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July 31, 2019
Over the past two decades, opioids — in the form of prescription painkillers, heroin and illicit fentanyl — have contributed to nearly 400,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. Palm Beach County became a hotbed for a fraudulent treatment industry, and it has ranked among the state’s worst in opioid-related deaths.

More than 40 faculty and staff focus efforts under FAU’s Addiction Research Collaborative to combat the national epidemic of opioid addiction. READ MORE .
Guidelines for International Research Collaborations

The Office of the Vice President of Research recently released guidelines for collaboration with foreign research organizations.

To read full details, click here .
FAU-Israel Partnership Opportunities

The US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) supports both new and existing research collaborations between Israeli and US based scientists. If you are interested in this program but have not identified potential Israeli partners, contact Anton Post, Ph.D., associate vice president for corporate and international relations, for assistance in making connections. For more information, click here.
Best of the Best

Be sure to reserve your spot at the 2019 FAU Research Showcase, slated for Sept. 26 and 27, set to highlight FAU's best of the best research, academics and innovation.

This year's event will begin with a panel of experts discussing the new field of artificial intelligence or AI. And the event continues with researchers from across the university talk about how their research impacts our community - both in our region and around the world. Watch Video.

New Patent Pending

The Office of Technology Development recently filed a utility patent application titled “System and Methods for Extending the Domain of Biometric Template Protection Algorithms from Integer-Valued Feature Vectors to Real-Valued Feature Vectors” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The patent was filed on behalf of Koray Karabina, Ph.D., an associate professor of mathematical sciences; Shoukat Ali, a p ost-doctoral research fellow; and Emrah Karagoz, Ph.D. candidate, a graduate research assistant, all three in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science .

The subject invention addresses the problem of biometric data protection at different stages of collection and use via a method that uses simple and intuitive transformation techniques to enhance overall data security and resistance to fraud.
Extension of Flexibilities Announced

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a notice last week, delaying the requirement for institutions to report the results of basic research on human studies in ClinicalTrials.gov  until September 2021. The delay applies only to basic experimental studies with humans (BESH) studies submitted to funding opportunities designated as “basic experimental studies with humans” in the title. Applicants must identify alternative platforms for reporting the research results and include the information in the Dissemination Plan attachment of the application. Read the full notice here .
Reminders
Fall 2019 Owl Research & Innovation Magazine

The Division of Research will begin distributing the Fall 2019 issue of Owl Research and Innovation magazine soon. If you would like to request copies for events, meetings, conferences, etc., click here .
Unlock the Power of FAU's Research Hub

Connect, collaborate and find research funding by joining the hundreds of faculty and students who have signed up for the FAU Research Hub.

The hub is a new web and mobile platform that connects researchers with students, collaborators and funding opportunities. Investigators are encouraged to post projects in just minutes. LEARN MORE.
Recent Sponsored Research Awards
Investigator Name and Project
Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding
Mike Twardowski
Development of a novel method to determine oceanic particle composition
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation
$35,000
Lisa Wiese
Detecting Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Rural Underserved Communities
National Institute on Aging
$379,242
Yufei Tang
Development of Curriculum and Hands on Deep Learning Labs for IoT Cybersecurity
University of South Florida
$50,000
Mike Twardowski
Sea Surface Salinity from a Cubesat with Novel Spatial Light Modular Imaging System
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
$431,567
Loisa Kerwin
2019 Public Land Acquisition and Management Partnership Conference
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FL DEP)
$431,567
Susan Laramore
 Oysters for Restore Our Shores
Probiotic Effects in a Biofloc Shrimp Culture System
Brevard Zoo
$13,653
Biomin, Inc.
$24,051
EVENTS
2 to 3 p.m., Aug. 15, Boca Raton Public Library
4 p.m., Sept. 10, MC-17 Room 119, Jupiter Campus
6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Sept. 25, The Addison, Boca Raton
* Chance to talk with representatives from FAU Brain Institute and FAU Jupiter.
7:30 to 10 p.m. Aug. 17, Abacoa, Jupiter
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