"Links to Understanding"
Carol Lee Bratter, one of our SAR members, has a new book out.
Links to Understanding
A guidebook for Intentional Professionals wroking with Aging People
Check it out: http://www.carolleebratter.com/
Carol Lee Bratter, one of our SAR members, has a new book out.
Links to Understanding
A guidebook for Intentional Professionals wroking with Aging People
Check it out: http://www.carolleebratter.com/
The Future Grant Program is a program by the Vice President for Research aiming at mobilizing potential for interdisciplinary action that is embedded within the University of Minnesota. It seems a perfect answer to one of the initial questions posted in our "2008-Minnesota Aging Retreat" and in in the First 2008-SAR Meeting, "how to obtain funding so that we can move forward basic aging and gerontological research in Minnesota?"
If you can spare a few minutes, have a look at the link below. This program consists of two phases: (1) Organization of an Interdisciplinary Symposium, (2) Interdisciplinary Research Proposals that originate from the Symposium. They give three award in each phase ($25,000 and $250,000 each, respectively). The deadline is 23 May. The opportunities for the SAR Group are IMMENSE if we focus and take the challenge of putting up an application together.
See http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/intramural/MNFutures.html
Looking forward to your input in our blog!
Dear SAR members,
We plan to respond to the call for the formation of New Interdisciplinary Graduate Groups. See e-mail in the extended entry.
What activities can we include as part of SAR to benefit our graduate student membership?
Your comments/suggestions are welcome!
Continue reading "SAR, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Group?" »
See comment below.
" I am in the Veterinary College and we are in the process of implementing a collegiate research strategic plan that was developed over that past 8 months. During a meeting of one of the strategic planning subgroups earlier this week we discussed the possibility of using domestic animals (cats, dogs etc.) as models of aging in humans. "
"Also I wondered whether the use of domestic animals in aging research might be of interest to the group? "
- Al Beitz (beitz001@umn.edu)
SAR Members,
"What can CoA do to help researchers succeed?" has been an ongoing topic since our Aging Retreat in January 2008. Here are some ongoing developments, please feel free to add or revisit old comments.
1- CoA is helping out in establishing a SAR web page in which researchers will be able to highlight their research (or link their page). This will be a resource site in which we all can identify experts in various fields.
2- We are trying to 'tidy up' the SAR list and make sure that listed are receiving and are interested in receiving the e-mails. Currently, there are more than 160 members in the list. Our goal is to contact everyone and ask them to (i) confirm that they are interested in being part of the SAR group, (ii) tell us how we can be more at helping each other.
Web Site: www.genomedynamics2008.com/
Contact: Cynthia T. McMurray, Ph.D.
Professor and Distinguished Investigator
Departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
200 First St. SW, Guggenheim 7
Rochester, MN 55905
e-mail: mcmurray.cynthia@mayo.edu
This file contains a diagram illustrating scientific interactions among SAR members and other scientists outside the SAR group. If you would like your interactions to be added to the network, please send them to Edgar Arriaga (arriaga@umn.edu)
SAR – Mar 20, 2008
Announcements
1. What is CoA? – Short Presentation - Bob Kane, Director, CoA
2. Gerontology Training Grant Annoucement – LaDora Thompson
Presentations
3. Angela Birnbaum and Ilo Leppik - Presentation, "Problems with Prescription Drugs in Frail Elderly: A Plan for a P-10."
4. Paul Grimsrud (Dave Bernlohr's lab) - Presentation, "Role of Adipose Protein Carbonylation in Obesity Linked Insulin Resistance"
SAR – Feb 21, 2008
Comments/Suggestions provided by those that attended
1. Identify models of successful initiatives on campus and elsewhere. These initiatives may be focused on any aspect of aging research.
2. Define whether existing university structures could provide momentum to further establish aging research.
3. Identify a K07 candidate.
4. Investigate mechanisms to obtain seed funding from the university (e.g. from Frank Cerra).
5. For speakers: Describe in your presentation “What are the open questions?”, “What expertise are you seeking?”
6. For the participants: If you had a suggestion about 1-4 above, could you send it by e-mail or post it in the blog? Thanks!
7. For the participants: Send your suggestions on how you could interact with the speaker that presented in the last meeting (i.e. LaDora Thompson). Provide:
a. Speakers’s topic
b. The potential for interactions in a scale 0-3 (3 is highest, 0 no common interests, -1 conflict or fundamental disagreement)
c. Your topic
Other: One common goal would be that the SAR initiative provides the ground for forming two/three groups capable of pursuing funding. Invite 1 (maybe 2) speakers.
Feel free to add further comments if anything was left out.