JHU SOM Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) Committee

JHU SOM Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) Committee. The
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee has a new web page (http://www.
hopkinsmedicine.org/Research/escro). This committee oversees all research using human embryonic stem (hES) cells and/or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) involving human cells being conducted by JHU SOM faculty, staff or students or involving the use of JHU SOM facilities. Recent funding awards by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission require researchers to obtain approval from the IRB and possibly the ESCRO committee prior to commencing work using these funds. The website contains information for researchers, including applicable forms and FAQs. Please contact Suzanne M. Damaré, the ESCRO Committee Administrator, at 410-955-3008 for more information.

NIH Announces Changes to eRA Commons, Particularly the Electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (eSNAP) Function

The Assurances/Certification section within the Institutional Profile has been revised to reflect all assurances included in NIH applications and progress reports; specifically Prohibited Research, Select Agent Research and PI Assurance have been added, others have been edited to reflect current terminology. eSNAP has been revised to bring it current with the OMB-approved changes of the PHS2590 approved in April 2006. To review all of the specific changes, please click here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
notice-files/NOT-OD-07-064.html.

Instrumentation grants awarded to SOM

NIH has awarded several instrumentation grants to the School of Medicine this year. These awards are highly competitive and require a minimum of three NIH funded investigators have program needs to support the use of the equipment.

Congratulations to:

Robert Cotter, Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. Dr. Cotter has been awarded a High End Instrumentation (HEI) grant, S10 RR023025, for the purchase of a Linear Ion Trap/Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer. The HEI program is a special initiative of NIH that supports the purchase of specialized research instrumentation to further the advancement of biomedical research. This advanced equipment requires a high level of technical expertise to operate it. The focus of the HEI Program is "on a new generation of instruments that cost over $1.0 million" and can support the rapidly expanding technology needs of biomedical research.

Congratulations also to the following investigators who have been awarded Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) awards. The purpose of the SIG Program is to support purchase of or upgrades to commercially available instruments not generally available through other grant mechanisms that cost at least $100,000 that would be used by a group of NIH-supported investigators. The shared use basis of these awards is a cost-effective mechanism that supports meritorious research projects.

Landon King, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. King's award, S10 RR022626, will support the purchase of a Confocal Imaging System at the Bayview Campus.

Olga Kovbasnjuk, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, GI Division. Dr. Kovbasnjuk's award, S10RR022551, is for a META Confocal Microscope and live cell chamber. This equipment will replace out-of-date equipment in the SOM Imaging Facility.

Min Li, Professor, Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Li's award, S10RR023655, for a High-Throughput Fluorescence Reader System will augment the services of the HiT Center and will augment the activities of the ChemCore

Mark Soloski, Professor of Medicine. Dr. Soloski's award, S10RR023630, will support the recently developed Flow Cytometry Core Facility on the Bayview Campus.

Zsolt Szabo, Professor of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Nuclear Medicine Division. Dr. Szabo's award, S10RR022528, provides for the acquisition of a real time charged particle autoradiographic imager. This device assists molecular target detection and radiopharmaceutical dosimety.

Dean Wong, Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Science. Dr. Wong's award, S10RR022528, will provide for the upgrade and expansion of computing systems for PET/SPECT and relevant Tomograph reconstruction algorithms and simulators development.

Investigator Initiated Multi-Site Clinical Trials (R01)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to provide a vehicle for submitting grant applications for investigator-initiated multi-site Phase II or Phase III randomized, controlled clinical trials. The trials may address any research question related to the mission and goals of NHLBI and may test clinical or behavioral interventions. Investigators should consult the NHLBI's Guidelines for Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/clinical.htm) for more detailed instructions and information about multi-site clinical trial grant applications. To view this entire Funding Opportunity Announcement, click here: http://grants2.nih.gov/
grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-373.html.

COEUS Training for June

The next COEUS training session will be held on June 19th from 9-11AM in the Darner Conference Room, Ross G-007. For additional information, please visit
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Research/ora/training/COEUS_Training_Schedule.
html.

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