Monthly Archives: August 2018

“World Cafe” Style Workshops

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Dear Colleagues

On the 27th July 2018 Executive Board granted permission for FMS to develop proposals to redesign Faculty structures.  This followed an External Peer Review undertaken in July, and an ensuing Town Hall meeting held on 18th July where key conclusions were disseminated, namely that:

  • A Faculty restructure is needed as a matter of urgency.
  • Key objectives include maximising potential in research and education, interdisciplinarity, communication and reputation.
  • Redesign should and will fit well with the new transformational University strategic initiatives.
  • If executed properly, the process will take FMS from “good” to “excellent”.

The slides and town hall event recap can be found at Faculty of Medical Sciences FMS from Good to Great

Staff participation at all stages is vital for this programme to succeed. Effective engagement will ensure that diverse experience and knowledge, as well as unmet and hidden needs inform our work.  You will shortly be invited to book onto “World Café” style workshops which are being hosted by either David Burn, Dave Jones, Jane Calvert or Derek Mann. For information the dates are as follows:

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 Time Venue
Mon 10th September 1230-1400 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Thur 13th September 0900-1030 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Mon 17th September 0930-1100

 

 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Tue 18th September 1500-1630

 

 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Fri 21st  September 0900-1030

 

 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Thur 27th September 1100-1230 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Thur 27th September 1500-1630

 

 Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Tue 2nd October 1000-1130 G21/22, Devonshire Building
Tue 2nd October 1500-1630

 

 G21/22, Devonshire Building
Thurs 4th October 1500-1630

 

 Bamburgh Room, Hadrian Building
Fri 5th October 1330-1500 G21/22, Devonshire Building
Mon 8th October 1000-1130

 

 Bamburgh Room, Hadrian Building
Tue 9th October 1000-1130 G21/22, Devonshire Building
Tue 9th October 1400-1530

 

 Bamburgh Room, Hadrian Building
Fri 12th October 1400-1530

 

 Bamburgh Room, Hadrian Building

Booking form > https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=2635903

The impact of the Anthropocene on human health – ERDP Seminar, 1-2pm 11 September

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Please find attached flyer with information on the next ERDP Unit hosted seminar ‘The impact of the Anthropocene on human health, and what to do about it’ to be delivered by Dr Susanne Magdalena Karr, 1-2pm on Wednesday 11 September in seminar room 1.43, Ridley building 2, and an additional document with more information on the speaker.

Numbers will be limited to ensure there will be adequate opportunity for discussion. Please sign up using this link or by emailing sarah.carey@ncl.ac.uk

SKarr 110918 flyer

Susanne Karr_CV_short

MRC Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs): understanding common mechanisms

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28 September 2018, 4pm (Expressions of Interest) Full applications will be invited and assessed in March 2019

MRC Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs): understanding common mechanisms

https://mrc.ukri.org/funding/browse/immune-mediated-inflammatory-diseases/immune-mediated-inflammatory-diseases-understanding-common-mechanisms/

Up to £1 million is available for awards of up to £200,000 (80% fEC value), for up to 24 months are available for exploratory or hypothesis-driven research that will systematically identify or explore common diseases mechanisms across multiple IMIDs.

The call aims to provide funds to support mechanistic studies using existing infrastructure and data sources including established cohorts, surveys, biobanks, and primary and secondary care data to:

  • identify new mechanisms which are shared across multiple IMIDs
  • evaluate the environmental impact on genetic predisposition to IMIDs
  • investigate immunological tolerance within IMIDs
  • explore the interplay between microbiota and IMIDs
  • examine the organ specificity of some IMIDs.

They will consider applications that will contribute to building the evidence base for more focused research on specific types of IMIDs or will generate data to enable larger-scale experimental medicine and stratified medicine studies.
Awards are expected to help establish new and galvanise existing research collaborations between clinical and academic experts from different research fields.

The scope of the call includes, but is not limited to the following research topics:

  • IMID clustering in defined population/patient groups
  • addressing prevalence and changes in IMIDs during the life course (such as in childhood, during pregnancy or postpartum period)
  • biomedical drivers of IMIDs
  • shared mechanistic pathways in IMIDs
  • IMID biomarkers, early predictors and genetic associations
  • innovative methodological approaches, tools and technologies for capturing and measuring patients’ complexities in the context of IMIDs
  • enriching data for established population and clinical cohorts.

Cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional teams are encouraged involving clinicians, epidemiologists, data scientists, social and behavioural scientists, and basic biomedical researchers to tackle the complexity of IMIDs at all levels.

Additionally, in order to build capacity in this area of research, applications from early-stage career researchers are particularly welcomed.

Queries re the remit of the call should be sent to imid@mrc.ukri.org

The EoI form is to be converted to pdf and submitted by email to martin.broadstock@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk

PL-UK Science Forum 13-14 September

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Please find attached an invitation from the British Embassy in Warsaw to The UK-Polish Science Forum in Warsaw on 13-14 September. The agenda for the event and descriptions of the workshops are attached.

Representatives from the Royal Society, UUK and British Council are confirmed, but they would also like to invite UK researchers and academics with experience of or interest in collaboration with Polish institutions.

My understanding is also that the Embassy has offered to cover the costs of accommodation and flights for the first 30 participants who register and we’d also be happy to contribute from the Horizon 2020 Support Fund.

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Science Forum agenda

SAVE THE DATE: FMS Post Doc Symposium 2019

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Following on from the successful 2018 event held in June, I can confirm that the date of the 2019 Post Doc Symposium will be 21st June 2019.

They keynote speaker will be Professor Ana Maria Cuervo, Professor in Developmental and Molecular Biology, Anatomy and Structural Biology, and Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. http://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/8784/ana-maria-cuervo/

Further information will follow over the next few months but it is David Burn’s expectation that this will be attended by all academics.

Could you please ensure that this date is widely publicised within your Units and that academic and research staff are asked to keep the date free to attend

Director’s Day Abstract – submission reminder

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DEADLINE: Friday 17th August – 9.00am

Dear all (Postgraduate students, Fellows and Research Associates)

The annual ICM Director’s Research Day will be held on Friday 14th September 2018.  All Postgraduate Students, Fellows and Research Associates are invited to submit abstracts for consideration as oral or poster presentations.

Abstracts should detail:

  • your name and Theme
  • be no more than 300 words in length (excluding title and authors)
  • Background, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion

Abstracts will be scored by the Theme Leads within ICM.

Abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentations and prizes for best oral and poster presentations will be awarded during the Research Day.

Full height exhibition boards will be used for the posters, each measuring 1810mm high by 923mm wide and best support portrait posters of A0 (841mm x 1189mm)

The ICM is keen to recognise the important research contributions made by its MRes, MD and PhD students, as well as by its Research Associates.  We encourage you to submit your best work.

Director’s Day is a great opportunity to highlight the excellence and diversity of research that is carried out within the ICM and we look forward to your participation.

Abstracts must be submitted by 9am on Friday 17th August 2018. Please e-mail your abstract to Annabel.Haynes@ncl.ac.uk.

Those selected for oral or poster presentation will be notified no later than Friday 31st August.

NC3Rs 2019 funding highlight notice – launch event on 4 September 2018

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NC3Rs will soon be launching our new funding scheme priority area for 2019.

The 2019 funding highlight notice will be aimed at encouraging greater use of non-mammalian model organisms for 3Rs purposes, and it will run across all of our response mode funding schemes.  We will be launching the highlight notice at a forthcoming workshop in central London on 4 September.  The workshop will be a great opportunity to hear about the scientific and 3Rs applications of non-mammalian model organisms, learn more about the highlight notice and how to submit a competitive application to the NC3Rs, showcase relevant research and meet new potential partners to submit a grant application with.

The non-mammalian model organisms considered within remit of the highlight notice are:

  1. Drosophila
  2. Nematodes, e.g. C. elegans
  3. Galleria mellonella
  4. Zebrafish embryos and larvae (prior to protection under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, less than 5 days post-fertilisation (dpf))

I include some useful links below:

Importantly, we want both non-mammalian model users and rodent users to attend the workshop.  Please could I ask you to share with your colleagues at Newcastle University? In case it’s useful, I’ve attached our promotional flyer.

If you have any questions please do get in touch.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Katie

Dr Katie Bates

Programme Manager – Research Funding

NC3Rs – National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research

Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE

Tel: 020 7611 2239  | Mobile: 077 2020 2775 | katie.bates@nc3rs.org.uk

NC3Rs 2019 Funding Highlight Notice flyer