Overview
Funds for the NFGC's sixth year were released in August 2008 for the period of performance 8-26-08 through 9-25-09. Funding was provided per the FY'07 Defense Appropriation.
During year 6, the NFGC at Moffitt will continue to focus on research projects that are applicable to our mission.
We announced a request for proposals (RFP) on 11/30/07 for our second round of Programmatic Research Grants. The top 6 projects were selected and work has begun on all.
During the FY'07 funding cycle we were pleased to add one new affiliate to our existing group, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. Steve Ethier, PhD will lead their project, "Oncogenomics Imaging Center." The OIC at the Karmanos Cancer Institute will develop technology that will allow for the diagnosis of human cancer by defining oncogene signatures that characterize cancers in individual patients. In addition, the OIC will develop models of human cancers, and from these models oncogenomic signatures will be developed, validated and made available to all participating institutions within the U.S. Department of Defense National Functional Genomics Center.
Our other Affiliates, Vanderbilt Medical Center and the Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center each received funding to continue their NFGC projects.
The 6th annual meeting of the NFGC External Advisory Board was held October 2-3, 2008 in Clearwater, FL.
We held the Second Moffitt Symposium on Mass Spectrometry on February 11-12, 2009 at the Moffitt Cancer Center.
Additionally, the Second Scientific Advisory Committee meeting was held in Washington, D.C. February 15-17, 2009.
Page updated 8/21/09