Moore Notes 8 12 09

PI Call (JG, JE, KP)

• Dec meeting
  • attending
    • Green lab: Steve, James, JG
    • Eisen lab: let KP know
  • organization
    • each person will lead on a topic
    • goals: conversation, feedback

• New budget
  • Donying might get paid by JGI
  • JGs didn't change
  • Check on $5K extra for computers to JG and KP when $ arrives

• New funding sources
  • Moore?
  • Sloan Foundation
    • idea: coordinating overlapping projects (Paula S.), e.g. a meeting to discuss collaborations
    • Not just indoor air
  • McDonald Foundation
    • collaborative awards (vs. research awards)
  • Human microbiome project
    • Owen White (UMD) has ~$15 million for a data analysis and coordination center (workflows)
    • Jumpstart: $20 million to genome centers, with informatics working group
    • Calls for research proposals occasionally
  • Other NIH
    • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-218.html
    • regular programs/agencies which fund compbio and/or microbiome stuff (NIAID)
    • NHGRI (education project?)

• Engineer hiring