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Core Facility Day Set for April 30: RWJMS Core Facility Day will take place on April 30 in the West Lecture Hall in the Research Tower on the Piscataway campus. The program is a collaboration of the Dean’s Office, the Research Office, the Department of Communications and Public Affairs, and the Office of Information Technology. The event will showcase the RWJMS core facilities, which provide the medical school’s research and clinical community with specialized instrumentation, services, and methodology. Peter Lobel, PhD, professor of pharmacology and member, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, will present the keynote address: “Disease Discovery and Lysosomal Proteomics.” Throughout the day, representatives of 25 core facilities will speak, with presentations grouped by areas: proteomics, structural biology and chemistry; clinical trial support; molecular biology and gene expression; imaging; cells, tissues and animals; and research support. A poster session in the Great Hall will highlight the core facilities and individual research projects that have been further advanced with the support of the cores. In conjunction with Core Facility Day, RWJMS will officially open the Research Annex Core Facility Building on the Piscataway campus. Tours of the building will take place throughout the day. In addition to housing a centralized administrative area for the cores, the Core Facility Building creates a scientific environment for classrooms, seminars, and programmatic collaborations. Its first occupants include the DNA Core Facility, MicroCT Core Facility, Confocal Imaging Core Facility, Stem Cell Core Facility, shRNA Core Facility, and an IT/Data Storage Center. |
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Mayor Cahill Serves as Honorary Chair ofChandler’s 20th Anniversary Gala: This year, the Eric B. Chandler Health Center is celebrating 20 years of service to the community. The celebration will culminate with a gala to benefit the center, to be held on Saturday, September 20 at The Heldrich, in New Brunswick. Mayor James Cahill has graciously agreed to serve as the gala’s honorary chair. Hosts for the gala are the Foundation of UMDNJ, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the Eric B. Chandler Community Advisory Board. The gala committee has announced the following honorees:
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Alumni Association Board Approves $115,000 for Scholarships and Loans
The Alumni Association Board of Trustees approved $115,000 in scholarships and loans for RWJMS students in the 2007-2008 academic year. The association awards the Hippocrates Scholarship, a $20,000 per year, four-year scholarship, to one student in each incoming class based on academic excellence. Scott Schafler ’11, is the sixth Hippocrates Scholar.
“I love the Alumni Association’s commitment to loans and scholarships,” says Alumni Association President Geza Kiss, MD ’95, assistant professor of anesthesiology. “Alumni have provided funds for recruitment by providing scholarship and loan support. Students need money, and we’re here to help.”
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