fMRI data analyst position available

fMRI data analyst position available in the laboratory of Dr. Kevin LaBar at Duke University. This opportunity for a dynamic and integrative research experience combining fMRI, psychophysiology, and behavioral approaches is available immediately. State-of-the-art facilities include 2 research-dedicated 3T GE MRI scanners with concurrent autonomic psychophysiology recording. Research will focus on emotional awareness and learning in healthy and clinical populations. The applicant must have a bachelors or masters degree in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, biomedical engineering, computer science, or any related field. Experience analyzing fMRI data using Matlab, FSL, or SPM is required. This position has been created with ARRA Stimulus funding. Send a statement of research interest and CV electronically via email to: labarlab@hotmail.com. For additional information regarding activities in the LaBar lab go to http://www.duke.edu/web/mind/level2/faculty/labar/default.htm. Duke University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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Commercialization: From R&D to the Market

The seminar to be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm will be focused on commercialization for SBIR/STTR stage companies. Content will be applicable across technology sectors and agencies. Workshop will provide a review of SBIR/STTR program details and discuss technological innovation and commercial merit from an SBIR perspective.

The workshop will also provide detailed information on each section of a commercialization plan required for a Phase II SBIR/STTR proposal. In addition to discussing how to write a commercialization plan, the workshop will also explore commercialization considerations from a tactical perspective.

As most SBIR/STTR stage companies typically approach things from a technology perspective the session will address the issue of commercialization and its importance early in the development of tech-based companies and explore what entrepreneurs need to consider at this early stage.

For more information and to Register, Click Here

Job Opportunity - Director of Scientific Instrumentation Engineering

Carlyle & Conlan is currently conducting a search for a Director of Scientific Instrumentation Engineering. Their client, located in the Oak Ridge, TN area, develops an innovative scientific platform that provides advanced analytics, excellent data quality and ease of use to academic, government, and biopharmaceutical customers engaged in clinical diagnostics, drug development, and scientific research.

To learn more about this opportunity, click on this line or you can contact Carlyle & Conlan by visiting their company web site listed in the resources on the right side of this blog.

NCBIO Medical Device Forum Meeting

NCBIO Medical Device Forum Meeting
Thursday, October 29th
10:00am to 11:00am
NCBIO Offices
100 Capitola Drive
Suite 106 (CED Classroom)

Status Report on
Advanced Medical Technologies
Center of Innovation

NCBIO’s Medical Device Forum will meet on Thursday, October 29th to hear an update on creation of the new North Carolina Advanced Medical Technologies Center of Innovation. All NCBIO members are invited to attend.

The Forum program will include a welcome by AMT COI Chairman Greg Davis and brief presentation by Cindy Clark, who has been selected by NCBIO’s AMT COI Hiring Committee to lead the new entity. NCBIO President Sam Taylor will give a short update on legislative and policy matters affecting the medical technologies industry.

Light refreshments will be served.

Attendance is free, but please RSVP by Oct. 27th to Jennifer at jfong@ncbioscience.org or 919-281-8960.

University Opportunity Workshop, October 9

Learn about research funding opportunities from agencies
including NSF, NIEHS American Cancer Society, Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, NC Biotechnology Center and USDA

Agenda (October 9. 2009)
7:30 am Network
8:00 Agency presentations
12:00 pm Adjourn

Price
Free w/ pre-registration
$25 at the door

Location
David H. Murdock Core Laboratory
201 North Main St., Kannapolis, NC

Limited Registration
http://www.charlotteresearchinstitute.com/default.asp?id=157

NCSU's TechRevolution Maps the Future of Health and Well-Being

NC State's Office of Technology Transfer's TechRevolution series is featuring a discussion on Health and Well-Being. To learn more and to register click here. Below is an abstract from NCSU regarding the event:

NC State has defined "Health and Well-Being" as a research focus area with real-world impact. Mapping the future of health and well-being is mission-critical to NC State's research strategy, and we're currently aligning our resources to make sure our contribution to the field is as strategic and effective as possible. Join us as Dr. Bill Atkinson, President & CEO of WakeMed Health & Hospitals, shares the strategy WakeMed implements to remain a technological leader during this moment in American healthcare history. Following, Dr. Mitzi Montoya and Dr. Liana Fryer from NC State will discuss a knowledge and resource management initiative designed to define NC State's research strengths within the vast realm of Health and Well-Being. This knowledge will help researchers build new relationships, bundle discoveries, and increase research funding and impact.

SBTDC Announces Educational Events

The SBTDC is providing a unique variety of SBIR educational events this fall. Along with their sponsors, Focus Resources, Hughes Pittman and Gupton and Hutchison Law Group, the event series includes:

• SBIR Intro Webinars
• One-on-one and group sessions with experts on IP, accounting, and budget development
• IP Webinar
• QuickBooks training webinar and 2 group sessions
• NIH Phase 1 proposal preparation, 4-part course

For more information, visit the SBIR 2009 Workshops page at:
www.sbtdc.org/events/sbir/workshops2009/

Healthcare Meeting and Nypro Tour Tomorrow

Date: September 15, 2009

Location:
Tour:
Nypro Carolina
1018 Corporate Park Dr
Mebane, NC 27302
Tel: +1 919-304-1400

Dinner Meeting/Speaker:
Civitan Facility
2115 S Hwy. 119
Mebane, NC, 27302

Event Details:

BOD Meeting at 4:00 pm at Nypro Carolina in Mebane - see newsletter for directions

Tour at 5:00 pm - Nypro Carolina in Mebane

Nypro Carolina provides injection molded products and services, in partnership with customers in the consumer/industrial, electronics/telecommunications, packaging and healthcare industries. Nypro is an FDA registered device manufacturer, with a primary focus of ensuring the quality and functionality of every plastic injection molded product. This Healthcare facility has full lot traceability and a Class 100,000 clean room earning Nypro Carolina their customers' confidence. With certified ship-to-stock programs and preferred supplier designations on medical and non-medical components, Nypro Carolina is prepared to meet their customers' most exacting requirements.

Dinner and Meeting 6:00 pm at the Civitan facility 2115 S Hwy. 119, Mebane, NC, 27302 - just travel south on highway 119 (5th St) on the other side of highway 40/85 - Dinner will be brought in from Smithfields BBQ by Tim Earley

Speaker: Wayne Thornton, medical market business development manager in elastomers for GLS, a PolyOne Company, will be speaking at the September meeting. Wayne is a 30 year veteran of our industry working in areas of injection molding, extrusion and blow molding. His disciplines include R&D, product design/development, manufacturing and sales & marketing. He will be discussing the ever-changing healthcare and medical market segments as it pertains to the plastics industry. He has a vast knowledge of the chemical make up and regulatory requirements involved in this very interesting technology space. Please come prepared for a very engaging talk.

Cost:
Tour Free
Speaker Free
Dinner $20 SPE Members, $25 SPE Non-Members

RSVP:
Tim Earley - Section President, House Chair Pasticwolf ,LLC Independent Representative
PO Box 70
Mebane, NC 27302
plasticwolf@plasticwolf.com
www.plasticwolf.com
tel: +1 336-578-2589
mobile: +1 336-693-6466

RSVP Form

FDA Adds New Twitter Topics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added three new Twitter pages including FDA_Drug_Info for the latest drug information, FDArecalls for recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts, and FDAWomen for women's health information.

See the latest posts from each of these new FDA feeds by scrolling to the bottom of this blog.

FDA/CDRH starts using Twitter

FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health is adding the social media site Twitter to its communication and outreach program. CDRH's main goal for Twitter is to reach regulated industry and others interested in the business of the center in a way convenient to them. Messages on Twitter will include notices of upcoming meetings, releases of new and updated guidances documents, new web postings, and highlights of the web site and the many tools available to help users comply with regulations and understand and respond to health issues.

You can find the 5 most recent FDA tweets along with several other live feeds by scrolling to the bottom of this blog site.

NCTERM Conference Announced

The 11^th North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (NCTERM) Conference will be held at Salem College, in Winston-Salem, on November 13^th 2009.

NCTERM conference offers an extensive review on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine-related research topics in North Carolina, while still maintaining a “small conference” feel and mentality. The focus of this years’ conference will be on integrating new scientists from universities and academic institutions across the state, which are new to the field.

Details regarding the conference, registration and abstract submission can be found at http://www.ncterm.org/. The deadline for abstract submission will be October 5^th 2009 and the submission guidelines are provided on the web site. Please distribute this information to others in your organization/field that will be interested in participating in the meeting.

CDC, NIH Health Related SBIR Solicitation

Link to Solicitation:
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Contract Solicitation (PHS 2010-1)

Eligibility: Small business

Overview: to conduct R&D in any of the health related topic areas below and to commercialize the results of that R&D. Please note: Contract proposals are accepted only if they respond specifically to a research topic within this contract solicitation – these are much more focused and specific than those found in a grant solicitation.

Specific areas to NIH: National Cancer Institute p. 46; National Center for Research Resources p. 81; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute p. 84; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism p. 90; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease p. 94; National Institute on Drug Abuse p. 97; National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences p. 103

Specific areas to CDC: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion p. 107; National Center for HIV/AIDs, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention p.108; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases p.112; National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne & Enteric Diseases p.113; Coordinating Center for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response p.115

Deadline: November 9, 2009

Budget: Varies. Normally phase I contracts may not exceed $100,000 and phase II may not exceed $750,000. Cost sharing is permitted but not required.

Carolina Innovations Seminar

The first Carolina Innovations Seminar will be Thursday,
September 3, 2009, 5:30-6:30 pm in 014 Sitterson Hall
At the University of North Carolina

Topic
“A Nobel Laureate’s Perspective on the Global Impact of Evolving Research Methodologies”

Speaker – Nobel Prize Winner Oliver Smithies

For more detailed information please visit their website:

http://research.unc.edu/otd/carolina_innovations_seminar.php

2009-2010 Carolina Innovations Seminar Series
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September 3, 2009
October 1, 2009
November 5, 2009
December 3, 2009
January 7, 2010
February 4, 2010
March 4, 2010
March 25, 2010
April 29, 2010

NSF Small Business Technology Transfer Program

NSF Small Business Technology Transfer Program - FY 2010 (collaborative effort)

Eligibility: For-profit organizations: U.S. commercial organizations, especially small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education.

Deadline: November 17, 2009

Overview: to increase the incentive and opportunity for small firms to undertake cutting-edge, high risk, high quality scientific, engineering, or science and engineering education research that would have a high potential economic payoff if the research is successful. The STTR program expands the public and private partnership to include collaborative opportunities for small businesses and non-profit research institutions. A team approach is required in an STTR project where at least one research investigator is employed by the small business concern and at least one investigator is employed by a collaborating research institution.

Award: STTR Phase I proposals may be submitted for funding up to $150,000. STTR Phase I projects are for 12 months. The program expects to make approximately 35 fixed amount awards. Anticipated funding amount is approximately $5,000,000 (subject to the availability of funds and the quality of proposals). Award notification is typically within five months from the proposal submission deadline date.

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