http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews Division of Research news and information Tue, 13 May 2008 15:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Human Investigation Committee (HIC) and the Animal Investigation Committee are no longer using the WSU On-line Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) training program to fulfill training requirements.  Instead, the Committees require that all investigators and study staff (i.e. co-investigators and key personnel) take online training modules developed by the ... http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews/2008/05/new-online-training-for-hic-and-aic-investigators/ Dr. Shijie Sheng, associate professor of Pathology in the School of Medicine and the Karmanos Cancer Institute, along with collaborators Drs. Michael Cher and Ricardo Bonfil of Urology, Dr. Margarida Bernardo and Dr. Xiaohua Li were awarded $1,561,440 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for the ... http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews/2008/05/school-of-medicine-team-receives-15-million-ncinih-grant/ Dr. David Rueda, assistant professor of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a $775,000 NSF CAREER award for the project titled, "RNA Folding Dynamics by Single Molecule Temperature Jump Kinetics." The project will study RNA molecules that play an essential role in numerous cellular processes ... http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews/2008/05/assistant-professor-of-chemistry-receives-nsf-career-award/ For the past year, Dr. Cynthia Bir, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering, has jetted back and forth from Detroit to Hollywood to serve as the lead scientist for the Emmy Award winning show, "Sports Science" that airs on Fox Sports Network on Sunday evenings at ... http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews/2008/05/wsu-researcher-is-lead-scientist-for-emmy-winning-sports-show/ Wayne State University will be host to the 39th annual Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Meeting/Symposium on Saturday, May 31st from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center.  The event will feature neuroscience research focusing on human cognition and perception, and how these important ... http://research.wayne.edu/rwnews/2008/05/neuroscience-symposium-may-31/