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   Nanomedicine Grant in the MN Daily
The Oct 27th issue of the MN Daily featured a first page story on the Consortium's new NIH-funded grant.
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   Nobel Laureate Lauds Recent IOM Elections
Dr. Peter Agre, MD, PhD, writes in Minn Post of University of Minnesota faculty who were recently elected to the Institute of Medicine.
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   IonE and IREE Announce RFP
The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) has announced its 2010 Request for Proposals for Large Grants, Seed Grants, and Early Career Grants.
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   Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives RFP Announced
HEALTHY FOODS, HEALTHY LIVES INSTITUTE has released a request for interdisciplinary research projects related to food and health.
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   Prof. Wolf Quoted in MN Daily
The Minnesota Daily quoted Prof. Susan Wolf on her election as a member to the prestigious Institute of Medicine.
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   Prof. Wolf Elected to Institute of Medicine
With this election, Professor Wolf has received one of the highest honors in the health and medicine fields.
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   Consortium Receives a Second $900K NIH Grant
The NHGRI/NIH grant will fund a 2-year project on Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics: Building Research Ethics and Oversight.
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   Consortium Receives $900K NIH Grant
The NIH/NHGRI Grant will fund a 2-year project concerning incidental findings and genomic research results.
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   JDP Adds JD/MA in Bioethics Degree Combination
The Joint Degree Program is pleased to offer students an opportunity to complete a JD with an MA in Bioethics.
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   Sadowsky Named to BioTech Institute
Prof. Michael Sadowsky, PhD (Soil, Water & Climate), has been appointed director of the University's BioTechnology Institute.
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   Osterholm Elected to Center on Foreign Relations
Prof. Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy has been elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations.
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   Swackhamer Reappointed to Clean Water Council
Deborah Swackhamer, co-director of the University's Water Resources Center, professor in the School of Public Health and Charles M. Denny Jr. Chair in Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute, has been reappointed by Governor Pawlenty to the Clean Water Council.
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   Joint Degree Program Offers New Degree Combination
The Master of Health Care Administration (MHA) Program prepares graduates for leadership positions in the health care delivery sector.
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Consortium member eventNovember 10, 2009
Prof. Philippon Discusses & Signs New Book
Daniel Philippon, local author and University of Minnesota associate professor, will discuss his book, Our Neck of the Woods: Exploring Minnesota's Wild Places on Tuesday, November 10 at 4:00 pm.
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Consortium member eventNovember 11, 2009
Frontiers in the Environment Seminar
Topic: Mud in the Eye of the Beholder: Unraveling Climate Past and Future in the African Tropics - Tom Johnson
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Consortium member eventNovember 13, 2009
Center for Bioethics Seminar Series
Family Stories: Decision Making in Advanced Dementia
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Consortium member eventNovember 16, 2009
Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy Lecture
Will Climate Change Collapse World Food Supply? by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute
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Consortium member eventNovember 17, 2009
E3 2009
The Midwest's Premier Energy, Economic, and Environmental Conference.
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Consortium member event
Coming Up Next
November 18, 2009
Lecture Series on Law, Health & the Life Sciences
How the Internet is Reshaping Assisted Reproduction: From Donor Offspring Registries to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing - a free lecture by Dr. Andrea Braverman, PhD.
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Consortium member eventNovember 18, 2009
Early Life Events and the Development of Immune Competence
Lecture by Christopher Coe, PhD of the University of WI–Madison.
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Consortium member eventNovember 18, 2009
Frontiers in the Environment Seminar
Topic: Does Scale Exist? Speaker: Steven Manson, Associate Professor, Geography
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Consortium member eventNovember 19, 2009
Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series
Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer talk, Dr. David Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, DNA repeat stability factors – identification and biology
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Consortium member eventDecember 1, 2009
Ecological Perspective of the Immune System
Lecture by Thomas McDade, PhD of Northwestern University.
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Consortium member eventDecember 2, 2009
Frontiers in the Environment Seminar
Topic: What Happens When 4,000+ Classrooms in 30 Countries Explore the Arctic Together? Environmental Stewardship; Speaker: Aaron Doering, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
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Consortium member eventDecember 3, 2009
Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series
Dr. Laura P.W. Ranum, Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Double Trouble: RNA and Protein Gain of Function in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8
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Consortium member eventDecember 9, 2009
Frontiers in the Environment Seminar
Topic: Sustainable Cities: Urban Design for Human Health and the Environment; Speaker: Julian Marshall, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
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Consortium member eventDecember 10, 2009
Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series
Dr. Weihong Tang, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, TBA
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Consortium member eventDecember 11, 2009
Center for Bioethics Seminar Series
Sanctions Against Physicians for Torture: From Greece to Uruguay
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Consortium member eventDecember 17, 2009
Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series
Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer talk, Dr. Robert Kratzke, Department of Medicine, Targeting Translation for Lung Cancer Therapy
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Consortium member eventFebruary 3, 2010
What's Wrong with Race-Based Medicine?
Topic: Use of racial categories in medicine, drug development, and biotechnology
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Consortium member eventFebruary 12, 2010
Center for Bioethics Seminar Series
Speaker: Anne Lyerly, MD, MA, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine
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Consortium member eventFebruary 18, 2010
Lecture Series: Exploring International Attitudes on the Governance of Biobanks
Prof. Alexander Capron, LLB, of USC Gould School of Law is a globally-recognized expert in health policy and medical ethics.
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Consortium member eventApril 15, 2010
2009-10 Annual Conference
The Challenge of Governing Nanobiotechnology: Reinventing Oversight for the 21st Century
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