Cancer Center Update

January 18, 2005

Cancer Center Update is sent to Cancer Center members and staff every Tuesday at 10 a.m. To submit an item for publication, send the information to Sandi Sherman by noon the Friday before publication.

In This Issue:

Today's Cancer Center Seminar

News

Events

Professional Education and Seminars

Grant Information & Announcements

Reminders

NEWS

TODAY’S CANCER CENTER SEMINAR

Active cytosine deamination in carcinogenesis?
Reuben Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota

A peek at next week’s seminar:

Glycemic load, weight maintenance, insulin resistance, and colorectal cancer

Andrew Flood, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

For a complete schedule visit: http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/date.html

SEEKING RECOGNITION AWARD NOMINATIONS

We are currently accepting nominations for the Masonic Cancer Center 's recognition award honoring outstanding contributors in Clinical Research and Experimental Therapeutics. Clinical Research/Experimental Therapeutics staff, as well as other staff and faculty contributing to the Masonic Cancer Center in these areas, are eligible for this award. Nominees do not need to be Cancer Center employees. Nominations for this award will be accepted through January 23, 2005.

To submit a nomination on-line, go to http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/recogform.html.
Electronic or hard copies of the form may also be requested from cchr@ahc.umn.edu.

Please join us Monday, January 31, 2005 at 3:00pm in room 450 CCRB for the Recognition Event in this area. The Associate Directors for Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Research will highlight activities and accomplishments in these areas as well as present the recognition award.

SESAME STREET LIVE BENEFIT FOR CLUB BUTTERFLY OF THE CHILDREN’S CANCER RESEARCH FUND

Imagine singing and dancing with all your favorite Sesame Street Live Friends. You can at a special Sesame Street Live performance to benefit Club Butterfly of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund on Saturday, January 22, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Ticket packages start at $25 and are limited. Call the Children’s Cancer Research Fund office at 952-893-9355 to purchase today.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The 7th KS95 for Kids Radiothon will take place March 4-6, 2005 at Ridgedale Mall. Be sure to tune in or stop by to show your support! Please contact Mary Schultze for additional information at 626-2961 or schul032@umn.edu.

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please call Kamala Upadhyaya at 626-5326 for assistance with your application.

SALARY LIMITATION ON GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS
NOT-OD-05-024
Release Date: January 7, 2005
Issued by National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov/)

This notice provides updated information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards. On February 13, 2004, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 information on the salary limitation was published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.

For sixteen consecutive years, Congress has legislatively mandated a provision for the limitation of salary. For FY 2005, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 108-447, which includes appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services, restricts the amount of direct salary of an individual under an NIH grant or cooperative agreement (referred to here as a grant) or applicable contract to Executive Level I of the Federal Executive Pay scale. The Executive Level I annual salary rate was $175,700 for the period January 1 through December 31, 2004 (see NOT-OD-04-034, March 11, 2004). Effective January 1, 2005, the Executive Level I salary level increased to $180,100.

Please see the salary cap summary and the time frames associated with existing salary caps at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm.

Examples of the adjustments that NIH will make when salaries exceed the current salary limitation are given. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-024.html

DOD PROSTATE CANCER PROGRAM

The Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program has $85 million in FY 2005 to support research. The program has 12 different award mechanisms. Application due dates for six of the programs are Feb. 8 and four have a deadline of June 7. Details of the program announcements and deadlines, and electronic submission of forms are available at http://cdmrp.army.mil.

EDUCATION AND SEMINARS

CANCER BIOLOGY RESEARCH CLUB

Friday, January 21, 2005, 3:30 p.m., 450 CCRB

The Involvement of Ena/VASP in Breast Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

Caroline Hanson, Miller Lab

For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/grant7.html

BMT CONFERENCE

Monday, January 24, 2005, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., 450 CCRB

BMT Program meeting

For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/bmtlect.html