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July 2008

Building plans update

Eric Polak, director of administrative affairs and chief financial officer, said that architectural design continues on a planned five story, 130,000 square foot building to be constructed at OSU-CHS in a joint project with the City of Tulsa.

The bottom two floors will be used by the Tulsa Police Department for its property room and the forensic crime lab. The remaining three floors will be OSU Forensics and Biomedical Science research labs. Construction is slated to begin in March 2009, continuing into late 2010. The building will be located at the southwest corner of the main campus building.

Society for Neuroscience chapter established

A Society for Neuroscience (SfN) chapter has been established in northeast Oklahoma. Ken Miller, Ph.D., OSU-CHS associate professor of anatomy and cell biology, and others established the chapter. Charter members are Miller, Craig Stevens, Ph.D., Doris Patneau, Ph.D., Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D., Tom Curtis, Ph.D., Greg Sawyer, Ph.D. and Ruben Schechter, M.D. Also charter members are Carey Pope, Ph.D., OSU-Stillwater, and Jamie Rhudy, Ph.D, University of Tulsa.

Miller said the number of neuroscience researchers in the area is great enough to have a national presence in the Society for Neuroscience. ”We hope this will allow us to sponsor students to the SfN meeting, bring in prestigious neuroscience speakers, and provide for community outreach in the Brain Awareness Campaign that elevates public awareness of brain and nervous system research.”

The society promotes networking among those working and studying in the field of neuroscience and of educating the general public on important neuroscience issues. It offers chapters funding programs designed to help them in their outreach and public education efforts, as well as provide opportunities for professional development. The Society for Neuroscience has more than 100 regional chapters in North America and an expanding number of international chapters. With activities ranging from lectures to networking events and information sharing, SfN chapters enable individual members to engage their colleagues on the local level. Chapters also serve as an important resource to their community by taking a leading role in the annual Brain Awareness Campaign.

Staff Appreciation Day

Sherry Eastman and Michelle Bartlett are Staff Advisory Council 2008
Award of Excellence recipients. Nominations are made by peers and
recipients are chosen by a vote by past recipients.

Jensen Award

Jensen Leadership Award, which goes to a SAC member who exemplifies leadership skills.

Hula hoops, barbeque, pie-eating contestants, awards and donations for troops highlighted this year’s Staff Appreciation Day. Project manager Briá Taylor led event planning. Congratulations to all award recipients and nominees. Read more

Spring cleaning

It takes more than a duster and a little elbow grease to tidy up OSU biomedical science department research waste materials area. The department must conduct proper disposal through certified vendors and facilities. Laurie St. Clair, laboratory safety coordinator and radiation safety officer for OSU-CHS, and Steven Phillips, (photo) on-call assistant radiation safety officer, recently completed the project. Waste was gathered into several 55-gallon drums, as well as some packing bags and boxes. After accounting and paperwork was complete the waste went to specialty sites for final disposal. St. Clair said the entire process of organization, authorizations, and documentations of the project took approximately four months.

Round of Applause

Endowed Professorship

OSU has announced a $250,000 gift from the Northwest Oklahoma Osteopathic Foundation to endow a professorship in primary care programs. Read more.

Appointed

Editor-in-chief for the journal Interferon Cytokine Mediator Research, Randall Davis, Ph.D.

Honorary chair of American Lung Association of the Central States - Beaujolais Nouveau, Stanley Grogg, D.O.

Book chapters published

Non-Eutherian mammals. pp. 7-18 in Janis, C., Gunnell, G., and Uhen, M. (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume II. Cambridge University Press, New York 2008. Also, Multituberculata. pp. 19-38 in Janis, C., Gunnell, G., and Uhen, M. (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume II. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008 Anne Weil, Ph.D. and others.

Certification

Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) designation from International Association of Administrative Professionals - Jan Barber.

Presentations

“Differences in Pharmacology, Internalization, and Signaling of Amphibian and Human Opioid Receptors,” Chris Brasel, Ph.D.; “Genomics and Biotechnology: Implications for Physiology,” Al Rouch, Ph.D., presented at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Society of Physiologists in Oklahoma City.

Lecture and presentation to the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, Oklahoma City, William Pettit, D.O.

Abstract Published

“Impact of bacterial colonization in normal human livers on activation of toll like receptor 4 and nuclear factor Kappa B and their possible role in maintaining homeostasis.” Clinical Immunology Vol. 127:S30, Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) 2008 annual meeting, Boston. Rashmi Singh, Jay Bullard, Krystal Vonfelldt, Senait Assefa, Ph.D., Mamta Kalra, Ph.D., Anil Kaul, M.D., Robert S. Conrad, Ph.D., Khalid M. Khan, Harvey Sharp, Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.

Reviews

Two manuscripts for Journal of Microbiological Methods, Frank Champlin, Ph.D.

Eight abstracts for Acta Theriologa Sinica, Tom Curtis, Ph.D.

One manuscript for Expert Reviews in Clinical Pharmacology, Randall Davis, Ph.D.

Two manuscripts for American Journal for Obstetrics & Gynecology, Anil Kaul, M.D.

Manuscript for Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, Gerwald Köhler, Ph.D.

Manuscript for Journal of Neuroscience Research, Ken Miller, Ph.D.

Manuscript for Journal of Pain, Craig Stevens, Ph.D.

Two manuscripts for Toxicology, David Wallace, Ph.D.

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