Volume 13, number 4: October 4, 2006
CAMPUS NEWS
Carolina Innovations Seminar Series: Ins and Outs of Intellectual Property Protection
Date: Thursday, October 12
Time: 5:15 - 6:15 p.m.
Place: 014 Sitterson Hall
The Office of Technology Development will be hosting a seminar on intellectual property rights featuring speaker Karen Magri of Myers, Bigel, Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. Magri will provide a general overview of patent law, including the requirements for patentability, the process of filing for and obtaining a patent, and the rights conferred by it to the inventor and the university. She will also discuss the policies that guide the patent process (including the conceptual framework that resulted in the current rules governing the patent system) and mistakes inventors often make that may inadvertently result in a loss of patent protection. The focus will be on the United States patent system, with some discussion of patent protection in other countries.
Workshop: Overview of Licensing and Patents
Date: Wednesday, October 11
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Place: 2005 Michael Hooker Research Center
Cathy Innes, Director of the Office of Technology Development, will conduct a workshop as part of the School of Public Health 's Research Seminar Series. The workshop will provide an introduction to licensing and patents, including open source licenses.
Working Group on Economic Development Recruiting New Members
UNC-Chapel Hill has formed the Working Group on Economic Development, a network of faculty and administrators interested in engaged scholarship and public service in economic development. The Working Group is a joint project of the Office of Economic and Business Development, the Carolina Center for Public Service, the Odum Institute, and the University Center for International Studies. Any Carolina faculty member or administrator is welcome to join.
The Working Group meets over lunch throughout the academic year to discuss business and community development, encompassing business administration, social science, professional education, technology commercialization, globalization issues, information technology, and the physical and health sciences. Agenda items include presentations by Carolina faculty and invited speakers.
If you are interested in joining or learning more about the Working Group, contact the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Economic and Business Development at (919)843-5453 or oebd@unc.edu.
Technology Instrumentation Fair
Date: Wednesday, October 11
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Place: Lobbies of the Medical Biomolecular Research Building
The Carolina Roadmap Executive Committee and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development will host an event highlighting the capacities of UNC-Chapel Hill core facilities to assist researchers with scientific problems.
Presenters will include:
- Michael Hooker Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry
- Cytokine Analysis Facility, GCRC Bioanalytical Core Labs
- Center for AIDS Research Clinical Pharmacology/Analytical Chemistry Core
- BioSpecimen Processing Facility
- Cellular Metabolism and Transport Core, School of Pharmacy
- Flow Cytometry
- Biomolecular X-ray Crystallography
- UNC Center for Bioinformatics
- Michael Hooker Microscopy Core
- Medical Illustration and Photography
- Chemistry Department Electronics Facility
- School of Pharmacy NMR, Chemistry Department NMR
- Microscopy Services Laboratory
- Macromolecular Interactions Facility
- Structural Bioinformatics Core, and more.
Lunch will be served to the first 200 people attending.
Research Administration Support Group (RASG)
All Carolina grants and contracts specialists and grant administrators are invited to join the Research Administration Support Group (RASG). This campus professional support group informs, educates, and supports individuals involved in research and research administration. RASG provides a forum for discussion and open exchange of ideas and an information network for policies, procedures, and sponsor guidelines.
For more information about RASG mailing list, meeting schedule, or to look at presentations from previous meetings, visit the RASG website.
October SBIR Workshops
The North Carolina Small Business Technology and Development Center is sponsoring a series of workshops in October, including:
SBIR General Workshop
October 12, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Place: UNC-Wilmington
Register online
DoD-focused SBIR Workshop
October 16, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Place: NC State University
Register online
NIH-focused SBIR Workshop
October 24, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Place: UNC-Charlotte
Register online
New Contract Specialist Joins OSR
Frances Hess joined the Pre-Award Services staff in the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) in September as a Contract Specialist. Her arrival has prompted a re-distribution of the proposal workload by moving all National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01s from Judith Andersson and all Counties, Cities, States (non-NC and/or Federal flowdown) from Cathy Rogers to Frances. In turn, Judith will retain all other NIH R series grants, and take all NIH training, fellowships, career development, Fogarty grants, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants from Vicki Moore. The OSR Contact Finder will be updated to reflect these changes.
New GrantSource Librarian in the Office of Information and Communications
The Office of Information and Communications is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Allen has joined our staff as a new GrantSource Librarian. Elizabeth comes to us from the Office of Research Development and worked in the GrantSource Library as a graduate student. Elizabeth will edit the Research Support newsletter, manage the library's web site, and provide training and instruction on finding funding sources for faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students.
Phone: 962-6022
Email: allen@unc.edu
New Library Locations for Fall 2006
The Kenan Chemistry Library has moved from Venable Hall to the south entrance of Wilson Library on South Road , facing the Bell Tower . The chemistry library joins the zoology library in the same space until the completion of the new Venable building.
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The library's maps reference service, along with some of the maps collection, has moved from Wilson Library to the Davis Library Reference Department. Remaining maps will be retrieved from Wilson Library upon patron request. This change enables the library to provide maps assistance during evening and weekend hours.
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New Resources from the UNC Libraries
The University Libraries have added these new online resources for researchers, accessible through the Article Databases and More webpage. Resources are available at computers on campus, and most may be accessed off-campus with an ONYEN and password.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is a collection of digitized Greek-language literary texts from the time of the poet Homer in the 8th Century B.C.E. to the fall of Byzantine Empire in 1453. It currently includes over 3,700 authors and 12,000 works. Ultimately, the goal is to create a digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present.