Special Meeting Highlights
Wednesday,
August 6th
Reception / Student Only
Poster Session
Presentation of Student Travel Awards
The Maciag Award
The Maciag
award is dedicated to the memory of Thomas Maciag, an
internationally recognized cell and vascular biologist. Dr. Maciag
was an innovative scientist, artist, outstanding mentor to young
investigators, and an excellent educator of graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows. Tom had a profound impact on everyone with
whom he came in contact. He trained and profoundly influenced a
generation of scientists involved in the fields of angiogenesis,
growth factor biology, proteases, growth control, and development.
As a mentor, he was stern but supportive, insistent but
compassionate, and always caring. As a colleague, he was generous,
supportive and always guiding people to find the best in themselves
as scientists and human beings. He had uncompromising ethical
standards and intellectual honesty, qualities that he insisted upon
in his colleagues and students. The intent of this award is to
recognize individuals who exemplify Dr. Maciag’s ideals of research
excellence and innovation and his commitment to mentoring new
scientists. The recipient will be an individual who has used COBRE
support to its maximum benefit and has established independence
through this program. The recipient will receive an award and will
present their research at a special session of the National IDeA
Symposium of Biomedical Research (NISBRE).
Click here
for Eligibility and Nomination Guidelines for the Maciag Award.
The Sidney A.
McNairy, Jr. Award
The community of scientists and students from 23 states and Puerto
Rico who participate in the Institutional Network of Biomedical
Research Excellence (INBRE) program, a subdivision of the
Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program offered by the
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), dedicates this award
to Dr. Sidney A. McNairy, Jr.
Dr. McNairy’s career
accomplishments include notable contributions to basic science
research in biochemistry as well as to planning and administration
of national research initiatives. In the past decade, serving as
Director of the Division of Research Infrastructure for NCRR, Dr.
McNairy developed and implemented an entirely new concept, which was
that research opportunities for students and faculty in states that
traditionally have had limited participation in the nation’s
biomedical research agenda deserve expansion and significant
support. Within this program, Dr.McNairy considers strong mentoring
to be a central and integral component of the systems that lead new
researchers to choose careers in biomedical research.
The
intent of the Sidney A. McNairy, Jr., award is to honor Dr. McNairy
for his insight and leadership as well as his translation of these
concepts into solid, practical initiatives that have had a major
impact on the emergence of robust biomedical research and well
trained researchers in the traditionally underfunded states.
Click here for Eligibility and
Nomination Guidelines for the Sidney A. McNairy, Jr. Award.
Young Investigator Travel Awards
This award is intended for Young Investigators in the COBRE Program.
The symposium will award a number of $1000 travel awards to help
defray the cost of attending NISBRE. Recipients will be selected
based on rating and peer review of submitted abstracts. Candidates
must be the first/presenting author on submitted abstracts.
Student Travel Awards
This award is intended for Students in the INBRE Program. The
symposium will award a number of $1000 travel awards to help defray
the cost of attending NISBRE. Recipients will be selected based on
rating and peer review of submitted abstracts. Candidates must be
the first/presenting author on submitted abstracts.
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Program Chair's Welcome
Dr. Charles Irvin
 Greetings
and welcome to the website for the 2nd Biennial NISBRE. On behalf of
the NISBRE executive steering committee we invite you to Washington,
DC to celebrate the success of the IDeA (Institutional
Development Award) program. NISBRE is the National IDeA
Symposium for Biomedical Excellence that showcases the scientific
and training accomplishments of the IDeA program of
NCRR. The program this year
promises a high level of scientific presentations, enthusiastic
participants and a friendly atmosphere with open discussions and
exchange of ideas on science and training. IDeA develops scientific
centers of excellence and trains biomedical scientists in the
IDeA eligible states. The IDeA program consists of
COBRE and
INBRE programs. These
ground breaking NCRR initiatives have led to novel paradigms in the
organization of scientific programs and training for productive
research careers.
NISBRE is the Biennial National IDeA
meeting that will be held again in Washington, DC at the
Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel on August 6-8, 2008.
The scientific and training agenda is
similar to the program in 2006 with plenary presentations, keynote
presentations in selected areas of scientific investigation, poster
presentations of IDeA scientists and workshops. The workshops are
designed so that the attendees acquire either new scientific or
career skills. These exciting sessions have been included based on
the high positive evaluations from the first meeting.
This year we are planning several new
events designed to focus on students. First, we plan to host a
student-oriented poster session on Wednesday evening, August 6; we
plan to offer student travel awards for meritorious abstracts (see
details elsewhere) and finally, we will launch the inaugural Sidney
McNairy Lecture that will honor both Dr. McNairy's contributions to
the IDeA community and also a deserving INBRE faculty mentor (see
details under awards).
In addition we will have the Thomas
Maciag Lecture honoring Tom Maciag and a distinguished COBRE
investigator which was one of my own personal highlights from the
2006 meeting. This year we have programmed a plenary lecture by
Brian Larkins from the University of Nebraska and a member of
the National Academy of Science. His lecture, "Dissecting the
Molecular Basis of Quality Protein Maize" will take us into the
world of plant science and the global food supply.
So you can see, NISBRE has something
for everyone. Attendees to the NISBRE 2006 meeting frequently
remarked about the high quality program, opportunities for
networking and the educational value of NISBRE. So, come to
Washington in August and join in the fun and the outstanding
science!
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