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Home > News and Events > News Releases > News Releases Archive News Releases: October - December 2004ContentsOctoberOctober 8, 2004: NIH-NSF to Convene Interagency Conference on Life and Physical Sciences The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are convening the "Interagency Conference on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences," on November 9, 2004, at the Natcher Conference Center on the main campus of the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. The objectives of the conference are to identify opportunities, grand challenges, and issues at the interface of the life and physical sciences that could result in major advances and to develop approaches for bridging the sciences. To view the NIH/NSF press release, visit http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nibib-08.htm. October 12, 2004: Society for Computer Applications in Radiology - Transforming Medical Imaging Workshop The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) invites you to attend the TRIP(tm) Conference and Workshop, "Transforming Medical Imaging", January 31 - February 1, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Maryland. SCAR, with partial financial support from the NIBIB, is sponsoring this scientific meeting to spearhead research, education and discovery of innovative solutions to the problem of healthcare information and image data overload. The two-day workshop will explore effective ways to better understand the issues and to facilitate exchange of ideas between researchers and end-user clinicians, between researchers and industry partners, and between scientists in and outside of medicine who struggle with similar issues in their use of image data. Intended participants include radiologists and other physicians, biomedical engineers, biomedical imaging scientists, computer scientists, imaging informatics scientists, imaging physicists, information technology professionals, medical imaging industry personnel, and any other students or professionals interested in the problem of very large medical image data sets. The meeting will include invited speakers on selected topics, focused breakout groups, and discussion with top-level industry executives, innovation leaders and clinicians. Plenary Sessions of invited speakers will include experts from areas outside of medicine discussing their approaches to dealing with large image data sets, followed by invited speakers, Break-Out Discussion Sessions, and supplemented by a Poster Session of abstracts submitted by attendees. Abstract submissions are being accepted electronically through the online abstract submission service or by email. Abstract topics include Human Perception, CAD & Image Processing, Visualization, Navigation & User Interface Design, Databases & Integration, and Evaluation of Methodologies & Validation of Performance. The abstract submission deadline is November 15, 2004. For additional information about the meeting or to register, visit the TRIP website at http://www.scarnet.net/trip/. Complete information and online submission forms and templates for submission of abstracts for the poster session can be found at http://www.scarnet.net/trip/html/TRIPabstractsubmission.htm. October 19, 2004: Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging: the MRI Nobel Celebration and Future Directions Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew will give the keynote address at the "Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging: The MRI Nobel Celebration and Future Directions" symposium to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The symposium will be held November 8-10, 2004, and will bring together pioneers and leaders in the field of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy for systematic discussion of historical developments, present status, and future directions. In addition, the symposium will pay tribute to Professor Paul Lauterbur, a faculty member of UIUC and the winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology, by honoring his singular, groundbreaking contributions to the field of MRI. Additional information on the symposium can be found at http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/conf/fbis/. NovemberNovember 9, 2004: NIH-NSF To Convene Interagency Conference on Life and Physical Sciences The NIH-NSF conference on "Research at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences," on November 9, 2004, has changed venue. The Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Select (8120 Wisconsin Avenue) in Bethesda, Maryland. The objectives of the conference are to identify opportunities, grand challenges, and issues at the interface of the life and physical sciences that could result in major advances and to develop approaches for bridging the sciences. Although the conference has already reached full capacity, the plenary sessions of the program will be videocast at the following website: http://videocast.nih.gov/ For additional information on this program, view the agenda (Adobe PDF [65.5K]) and prospectus (Adobe PDF [68.5K]). November 15, 2004: NIH and NSF Sponsor Conference on Bridging the Sciences The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored a "Conference on Research at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences" on November 9 at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference was a result of recommendations from a May 10 interagency workshop that was mandated by language in the House Report accompanying the FY2004 Federal budget. A total of about 170 people attended this meeting including 29 invited primary discussants from the life, physical, and interface sciences. The overall objective of the one-day conference was to obtain input from the scientific community on how to bridge the life and physical sciences. Questions considered during the workshop-style meeting included (l) what are the primary questions that will require collaborative efforts between the life and physical sciences to solve, (2) what are the primary issues and barriers to inter-disciplinary collaboration, and (3) what actions or approaches are necessary to bridge the sciences and realize the potential benefits? The meeting agenda included breakout and plenary sessions aimed at answering these questions. Current plans are to prepare a summary report for posting on the Internet and to convene a meeting of Federal agency representatives to discuss recommendations from the May 10 and November 9 meetings and determine a course of action The meeting was planned by an Interagency Coordinating Committee which included representatives from the NIH, NSF, DOE, EPA, NASA, and NIST. Committee Chairs were Drs. Richard Swaja (NIH/NIBIB) and Bruce Hamilton (NSF). Extramural conference chairs were Drs. Ken Dill (UCSF), Claire Fraser (TIGR), and Jose Onuchic (UCSD). Meeting administration and logistics were coordinated by Colleen Guay-Broder and Stacy Wallick of the NIH/NIBIB. DecemberDecember 10, 2004: NIBIB and NSF Conduct Third BBSI Grantee Meeting The NIBIB and NSF conducted the Third Annual Grantee Meeting for the Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes (BBSI) on December 10 at the Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The BBSI program is a joint effort between the NIBIB and NSF that supports ten-week summer experiences at nine grantee institutions aimed at attracting students with quantitative science majors into bioengineering or bioinformatics careers. Education levels encompassed by the program include rising junior, rising senior, and students in the first two years of graduate school. Each BBSI includes about 15 students and involves didactic and research experiences. The grantee meetings are aimed at providing an opportunity for grantees and agency program directors to discuss the status and issues associated with the individual summer institutes, to evaluate the efficacy and future of the program, and to determine ways to improve future summer institutes. This year's program included student representatives from all nine of the grantee institutions who discussed their perspectives on individual programs and their specific research projects. The meeting was coordinated and chaired by Drs Meredith Temple-O'Connor and Richard Swaja of the NIBIB and Drs. Mary Poats and Sohi Rastegar of the NSF. Advertising for the 2005 BBSI has begun, and information is available on the Web sites of the hosting institutions. Detailed information about the BBSI's is also available on the TRAINING page of the NIBIB Web site. December 16, 2004: Announcing a Public Forum on the HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Initiative for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training The purpose of this meeting is to provide information to the extramural community regarding this novel partnership that will support the development of new interdisciplinary predoctoral training programs. The meeting will be held from 10 am-12:30 pm on Monday, January 10th, 2005 at Building 60 (The Cloister Building) on the NIH Campus. Below are links to NIH resources regarding parking, security measures and location of Building 60: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm Please let Dr. Meredith Temple-O'Connor know by Thursday December 30th, 2004, if you plan to attend. December 17, 2004: Additional Receipt Dates Announced for Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRPs) To reduce delays between application receipt and advisory council consideration and to provide more timely opportunities to revise and resubmit reviewed applications, the BECON has added receipt dates for the Bioengineering Research Partnership (BRP) program. Beginning with the January 20, 2005 , application deadline, there will be three application dates per year instead of the two specified in the original program announcement (PAR-04-023). A notice (NOT-EB-04-005 - Additional Receipt Dates for Bioengineering Research Partnerships) was released in the "NIH Guide" on December 16 to provide details about the change and new deadlines. New receipt dates for letters of intent are two months prior to the application deadlines. New receipt dates for BRP applications and letters of intent are:
Inquiries about the BRP program or this change can be directed to Dr. Richard Swaja at the NIH/NIBIB. |
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