2015-08-27

[#DIV28SUPER] NIDA Neuroscience Update August 27, 2015

Table of Contents:

I.         Workshop on the Genetics of Addiction, Sunday, Oct 4, 2015 – Monday Oct 5, 2015, Charles Commons Building,  Johns Hopkins University, 10 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD http://courses.jax.org/2015/addiction-baltimore.html

 

II.      Frontiers in Addiction Research: 2015 Joint NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention Friday, October 16, 2015 8am - 5pm, McCormick Place Convention Center, N230, Chicago, IL  http://apps1.seiservices.com/nida-niaaa/frontiers2015/Default.aspx

 

III.      Applications are being solicited from junior investigators to present at NIDA and NIAAA Early Career Investigator Showcase [ECIS], Friday, Oct 16, 2015, 5:00 to 6:00 PM, McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL http://apps1.seiservices.com/ecisabstracts/

 

IV.    Avenir Award Program for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Abuse (DP1) RFA-DA-16-007 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-16-007.html

 

V.       Identification of Genetic and Genomic Variants by Next-Gen Sequencing in Non-human Animal Models (U01)  PAR-15-120 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-120.html#sthash.bBPhto89.dpuf

 

 

I.        Workshop on the Genetics of Addiction, Sunday, Oct 4, 2015 – Monday Oct 5, 2015, Charles Commons Building,  Johns Hopkins University, 10 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD http://courses.jax.org/2015/addiction-baltimore.html

 

The workshop is being held as a satellite meeting to the American Society for Human Genetics.  The workshop will focus on how to apply emerging genetics methods and technologies to study addiction related phenotypes in humans and model organisms.  Speakers are

 

Wade Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Laura Bierut, M.D., Washington University, St. Louis

Julie Blendy, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Elissa Chesler, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory

David Jentsch, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Abraham Palmer, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Chris Pierce, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Lisa Tarantino, Ph.D, University of North Carolina

Thorgeir Thorgeirsson, Ph.D., deCODE Genetic

 

Attendees are invited to present posters in the evening poster session on Saturday, Oct 3, 2015.

 

Registration Fee: $150.00

 

To register for this event, please:

 

    Complete the online registration form (opens a new page to our secured third party registration site).

    Upon registration, payment is due within two weeks.

 

For more information contact

 

Erin McDevitt

erin.mcdevitt@jax.org

 

207-288-6659

 

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II.      Frontiers in Addiction Research: 2015 Joint NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention Friday, October 16, 2015 8am - 5pm, McCormick Place Convention Center, N230, Chicago, IL  http://apps1.seiservices.com/nida-niaaa/frontiers2015/Default.aspx

 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA] are pleased to present the annual Frontiers in Addiction Research [NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention] program, a satellite event of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting.

 

 

For more information about the agenda and registration click http://apps1.seiservices.com/nida-niaaa/frontiers2015/Default.aspx

For additional information on the logistics of the 2015 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention, please contact Caitlin Dudevoir of Synergy Enterprises, Inc. at cdudevoir@seiservices.com.

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III.    Applications are being solicited from junior investigators to present at NIDA and NIAAA Early Career Investigator Showcase [ECIS], Friday, Oct 16, 2015, 5:00 to 6:00 PM, McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL http://apps1.seiservices.com/ecisabstracts/

 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
[NIAAA] are co-sponsoring a symposium, Early Career Investigator Showcase [ECIS], as a satellite event to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience [SfN], Chicago, IL. The ECIS symposium provides a forum for scientific presentations by premier young and junior investigators working in the fields of substance abuse and addiction research. The theme for this year's ECIS symposium is the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse on development. This symposium will take place on Friday, 16 October 2015, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm at the McCormick Place Convention Center (tentative) immediately following the 2015 Joint NIDA-NIAAA Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention.

NIDA and NIAAA are now soliciting applications from investigators to participate in the ECIS symposium. To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must currently have an individual postdoctoral fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award [F32], a mentored career development award [K01, K08, K23,K99], or grant support as a NIH New Investigator/Early Stage Investigator [http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/]. A $1000 travel award will be given to each of the six (6) individuals selected for this symposium to be applied towards expenses incurred for travel to this event. Individuals selected for ECIS will be chosen for the quality of their research, its impact in the field, and its relevance to the mission of NIDA or NIAAA. Applications are due by Friday, 31 July 2015, 5:00 PM (EDT). For an application and additional information, please go to http://apps1.seiservices.com/ecisabstracts/ or contact: for NIDA [Roger Sorensen, rsorense@mail.nih.gov]; or for NIAAA [Antonio Noronha, anoronha@mail.nih.gov].

 

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IV.    Avenir Award Program for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Abuse (DP1) RFA-DA-16-007

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-16-007.html

 

Application Due dates: October 20, 2015 and October 20, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization

 

Avenir means future in French, and this award looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. The award will support those in an early stage of their career who may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant, but who propose high impact research and who show promise of being tomorrow's leaders in the field. NIDA has developed two Avenir Award Programs, one for HIV/AIDS research and the other for genetics or epigenetics studies.

 

The Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Abuse Avenir Award program supports early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies that open new areas of research for the genetics or epigenetics of addiction.  These may be novel methods or approaches that can potentially be applied to the analysis of the genetics or epigenetics of addiction.  Investigators outside the field of addiction interested in applying their novel approaches to the genetics or epigenetics of addiction are encouraged to apply.  The award will support those in an early stage of their career who may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant, but who propose high impact research and who show promise of being tomorrow's leaders in the field of genetics or epigenetics. 

 

Contact:

 

Jonathan D. Pollock, Ph.D.

Chief

Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch

Division of Basic Neurobiology and Behavioral Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH

6001 Executive Blvd, Rm. 4257

Bethesda, MD 20892

Tel. 301-435-1309

Email. jpollock@mail.nih.gov

 

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V.      Identification of Genetic and Genomic Variants by Next-Gen Sequencing in Non-human Animal Models (U01)  PAR-15-120 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-120.html#sthash.bBPhto89.dpuf

 

Next application due date: Oct. 20, 2015

 

The goals of this initiative are to identify gene variants of traits associated with addiction and substance abuse in selectively bred, and outbred  non-human animal models using methodologies of Next Gen-Sequencing, mapping, and genotyping. See more information at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-120.html#sthash.bBPhto89.dpuf

 

Contact:

 

Jonathan D. Pollock, Ph.D.

Chief

Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch

Division of Basic Neurobiology and Behavioral Research

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH

6001 Executive Blvd, Rm. 4257

Bethesda, MD 20892

Tel. 301-435-1309

Email. jpollock@mail.nih.gov

 

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