Research Resources Reporter: March 2025
CONTENTS
- Data Science Research Bazaar
- MWACD announcement
- My Green Lab Freezer Challenge
- NIH HEI and SIG (S10) Funding Opportunities
- Core Highlight
- Question of the Month
- Shout-outs
Data Science Research Bazaar
Calling all data enthusiasts! Get ready to dive into the world of AI and machine learning at the 6th annual Data Science Research Bazaar, hosted by the Data Science Hub. You won’t want to miss this event on March 19-20 at the Discovery Building. The Data Science Research Bazaar is your chance to:
- Connect with UW-Madison’s thriving data science community
- Learn from inspiring talks, workshops, and interactive discussions
- Contribute your own ideas
- Network with fellow data enthusiasts and industry professionals
This year’s Research Bazaar—AI and ML in Research: Navigating Opportunities and Boundaries—will explore the potential and limitations of AI and ML in research. Presentations will also highlight fundamental and applied data science across research fields and industries.
This event is for everyone! Whether you’re a seasoned data scientist or just starting your journey, there’s something for you. The Research Bazaar is open to UW–Madison and the wider community. Register by March 12.
Questions? Email us at contact@datascience.wisc.edu.
Midwest Association of Core Directors (MWACD)
Looking for Cores/Labs on Campus to Tour
The Midwest Association of Core Directors (MWACD) is hosting its annual meeting at Memorial Union this year in October. MWACD is the Midwest regional chapter of ABRF (Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities). We are currently looking for core facilities that would like to give a tour of their facility. You do not need to currently be a member of ABRF to participate. The tours would be on October 22nd in early afternoon. To volunteer your facility or to learn more about ABRF and MWACD, please contact Molly Zeller (zeller2@wisc.edu).
My Green Lab Freezer Challenge
The UW-Madison Office of Sustainability invites campus labs to participate in the My Green Lab Freezer Challenge, a free program that runs from now through July 1st.
The Freezer Challenge helps labs improve energy efficiency, sample accessibility, safety, and cost savings through sustainable cold storage practices.
If labs are interested in learning about additional sustainability opportunities, please consider the My Green Lab Certification Program. This more comprehensive sustainability program targets energy, water, waste streams, purchasing, and more. The My Green Lab Certification Program also is free for UW–Madison labs, and the annual registration deadline is August 15th.
Thank you for your time, and please feel free to contact the Office of Sustainability Green Labs Team with any questions at greenlabs@g-groups.wisc.edu.
NIH HEI and SIG (S10) Funding Opportunities
High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program
The High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $750,001. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $2,000,000.
Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, X-ray diffractometers, mass spectrometers, high throughput robotic screening systems, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, flow cytometers, and biomedical imagers.
Internal Deadline for Notice of Intent: April 24, 2025
Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program
The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $750,000.
Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: light microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, flow cytometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, and X-ray diffractometers.
Internal Deadline for Notice of Intent: April 24, 2025
Core Highlight
University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center
The University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center (UWMRRC) provides irradiation services as well as dose verifications and equipment calibrations. The laboratory has been instrumental in the development of several methodologies adopted as national standards.
The UWMRRC is a Medical Physics Department facility which occupies approximately 8,000 square feet in the lower level of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR). The UWMRRC is completely self-funded through AAPM-accredited calibration services, with private industry-funded research contracts supplementing our research program. The UWMRRC employs 18 professional staff and supports 10-15 research assistants. Our reputation for advanced, comprehensive technical support and service is recognized worldwide.
The UWMRRC is a collaborative hub, working across multi‐disciplinary boundaries, to bring together standards laboratories, researchers and industry to create the next breakthroughs in medical physics and develop the metrological standards to enable their safe and effective use.
Resources
• Cesium-137 Irradiator
• Cobalt-60 Irradiator
• Linear Accelerator
• Mammographic X-Ray Machine
• Radiographic X-Ray Machine
Services
• Cesium-137 Air Kerma Irradiations
• Cobalt-60 Air Kerma Irradiations
• Dosimetry Calibrations
• TLD Radiation Dose Monitoring
• X-Ray Air Kerma Irradiations
Visit their Research Core Directory page for more information including resources and services offered.
Question of the Month!
We need your feedback! Please fill out the one-question survey: What is the most heavily used piece of equipment (or service) in your core?
Shout-outs
Social Science Research Services in L&S would like to recognize Mary Lynn Dombrowski (Administrative Assistant III). We are so fortunate to have Mary Lynn (ML) helping us over here in the social sciences, especially helping the directors, staff, and students of both the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging! ML is always so helpful to all our faculty affiliates, staff, students, trainees, postdocs, and visitors, going the extra mile to make sure everyone has a good experience and will go out of her way to be as accommodating as possible. If you ask almost anyone who has come through our research services office, they will probably have good things to say about us and our office thanks much in part to ML’s efforts and all she does for everyone!
Want to thank or recognize a core staff member who went above and beyond to support your research or the research of a core user? Email Sarah Brodnick (skkorinek@wisc.edu) with the individual’s name and a sentence or two about why they deserve a shout-out. Shout-outs will also be posted at https://research.wisc.edu/research-cores/research-resources-reporter/.