dkNET community events and announcements in August, 2022

Dear dkNET Community,

dkNET provides updates on activities of interest to the NIDDK-supported community. You could keep up to date on these activities through our Twitter feed @dkNET_info, through our Community Calendar, or through dkNET e-mail list. If you have an event or funding opportunities you'd like to advertise, please contact us info_at_dknet.org.

dkNET News

• D-Challenge: dkNET is partnering with the(sugar)science again for a D-Challenge this summer and fall. This is a collaborative bioinformatics challenge using online digital resources focused on Type 1 Diabetes. Registration is open now and the deadline is September 1, 2022! Win awards totaling $50K! Learn more: https://dknet.org/about/blog/2425

• New Publication: The RRID (Research Resource Identifier) project lead - Dr. Anita Bandrowski, the dkNET co-P.I. Dr. Jeffrey Grethe, and colleagues at UCSD FAIR Data Informatics group – has published a new paper in the Journal of Medical Research: “Establishing Institutional Scores With the Rigor and Transparency Index: Large-scale Analysis of Scientific Reportin

• New Resources Added to dkNET
• sei (RRID:SCR_022571) is a web server for systematically predicting sequence regulatory activities and applying sequence information to human genetics data. It provides a global map from any sequence to regulatory activities, as represented by sequence classes, and each sequence class integrates predictions for chromatin profiles – like transcription factor, histone marks, and chromatin accessibility profiles – across a wide range of cell types. 

• BioKB (RRID:SCR_022530) is a web tool for text mining and semantic technologies related to biomedical content discovery. This resource can be used to discover cause-effect relations between multiple entity types and deliver standardized representation of knowledge.

• NCBI Datasets (RRID:SCR_022569) is a platform to let researchers gather data from across NCBI databases. Allows the user to find and download genes, transcripts, proteins and genome sequences, as well as associated annotations and metadata

• Transcriptional Regulatory Relationships Unrevealed by Sentence based Text mining database (TRRUST) (RRID:SCR_022554) is a reference database of human transcriptional regulatory interactions. TRRUST v2 is a manually curated expanded reference database of human and mouse transcriptional regulatory interactions.

• Hexamer Additive Linear (RRID:SCR_022581) is a web tool to predict the effects of sequence variants on alternative splicing. This tool has the ability to predict changes in alternative 5' splice events as well as skipped exon events.

Events in August 2022

Aug. 01-03, 2022 

NIDDK KUH Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022

This meeting is the culminating experience for the undergraduate participants sponsored by the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Summer Research Experience Programs and Kidney Technology Development Research Education Programs. The conference will bring all students together to share their research accomplishments, network with peers and distinguished faculty, and receive timely career development advice. This added exposure to professional and scientific opportunities in renal, urologic, and hematologic diseases will encourage undergraduates to continue their medical or graduate careers in areas within the NIDDK research mission. While typically an in-person event, this year’s conference will be held virtually.

More Information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2022/kuh-summer-undergraduate-research-symposium-2022

Aug. 02, 2022 

Talk & Poster Abstract Submission Due: Cell Bio 2022

Cell Bio 2022 will return as an in-person meeting December 3-7, 2022, in Washington, DC. We are excited to make it possible for colleagues to reconnect face-to-face, while keeping health and safety paramount. We understand flexibility is also important. In addition to our in-person meeting, limited content will be available on-demand for purchase after the meeting. 

Early Registration ends September 30, 2022

Talk & Poster Submission Deadline: August 2, 2022 by 9 pm EDT

Poster-Only (discounted fees) Submission Deadline: September 1, 2022 ]by 9 pm EDT

Poster-Only  (high fees) Submission Deadline: October 11, 2022 by 9 pm EDT

Location:  Washington, DC, USA

More Information: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2022/abstracts/

Aug. 05, 2022

NIDDK Workshop Registration Deadline: Neurourology: Bridging Basic and Clinical Science to Understand Urologic Disease

This follow-on workshop will serve as an opportunity to evaluate the existing body of basic and translational research and more recent advances in the field. The overall goal of this workshop is to identify persistent gaps in knowledge related to the interaction between the nervous system and the genitourinary system; how that interaction contributes to benign urologic diseases and disorders; and how multidisciplinary basic, translational, and clinical research can fill these gaps and ultimately enhance prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of benign urologic conditions.

Register Deadline: August 5, 2022

Meeting Dates: August 22-23, 2022

Location:  Bethesda, MD, USA

More Information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2022/Neurourology-Bridging-Basic-Clinical-Science-Understand-Urologic-Disease

Aug. 06-08, 2022

2022 SPARC FAIR Codeathon

The SPARC Data and Resource Center, with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will host a three-day in-the-cloud codeathon. Total prize pool of US$50,000 -- including cash prizes and manuscript publication fees.

We encourage researchers and data scientists at any stage of their science journey to apply. Teams will greatly benefit from people who possess any of the following skills:

• Data mining, image and text analysis

• Working knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python, R)

• Familiarity with methods for manipulating and/or analyzing large datasets (AI/ML, computational modeling, etc.)

• Developing bioinformatics code, pipelines or tools

• Data visualization

• Knowledge graphs

• Web development

• Understanding of neuroscience and/or neurostimulation

The projects are:

• Creating a dark theme for the SPARC Portal.

• Leverage AWS Athena and Glue to index, query and find data from SPARC datasets and develop a dashboard with relevant information.

• Develop a Slack integration to interact with the SPARC repository.

• Explore display of dataset metadata.

• Combining scaffold mapping tools with SODA

• Using Leaflet to interact with flatmaps in a Jupyter notebook.

• Explore new modes of interaction with organ scaffold maps.

• Establish services on o²S²PARC to automatically analyze SPARC-relevant image data (e.g., from the SPARC Portal).

• Establish model-order-reduction (MOR) functionality on o²S²PARC using o²S²PARC's parameterized modeling framework.

• SimpleSCKAN Query UI - development of a simple SPARQL query UI that can use pre-made templates to run queries against the SCKAN SPARQL store.

• Create tutorial/educational content on use of SPARC services using, for example, Jupyter Notebooks.

• Simple Protocols.io widget that provides a quick overview of the protocol that could be integrated with the SPARC Portal.

• Modules that can be run against SPARC dataset metadata to enhance and expand the metadata (via Python).

Codeathon Dates: August 6-8, 2022

More Information: https://sparc.science/help/2022-sparc-fair-codeathon

Aug. 08, 2022 

Abstract Submission Due: Bay Area Metabolism Meeting (BAMM) 2022

BAMM started in 2019 and is a one-day symposium hosted by Stanford University and Stanford Diabetes Research Center with an amazing collection of speakers from Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. The goal is to learn more about the latest science to promote new ideas, projects, and collaborations.

Meeting Date: September 8, 2022 at 9:00am - 4:00pm

Registration Deadline: August 31, 2022

Location:  Stanford, CA, USA

More Information: https://www.bayareametabolismmeeting.com/ 

Aug. 10, 2022

DRC Virtual Seminar Series: “What bariatric surgery tells us about the role the gut plays in the regulation of metabolism”

Diabetes Virtual Seminar Series webinar “What bariatric surgery tells us about the role the gut plays in the regulation of metabolism," presented by Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D.

Webinar Date: August 10th, 2022 at 11:00 AM PST

More Information: https://diabetes-virtual-seminar.org/

Aug. 11, 2022 

NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy 2-Part Webinar Series: Understanding the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy

Register now for this 2-part series A Conversation with NIH: Implementing the New Data Management and Sharing Policy. In this series, our policy experts will break down what the policy means for you and discuss key factors to consider when sharing data.

In this first webinar of the series, you will learn about DMS policy expectations, the applicability of the policy, how to prepare a Data Management and Sharing Plan, and considerations for sharing data responsibly.

Webinar Dates: August 11, 2022 at 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST & September 22, 2022 at 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST

More Information: https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2022/07/19/register-today-for-the-nih-data-management-and-sharing-dms-policy-2-part-webinar-series/

Aug. 15, 2022 

Abstract Submission Due: 2022 Annual Mid Atlantic Diabetes Obesity Research Symposium

The goal of this meeting is to encourage scientific exchanges, interactions, and collaborations at the regional level.

Registration Deadline: September 16, 2022

Location:  Bethesda, MD, USA

More Information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2022/Annual-Mid-Atlantic-Diabetes-Obesity-Research-Symposium

Aug. 22-23, 2022

NIDDK Workshop: Neurourology: Bridging Basic and Clinical Science to Understand Urologic Disease

This follow-on workshop will serve as an opportunity to evaluate the existing body of basic and translational research and more recent advances in the field. The overall goal of this workshop is to identify persistent gaps in knowledge related to the interaction between the nervous system and the genitourinary system; how that interaction contributes to benign urologic diseases and disorders; and how multidisciplinary basic, translational, and clinical research can fill these gaps and ultimately enhance prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of benign urologic conditions.

Meeting Dates: August 22-23, 2022

Location: Bethesda, MD, USA

More Information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2022/Neurourology-Bridging-Basic-Clinical-Science-Understand-Urologic-Disease

Aug. 31, 2022

Registration Due: BAMM 2022

BAMM started in 2019 and is a one-day symposium hosted by Stanford University and Stanford Diabetes Research Center with an amazing collection of speakers from Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. The goal is to learn more about the latest science to promote new ideas, projects, and collaborations.

Meeting Date: September 8, 2022 at 9:00am - 4:00pm

Abstract Submission Deadline: August 8, 2022

Location:  Stanford, CA, USA

More Information: https://www.bayareametabolismmeeting.com/ 

Funding Opportunities Information and Deadlines in August 2022

Aug. 01, 2022 

NIH Career Program Letter of Intent Due: Diabetes-Docs: Physician-Scientist Career Development Program

The DiabDocs program is now soliciting letters of intent for applications for a mentored career development program from a diverse group of early career physician scientists engaged in research relevant to type 1 diabetes (T1D) including basic, translational, clinical, epidemiology/biostatistics, informatics, health services or health policy projects. This national program (run by Dr. Maahs at Stanford and Dr. DiMeglio at IU) replaces the previous institutional K12 programs. Awards will provide promising investigators the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive settings at their home institutions to compete successfully for an NIH K08/23 or similar Career Development Awards. 

Application Deadline: September 30, 2022

More Information: https://diabetescenters.org/sites/default/files/dco/National-K12-AD06_07_22.pdf

Aug. 01, 2022 

NIDDK Funding Opportunity Application Due: KUH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The purpose of the Kidney, Urology or Hematology (KUH) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (F99/K00) is to recruit truly exceptional graduate students, who are currently not involved in Kidney, Urology or Hematology (K, U or H) research, and provide them a stable transition into a postdoctoral research experience focused on K, U, or H research. Strong candidates will bring novel approaches and diverse perspectives from fields including, but not limited to, engineering, statistics, data science, imaging, biochemistry, neuroscience and genetics. Graduate students who are already involved in K, U, or H research are not eligible for this F99/K00 award and are instead encouraged to apply for the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31, PA-21-051). Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NIDDK Program Official early in the process to discuss eligibility and program goals.

More Information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-dk-21-033.html

Aug. 15, 2022 

ISAC Funding Opportunity Application Due: Innovative Science Accelerator Program Award

Seed funding for exceptionally innovative, disruptive (high-risk/high-reward) research relevant to KUH communities that has the potential to lead to groundbreaking or paradigm-shifting results that will change the field. ISAC awards are NOT Pilot & Feasibility projects for the generation of more preliminary data for traditional NIH applications (e.g., R01)

Three-page applications may request up to $100,000 (direct + indirect costs) Total Costs for one year.

More Information: https://www.isac-kuh.org/shared/fundingPrograms.aspx