The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Health Sciences Center are pleased to welcome Uwe Staub, Ph.D., chief operating officer with Epigenomics, for a special seminar Nov. 14. This special seminar will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in room 2157 of the Health Sciences Center North.
Research
Every possible energy source exists within 100 miles of West Virginia University’s Morgantown campus, so it only makes sense that the University explores a variety of sustainable ways to heat and cool some 250 buildings on nearly 2,000 acres. And in keeping with its “Go First” motto, WVU could become home to the first geothermal direct-use heating and cooling system in the eastern United States.
The research group led by Weichao Tu, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, conducts a new analysis of three space storms that reveals the mechanism of particle loss from the Van Allen radiation belts.
The West Virginia Clinical & Translational Institute is now accepting letters of intent to apply for the WVCTSI Research Scholar and Clinical Research Fellow Program. These competitive programs are designed to assist in the development of clinical and/or translational investigators with the desired outcomes of peer-reviewed publications and mentor-sponsored and independent federal research awards.
Employee Wellness has partnered again this year with the WVU Medicine University Medical Laboratory to offer all employees and retirees of WVU and WVU Research Corporation a pay-for-services multiphasic blood testing from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 7) in Room 3115 at One Waterfront Place.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Ann Chester $270,000 for one year to help high-schoolers forge those “magical relationships” and consider a career in science, technology, engineering or math.