Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Vanderbilt Conte Center Research Program Monthly Meeting U-­‐1202 Learned/Neuroscience Conference Room Welcome and Program Update: Randy Blakely • NOGA, new Conte begins on July 1—cannot begin until remaining IACUC protocols are approved. o Note that last two protocols are in the pipeline o There are no cuts in the budget—it is fully funded! • Conte support for graduate students, Pilot Funds o Gywnne Davis, Blakely Lab o Justin Seimann, Wallace Lab • Conte related purchases o Leica VT1000S Fully automatic vibrating blade microtome o BioTek 405 Touch Microplate Washer Conte-­‐ASC Supplement: Mark Wallace/Denise Malone • We are broadening our scope of outreach and education by licensing the Brain Matters exhibits to outside institutions. As of this week, we have received confirmation that the Perot Museum of Nature & Science has decided to move forward with licensing Brain Matters. Mark and I are working with the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization to create a licensing agreement for distributing the content. • Mark and Randy have also been working with the Development Office to look for outside sources of support to build new content for the various exhibits. Program Support Review: Denise Malone • Summer break is upon us. Next meeting will be on September 5th. • Remember to mark your calendars for this year’s symposium: Friday, November 2nd • Close to having the content up and running in the signage for the Laboratory for Neurobehavior. Dealing with hardware issues (bad HD), but content is moving forward rapidly • I have been working with Purchasing so when the new Conte kicks in, I’ll be able to order supplies for the Molecular Neuroanatomy Core. • Reminder of Conte Meeting Schedule through May 2013: o September 5 o October 9 o No meeting in November, Symposium on Friday, November 2nd o December 11 o January 15 o February 19 o March 19 o April 16 o May 21 o Note that dates are subject to change if conflicts arise, but the team will be given advance notice of any changes Administrative Review: Mary Michael-­‐Woolman (financial packets for PIs, Cores & Pilot Grantees) • Monthly budget packets to PIs • Spending the $4K cores credit—all supply monies need to be spent by the middle of June • Pilot grants need to have their first allotment of funding spent by mid-­‐June as well • Once new grant begins, look into replacing Brett Begley’s position in the Bioanalytical Core. Support was included in the new grant and the position is already established. It will simply be a matter of refining the description, posting the position and hiring someone. • Pat has position posted for technician in Molecular Neuroanatomy Core and Juli will be reviewing applications soon. Brief Updates Cores: • Paul Gresch, Bioanalytical • Bing Zhang, Biostatistics and Informatics Brief Updates from Pilot Projects: • Heidi Hamm • Ran Ye • Allison Limpert Brief Updates Conte Investigators: • Clay Spencer for Evan Deneris • Pat Levitt • Randy Blakely • Doug McMahon Project Discussion: Ronald Emeson Confirmed Attendees: (20)
Randy Blakely
Ron Emeson
Pat Levitt
Paul Gresch
Doug McMahon
Clay Spencer
Mary Michael-Woolman
Ray Johnson
Bing Zhang
Denise Malone
Nicole Baganz
Ran Ye
Randi Ulbricht
Justin Seimann
Noah Green
Heidi Hamm
Chris Svitek
Gwynne Davis
Holly Resuehr
Leigh Miles
Regrets: (4)
Tommy Saborido
Mark Wallace
Allison Limpert
Gregg Stanwood
Jing Wang
Katia Belova
Richard O’Neil
Kat Betke