Community Spotlight
Hear about how the SPARC community are using the SPARC Portal, including Success Stories and Fireside Chats. Also, keep up to date with Community Announcements.
Success Stories
Success Story #3: Intelligent feces – Hope for patients with constipation and fecal incontinence symptoms.
Path to FDA approval of SPARC supported diagnostic test of defecatory function in patients with constipation or fecal incontinence.
Success Story #2: Breakthrough Technology - the Urological Monitor of Conscious Activity (UroMOCA)
With the UroMOCA device, we can monitor bladder function wirelessly, catheter-free, and without anesthesia during activities of daily living.
Success Story #1: Using computers to simulate, optimize, and understand neural responses to electrical signals to treat disease
Designing improved therapies to treat diseases of organs innervated by the autonomic nervous system by building next generation computational models that simulate the responses of the vagus nerve to electrical signals.
Fireside Chats
Fireside Chat #2: Neuromodulation for bladder dysfunction.
This is a discussion between Dr. Paul Yoo (Univ. Toronto) and Dr. Tim Bruns (Univ. Michigan) on computational modeling for the development of neuromodulation therapies for bladder dysfunction.
Fireside Chat #1: Research and clinical usage of gastrointestinal myoelectric signals.
This is a discussion between Dr. Greg O’Grady (Univ. Auckland) and Dr. Charles Horn (Univ. Pittsburgh) on recording gastrointestinal myoelectric responses and its clinical impact.
Community Announcements
SPARC DRC Open Office Hours
February 3, 2022
Join one of our weekly office hours to ask questions and learn more from the SPARC Data Resource Center Team
DataWorks! Challenge
May 12, 2022
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created the “DATAWorks! Prize” seeking innovative approaches to data sharing and reuse. Total prizes equal $500K USD.
New Fireside Chat!
May 4, 2022
This is a discussion between Dr. Paul Yoo (Univ. Toronto) and Dr. Tim Bruns (Univ. Michigan) on computational modeling for the development of neuromodulation therapies for bladder dysfunction.
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for An Educational Hub for Enhancing Diversity in Computational Genomics and Data Science (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
April 19, 2022
The Hub will support educational activities in computational genomics, data science, and cloud computing among undergraduates, masters’ degree students and faculty at institutions whose mission is to serve students from groups that are under-represented.
Funding opportunity: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability Administrative Coordinating Center
April 19, 2022
The purpose of this announcement is to invite applications from eligible organizations to engage with the NIH in providing technical, administrative, and coordination support for the NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability program.
