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Kristina Marinak recently elected to represent Early Career Ambassadors

Kristina Marinak, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Elena Pugacheva, has been elected to represent the Early Career Ambassadors (ECAM) of the Metastasis Research Society (MRS), by serving on their Early Career Leadership Council (ECLC). As an elected member of the ECLC, she will work with the ECLC Chair and the MRS board of directors, to develop and implement ECAM-sponsored activities that advance the mission of the society as they work towards enhancing the quality and longevity of the lives of patients with metastatic cancer. The ECLC supports the MRS’s mission to: understand the process of metastasis at the cellular, molecular and biochemical levels; identify and evaluate therapeutics for their ability to control or reduce metastases in preclinical models; and work with clinical colleagues to design and implement clinical trials to translate findings to the clinic. This 4-year term will begin this year in September at the 16th Biennial MRS Congress in Chengdu, China, where she will be presenting her research as a poster presentation.  Kristina is currently researching the role of nuclear Aurora-A Kinase in promoting triple negative breast cancer metastasis.  Kristina is also a member of WVU's Graduate Student Organization. Congratulations Kristina!

Asbestos abatement underway during HSC Cafe renovation

Asbestos abatement is currently underway in the area of the Health Sciences Café renovation. Due to the asbestos abatement containment, the hallway will be narrowed on the HSC North ground floor in the construction area.

Two from WVU named BioWV leaders

Two WVU researchers have been named to the leadership of BioWV, the Bioscience Association of West Virginia, a nonprofit organization that promotes the state’s growing bioscience business community.

TECHNOPALOOZA 2016

The Office of Research and Graduate Education will be hosting a fast paced, social event with brief presentations, posters and informal conversations focused on cutting edge technology and shared resources open to all researchers at WVU.  We want to increase awareness of all the assets we have available to drive our science.  This event is campus wide, so please spread the word and bring your colleagues along. Faculty, post-docs and students (graduate and undergraduate) are welcome.

The Defense Health Program: DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs

The Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Defense Appropriations Act provides $278.7 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP).  The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military Service members, Veterans, and beneficiaries.  The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY16 congressionally directed topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions in basic science and translational research; novel product development leading to improved therapeutic or diagnostic tools; synergistic, multidisciplinary research programs; or clinical trials that address an immediate clinical need.