Category / Spring 2015

Faculty Spotlight: Neil Kaplowitz

Neil Kaplowitz, MD Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases; USC Associates/Thomas H. Brem Chair in Medicine Dr. Neil Kaplowitz is the USC Associates-Brem Professor of Medicine, Garrie-Budnick Chair in Liver Disease and chief, division of gastrointestinal and liver disease in the Department of Medicine. He is also the director of

Keck Cores: Molecular Genomics Core Facility, John D. Carpten PhD

http://uscnorriscancer.usc.edu/Core/MolGen/ The Molecular Genomics Core (MGC) offers high-throughput analyses of genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic variation. The MGC was created in the summer of 2009 through the merger of the DNA Core, the Microarray Core and the Genomics Core. The MGC is divided into an HSC (Health Science Campus) component and a CHLA (Children’s Hospital, Los

Keck Cores: NextGen Sequencing Core Facility, Charles Nicolet, PhD

NextGen Sequencing has been offered through the Molecular Genomics Core in the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center for several years, but the service really took off in early 2011 with the hiring of dedicated sequencing staff, a director to oversee NextGen projects and the acquisition of a high-output sequencer from Illumina, the HiSeq 2000. Since

Managing Your Research : Funding Opportunities

Are you currently looking for funding opportunities? For a listing of current extramural and intramural funding opportunities, please visit: http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/school/offices/resadv/newsletter/funding.html USC Office of Research has implemented a new simpler portal for submission of internal research proposals (http://uscapplicationportal.weebly.com/) including both external proposals that are institutionally limited and internal funding programs, such as Zumberge and the Collaboration

Managing Your Research: Submitting an NIH Grant?

Read these updates first: The NIH will not require but strongly encourages institutions to develop and use IDPs for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers supported by NIH awards, regardless of their position title. IDPs provide a structure for the identification and achievement of career goals. Therefore, NIH encourages grantees to develop institutional policies that employ

Managing Your Research: Questions about intellectual property and inventions?

In the course of your research, have you or your team: Developed cell lines, vectors, software or other materials that may have commercial relevance as tools for other labs? Identified drugable targets in a disease pathway? Developed proteins, small molecules or other compositions of matter that address a medically relevant need? The USC Stevens Center

Save the Date: INTD 500 – Responsible Conduct of Research

Session 1 (# 40680): June 15 - 19, 2015, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Session 2 (# 40690): Aug. 3 - 7, 2015, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Both sessions will be held in McKibben Hall 256 (MCH 256). This one-week course satisfies NIH RCR training requirements (notice number: NOT-OD-10-019; release date: Nov. 24, 2009)