Seminar: Regulation of androgen receptor transcription by MAGE-11
12:00 – 1:00pm
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Exec. Conference Room
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth M. Wilson – Prof. of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Biophysics – Laboratories for Reproductive Biology – UNC Chapel Hill. Details.
Wednesday, August 4
Health Care Reform: Myths vs. Facts
7:30 – 10:00am
North Ridge Country Club, 6612 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh
Health care reform is expected to transform one of the Triangle’s fastest growing industries. This panel will explore and explain the implications of the landmark legislation for patients, physicians and employers. Learn the facts, without the noise.
Triangle Get Ready for Plug-in Electric Vehicles Education Forum
11:30am – 4:30pm
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
Lunch will be provided. Space is limited so register today for this FREE forum to learn about plug-in electric vehicles and the infrastructure required to make electrified transportation a success!
NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
8:00am – 5:00pm
McKimmon Center, 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606
This 9th NC State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium showcases the hands-on scholarship of students from across the nation and from NCSU who have received funding from one of 20 different grants to conduct research during summer 2010. About 92% of participants are in biotechnology-linked disciplines.
Ride Starts at the Bronze Bull Downtown Plaza, Durham
A monthly ride which calls attention to the rights of cyclist to the roads as a vital form of transportation.
Friday, August 6
Fault Lines in Global Health: Launch of CSIS Debate Series
9:30 – 11:00am
Live Webcast
On August 6, 2010, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center is launching a year-long debate series— Fault Lines in Global Health —intended to generate an informed, civil, bipartisan, and open airing of opinion on critical global health controversies. Ambassador Princeton Lyman will affirm the resolution.
The Research Triangle Park (RTP) has partnered with Communities In Schools of Durham and Wake counties in an effort to provide backpacks filled with essential school supplies for needy children in the Research Triangle community.
How can the RTP Community help?
Shop for a new backpack and/or the recommended school supplies provided by Communities In Schools, or provide tax-deductible funds either by mail or in person to the Research Triangle Foundation and we will purchase items on your behalf.
RTP and Team Leader volunteers will collect and sort the backpacks and school supplies, and distribute them to low-income students via Communities In Schools of Durham and Wake counties.
Who will benefit?
This year, RTP is working with a kindergarten class in Durham County and an after-school program in Wake County towards the goal of helping a total of 100 low-income children by providing them with new backpacks filled with the tools they need to succeed in school.
Learn more
For questions regarding the RTP Back to School Drive, or to learn more about becoming a Team Leader for your RTP company, please contact James Lim, Director of @rtp Programs.
Durham County cut the ribbon Wed., July 28, to a brand new South Regional Library on S. Alston Ave. The library stands on the historic Old Lowe’s Grove School site, a local landmark for regional education. Celebratory activities included ventriloquists, boxing demonstrations, yoga, Only Burger and ice cream trucks, and historians documenting citizen stories with Durham Co. ties.
The day kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Durham County Commissioners gave a few words of commemoration, from 10-10:30am,outside the front of the building. The Bull City Cowboys made a guest appearance to celebrate the opening of the new facility just prior to the cutting of the ribbon. Afterward, the fun moved indoors where visitors had a chance to check out the new library and sample some of the programming that will be available. DJ Piddypat was on mix patrol, spinning up a stew of African, Latin, and Brazilian beats to get the crowd energized. The crowd--which on average trended young--seemed plenty energized, between sugar-filled refreshments, exciting educational games, and even bouncy neon lily pads to sit and read on.
Meanwhile, back in the private study rooms, local historians sat listening to people share personal memories of the Lowe’s Grove site. Visitors were able to bring up to two photos related to the history of the area, to be scanned into the Durham County Library historic archive. Then, in what was called “Five Minute Memories”, the library recorded local residents giving oral histories of Parkwood, Lowe’s Grove, or RTP. The oral histories will also be cataloged into the archive.
More info is available at the library’s new website.
The Research Triangle Park and Quarry Integrated Communications are introducing Marketing Mondays, a monthly speaker series focused on helping business people in the Park (and across the Research Triangle region) market their products, services and technologies more effectively. Other Marketing Mondays proud partners include CED (formerly The Council for Entrepreneurial Development), the largest entrepreneurial support organization of its kind in the United States.
TriOut's iPhone app
The inaugural Marketing Monday will be held on Monday, Aug. 9 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. and will feature location-based marketing experts Wayne Sutton and Lawrence Ingraham of Tri-Out. Location-based marketing is the interaction with customers based on their location, offering value-based opportunities to increase customer loyalty and social sharing.
Alan Quarry
Future speakers will include: Paul Kalbfleisch, Vice President of Brand Creativity at BlackBerry; and Robert F. Lauterborn, author, consultant, and retired professor of advertising from the University of North Carolina. Marketing Mondays will also feature remarks by Alan Quarry, Chairman and CEO of Quarry Integrated Communications.
“Marketing has entered a new era with the emergence of innovative technologies and practices,” says Cara Rousseau, RTP Director of Partnership Initiatives. “Our goal is to help anyone with an interest in engaging with their customers and target communities to re-think and re-search how to successfully build their business in today’s economic and technology climate.”
Marketing Mondays will be hosted at the RTP Headquarters at 12 Davis Drive in The Research Triangle Park. A networking reception will follow each program. Admission is free. However, attendees are asked to RSVP at www.marketingmondays.org, or send an email to marketingmondays@quarry.com.
Check out this new YouTube video taped at the BIO 2010 conference in Chicago, highlighting NC as a world leader in the biotechnology and life sciences industries. Special kudos to the NC Biotechnology Center for putting together such a quality video!
The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Broaden your knowledge and your professional network by joining us for this four day intensive course on current health care issues and trends. Led by distinguished faculty from The Duke MBA Health Sector Management (HSM) program, the course is open to executives and managers from all industries.
Certified ScrumMaster with Jeff Sutherland – Back in RTP!
9:00am (Mon. 7/26) – 5:00pm (Tues. 7/27)
Four Points Sheraton at South Point, 7807 Leonardo Drive, Durham, NC 27713
n this course, participants will learn how to stop thrashing and start executing along with everything necessary for getting started with Scrum. Following the course, each participant is enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance.
PEPH Webinar: Community Health Workers – Methods and Models to Improve Environmental Public Health
1:00 – 2:00pm
Online (www.gotowebinar.com)
Open to the public. Find out more at NIEHS’s website.
Super Cool Liquid Nitrogen Show
Shows at 1:30pm AND 3:00pm daily (Tues. 7/27 – Sat. 7/31)
Museum of Life + Science, 33 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC 27704
The liquid nitrogen show is back by popular demand! Come see this exciting, engaging and chilly show to discover what happens to different objects when they get “super cool.” You’ll even get to sample your own liquid nitrogen ice cream!
Free, with museum admission. Reserve tickets at desk day of show. Museum events.
Wednesday, July 28
Grand Opening of South Regional Library
10:00am – 6:00pm
4505 S. Alston Ave at NC Hwy. 54, Durham
The day will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony, with comments from Durham County Commissioners and other library guests, from 10-10:30am, in front of the building. Visitors will check out the new library, participate in a special gathering of historic stories and photos, and sample some of the programs that will be available at their library.
Local Tech Wire’s Executive Exchange: The “Immersive Internet”
11:30am – 1:30pm
American Tobacco Campus – Bay 7, 324 Blackwell St, Washington Bldg, Durham, 27709
How can you and your business take advantage of opportunities created by virtual worlds, real-time collaboration, and the life-like experience of 3D? Internationally published and recognized expert in all things 3D, Dr. Tony O’Driscoll (Duke professor and fmr. IBM/Nortel exec) will discuss and demonstrate the potential of the Immersive Internet.
This event is a complimentary networking luncheon, followed by a discussion surrounding Information Quality strategies and the impact on Machine Translation for companies with global content and products. Co-hosted by SDI.
Headshot Tweetup
7:00 – 10:00pm
MindWorks Multimedia – 807 East Main Street – Durham, NC 27701
Come meet other people who are active in the Triangle social media world that want a new/better profile picture. You hang out and try the awesome FREE BEER from our friends at LoneRider Brewing Company. Professional photographers present.
Seminar: Biomolecular Simulations Using Implicit Solvent Models
1:00 – 2:00pm
NIEHS, Rall Bldg, Rm F193
Speaker: Professor David Case, Rutgers University. Open to the public. More.
IBM Supplier Development, Global Entrepreneur, and SME Toolkit
6:00 – 9:00pm
Brier Creek Country Club
TiE Carolinas monthly networking dinner. IBM program managers panel on supplier development, innovation programs, and small business resources. Details and registration.
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To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.
A lot goes on at RTI International’s campus in RTP: everything from governmental prototypes of democracy in Iraq to cutting-edge chemical engineering and energy research. Dave Myers, RTI’s vice president of the Engineering and Technology Unit (ETU) said the expansive undertakings of the institution enable new scientific discoveries and progress on a regional, national, and global level.
SITT's Sabine Vollmer (left) and RTI VP Dave Myers
“The goal is to be considered to be among the upper echelon of companies making a difference,” Myers said. For his department’s energy programs, it’s vital to stay on top. The federal government only allots grant money to certain research organizations, and stimulus money has been hard to come by. Some of it won’t surface until as late as 2014, and a lot is still being allocated.
However, the state agreed to match Washington’s funds, even amidst its current budgeting crisis. And with new contributions from the Dept. of Energy, money going towards energy research at RTI has doubled since 2007, Myers said.
So what, exactly, is Myers’ team putting the grant money towards? Lots of different projects, but mainly, solar power. However, he isn’t talking about ordinary sun panels making electricity. Myers said his team is mixing sunlight and water to make gasoline.
These solar panels capture heat-waves from the sun and generate hydrogen, which the ETU can add to water and transform into hydrocarbons. Mix that with carbon-dioxide and you get methanol. (Methanol = CH3OH, the chemical synthesis of CO2 and H2.) The methanol is then converted into liquid gasoline, the same kind our cars run on now.
Except it’s cleaner. This gas has fewer harmful emissions and byproducts than conventional oil-based petroleum burning. There’s also far less sulfur. Not to mention, it’s renewable. What’s key, Myers said, is that engine performance will be exactly the same. It maintains an incredibly high energy density, which is the most compelling aspect of gasoline from an engineering standpoint while battery technology for electric cars is still immature.
Other projects his team is working on includes novel LED lighting designs and the “pMUT” (short for Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer), a biomedical device that delivers real-time 3D ultrasonic images inside the human body. It has already been found highly beneficial for both cardiac and intravascular operations. No such technology has previously been available to surgeons, which is why the medical community is so excited for its introduction. RTP’s own National Institute of Health (NIH) originally funded the project; now, RTI is partnering with Duke to further development.
-Ross Maloney. Reporting by Sabine Vollmer, for Science in the Triangle. Read her “Inside RTP” feature on Myers’ interview here.
Exciting announcement from American Tobacco yesterday – the American Underground will debut this fall! Explaining that the campus will have the energy of a start-up campus and all the amenities of a world-class business campus, Jim Goodmon, Rick Weddle and other state and regional economic development leaders announced the anticipated opening of the 26,000 square foot “underground” office facility.
With individual tenant suites, a common break room and even a vintage arcade, the American Underground will strengthen and continue to develop the culture of creativity and innovation that is flourishing in the Research Triangle!
Check out the website -- one lucky entrepreneur even has the chance to win the Underground Overachievers’ Start-up Kit!
Museum of Life + Science, 433 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC 27704
If you dig dinosaurs, come and celebrate Dinosaur Trail’s first anniversary with a weekend full of fossils and fun! Meet local collectors from the North Carolina Fossil Club, talk with paleontology experts, find your own fossils or make fossil casts and meet Buddy from UNC-TV’s Dinosaur Train!
Seminar: Epigenetic mechanisms underlying estrogen-mediated gene silencing in breast cancer
10:00 – 11:00am
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Room D350
To gain a better understanding of the role estrogen-regulated ncRNAs play in establishing and maintaining chromatin states of the ER± transcriptome, our lab is developing a novel strand-specific RNA sequencing protocol for the Illumina Genome Analyzer platform.
TGHC Gender Working Group: “The Policy Environment for Gender and RH/HIV”
5:30 – 7:00pm
Cox multi-purpose room, RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, RTP
Mary M. Kincaid, Senior Policy Advisor at Futures Group, will provide an update on gender-related policy as it applies to USG programming in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.
Register by end of business day, Friday July 15, here.
Wednesday, July 21
Structure Lab Durham
All day.
RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709
A day-long experience in which participants explore how corporate structures and hybrid forms can enable or hinder their efforts. Participants leave with new tools and perspectives with which they can make better choices about financing, governance, growth, market interaction and exits.
A community of designers/developers working to refresh the creative, technical & professional culture of new media endeavors in their area through design, technology, usability, and standards. Speaker: Abe Crystal, MoreBetterLabs.com
Wake Tech Northern Campus,6600 Louisburg Road Bldg D – Room 310, Raleigh, 27616
Do you have intellectual property or business products you should legally protect? If you have questions or just need an overview of the topics of discussion, this seminar is for you. Lawyers from NC LEAP present.
Communicable Disease Conference: Quality Improvement Through Best Practice
8:00am – 4:15pm
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC
Conference participants learn about best practices for communicable disease programs in local public health agencies. Public health professionals and community partners interact with key leaders in communicable disease to discuss hot topics, outbreak response, and new initiatives.
