News and Events

2012 INBRE Pilot Projects Program
The goal of the SC INBRE Bioinformatics Pilot Project Program is to stimulate interest in the application of genomics and bioinformatics methods to undergraduate and graduate student research throughout the INBRE and South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR) networks. Funded projects will generate preliminary data for presentations, publications and grant proposals by faculty and their students. For more information, visit the 2012 INBRE Pilot Projects Program page.

8th Annual Workshop on Basic Confocal Microscopy
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Instrumentation Resource Facilityand the Clemson University Microscopy Facilities will be hosting the 8th Annual Workshop on Basic Confocal Microscopy (pdf) at Clemson University from June 11th through the 15th. The workshop is directed towards beginning and intermediate users of confocal microscopes and involves a series of lectures (specimen preparation, labeling strategies, proper set-up of instrument operating parameters, proper handling of 2D and 3D confocal images in programs such as Adobe Photoshop and AMIRA), hands on specimen preparation, and time on a number of different point scanning and spinning disk confocal microscopes. Companies scheduled to have instruments and applications experts on-site include Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Perkin Elmer, Zeiss and Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i). 

Faculty will include Dr. Jay Jerome of Vanderbilt University, Dr. Ralph Albrecht of the University of Wisconsin Madison, Dr. John Mackenzie of North Carolina State University,Dr. Tom Trusk of the Medical University of South Carolina, and Dr. Bob Price of the University of South Carolina.

For further information please see: http://dba.med.sc.edu/price/irf/irf.htm or contact Anna McNeal (anna.mcneal@uscmed.sc.edu), Bob Price (bob.price@uscmed.sc.edu) or JoAn Hudson (joanh@clemson.edu)

Endowed Chair Position in Tissue Engineering - University of South Carolina 
The University of South Carolina is seeking an outstanding leader for the position of South Carolina SmartState Endowed Chair in Tissue Engineering. This Endowed Chair will lead/expand development of biomedical engineering research at the University. The Endowed Chair position is part of an integrated state-wide SmartState Center for Advanced Tissue biofabrication with researchers dedicated to the understanding and fabrication of biological materials and tissues. A key focus of the Center is to integrate research activities in tissue engineering and biofabrication across the state and to promote economic development in these areas. The other participating institutions are the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston (MUSC) and Clemson University (CU).  For more information on how to apply, please see the position announcement.

SC Project EARB Meeting and Poster Session / SC INBRE Scientific Symposium
The 2012 SC Project EARB Meeting was held in conjunction with the SC INBRE Scientific Symposium February 22-23, 2012 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, SC. 
 

Register Now to be a member of the International Society for Biofabrication
The International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF) is a scientific and professional Society which promotes advances in Biofabrication research, development, education, training, and medical and clinical applications. ISBF represents the international Biofabrication community and shall operate as a non-profit organization. ISBF’s core purpose is to foster scientific and technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. ISBF shall promote the interaction between the different disciplines of the field of Biofabrication as well as between basic research and applied practice; and cooperate with other scientific organizations and communities.

"diSCovering Science"
The new series of videos "diSCovering Science" has been posted on The SC Project's YouTube channel.  These videos were produced in conjunction with South Carolina Educational Television, and are designed for K-12 students and teachers.

SC EPSCoR/IDeA Program Highlights

Brochure highlighting research achievements of SC EPSCoR/IDeA (pdf)

Poster highlighting research performed by SC EPSCoR/IDeA participants (pdf)

Poster summarizing The South Carolina Project for Organ Biofabrication (pdf)

Poster highlighting communication activities related to The SC Project for Organ Biofabrication (pdf)

Material on this site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation-EPSCoR program under Grant Number EPS-0903795, and by the National Institutes of Health Grant Number P20 RR-016461 from the National Center for Research Resources.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health.