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dkNET provides updates on activities of interest to the NIDDK-supported community. You could keep up to date on these activities through our Twitter feed @dkNET_info, through our Community Calendar, or through dkNET e-mail list. If you have an event or funding opportunities you'd like to advertise, please contact us info_at_dknet.org.
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Events in June, 2017
June 1, 2017
Registration deadline: Biliary Atresia: A Clinical and Translational Science Research Workshop
The purpose of this meeting will be to bring together clinical and translational experts in biliary atresia to examine the current state of clinical and translational science that will allow for the identification and prioritization of achievable and feasible research priorities that will further advance the understanding of the clinical pathophysiology of this condition. Further details regarding the agenda, date and location of this meeting will be forthcoming on this website. The meeting will be held on June 28, 2017.
Location: Bethesda, MD
More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/events-calendar/Pages/biliary-atresia-clinical-translational-workshop.aspx
June 9, 2017
dkNET Data Searchathon
dkNET is hosting a Data Searchathon at UCSD Campus on Friday, June 9, 2017. We invite all students, postdocs, faculty, or staff to join this event. Programming skills are not required. If you know how to browse internet, you are qualified! It only takes 20 min to attend a session. A $25 VISA gift card will be given to the participant and pizza will be served, too!
More information: https://dknet.org/about/blog/922
June 9-13, 2017
77th Annual American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions
The Scientific Sessions offers researchers and health care professionals the unique opportunity to share ideas and learn about the significant advances in diabetes research, treatment, and care. Over the course of five days, participants will receive exclusive access to more than 3,000 original research presentations, take part in provocative and engaging exchanges with leading diabetes experts and expand professional networks with over 13,000 professional attendees from around the world. The program will start on Friday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m. with our Mini-Symposia Sessions, and conclude on Tuesday, June 13 at 11:45 a.m. following the ADA Presidents Oral Session.More information: http://professional.diabetes.org/meeting/scientific-sessions/77th-scientific-sessions
June 13-14, 2017
NIDDK Workshop: Workshop on Best Practices for Studies of Diet and the Intestinal Microbiome
The purpose of this workshop is to improve rigor and reproducibility in research on the colonic microbiome, identify important dietary information that should be reported and parameters to consider in design of studies, particularly for clinical studies on diet and the intestinal microbiome. A summary for the research community will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Location: Bethesda, MD
More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/events-calendar/Pages/workshop-best-practices-studies-diet-intestinal-microbiome.aspx
June 15-16, 2017
Training Workshop: Microbiome Analysis in the Cloud
This is an advanced interactive workshop from leaders in the field of microbiome analysis. It will provide hands-on training in accessing cloud-based Human Microbiome Project data and utilizing Docker-based workflows to perform metagenome shotgun and 16S sequence analysis. Open source tools (e.g., HUMAnN, Qiime, MetaViz) will be utilized for multiple types of analyses including metabolic profiling, phylogenetic profiling, assembly, annotation, and data visualization. Attendees will leave the workshop with practical experience using a freely available Docker image they can take home and share with others or apply to their own studies.
Location: Baltimore, MD
More information: http://www.igs.umaryland.edu/topics/microbiome-cloud/
June 16, 2017
dkNET-NURSA Challenge Submission Deadline
The Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas (NURSA) is partnering with the NIDDK Information Network (dkNET) to host a dataset challenge, and we invite you to join ! Everyone is talking about Big Data. How can we ensure that the impact of individual scientists working on a myriad of small and focused studies that discover and probe new phenomena - is not lost in the Big Data world. In fact, there is more than one way to generate big data and we would like your help in creating and expanding “big data” for NIDDK! AWARD: $50 VISA gift cards & $500 cash prize.
Registration: https://dknet.org/about/dknet-nursa-challenge
June 18-23, 2017
Gordon Research Conference: Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas: Molecules to Human
Despite the rapid advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in pancreatic development, regeneration, and malignant transformation, as well as our ability to model these processes in mice and recently also human cells, our ability to translate this knowledge into the clinical setting to benefit patients is still largely lacking. This relatively new GRC aims to link the understanding of the biology of the exocrine and endocrine pancreas to applications to human diseases. This GRC is unique in that it is the only conference that convenes experts from all aspects of pancreas biology as well as clinicians working on translational approaches for various pancreatic diseases, including pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis and diabetes. By providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting edge, unpublished concepts and approaches, the goal of this GRC is to stimulate discussion across fields and disciplines. This exchange will foster interdisciplina
Location: Waterville Valley, NH
More information: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=15836
June 29, 2017
5th Annual Duke O'Brien Center for Kidney Research Symposium
Location: Durham, NC
More information: http://www.dukekidneycenter.org/education/dock-symposium
Funding opportunities information and deadlines in June, 2017
June 1, 2017
Funding application quarterly deadline: MMPC MICROMouse Program
MICROMouse will fund high impact technology-, physiology-, or biology-based projects conceived through interaction with, or between MMPCs. Proposal objectives should take clear advantage of collaborations with MMPCs to address questions that would be otherwise difficult to answer. Objectives of the MICROMmouse initiative encompasses pilot and feasibility projects for the development of new mouse phenotyping tests, as well as research-driven projects that investigate biology and physiology of disease.The aim of the MICROMouse program is to promote the development of mouse phenotyping technology and encourage collaborative relationships between the MMPC and its users. These are 1 year awards intended to fund the development of research opportunities that may arise during the course of a service provided by the MMPC or to expand on research interests common to a MMPC user and a MMPC principal investigator. These awards cannot be used simply to purchase services from an MMPC. There is no formal deadline associated with MICROMouse applications, but applications will be reviewed quarterly (March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1) and so should be submitted accordingly. A letter of intent with a brief (2-3 sentences) description of the proposed project must be sent to Dr. Richard McIndoe at rmcindoe@gru.ed
More information: https://www.mmpc.org/shared/microMouse.aspx
June 1 , 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Nutrition Obesity Research Center At Harvard Pilot and Feasibility Project
The overall goal of the Pilot and Feasibility Project (PFP) is to stimulate innovative research relevant to nutrition, metabolism, or obesity. We hope that this program will be a mechanism through the Center to encourage basic investigators to extend their studies into nutrition/obesi
More information: http://www.norch.org/pilot-and-feasibility-grants
June 1, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at University of California San Francisco Pilot and Feasibility Program
The Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) announces the 2017 RFA for Pilot and Feasibility Grants to provide pilot funding to pursue novel ideas broadly relevant to nutrition, obesity, and metabolism research. The NORC P&F Program is funded by NIDDK to support junior faculty and established investigators wishing to pursue new directions in NORC related research.
More information: http://norc.ucsf.edu/pandf
June 2, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory - Demonstration Projects for Pragmatic Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3)
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to support Demonstration Projects that include an efficient, large-scale pragmatic clinical trial. Trials must be conducted across two or more health care systems (HCS) and must be conducted as part of the NIH HCS Research Collaboratory supported through the NIH Common Fund. (See https://commonf
More information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-16-019.html
June 11, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: The New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center Pilot Feasibility Grant Program
Three types of applications will be considered: 1. Proposals from Assistant Professors or Postdoctoral Fellows currently transitioning to FACULTY STATUS to carry out preliminary studies to be used for an NIH grant application. Applicants with prior funding through this or similar programs, graduate students, or Postdoctoral Fellows (other than as above) are NOT eligible to apply; 2. Proposals for innovative/high
More information: https://nyonrc.cumc.columbia.edu/content/pilot-feasibility-grant-program-announcement
June 12, 2017
DiaComp Conference Support Program Application Deadline
More information: https://www.diacomp.org/shared/conferenceSupport.aspx
June 12, 2017
DiaComp Pilot and Feasibility Program Application Deadline
More information: https://www.diacomp.org/shared/pilotFeasibility.aspx
June 12, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Washington University In St. Louis Nutrition Obesity Research Center
The major objective of this program is to provide research support to test innovative hypotheses involving nutrition/metab
More information: https://gns.wustl.edu/research/nutrition-obesity-research-center/pilot-feasibility-program/
June 12, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Washington University In St. Louis Nutrition Obesity Research Center
The major objective of this program is to provide research support to test innovative hypotheses involving nutrition/metab
More information: https://gns.wustl.edu/research/nutrition-obesity-research-center/pilot-feasibility-program/
June 14, 2017
Letter of Intent Due Date: Limited Competition: Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet (UC4)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites an application from the Program Director/Princi
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-17-507.html
June 14, 2017
Letter of Intent Due Date: Limited Competition: Follow-up on Subjects and Immunological Assessments in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes In The Young Study (TEDDY) (UC4)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites an application from the Program Director/Princi
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-17-508.html
June 19, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Deadline: Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas (NURSA) Hub: Consensome Validation NDSPs
The mission of the Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas (NURSA) Hub is to improve the accessibility and re-usability of publicly-archiv
More information: https://nursa.org/nursa/funding/ndsp_rfp.jsf
June 20, 2017
Letter of Intent Due Date: Cystic Fibrosis Research and Translation Center (P30)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Research and Translation Core Centers. CF Research and Translation Core Centers are designed to support both basic and clinical research on Cystic Fibrosis. CF Research and Translation Core Centers support three primary research-relate
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-17-007.html
June 26, 2017
Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot & Feasibility Program
The aim of a P/F project is to provide convincing data for future proposals to the NIH or other national agencies. Investigators are encouraged