LFS Today July 13, 2022

News

DAE Staff Update

On Friday, July 22, the LFS DAE team bids farewell to Jane Miller, Development Coordinator. Jane joined LFS in late 2019 and has been an essential member who has made significant contributions to the operations of our unit and became a master of system plans. Please drop by the Dean’s office to sign a card and wish her the best of luck as she starts her next chapter.

Wellness Wednesdays

If you have concerns or doubts about a diagnosis, need help deciding on a treatment option or question the need for surgery, try Teladoc. UBC is trialling this 100% free and confidential service for all members of UBC’s Extended Health Benefits plan until September 30, 2023.

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New community/grass roots group for trans, gender diverse faculty launched

Dr. Jehannine Austin, an agender professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, recently started an informal group for trans and gender diverse faculty. The group seeks to provide a space for mutual support and community building. Names of members are not shared with other group members without explicit permission. For more information and to join the group, send an email to Jehannine.austin@ubc.ca.

Events

Today – Retirement Celebration for Christine Scaman and David McArthur

Please join us as we celebrate Christine Scaman and David McArthur’s retirement! It will be a casual open house held in the FNH Atrium/130 – Wednesday, July 13th from 3:30 – 5:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Aug. 22 to 25 – CTLT Summer Institute

The CTLT Summer Institute focuses on the fundamentals of teaching and learning for new instructors and teaching assistants. Browse through events designed to help participants enhance their understanding of sound teaching practices and learn to implement them in their teaching contexts.

August 22–25, 2022 | In-person & Online

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Deadlines

July 31 – Partnership Opportunities with PepsiCo, Takeda, Bayer and more

PepsiCo

• Materials and technologies for greenhouse gas reduction in packaging
  Reduce GHG emissions during packaging production or over the lifecycle of PET bottles, aluminum cans, and glass packaging
  Funding: $25,000 USD is available for a proof-of-concept in 2022, with an additional $50,000-100,000 available for further development.
• Technologies to minimize the salty taste of electrolytes
  Minimize the perception of a salty taste in beverages containing electrolytes
  Funding is proposal-dependent and typically ranges from $25,000 to $100,000 for a 6-month proof-of-concept.

Takeda

• Small molecule binders of lysosomal proteins and glycosaminoglycans for eventual use as PET ligands
  Identify small molecule binders or binding motifs that can bind glycosaminoglycans, sphingolipids, or lysosomal proteins
  Funding: $150,000 – $300,000 over 1-2 years for further evaluation of potential leads along with possible license of the researcher’s patented materials.

Bayer Crop Science

• Grants4Ag: Space biology exploration at Biosphere 2
  Conduct fundamental plant science research in a space-simulating environment
  Funding: Funding is proposal-dependent and typically ranges from $5,000 to $15,000. Prior recipients have used the funding for contract research, personnel, equipment and other purchases. Indirect costs are not included.
• Grants4Ag: Climate solutions through plant modifications
  Enable carbon sequestration or removal in cereals, legumes and pulses relying on the use of gene editing or transgenes
  Funding: $5,000-$10,000. Funds will be in the form of a credit towards transformation work at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center. The final amount and scope of work will be based on discussions between the selected project teams, WCIC and the Bayer team.
• Grants4Ag: Enabling technologies for plant transformation
  Develop new plant transformation technologies for row crops, particularly monocots
  Funding: $5,000 to $15,000. Prior recipients have used the funding for contract research, personnel, equipment and other purchases. Indirect costs are not included.

Confidential F500 Company

• Technology to remove chemicals, odors, VOCs and pathogens in air
  Remove, destroy, or eliminate chemicals and odors in air
  Funding: $25,000 to $100,000 for a 6-month proof-of-concept project with the potential for follow-on funding for 1-3 years.

The submission deadline for all calls is July 31. One-page proposals can be submitted online via the Halo application form which should take less than an hour to complete. If you have any questions, please reach out to James Wang at j.wang@ubc.ca.