• Dr. Jaime Rivera together with Dr. Jose Lemos (Physiology) and Phil DeChavez (Family Medicine) spearheaded the creation of the UMass Latino Association in 2009. The association in composed of Faculty, Post-Docs and Graduate students of the School of Medicine, the Graduate School and the School of Nursing at the Worcester campus.
• Cell Biology faculty provided the logistics and support for establishing the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. They continue to engage in expanding the activities and responsibilities of the International Stem Cell Registry, the Stem Cell Education and Training Program, and the UMASS Stem Cell Bank that are now operational. Cell Biology faculty are playing pivotal roles in the Stem Cell Center research initiative and in educational programs that include technical training courses in stem cell techniques, courses for two year colleges that include Quinsigamond Community College and Middlesex Community College, programs for advocacy and special interest groups, graduate advanced topics courses for perspectives in stem cell and developmental biology, K-12 programs, internship programs and summer programs resulting in development of international programs in which we partner with medical schools in China and Chile.
• To support the requirement for “high end” imaging Cell Biology faculty applied for and were successful in obtaining an NIH shared instrumentation grant for a micro CT imaging instrument (Jane Lian, Principal Investigator, Gary Stein, Co-Principal Investigator). This instrument significantly increases UMMS researchers’ capabilities for skeletal and tumor imaging.
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Drs. Roger Craig and George Witman obtained a shared instrumentation grant for a “high end” transmission electron microscope
• Dr. Gary Stein secured NIH funding to further enhance our capabilities in digital fluorescence microscopy imaging.
• Dr. Stephen Jones directs the UMMS Transgenic/KO Mouse Core Facility.
• Drs. Roger Craig and George Witman direct the UMass Electromicroscopy Facility.
• Dr. Jane Lian directs the UMass MicroCT Imaging Facility.
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Dr. Gary Stein directs the UMass Stem Cell Core Facility. The Stem Cell Core Facility now provides human ES cells as well as reprogrammed iPS cells to UMass investigators. The core is now being expanded to construct iPS lines for UMass investigators that can provide insight into regulatory parameters of pluripotency and development as well as support initiatives in tissue regeneration. These cells will also provide models for human disease and for pursuing mechanisms and research reagents.
• Dr. Gary Stein serves as Interim Director for the UMass Memorial Cancer Center that provides three research cores (the Cancer Tissue Bank, the Cancer Center in vivo Molecular Imaging Facility, and the Veterinary Pathology Service) that have been significantly expanded in the scope of services during the past several months including development of a bone marrow and leukemia tissue bank.
• Cell Biology department faculty play major roles on institutional committees include those with responsibilities for: faculty development, computer resources, clinical protocol development, research planning, sexual harassment, library resources, curriculum planning, and cancer center development. Department of Cell Biology faculty serve on such institutional committees as: Faculty Council, Scientific Council, Graduate Council, Educational Policy Committee, Graduate School Admissions Committees, Institutional Tenure Committee, ACS Institutional Research Grant Committee, Cancer Center Executive Oversight Committee, Graduate Recruitment, Radiation Safety, Faculty Grievance, Affirmative Action, Institutional Animal Core and Use, Institutional Small Grants Program, LInC Trustees, ad hoc policy committees, campus master planning, and a number of search committees for faculty and administrators.
• Dr. Anthony Imbalzano was appointed Associate Dean for the newly formed Office for Postdoctoral Scholars, which is administered through the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Imbalzano’s office will act as a resource for postdoctoral associates, for postdoctoral mentors, and the institution.