NIH Academic Research Enhancement

Thursday, May 10 2012 @ 08:00 AM CDT
Contributed by: Eric Rodriguez

Essential Elements of an R15 Application

MCB core will be hosting Dr. Samithamby Jeyaseelan as a speaker for the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Program (R15). A panel discussion will follow the presentation. This event will be available through the LBRN Access Grid network on Thursday, May 10th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. See the attached flyer for more details.

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Online Course Announcement: CST790 - Visualizing Data

Friday, May 04 2012 @ 01:07 PM CDT
Contributed by: Eric Rodriguez

LSU Shreveport has announced a new online course as an addition to their graduate computer science program for the Fall 2012 semester, Visualizing Data (CST 790). This course will demonstrate methods for representing data accurately on the Web and elsewhere, complete with user interaction, animation, and more.

Visualizing Data (CST 790) will be taught by Dr. M. Trutschl and is open to everyone. Credit will transfer to other institutions but enrolled students need to register at LSUS. Attached is a poster with more details.

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LBRN Distinguished Biomedical Research Seminar Series

Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 12:28 PM CDT
Contributed by: Chris

The pleiotropic role of 5-lipoxygenase in Alzheimer’s disease

For the the LBRN Program IDeA Seminar Series, in the area of Neuroscience, Dr. Domenico Pratico, a Professor of Pharmacology, Immunology, and Microbiology from Temple University will discuss his research on Alzheimer's disease.

The seminar will be held on May 8th from 9:30 to 10:30 am in the LSU Life Sciences Annex Auditorium A101.

If you are interested in attending the seminar via the Access Grid meeting please contact your local Access Grid administrator immediately to reserve your location/facility.

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SC12: Student Cluster Competition - LittleFe Track

Friday, April 20 2012 @ 02:35 PM CDT
Contributed by: Eric Rodriguez

Super Computing 2012 will be hosting the Student Cluster Competition, a chance for students to be introduced to high-performance computing and its community. The deadline has been pushed back to May 15th so there is still time to get a team together for the LittleFe track. Attached is a flyer of the event.

For more information go to http://sc12.supercomputing.org/content/student-cluster-competition.

Updated deadline: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

*Disclaimer: LSU students are ineligible for this event.

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2010 MCBC Training Modules available for viewing

Friday, October 01 2010 @ 04:05 PM CDT
Contributed by: JohnQ

The Molecular and Cell Biology Core of the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network commenced a series of training presentations and hands-on modules in September 2010. There are now over a dozen recordings from Flow Cytometry, multiplex immunoassays, Real-time PCR, Protein Expression, etc. available to view via playback that were conducted live via Access Grid with our partner sites. Find the Molecular and Cell Biology block and click on Activities. This will bring you to the MCBC Activities webpage where you will be able to find information regarding upcoming MCBC events and video resources for previous sessions.

Quick Access: A new search feature will allow quick access to the recordings - found on the menu bar: Core Events and Recordings.

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Success Story of Louisiana COBRE/INBRE/RCMI

Thursday, May 06 2010 @ 02:33 PM CDT
Contributed by: JohnQ

Scientists from several Louisiana academic institutions attracted over 250 million dollars in competitive National Institutes of Health funding.

Click on the brochure for more information.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) was established in 1993 to broaden the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The program fosters health-related research and enhances the competitiveness of investigators at institutions in 23 states and Puerto Rico. The program also serves unique populations, such as rural and medically underserved communities, in these states. The IDeA program is supported by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Division of Research Infrastructure.

The IDeA program has two components, Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE).

COBRE programs build multi-disciplinary research centers with a thematic scientific focus. Junior investigators graduate from the program after they obtain NIH competitive funding on their own.

INBRE programs enhance biomedical research capacity in primarily undergraduate institutions in alliance with LSU, as a major research institution in Louisiana.

RCMI programs enhance the research capacity and infrastructure at minority colleges and universities that offer doctorates in health sciences. The program serves the dual purpose of bringing more minority scientists into mainstream research and enhancing studies of minority health. The RCMI is also supported by NIH NCRR.

For more information go to http://idea.lsu.edu.

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