So what do you do?
When someone asks, “What do you do?”; how do you reply, if you happen to work in an IACUC office, are a member, or work in an animal research facility? Do you describe your daily work, or try to anticipate…
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Maintaining IRB Membership Documentation
Warning letters issued by FDA in recent months highlight the importance of documentation in IRB operations. Although written procedures are required by regulation, they are not sufficient by themselves. As FDA noted in one recent letter, “Maintaining records, as required…
v13 eForm Tool
As you are aware, InfoEd has diligently been working toward the release of an update to our eForms tool. We know many of you are looking forward to the V13 eForms, and I am pleased to share that we currently…
World Stem Cell Summit set for December 2012
The 8th annual World Stem Cell Summit will be held December 3-5 in West Palm Beach, FL. The event will include a variety of sessions and workshops of interest to IRBs, ESCRO/SCROs, research administrators, investigators and others involved in the conduct…
Funding Higher Education in Australia
A new report published by the Grattan Institute, written by Andrew Norton, titled “Graduate Winners”, proposes that: Most students should pay more for higher education, given howmuch they benefit from a degree. By the middle of this decade,tuition subsidies will…
Temple University Technology Transfer Recognized for Growth
Temple University was recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal along with University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University for increase in technology transfer activity over the past year.
USPTO Promotes the Global Dossier Initiative
USPTO Director David Kappos describes in his blog the ongoing development of a global portal that could be used to handle patent filings across multiple offices. The expectation is that this portal would improve both efficiency and quality of patents worldwide, allowing management…
Final Report on the BSE Epidemiological Investigation
The USDA released its final report on the epidemiological investigation of a dairy cow from California that tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in April 2012. From the executive summary: The index animal was a 10 year 7 month-old Holstein…
Multi-Institutional Research Collaboration is Increasing
A new study recently published by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on this topic (NSF 12-235, Collaboration in Academic R&D: A Decade of Growth in Pass-Through Funding) demonstrates an increase in research collaboration. In 2009, pass-through funds represented 7% of…
Bills to Establish American Innovation Bank Pending in Congress
H.R. 4720 and S. 2369 were submitted on April 25, and would establish an independent agency to “promote the commercialization of science and engineering discoveries” through grants and assistance to eligible institutions, including “institutes of higher education” and “nonprofit research institutions that…