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CONFERENCES/TALKS DURING AUGUST
| Journal Clubs/Research Talks |
Date |
Time | Location |
| ID Clinical Conference Drs. Burns, Muller, Wagner |
2 | 4:30-5:30 pm | HMC R&T Auditorium Room 109/113 |
| ID Clinical Conference Drs. Rakita, Schwartz |
9 | 4:30-5:30 pm | HMC R&T Auditorium Room 109/113 |
| ID Clinical Conference Drs. Buckner, Lynch |
16 | 4:30-5:30 pm | HMC R&T Auditorium Room 109/113 |
| ID Clinical Conference Drs. Dellit, Choi, Darby |
23 | 4:30-5:30 pm | HMC R&T Auditorium Room 109/113 |
| ID Clinical Conference Drs. Menzies, Sandison |
30 | 4:30-5:30 pm | HMC R&T Auditorium Room 109/113 |
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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
N E W B A B I E S : Congratulations to John Scott and his wife on their new baby boy, born June 10th, weighing in at 9 pounds
5 ounces, 21 ½" long!
Congratulations to William Berrington and his wife on the birth of their baby girl, born June 30th, weighing 6 pounds and 2 ounces!
P R O M O T I O N S : Congratulations to Martin Siegel for promotion to Clinical Professor; to Peter Shalit for promotion to Clinical
Associate Professor; and to Margot Schwartz for being promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor, all effective July 1, 2006. These
promotions are well deserved in recognition of their outstanding contributions to our teaching programs.
N E W A P P O I N T M E N T S : Welcome to Shireesha Dhanireddy who becomes an Acting Instructor August 1st.
N E W G R A N T S : Congratulations to David Koelle who has received a new 4-year RO1, entitled, "Vaccinia: T-cell immunity
and homing to skin."
Congratulations also to Fred Buckner who recently received a new 4-year RO1, entitlted, "Rational Development of
Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Drugs.
N E W I D S A F E L L O W S : The Infectious Diseases Society of America Board of Directors recently elected Anna Wald,
Julie McElrath, and Jeff Duchin as new IDSA Fellows. The fellow category of membership recognizes and honors those who have
achieved professional excellence in infectious diseases and related fields.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S : to Karol Bomsztyk, senior author of "Free-energy Distribution of Binary Protein-Protein Binding
Suggests Cross-species Interactome Differences," to be published August 1 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The paper represents a collaboration with researchers in applied mathematics and physics, funded by a grant from the National
Institute of General Medical Sciences to study complex biological systems. Coauthors are Yi Y. Shi, Gerald A. Miller and Hong
Qian.
F E L L O W S T R A V E L A W A R D S : Congratulations to Chris Czaja, who will receive a travel grant in the amount of
$1,200 to attend the 44th Annual Meeting of IDSA in Toronto, Canada, in October, in recognition of excellence for his abstract
submission.
G R A N T S . g o v : Please see OSP's home page for updates.
http://www.washington.edu/research/oris/grantsgov/index.html
Downloadable applications:
PC: http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer
MAC: http;//www.grants.gov/MacSupport
Training Opportunities:
OSP: http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gg_training.html
N I H C O N V E R S I O N T A B L E : The new NIH grant forms require person months versus percent time on the
budget pages as well as the Other Support. To convert percent of time and effort to person months, use the interactive conversion
table found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/person_months_conversion_chart.xls
Federal Training Demonstration link:
http://www.grants.gov/CompleteApplication#demo
L A B O R A T O R Y S A F E T Y S E M I N A R : The 2006 Laboratory Safety Seminar dates are Monday, September 25th
and Tuesday, September 26th. The seminar schedule and topics include:
Laboratory Safety Practices at the UW 8:00-10:20am offered each morning.
Fire Extinguisher Training 10:30-11:30am offered each morning.
Managing Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace 12:30-2:30 Monday ONLY.
Bloodborne Pathogens for Researchers 2:45-4:45pm Monday ONLY
Biosafety Training 12:30-2:30 Tuesday ONLY.
Field Research Health Hazards 2:45-4:45pm Tuesday ONLY.
The link for registration is at http://ehs.washington.edu/training/
If you have questions, please call 543-7201.
C I A T R A I N I N G : The CIA year is from May 1 through April 30, each year until 2009. Training completed before April 2006
was for year 2; training done after May 1, 2006, is for year 3. New providers must take year 1 training (6-hour online course).
M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S :
December 6 and 7: William M.M. Kirby Dinner and Lecture
_____________________________________________________________________________________________Please send items for future newsletter to Myrna Izidor, Box 356523, email: myrnai@u.washington.edu