Nyhedsbrev nr. 19/Newsletter 19
Kære alle, Håber I har haft en god sommer. Hermed opdatering:/Dear All - Hope you had a good summer. Here's an update:
Økonomi (English version/zn)
Vi har nu fået instituttets andet kvartalsregnskab for dette år, og økonomien er desværre stadig presset. Det samlede resultat for de første 6 måneder af året viser et underskud på ca. 3,5 mio. kr. Vi er derfor nødt til som tidligere udmeldt at reducere annuum for andet halvår. Der kommer separate mails ud til de involverede VIPer hurtigst muligt. Desuden er vi nødt til generelt at være meget tilbageholdende indtil vi får tilpasset aktiviteterne til vores ramme.
Byggeri
Der har henover sommeren været afholdt 3 møder i bygherregruppen der består af repræsentanter fra Cubo arkitekterne og tilknyttede rådgivende ingeniører, Byggestyrelsen (der er bygherrerne), og fra AU deltager Lars Mitens og Jan Oehlenschläger (AU Økonomi og planlægning), Connor Leerhøy (SUN bygningsservice) og undertegnede (og som suppleant Poul Henning Jensen). Møderne har indtil nu især omhandlet tidsplaner og mulighederne for underjordiske parkeringskælder ved den ny bygning. Til at hjælpe med rådgivning i processen vil de 6 byggegrupper, der deltog i udformning af konkurrenceprogrammet, blive genoplivet. Byggegruppernes formænd (m/k): Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen, Morten Nielsen, Helle Prætorius, Søren Paludan, Thomas Holm Pedersen, Marianne Hokland. Fra instituttet vil Poul Henning Jensen og Anders Børglum desuden fortsætte som overordnede byggerådgivere.
Valg til institutforum
For ikke at bruge ressourcer på at udtænke valgprocedurer på hvert institut vil fakultetet udarbejde et valgcirkulære som efterfølgende vil blive sendt i høring hos en bred kreds af interessenter. Som en konsekvens heraf vil instituttets valg først blive afholdt senere på året.
Den ny aktivitetsbaseret økonomimodel
Tidsplanen er ændret således at den fulde aktivitetsbaserede model først ventes fuldt implementeret i 2014-2015. Modellens princip er stadig bl.a. transparens og institutterne som bærende enhed. Der vil imidlertid allerede i løbet af dette efterår ske en del systemændringer. I efteråret vil der samtidig ske en afklaring af fordelingsnøgler, inddragelse af institutterne i processen med mere.
Lønforhandlinger for TAP i efteråret
Instituttet har fået tilsendt en tidsplan for efterårets lønforhandlinger, der indebærer at forhandlingerne skal foregå i perioden 24. september – 9. november. Inden forhandlingerne skal særlige formål og indsatsområder drøftes i samarbejdsudvalgene. Vi har derfor på instituttet indkaldt til et ekstraordinært SU den 11. september. Alle TAP medarbejdere får snarest en mail om proceduren for at ansøge om Ny løn, hvilket skal ske senest 13. september.
Strategihandleplaner
Fakultetsledelsen og sekretariatslederne var til heldagsseminar den 3. juli for at planlægge opfølgning på fakultetets og institutternes strategiplaner. Institutterne har efterfølgende
fået til opgave det næste halve år på basis af vores strategikort at udarbejde konkrete beskrivelser af initiativer/projekter med angivelse af tidsforløb, ressourcebehov osv., hvilket vi er startet på i ledergruppen. Vi håber på i 2013 at få ekstraordinære midler til at kunne igangsætte nye initiativer.
Nyt forskningscenter
Flere af vore kolleger fra instituttet deltager i et nyt pilot center, der støttes af AUs forskningsfond. Centret, der hedder Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport (InterPrET) startede officielt i juni og har foreløbig støtte til en 5 års periode. Forskningen handler om at udvikle teknikker til at studere protein interaktioner. Centret involverer forskere her fra instituttet (Robert Fenton, Jeppe Prætorius, Søren Moestrup og Trairak Pisitkun) og fra Science and Technology (Jan Enghild og Carsten Wiuf). Yderligere information: www.interpret.au.dk
Bistand fra Forskningsstøtteenheden
Marianne Jensby, der holdt oplæg på sidste institutmøde, arbejder som fundraiser/konsulent hos Forskningsstøtteenheden, hvor hun er instituttets kontaktperson. Hun tilbyder – gratis – at hjælpe instituttets VIPer med at identificere velegnede – større og mindre – fonde, og hun kan hjælpe med at læse ansøgninger igennem og komme med ændringsforslag. Mange af jer kender hende, idet hun har været postdoc hos Søren Moestrup. Hendes email: marjenni@rm.dk
EU-opslag
Cooperation-opslaget inden for sundhedstemaet med deadlines: 25/9-12 og 2/10-12 er offentliggjort. Følgende aktiviteter er nævnt i opslaget: BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENERIC TOOLS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN HEALTH , High-throughput research, Detection, diagnosis and monitoring, Suitability, safety, efficacy of therapies, Innovative therapeutic approaches and interventions, TRANSLATING RESEARCH FOR HUMAN HEALTH, Integrating biological data and processes: Large-scale data gathering, Systems biology, Research on the brain and related diseases, human development and ageing, Brain and brain-related diseases, Human development and ageing, Translational research in major infectious diseases: to confront major threats to public health, Anti-microbial drug resistance, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, Neglected infectious diseases, Translational research in other major diseases, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases Diabetes and obesity, Rare diseases, Other chronic diseases, Translating the results of clinical research outcome into clinical practice including better use of medicines, appropriate use of behavioural and organisational interventions and new health therapies and technologies, HEALTH-2013-SMES-FOR-INNOVATION. Interesserede kan kontakte Forskningsstøtteenheden (www.au.dk/fse).
Mh Thomas GJ
Economy
We have now received the Department’s financial statements for the second quarter of this year, and the economy is unfortunately still pressed. The overall result for the first 6 months of the year shows a deficit of approximately Dkr. 3.5 million. We therefore need, as previously announced, to reduce annuum for the second half year. There will be separate mails to the involved VIPs as soon as possible. Furthermore, we have to be generally very cautious until the expences are adapted at a lower level.
The Building and Renovation Processes
Over the summer 3 meetings were held in a building group consisting of representatives from the Cubo architects and related consulting engineers, The Construction & Developer Authority, Lars Mitens and Jan Oehlenschläger (from AU Finance and Planning), Connor Leerhøy (SUN building service ) and myself (and as my substitute Poul Henning Jensen). The meetings have so far mainly dealt with time schedules and the potential for an underground parking garage at the new building. To help with advice in the process, the 6 building groups that participated in the design of the competition programme will be revived. Head of the construction groups (m/w): Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen, Morten Nielsen, Helle Prætorius, Søren Paludan, Thomas Holm Pedersen, Marianne Hokland. Poul Henning Jensen and Anders Børglum from the Department will continue as overall building consultants.
Elections to the Department Forum
In order not to spend resources on devising electoral processes in each department the Faculty will prepare an election circular which will subsequently be distributed for consultation to a wide group of interested parties. As a consequence, the elections will be held later this year.
The New Activity-based Economy Model
The time schedule has been changed, and the full activity-based model is not expected to be fully implemented until 2014-2015. The model principle is still transparency and the departments as the economical units. There will, however, already in autumn this year be some system changes. In the fall, there will be a clarification of distribution keys, the involvement of the departments in the process, and more.
Salary Negotiations for TAP in the Fall
The Department has received a time plan for the autumn negotiations, which means that negotiations must take place between 24 September and 9 November 2012. Before negotiations, specific purposes and priorities must be discussed in the cooperation committees (SU). Therefore, we have convened an extraordinary meeting of the cooperation committee at the 11th of September. All TAP colleagues will soon receive a mail about the procedures. Deadline for application will be September 13th.
Strategy Action Plans
Faculty Management and Secretariat leadership attended a one-day seminar on 3 July to schedule the follow-up of the Faculty’s and departments’ strategy plans. The departments have subsequently been commissioned for the next six months on the basis of our strategy cards to prepare specific descriptions of initiatives/projects with indication of timing, resource requirements, etc., which we/the management team have started doing. We hope to get extraordinary resources in 2013 to help launch new initiatives.
New Research Center
Several researchers from Biomedicine are involved in an Aarhus University Research Foundation funded pilot center. The ‘Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport (InterPrET)‘ officially started in June and was funded over a 5-year period. The center aims to develop techniques for studying physiological protein interactions on both a small and large scale. The center involves researchers from Biomedicine, Health (Robert Fenton, Jeppe Prætorius, Søren Moestrup, Trairak Pisitkun) and Science and Technology (Jan Enghild, Carsten Wiuf). More information on the center can be found at: www.interpret.au.dk
Assistance from the Research Support Unit
Marianne Jensby, who spoke at the last Department meeting, works as a fundraiser/consultant at the Research Support Unit and is our Department contact. She offers - free of charge - to help the departmental VIPs to identify suitable - large and small - funds, and she can help with revising and modifications of applications. Many of you may know her already since she used to work in Søren Moestrup’s group as a postdoc. Her email: marjenni@rm.dk
EU Grant Possibilities
Cooperation health bulletin with deadlines: 25/9-12 and 2/10-12 is published. The following activities are mentioned in the advertisement: BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENERIC TOOLS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN HEALTH, High-throughput research, Detection, diagnosis and monitoring, Suitability, safety, efficacy of therapies, Innovative therapeutic approaches and intervention, Translating RESEARCH ON HUMAN HEALTH, Integrating biological data and processes: Large-scale data gathering, systems biology, Research on the brain and related diseases, human development and ageing, Brain and brain-related diseases, human development and ageing, Translational research in major infectious diseases: to confront major threats to public health, Anti-microbial drug resistance, HIV / AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, Neglected infectious diseases, Translational research in other major diseases, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases Diabetes and obesity, Rare diseases, Other chronic diseases, Translating the results of clinical research outcome into clinical practice including better use of Medicines, appropriate use of behavioral and organizational interventions and new health therapies and technologies, HEALTH-2013-SMES-FOR-INNOVATION. Interested parties may contact the Research Support Unit (www.au.dk/fse).
Kind regards
Thomas GJ