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Summary of the Seventh Comparative Medicine Resource Directors Meeting — October 7-8, 2008

Dr. Stephen Barthold of the University of California at Davis was awarded a conference grant that supported the Seventh Comparative Medicine (CM) Resource Directors Meeting held on October 7-8, 2008, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Principal Investigators were invited to attend if they held resource-related grants or contracts from NCRR's Division of Comparative Medicine. The meeting provided a forum to highlight activities of the DCM-supported resource centers and to exchange additional information. The attendees included the Principal Investigators of NCRR-supported centers funded by contracts, P40, U24, and U42 grant mechanisms, as well as grantees that have resource-related projects funded via the R24 mechanism. During the Seventh CM Resource Directors' Meeting, extensive material was provided on a compact disc prepared by NCRR staff and distributed to the attendees.

• Meeting Summary

Executive Summary of the Animal Models: Informatics and Access Meeting — Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Biomedical research is critical for effective resolution of the health issues which negatively impact our world. From both individual and societal perspectives, serious health issues are a profound detrimental influence on quality of life. In addition, treatment of health issues consumes a significant and increasing share of individual and national resources, thereby limiting options to address other issues of societal concern. Taken together, these factors form a substantial motivation to maximize productivity in biomedical research.

• Executive Summary
• Agenda (24KB PDF)
• Roster (14KB PDF)

Summary of the 2008 National Veterinary Scholars Symposium — Thursday, July 31, 2008 - Sunday, August 3, 2008

Over 450 people gathered on the Michigan State University campus July 31 - August 3 for the 2008 National Veterinary Scholars Symposium. This symposium — sponsored in part by NIH, Merck & Co., Inc. (a pharmaceutical company), and Merial (an animal health company) — brought together veterinary students from schools around the United States and Canada who are engaged in formal research programs.

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Summary of Chimp Haven Visit and Meeting with the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Working Group and the Chimp Haven Board of Directors — Tuesday, July 8, 2008

On July 8, 2008, the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Working Group toured the Chimp Haven facility with the Chimp Haven staff and Board of Directors. The tour was comprehensive, and all of the facilities were visited — though it did not include entering the interior housing areas.

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Report of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Working Group — Friday, May 30, 2008

This final report summarizes a meeting of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Working Group held in Bethesda, Maryland on Monday, May 5, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to provide expert input to the National Advisory Research Resources Council on specific issues related to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) oversight of the federally supported National Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

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Summary of the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium — August 3-4, 2007

Special focuses of the symposium were comparative oncology as well as the contributions of veterinary scientists to public health. Concurrent sessions also focused on immunology, genomics, stem cells, genetic disease, neurobiology, cancer, infectious disease, and lab animal medicine. (August 3-4, 2007)

• Agenda
• Workshop Summary

Improving Genetic Resources for the Rhesus Macaque

The purpose of this workshop was to define the need for and properties of physical maps for the rhesus, with an emphasis on a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) map. (May 23, 2007)

• Agenda
• Workshop Summary

Achieving High-Throughput Repositories for Biomedical Germplasm Preservation

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The purpose of the workshop was to assess the status of germplasm cryopreservation for the target species: mouse, rat, domestic pig, nonhuman primate, and three species of aquarium fishes (Zebrafish, Medaka, and Swordfish). (April 10-11, 2007)

• Agenda
• Workshop Summary
• Final Workshop Report (222KB PDF)

Comparative Medicine Resource Directors Meeting

This meeting highlighted activities of the NCRR-supported comparative medicine resource centers and other resource-related projects. (November 15-16, 2006)

• Meeting Summary
• Print-friendly Version (39KB PDF)

Genetic Tools for Optimizing the Use of Rhesus Macaques for Translational Research

The purpose of the workshop was to define the next generation of genetic tools needed to optimize the use of rhesus macaques in translational research. (April 19-20, 2006)

• Workshop Summary
• Final Workshop Report (258KB PDF)

Navigating the Translational Researcher Through a Complex of Animal and Biological Resources

Participants in this workshop explored approaches for enabling researchers to find and use animal and other biological resources more efficiently. (March 6-7, 2006)

• Workshop Summary
• Final Workshop Report (339KB PDF)