Special Meeting Highlights
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.
Deadline for nominations is: April 21st
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.
Deadline for nominations is: April 21st
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.
NIH Tour
Click here for more information and
registration. |
Program Chair's Welcome
Dr. Charles Irvin
 Greetings
and welcome to the website for the 3rd Biennial NISBRE. On behalf of
the NISBRE executive steering committee we invite you to Bethesda,
Maryland home of NIH to celebrate the success of the IDeA (Institutional
Development Award) program of the National Center for Research
Resources. NISBRE is the National IDeA
Symposium for Biomedical Excellence that showcases the scientific
and training accomplishments of the IDeA program of
NCRR. 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
groundbreaking 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 in Bethesda, Maryland at the
Marriott
Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center
(note change in venue) on June 16 - 18, 2010.
Some of the
reasons to attend are:
-
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. The scientific and
training agenda is similar to the program in 2008 with plenary
presentations, keynote presentations in selected areas of scientific
investigation, poster presentations of IDeA scientists, discussion
forums 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 two meetings in 2006 and 2008.
-
This year we are
planning a new event and other opportunities designed to focus on
students. We are planning to host a student-oriented poster session
on Wednesday evening, June 16; we again plan to offer student travel
awards for meritorious abstracts (see details elsewhere), we will
have the Sidney McNairy, Jr., Lecture that features a deserving
INBRE faculty mentor (see details under awards) and lastly workshops
designed with the student in mind. In addition on Wednesday (June
16th) before the start of the meeting, tours of NIH laboratories are
being made available to interested mentors and students.
-
We are excited to
announce that this year's biennial NISBRE 2010 meeting has a
parallel program that focuses on the management and operation of
INBRE and COBRE funded core facilities. NICL (Network of IDeA-Funded
Core Laboratories), an organization of these core laboratories, has
programmed three workshops that will discuss best practices in core
operation, how to develop a culture of research and how to build a
network that can promote and foster exchange of core resources. All
workshop sessions will be designed to be interactive and encourage
exchange of the unique challenges and successes of NCRR funded core
laboratories.
-
We will once again
have the Thomas Maciag Lecture honoring Tom Maciag and a
distinguished COBRE investigator which was one of my own personal
highlights from the 2008 meeting.
-
This year we have
programmed a plenary lecture by Dr. Francis Collins the new director
of the NIH. This presentation is not to be missed.
So you can see, NISBRE has something
for everyone and not just the IDeA community. Attendees to the NISBRE 2006
and 2008 meetings frequently
remarked about the high quality program, opportunities for
networking and the educational value of NISBRE. So, come to
Bethesda in June and join in the fun and the outstanding
science of NISBRE!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Core Focused
Workshops and Travel Awards
This year's biennial NISBRE 2010
Meeting has an expanded agenda that includes a focus on the
management and operation of INBRE, COBRE, and CTSA core facilities.
The meeting will include an organizational meeting for NICL (Network
of IDeA-Funded Core Laboratories (http://NICLweb.org)
with three workshops that will focus on best practices in core
operation:
-
how to develop a budget and fee
structures
-
how to develop a culture of research
in your state through outreach activities in collaboration with
institutional cores, and
-
how to build a network that can
promote and foster exchange of core resources.
All workshop sessions are interactive
and designed to encourage exchange of challenges and successes that
can be unique to operating IDeA-funded core laboratories.
Core Directors and Managers are
encouraged to submit a core abstract (deadline April 15, 2010)
for presentation at the poster session which will be held June 17th.
The NICL organizational meeting will
be kicked-off with a presentation by Louise Ramm, Deputy Director of
NCRR, on updates and the present and future status of NCRR-funded
cores.
Travel Award Announcement and
Criteria
Ten travel awards for core personnel
will be offered to encourage attendance at the NISBRE 2010 meeting.
This award is intended for core
facility personnel in the INBRE, COBRE, or CTSA program. The
symposium will award ten (10) $500 travel awards to help defray the
cost of attending NISBRE 2010. Recipients will be selected based on
rating of a personal statement explaining how attendance at the
NISBRE 2010 meeting will enhance your core operation and
professional growth (email the statement to
timothy.hunter@uvm.edu);
a core poster abstract submission is also required of each
applicant.
Travel award requests must be
submitted by April 15th and awardees will be announced April 23rd.
|
