Announcements
Foundation Funding Opportunities: https://ctsi.wakehealth.edu/-/media/WakeForest/CTSI/Files/Funding-Opportunities/NIH-Funding-Opportunities.pdf NIH Funding Opportunities: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndexMobile.cfm Precision Medicine Leaders Summit – RTP/Population Health Date/Time: October 20-21, 2020 – 9:00am – 12:00pm Info: The North Carolina Precision Health Collaborative in partnership with the Precision Medicine Leaders Summit, will gather renowned experts in precision health who are shaping the field today and for the future, particularly in the areas of Population Health. Speakers will include clinicians, industry experts and c-suite executives, academics, payers, bioinformaticians and policy influencers. This is a two-morning virtual Summit where multi-stakeholders will discuss advancing the science behind, and the more routine implementation of, evidence-based precision medicine. A key feature of this Summit is the opportunities and outcomes between precision medicine and population health. Thought leaders will also provide guidance and roadmaps for addressing policy and other challenges holding back the field. Web: Full agenda: agenda [marketing.ncbiotech.org] Registration (required): registration [marketing.ncbiotech.org]
Upcoming Events
Wake community members are invited to join a virtual conversation with Angela Saini, journalist and author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science” and NC State faculty panelists Dr. Blair Kelley and Dr. Terri Long. Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 8th – 5:30pm You can register via Zoom here: https://ncsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b0wrW8hmSUuimgJWxv7wnA
Center for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism – Seminar – Webex Date/Time: Monday, Oct 5th – 4pm – 5pm Presenter: Miranda E. Orr, PhD (Assistant Professor, Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine) Talk Title: “Tau protein expression mediates obesity and insulin resistance induced cellular senescence” WebEx info: Meeting #: 171 921 7114 Password: CDOM
Hypertension & Vascular Research – Webex Date/Time: Tuesday, Oct 6th – 3pm – 4pm Presenter: Mary Branch, MD, MS – Cardiology Fellow WFSOM Talk Title: “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced Myocarditis” WebEx Info: Meeting #: 171 400 6442 Passcode: tMxmbNsW264
Molecular Medicine Journal Club (MMTS 781) – Webex Date/Time: Friday, Oct 9th – 12:15pm – 1:15pm Presenter: Genesio Karere, PhD Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine Talk Title: “MicroRNA Mechanisms of Gene Regulation” (paper link) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32350386/ WebEx Info: Meeting #: 171 652 6202 Meeting password: xH9JDQsMH33 Join meeting [wakehealth.webex.com] Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 Join by video system: 1716526202@wakehealth.webex.com
Recent Publications
Young TM, Bray AS, *Nagpal RK, Caudell DL, Yadav H, Zafar MA. An Animal Model to Study Klebsiella pneumoniae Gastro-Intestinal Colonization and Host-to-Host Transmission. Infect Immun. 2020 Aug 24;IAI.00071-20. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32839189. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00071-20
Ø Miller-Ocuin JL, Fowler BB, Coldren DL, Chiba A, Levine EA, Howard-McNatt M. Is Excisional Biopsy Needed for Pure FEA Diagnosed on a Core Biopsy? Am Surg. 2020 Aug 20;313482094546. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32816560. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003134820943546
Ø Shinn RL, Kani Y, Hsu F-C, Rossmeisl JH. Risk factors for adverse events occurring after recovery from stereotactic brain biopsy in dogs with primary intracranial neoplasia. J Vet Intern Med. 2020 Sep 14. [Online ahead of print] PMID: 32924201. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15885
Ø *Nagpal R, Mishra SK, Deep G, Yadav H. Role of TRP Channels in Shaping the Gut Microbiome. Pathogens. 2020 Sep 16;9(9):E753. PMID: 32947778. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9090753
Ø Renfrow JJ, Soike MH, West JL, Ramkissoon SH, Metheny-Barlow L, Mott RT, Kittel CA, D’Agostino RB, Tatter SB, Laxton AW, Frenkel MB, Hawkins GA, *Herpai D, *Sanders S, Sarkaria JN, Lesser GL, Debinski W, Strowd RE. Attenuating hypoxia driven malignant behavior in glioblastoma with a novel hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha inhibitor. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 16;10(1):15195. PMID: 32938997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72290-2
*indicates an author who is affiliated in the highlighted member’s lab
Member Highlights
New Members - Center for Precision Medicine · Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Neonatology · Sean Murphy, PhD – Assistant Professor, WF Institute of Regenerative Medicine · Kiran Solingapuram Sai, PhD – Assistant Professor, Radiology