October 7, 2004
Health Sciences News Briefs
Kidney donation
Last year, over 6,000 family members, friends, co-workers and good Samaritans became living kidney donors. To learn how you could make a life-saving gift, come to UW Medical Center’s Transplant Team information night, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Cedar Room at Talaris Conference Center in Seattle’s Laurelhurst neighborhood. Refreshments will be served at this free event. For more information, or to register, please call Ricardo at 206-598-8455.
Mouse Genome Conference
Two School of Medicine faculty members are hosting the 18th International Mouse Genome Conference, set for Oct. 18 through 21 at the downtown Seattle Sheraton Hotel. Dr. Christine Disteche, professor of pathology, and Dr. David Adler, senior scientist at ZymoGenetics and affiliate assistant professor of pathology, will welcome more than 300 scientists. The mouse is one of the most-studied species, particularly for understanding inheritance and the effects of genetic mutation. A single-day rate will be available for UW scientists. To see the entire downloadable program, go to the Web site at http://www.mousegenomeconference.com .
South Lake Union event
“Experience South Lake Union” is the theme for an Open House and neighborhood celebration at the South Lake Union Park next to the Naval Reserve Building at 860 Terry Ave. N. The event, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, will include remarks by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels; live music; food from area restaurants; displays from UW units, the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and biotechnology companies, and information on housing. The event is free and there will also be free parking. For more information, contact Leslie Sugiura at 206-343-1543.
Career Seminar Series
The Biosciences Career Seminar Series will resume this fall with a presentation on the first year of teaching at a primarily undergraduate university, with Dr. Jennifer Loertscher, assistant professor at Seattle University. She holds a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology from the University of Wisconsin. The first seminar is from 5 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 20, in room T-639 of the Health Sciences Center. The series is organized by a group of graduate students and supported by the School of Medicine’s departments of Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physiology and Biophysics, Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, Genome Sciences, Biochemistry and Biological Structure, as well as programs in Neurobiology and Behavior and in Cellular and Molecular Biology. The Office of the Provost and the College of Arts and Sciences also provide support. For a full schedule, and other information on jobs and careers for Ph.D. graduates, see the Web site at http://courses. washington.edu/phd/index.html
Awards for projects
Three projects managed by Health Sciences/UW Medicine News and Community Relations will receive awards from the Group on Institutional Advancement at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual meeting in November. The Outreach Program will receive an Award of Excellence for all of its elements, including tours for high school students, the popular Mini-Medical School and televised segments from that program. The UW Medicine Dean’s Report 2002 has been selected for an Award of Distinction in the external publications category. A proactive media campaign, conducted in preparation for the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) meeting in Seattle last year, will also receive an Award of Distinction.
