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Check out the latest edition of UC Research. Hard copies should have hit mailboxes last week, but you can also download the PDF version on the publications page of the research Web site.
In this latest edition you’ll read about research that could change the way we think about adult stem cell therapies. You’ll also learn about one engineering professor’s “illuminating” findings and gain insight into how our youngest learners grasp science. Work from the College of Allied Health Sciences is also featured in this issue in a question and answer piece with the director of UC’s new canine audiology clinic.
If you didn’t receive a hard copy and would like to be added to the mailing list, please e-mail ucresearch@uc.edu.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Melissa Colbert for her service to UC. She’ll be joining the National Institutes of Health in September. Under her leadership, the university gained important accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs. She has committed herself to upholding the highest standards with regard to research policies, procedures and practices. We wish here the best of luck.
And, as always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to check out research.uc.edu.
Sandra Degen, PhD
Vice President for Research
NEWS/GRANTS
Espinola Named Biosafety Officer
Marcia Epsinola, DVM, will join UC in July as our new biological safety officer and director of the Institutional Biosafety Office. Espinola is coming to us from Washington University in St. Louis after completing a biosafety fellowship at the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Disease Research. A native of Brazil, Espinola is trained in veterinary medicine, holds a master’s in microbiology, certification as a specialist microbiologist in biological safety and is a certified biological safety professional from the American Biological Safety Association. She completed five years of bench research experience on poxvirus while at St. Louis University and Barnes Jewish Hospital prior to entering her fellowship.
BSL3 Facility Transferred to Molecular Genetics
Administration of the BSL3 facility has been turned over to Malak Kotb, PhD, chair of molecular genetics. The biosafety officer will continue to serve as the alternate responsible official and perform inspections of the facility. It will function as a service center and its management will be assumed by molecular genetics, with Gary Dean, PhD, as facility director.
Summer Research Programs See 200 Students
More than 200 undergraduate researchers from Ohio and beyond are participating in UC’s summer undergraduate research programs funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Check out their impressive work at poster sessions on Friday, Aug. 8, (from 9 a.m. to noon on the fourth floor of the Medical Sciences Building) and again Friday, Aug. 22.
Did You Know ...
You can get quick facts about research by logging on to Researcher’s Gateway? The password-protected site is your portal for important research information. Log in today to read regularly updated “Did You Know” information and have a look at the other resources available to you.
New Grants Awarded in July
Writing winning grants is tough. We understand the hard work that goes into preparing a proposal and want to make sure that effort doesn’t go unnoticed. Check out your great work—and that of your colleagues—at uc.edu/ucresearch/new_grant_winners.html.
GREEN BITS
The university is working collaboratively with four other major organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area to reduce its carbon footprint. There are several things you can do in labs and offices to improve energy and waste management. Research Update provides monthly “greening” tips for research faculty and staff. This month, we forego the tip to offer a bit of “green” info about the newest addition to UC’s campus.
Green Building
The CARE/Crawley Building, scheduled for an official public debut on Sept. 10, is hoping to gain a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, a nonprofit organization committed to sustainable building practices. Among many other green attributes, CARE/Crawley’s landscape irrigation is provided by collected rainwater in an underground 90,000-gallon stormwater detention system. This system also reduces the strain on the municipal sewer system by collecting the bulk of rainfall and allowing it to migrate gradually into the storm sewer. Look for more CARE/Crawley facts in coming issues of Research Update.
EVENTS
Hot Topics—Human Subject Protection: Still Challenging After All These Years
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
Registration must be received by Sept. 19. The fee for this event is $85, which includes lunch, refreshments and conference materials. Continuing education credits are available for a small additional fee. For more information, contact Carol Fabby at (513) 558-5620 or e-mail carol.fabby@uc.edu.
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