Agenda

April 23 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
April 24 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

April 23

10:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Plenary Session
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Welcome to the S10 Symposium
Robin I. Kawazoe, Deputy Director, Division of Program Coordination,
Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI),
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ORIP’s Vision for the S10 Shared Instrumentation Programs
Xiang-Ning Li, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Construction and Instruments (DCI), Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), DPCPSI, NIH
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. An Overview of ORIP S10 Instrumentation Programs
Monika Aggarwal, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Program Officer, DCI, ORIP, DPCPSI, NIH
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. What’s New with S10 Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs)
Jeffrey Spector, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Program Officer, DCI, ORIP, DPCPSI, NIH
11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. The S10 Program—The Key for My Career and Beyond
Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) (S10 Symposium Chair)
11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Q&A
11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Session I: How to Write a Successful S10 Application
Moderator: Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, UT Health San Antonio and Xin (Jean) Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute on Aging, NIH
11:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Tips and Tricks on How to Prepare a Competitive S10 Submission
Simon C. Watkins Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh
11:55 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Importance of Preliminary Data for a Successful S10 Application
Birgit Schilling, Ph.D., Professor, Buck Institute
12:15 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. AUT Calculations, Access Requirements, and Equipment Integration
Neela H. Yennawar, Ph.D., Research Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
12:35 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break
12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. How to Write Compelling Research Summaries
Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. How to Demonstrate Your Need
Joseph Dragavon, Director, Core Facilities and Shared Instrumentation Research and Innovation Office, University of Colorado Boulder
1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Sharing Is Caring—The S10 Management Plan
Yoav Altman, Senior Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource, Sanford Burnham Prebys
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Q&A
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch Break (Demonstrations of iSMART and SPARK)
2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Session II: S10 Review 101
Moderator: Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh and Kristin H. Gilchrist, Ph.D., Program Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Overview of S10 Grant Review
Tianhong Wang, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, NIH
2:50 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. Overview of the Players in the S10 Grant Review Process
Caroline Shamu, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Cores and Technology, Harvard Medical School
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Common Pitfalls Identified in S10 Reviews
David W. Piston, Ph.D., Edward J. Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor, WashU Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. NIH S10 Grant Review: How the Process Works
Peter G. Smith, Ph.D., Wineinger Endowed Professor, The University of Kansas Medical Center
3:35 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Mock Review Panel
3:55 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Q&A
4:15 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Break (Demonstrations of iSMART and SPARK)
4:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session III: S10 Post-Review Process
4:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Post-review Process for an S10 Grant
Yong Chen, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Program Officer, DCI, ORIP, DPCPSI, NIH
4:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Summary Statement Received—What Do I Do Now?
Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, UT Health San Antonio (S10 Symposium Chair)
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Breakout Room 1 for New NOFOs
Breakout Room 2 for Writing and Review Process

April 24

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Session IV: Success Stories/Impact of S10
Moderator: Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, UT Health San Antonio (S10 Symposium Chair), and Adam J. Kuszak, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Keynote Presentation: NIH S10 Program Accomplishments and Highlights
Dorothy Beckett, Ph.D., Director, Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. One Microscope, Many Benefits: A Spinning Disk Confocal at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Growing an Integrated Structural Biology and Biophysical Analysis Facility at Penn State Through Strategic Shared Instrumentation Grants
Neela H. Yennawar, Ph.D., Research Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Cryo-EM in Kansas: A Cool IDeA for Expanding Access and Training
Bret D. Freudenthal, Ph.D., Professor, The University of Kansas Medical Center
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Success Stories of S10 Instrumentation Users!
Birgit Schilling, Ph.D., Professor, Buck Institute
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Session V: S10 Reporting Requirements
Moderator: Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, UT Health San Antonio (S10 Symposium Chair), and Raphael D. Isokpehi, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, Office of Data Science Strategy, NIH
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. The What, When, and How of S10 Reporting Requirements
Jeffrey Spector, Health Scientist Administrator, Program Officer, DCI, ORIP, DPCPSI, NIH
11:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Keynote Presentation: S10 Reporting—Requirements, Challenges, and Potential Impact
Yifan Cheng, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, San Francisco
11:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. From Instrument to Impact: AI-Powered SPARK Reporting for NIH S10 Grants
Neela H. Yennawar, Ph.D., Research Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. From the Award to the Year 1 Report—Things to Do
Joseph Dragavon, Director, Core Facilities and Shared Instrumentation Research and Innovation Office, University of Colorado Boulder
11:55 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Using iSMART for Instrument Management
Shizhen (Emily) Wang, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, San Diego
12:05 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. From Oversight to Insight: Building a Great S10 Advisory Committee
Ryan D. Leib, Ph.D., Director of Mass Spectrometry, Stanford University
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Q&A
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break (Demonstrations of iSMART and SPARK)
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Session VI: Operation, Maintenance and Institutional Support and Administration
Moderator: Sean Wilson, Ph.D., Professor, Loma Linda University, and Dorothy Beckett, Ph.D., Director, Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences, NIGMS, NIH
1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Building Institutional Support
Jennifer Lodge, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Innovation, John Strohbehn University Distinguished Professor, Duke University
1:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Crafting Institutional Support Letters
Caroline Shamu, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Cores and Technology, Harvard Medical School
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Explaining the Budget and Administration
David W. Piston, Ph.D., Edward J. Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor, WashU Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
1:40 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Training Users, Managing Schedules, Dealing with Data
Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Outreach and Training Strategies for Maximizing S10 Resource Utilization
Zhao Lai, Ph.D., Research Professor, UT Health San Antonio
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Q&A
2:15 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Session VII: User Recruitment and Grant Acknowledgment
Moderator: Susan T. Weintraub, Ph.D., Professor, UT Health San Antonio and Matthew E. Portnoy, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
2:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Cite Right—Watermarks, Nudges, and Strategies to Turn Users into Citation Champions
Kari Basso, Ph.D., Director, Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center, University of Florida
2:35 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Encouraging Grant Acknowledgment and Connecting S10 Grants to Papers in NCBI
Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. User Recruitment, Education, Engagement, and Grant Acknowledgement for S10-Funded Instruments
Zhao Lai, Ph.D., Research Professor, UT Health San Antonio
2:55 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. Building Robust User Communities: Recruitment, Training, and Acknowledgment Strategies in S10 Cores
Sean Wilson, Ph.D., Professor, Loma Linda University
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Q&A
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. Break
3:35 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. Breakout Room 1 for Reporting and Acknowledgement
Breakout Room 2 for Management and Administration
Breakout Room 3 for Software-Related Questions
4:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Panel Discussion (Future Trends, Gaps, and Challenges)
4:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
Xiang-Ning Li, M.D., Ph.D., Director, DCI, ORIP, DPCPSI, NIH