Richard Isaacson, assistant professor of clinical neurology and medicine and director of the Neurology Residency Program at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Creating an Educator’s Portfolio” on Friday, May 21 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, contact Jessica Busquets at 305-243-8785 or [email protected].

Clinical research professionals from all University of Miami campuses are invited to attend the monthly meeting of a networking group for clinical research staff, including research coordinators, nurses, associates, assistants, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) coordinators and support staff.

The next networking meeting will be held on Friday, May 21 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, sixth-floor executive center. The schedule will be as follows:

12 to 12:20 p.m.
“Model of Quality Assurance” by Liz Alonso, director of quality assurance, Center for Family Studies

12:20 to 12:40 p.m.
“Velos, EPIC Integration, UHealthclinicaltrials.com, and Study Feasibility and Patient Matching” by Sean Rinehart, director of the Office of Research Information Management

12:40 to 1 p.m.
Administrative Discussion: NCRP Workgroups, by JoNell Potter

For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 305-243-8070.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the 11th Annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture and Cancer Research Poster Session on Friday, May 21 in honor of its founding director, Charles Gordon Zubrod. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Jackson Health System Diagnostic Treatment Center, second-floor conference room. Mario R. Capecchi, professor of biology and human genetics at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah, will present the lecture, “Modeling Human Cancer in the Mouse,” at 2 p.m.

Capecchi is interested in the molecular genetic analysis of mammalian development, with emphasis on neurogenesis, organogenesis, patterning of the vertebral column, and limb development. He also contributes to the modeling of human disease in the mouse, from cancer to neuropsychiatric disorders. He received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the world’s highest recognition for contributions to basic and clinical medical research. He was honored for his work in mouse gene targeting, a method for precisely manipulating genes to create animal models of human development and disease. Immediately following the lecture, attendees are invited to view posters from 3 to 4:30 p.m., followed by an award ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.

No RSVP is required. For further information, contact Kathy Salce at [email protected].

Amjad Farooq, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Lo and Behold! Binding of the ERa Nuclear Receptor to DNA Is Coupled to Proton Uptake” on Friday, May 21 at 12 p.m. in the Gautier Building, Room 118.