Re: Dissolution of the NCRR - pls read

Posted by Paul Herzmark on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Postdoc-and-PhD-positions-in-single-molecule-microscopy-tp5882834p5889839.html

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 ASCB = American Society of Cell Biologists
SIG = shared instrument grant
NIH = National Institutes of Health

But what is  NCRR?


Paul Herzmark


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Patty Conrad <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> This is a message I received from ASCB regarding the dissolution of the
> NCRR
> and the SIG funding:
>
> I have followed the discussions by the NIH Scientific Management Review
> Board and a subsequent conference call by Dr. Collins that took place in
> early
> December. Dr. Collins was clear that even if the programs currently housed
> at
> the NCRR are reassigned, their operation will not be changed. The changes
> being made to the NCRR do, however, appear to be a work in progress and
> the Public Policy Committee and I will continue to follow it.
>
> The ASCB Public Policy Committee discussed this at our meeting in December
> at the ASCB Annual Meeting and we will continue to watch it.
>
> Thank you for sharing your concern with me.
>
> Please do not hesitate to stay in touch with me on this or any other issue.
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Wilson
> ASCB Director of Public Policy
>