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- The National Science Foundation Science of Organizations program funds research that advances the fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form, and operate.
- Dr. Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Travel Grants are awarded to graduate students pursuing degrees in aerospace-related sciences or engineering to attend a meeting at which they will present their research.
- Read more of this week's featured opportunities
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For the fourth consecutive year, the NIH Office of Science Policy has designated October as National Biosafety Month.
The purpose of National Biosafety Month is to encourage institutions to refocus efforts related to biosafety and to undertake activities aimed at strengthening biosafety programs. In past years, NIH has promoted themes such as transparency, laboratory accountability, and public engagement. This year, the theme is “promoting biosafety through good governance.”
We strongly support National Biosafety Month and encourage everyone to think about biosafety, biosecurity, and responsible conduct best practices in teaching and research.
We request that you take a few minutes to review the safety practices in your labs, explore the safety information resources available to you, and engage those working in your labs in discussions of good biosafety practices and principles.
Some activities you could undertake include:
- Reviewing laboratory-specific biosafety manuals – look at a sample template;
- Reviewing laboratory standard operating procedures and safety manuals – find guidance documents and resources;
- Performing an updated risk assessment to see if additional biosafety training is needed in your lab; and
- Decluttering and cleaning your space — an uncluttered lab is the easiest to clean!
The
University Research Compliance Office
will also be taking good governance steps during the month of October. We have already assembled a subcommittee of the Institutional Biosafety Committee to review and revise the IBC protocol form, we are looking at electronic tools to assist us in BSL 2 inspections, and we will be examining our standard operating procedures and other guidance documents to see if they need to be updated. Finally, we are working with campus partners to increase transparency and communication. If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments, we would love to hear them!
— Cheryl Doerr, associate vice president for research compliance
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- Our Identifying Graduate Fellowship Opportunities training session is Thursday, September 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Union 207. Last-minute registrations are accepted! Find more information and register.
- Fall 2017 Faculty Development Award and University Small Research Grant proposals are due at 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 2. Find more information.
- Research Connections, an event designed to offer researchers a venue in which they can explore interdisciplinary collaborations, find resources, and promote their work, will be November 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Alumni Center Banquet Room. Read more and register.
- Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute is hosting a Women in Science and Entrepreneurship breakfast with a keynote from Elizabeth Loboa, dean and professor of engineering at University of Missouri, plus a panel discussion, October 10 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Find more information.
- Qualtrics is offering XPerience WK, a free online event including keynotes and webinars on demand starting October 16. Find more information.
- BioKansas offers events for small business owners, prospective founders of companies, HR professionals, and others. View the events calendar.
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Science Communication Week
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The Kansas Science Communication Initiative invites you to the save the date for Science Communication Week, November 6-11, 2017. Events include:
- A scicomm research colloquium
- A talk by National Geographic Photographer Jim Richardson
- An expo at K-State Libraries
- An open house at the USDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research
- Sigma Xi Science Café
- Science on Tap
- Graduate School Research and the State poster competition
- Conversations, presentations, and more by special guests Joe Palca and Maddie Sofia of National Public Radio
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Ryszard Jankowiak to deliver conference keynote, visit Japanese institutions
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The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs awards Faculty Development Awards and University Small Research Grants each semester. Find out how K-State faculty used the funds to jump-start their projects.
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Ryszard Jankowiak, university distinguished professor of chemistry and ancillary distinguished professor of physics, will deliver a keynote address at the 10
th Annual Chemistry Congress in Osaka, Japan, in October.
Jankowiak’s talk, “Excitonic structure and dynamics in various photosynthetic antenna protein complexes: hole-burning and modeling studies,” will offer insight into electronic structure and excitation energy/electron transfer dynamics in various photosynthetic complexes. For example, in their excited state, electrons in light harvesting antennas of plants and photosynthetic bacteria transfer energy, and Jankowiak’s group works to understand and model these processes, which one day could help researchers imitate the energy transfer and design better artificial systems.
Read more about Jankowiak's work
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Agency news and trending topics
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Higher education groups on Monday began to grapple with what new restrictions on travel to the U.S. from eight countries imposed Sunday night by the Trump administration will mean for international students and scholarly exchange.
As Germany reels from an unexpected surge for the far right in the 24 September elections, researchers don’t expect much effect on the country’s
generous support for science
. But with smaller parties standing to gain political influence, battles over issues such as the regulation of gene-edited organisms and how to cut greenhouse-gas emissions could grow fiercer.
In 2013, then-director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tom Frieden
told reporters, “If we’re not careful, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era.” Today, just four years later, the agency says we’ve arrived. “We say that because pan-resistant bacteria are now here” says Jean Patel, who leads the CDC's Antibiotic Strategy & Coordination Unit. “Folks are dying simply because there is no antibiotic available to treat their infection, infections that not too long ago were easily treatable.”
Surveys have suggested that many researchers would prefer anonymity because they think it would result in a more impartial assessment of their manuscript. But a new study by the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in London shows that only one in eight authors actually chose to have their reviewers blinded when given the option.
Doug Gann, the archaeologist leading the trip, had brought us to the location of an ancient village—and he was going to fly a GoPro mounted on a drone over it. The desert sun still seemed as blinding as ever, but not to his drone. ... “You can see a little more detail in areas of shadow,” he explained later, after maneuvering the craft to take hundreds of overlapping aerial photographs. But he wasn’t just trying to get pretty pictures. Later, in his office, Gann would process nearly 700 photos with software to produce a three-dimensional virtual model of the village where people known as the Hohokam once lived.
A $200 million gift is turning into a $200 million headache for the University of California, Irvine, as critics argue it is indulging the wishes of wealthy donors who advocate for junk science.
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