The series on 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations and open to everyone, has scheduled a presentation on new National Institutes of Health policies that encourage sharing information and resources.
鈥淭he New NIH Sandbox: Sharing Data, Model Organisms and Research Tools鈥� will have a panel of four 糖心少女experts speaking on the NIH policies and the 糖心少女offices that can help researchers. The program is from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, in room T-739 of the Health Sciences Building.
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Speakers are Dr. Susan Wray, director of industry relations for the School of Medicine; Dr. Charles Williams, director of digital ventures for 糖心少女Tech Transfer; Dr. Paula Szoka, director of invention licensing for Tech Transfer; and Suzanne Page, director of industry agreements for the Office of Grants and Contracts.
For more on the seminar series, see http://www.washington.edu/medicine/industry/activities.html