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NIPM’s Genome-Sequencing Service Forms Its First Partnership The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health has teamed up with NIPM to sequence and analyze the protein coding regions of the genome for recruited patients in its National Institutes of Health-funded study on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The collaboration is expected to identify key correlations and/or genetic risk scores along with metrics from brain imaging and neuropsychological testing. See https://www.unlv.edu/nipm/ngs for more information on the NIPM laboratory and its capabilities in these areas. Mira Han Awarded a National Science Foundation Career Award Mira Han, assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences and NIPM, was recently awarded a prestigious career award and grant from the National Science Foundation. Her work covers an exciting area of functional genomics and evolution that can inform the interpretation of genetic variants in personalized medicine. Congrats to Dr. Han and her group! NIPM Applies to Become a Biomedical Research Center of Excellence NIPM’s application last year to obtain National Institutes of Health Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) status performed well and has advanced to the next stage of review. The proposal was revised and
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Nevada Institute of
Personalized Medicine
2018 Spring Newsletter
Dr. Xiaogang Wu joins NIPM! Meet Dr. Wu, NIPM’s new bioinformaticist. He comes to UNLV from Leroy Hood’s Systems Biology Institute, where he worked for six years. Dr. Wu has extensive expertise in modern genomic analysis for personalized medicine.
For more information, please contact: Martin Schiller. Ph.D. Executive Director of the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine 702-895-5546 [email protected]
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submitted again in preparation for consideration in next year’s competition as well.
NIPM’s Seminar Series: Spring Lineup Come join us and learn about the latest in UNLV’s genetics research. Seminars are held in UNLV’s Science and Engineering Building, Room 2251, unless otherwise noted. DATE PRESENTER TOPIC April 3, 1-2 p.m.
Dr. Hee Wong Lim Regulatory Genomics Through the Lens of Enhancer RNA
April 10, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Mira Han Variation in L1HS Transcript Levels in 17 Somatic Tissues
April 17, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Arpita Basu Nutrition Interventions in Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome: What Works in Clinical Studies?
April 26, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Francis Cucinotta Modeling Cognitive Effects Following Radiation Cancer Therapy
May 1, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole Salivary Diagnostics and Precision Medicine Strategies for Oral Diseases
May 8, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Janice Pluth The Impact of Age and Lesion Complexity in Mammary Cancer Susceptibility
May 18, full-day event
Multiple presenters NIPM Retreat, TAM Alumni Center
May 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Dr. Jefferson Kinney Alterations of GABA in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
May 29, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Ernesto Abel-Santos Targeting Spore Germination as Prophylaxis for Clostridium difficile Infections
NIPM Annual Symposium: May 18
And don’t forget to keep Friday, May 18, open on your calendar for NIPM’s annual symposium! Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Hong Wen Deng, a leader in the field of osteoporosis genomics from Tulane. The title of his talk will be “Genomics and bioinformatics studies of a complex disease - osteoporosis” Learn more about Dr. Deng’s research at his NCBI profile page.
