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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Patients’ underlying health linked to worse outcomes for melanoma, U-M study finds
It’s not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape. A new … Continue reading
Posted in: Clinical & Translational Research
September 30 and October 1 – Pregnancy and Postpartum Continuing Education Course
This course will take place from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on both September 30 and October 1 at The Holiday Inn on 3155 Boardwalk Inn, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108.Course Objectives include: – Describe the major hormonal changes that occur … Continue reading
Posted in: Education, Events for Faculty, Staff and Students
EVPMA July/Aug. Newsletter – The Biological Sciences Scholars Program
When you are fortunate to be chosen for a position like mine, you inherit many legacies from prior leaders. One of the great legacies I inherited from Drs. Gil Omenn and Bob Kelch was support for the Biological Sciences Scholars … Continue reading
Posted in: Leadership & Administration, Top Stories
Gifts of Art presents Whimsical Nature – Fiber Birds by Mary Katz
Mary Katz is a fiber artist living and working in Denver, Colorado. She is an avid bird watcher and amateur naturalist, and she is inspired by everything in the natural world. Katz’s soft sculptured birds and animals are constructed from … Continue reading
Posted in: Events for Faculty, Staff and Students, Public Events
Gifts of Art presents Natural Abstraction in Color – Photography by John Lilley
Based out of Dexter, Mich., John Lilley discovers photographs in places often unseen or overlooked — designs, textures and forms that occur as small but distinct subsets of the broader landscape. Photographing since the 1960s, Lilley presents image content clearly … Continue reading
Posted in: Events for Faculty, Staff and Students, Public Events
2011-2012 Taubman Talks Lecture Series kicks off September 7
The monthly lunchtime series, Taubman Talks, is resuming for the fall semester on September 7. Two scientists from the laboratory of Frank Brosius, M.D. a Taubman Scholar, will be presenting their research.• Jeffrey B. Hodgin, M.D., Ph.D., “Transcriptomic analysis of … Continue reading
September 11 – Kick-off fundraiser for the Vada Murray Fund for Cancer Research
This event will take place at the U-M North Campus Research Complex Building 18 (old Pfizer bldg.) on 2800 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor, Sunday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.Cost for the event is $10 per person … Continue reading
October 12 – ConceptGen and LRpath
This hands-on workshop, hosted by the Taubman Health Sciences Library, will present an overview of ConceptGen, a gene set enrichment and concept mapping tool, and a brief introduction to LRpath, a tool that performs gene set enrichment testing. ConceptGen helps … Continue reading
Posted in: Events for Faculty, Staff and Students, Public Events
Lab Coat Room closed for Labor Day
In Observance of Labor Day the Lab Coat Room will be closed September 5 and will reopen on September 6 at noon.Thank You,Linen Management (in case of an emergency page 5003) Web Address: http://www.med.umich.edu/i/laundry/coatroom.htm
Posted in: Clinical Care
November 4 – 21st Annual Conrad Jobst Lecture
The University of Michigan Section of Vascular Surgery and the Toledo Hospital welcome Lazar J. Greenfield, Ph.D., FACS as the 21st Annual Conrad Jobst Lecturer. Greenfield is professor of surgery and chair emeritus, Department of Surgery at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in: Events for Faculty, Staff and Students