Initiatives explored by the Evans Center
Overview:
The goal of the Evans Center is to enhance interdisciplinary research via ARCs and Research Forums, which could also aid in developing new NIH-funded Programs and Research Centers.
Initiative explored in May 2009:
In vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers (ICMICs) (P50)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-157.html
Purpose as described by NIH:
The Cancer Imaging Program, and the Division of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), invites new or renewal (competing) applications for P50 Research Center Grants for In vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers (ICMICs). The program will fund the 5-year P50 ICMIC grants to support interdisciplinary scientific teams conducting cutting-edge cancer molecular imaging research. ICMIC funding is designed to: (1) support innovative cancer molecular imaging research projects; (2) support unique core facilities; (3) enable the awardees to initiate pilot research in new promising directions; and (4) provide interdisciplinary career development opportunities for investigators new to the field of molecular cancer imaging.
Steering Committee formed by the Evans Center (July 2009): Drs. Douglas Faller , Jerome Mertz , Carol Rosenberg , David Seldin , Tkacz Jaroslaw , and Katya Ravid
The presently funded 8 ICMICs are found on the URL:
http://imaging.cancer.gov/programsandresources/specializedinitiatives/ICMICp50
Ongoing Meetings:
07.14.09: 12-2 pm, Wilkins Board Room: Drs. Jerome Mertz, Amit Meller, Tyrone Porter, Shyamsunder Erramilli, Selim Unlu and Bjoern Reinhard (from CR campus) presented an array of Imaging Technologies
10.21.09; 9-10 am, W-502: Radiology and Cancer, led by Dr. Tkacz Jaroslaw
11.18.09; 9-10 am, W-502: Animal Imaging and Cancer, led by Drs. David Seldin, Louis Gerstenfeld and others
12.16.09; 9-10 am, W-502: Cellular Imaging and Cancer, led by Dr. Orian Shirihai
Attachments of slides and Texts on Technologies and Applications to Cancer Presented During Meetings:
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Biomicroscopy Lab
Label Free Sensors
Active Plasmonic Nanostructures in Biosensing and Imaging
New techniques in optical microscopy
Introduction to Nanomedicine: Applications in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer
Participants and potentially interested faculty:
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