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Fed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn Coming Up 10/21: NIH Webinar: A Conversation on Recent Updates Regarding Supporting a Safe and Respectful Workplace at Institutions that Receive NIH Funding: 10/14/26Nature China’s extraordinary rise in science and how it will change the world The nation is on a trajectory to lead the world in science, a development that…
Read MoreUntangling the link between depression and gut disease
Among patients with both diagnoses, depression was more often recorded before irritable bowel syndrome, while Crohn’s disease was more often recorded before depression. Ulcerative colitis showed a more mixed pattern. The study analyzed records from more than 630,000 participants in the NIH All of Us Research Program. It confirmed the findings using the University of…
Read MoreYouTube Tuesday: Internal Control Requirements for Auditors
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Read More40 years in the light
In 1980, Michael Berns sent invitations to every biotech and medical company CEO he could find in Orange County. A UC Irvine cell biologist with a habit of pointing lasers at things nobody else thought to aim them at, Berns wanted them to see the Laser Microbeam Program – a machine he’d spent a year…
Read MoreNIH Guide Notices for 10-09-2026 (The NIH Guide TOC)
Dear Colleagues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the following policy notice. If you have any questions, please contact your Federal Contracts and Grants Officer (https://research.uci.edu/about-or/contact/staff-by-dept-assignment/) or me at warnerj@uci.edu. Accelerated Implementation of Data Management and Sharing Plan Changes for NIH Career Development (K) Awards (NOT-OD-26-120) Office of the Director, NIH On August 12,…
Read MoreFed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn 10/9/26Inside Higher Ed 9 Universities Accused of J-1 Visa Fraud: At a press conference Thursday, officials said they’d subpoenaed the institutions for bringing in too many noncitizens, undercutting the wages of American researchers. STATSee also Trump administration investigates 9 universities for alleged visa fraud 10/8/26NIH NOT-OD-26-118 Request for Information (RFI): Opportunities…
Read MoreWhere Neighbors Guide the Science
This story is a digital preview from the forthcoming fall 2026 edition of UC Irvine Magazine. For Dr. Dan Cooper, caring for individual patients and engaging with the communities where they live go hand in hand. “My interest in community goes way, way back to my time as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz in the…
Read MoreNational Institutes of Health – New FAQs
Dear Colleagues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) covering three key research compliance topics relevant to NIH-funded projects. The links to the FAQs are provided below. Co-Authorship and Foreign Components — FAQs from the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Research Security Subcommittee’s discussion with NIH Extramural Leadership covering co-authorship,…
Read MoreDepartment of Energy selects UC Irvine-led, AI-driven geothermal energy project
MAESTRO project experts will use AI to discover and tap into geothermal energy resources safely and economically. Department of Energy-funded initiative was established to improve energy independence and security in the United States. Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, four national laboratories (Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence…
Read MoreFed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn 10/7/26Politico Trump admin to receive $100 million in compute credits for AI science initiative The credits are intended to give Genesis Mission researchers access to computing power that smaller labs and companies struggle to secure as major AI firms lock up capacity. 10/6/26The Chronicle, Opinion The End of the ‘Comprehensive’ Research…
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