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Jan. 17, 2018

History, Neuroscience and Heart Come Together in Research Magazine

The spring 2018 edition of the Owl Research & Innovation magazine is coming soon. The last edition flew off the shelves, so consider requesting your free copies now .

Chemists' Paper Published in High Impact Journal Lyndon Wes, Ph.D., and Stephane Roche, Ph.D., of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, were recently published in Angewandte Chemie. They synthesized the core structure of bielschowskysin, a marine natural product from the Caribbean coral Psedopterogorgia kallos. This compound has attracted much attention from scientists for its structural complexity and medicinal potential against lung and renal cancers.

New Addition to the FAU Brain Institute Kathleen Guthrie, Ph.D., is now the assistant director for educational programs, and will oversee the institute’s contribution to neuroscience academic programming with emphasis on the recently inaugurated graduate neuroscience training program and the post-baccalaureate Research Scholars Program. READ MORE.

I-SENSE Call for Proposals The Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering invites proposals to support multidisciplinary collaborations leading to externally funded research programs aligned with the sensing and smart systems pillar. Proposals are due Feb. 12. READ MORE.

FAU Veterinarian Comes to Sea Turtles' Rescue Annie Page-Karjian, D.V.M., Ph.D., assistant research professor and clinical veterinarian at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, was recently highlighted in an article on Oceana.org titled "The race to save sea turtles from deadly herpes tumors." READ MORE.

Theatre Lab Talent Recognized Theatre Lab productions received three nominations for Carbonell Awards, recognizing excellence in theater, for Best Actres s, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Scenic Design. Theater critic Hap Erstein also included their production Most Wanted in his list of top ten plays of 2017. For details, click here.

Revised Proposal Submission Policy After receiving feedback and comments from research administrators and faculty regarding the proposal submission policy and its requirements, the Office of Sponsored Programs made several revisions. READ MORE.

Grants.gov Workspace Training 10 - 11:30 a.m. TODAY , IS-4 #113 Wednesday Grant Writing Groups 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. TODAY , ADM #207 FAU Harbor Branch Lecture Series 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. TOMORROW DW #108, Davie campus Video conference available Frontiers in Science Lecture Series 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19, BC-71 #126 Boca Raton campus FAU Neuroscience Seminar Series 4 p.m. Jan. 30, MC-17 #119, Jupiter campus Video conference available Details here.

An Evening with Bill Hayes 6- 7:30 Jan. 22, Auditorium Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter campus PJHR Colloquium Series 2 - 3 p.m. Jan. 23, AH-52 #205 Boca Raton campus Addiction Research Collaborative 2 - 4 p.m. Jan. 31, BOT conference room Communicating Your Research Series Noon Jan. 31, LY3 #136 NIH Grant Writing Bootcamp 2 - 4 p.m. Feb. 7, ME-104 3rd floor

More events here .

Advancing Scientific and Environmental Literacy in Children and Youth Due: April 11, letter of intent Feb. 14 Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research to Develop Breakthrough Ideas and Enabling Technologies to Advance Crop Breeding and Functional Genomics Concept papers due: March 14 Expeditions in Computing Multiple deadlines Gambling Disorder Grants Multiple deadlines More funding opportunities here .

Expand Your Search for Research Funding  To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.

Now, more than ever, it's important to broadcast your scientific and scholarly achievements. Please send research news and accomplishments to  Luis F. Perez or Beth C. Barak   here .

Funding graphic created by  Freepik.