Electronic Research Administration

ERA Technical Seminar: Learn Web Development in 20 minutes

Electronic Research Administration (ERA) is organizing a Technical Seminar

“Learn Web Development in 20 minutes”

Date: August 28th, 2008
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location: Nedderman Hall, Room 100

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We will also introduce students to the ongoing projects at ERA and to the New Venture Lab (under construction).

Resumes will be accepted at the door and there will be prizes for a few.

Watch this space for more updates.

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Maverick Research @ University Center

Office of Research has a new display case in the University Center.

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Concurrent updating of a protocol

If a protocol has been updated recently after you opened it, you will receive an error message indicating to refresh the page and redo the intended action. The situation occurs if the protocol was recalled by the Lead Investigator while you were viewing it, and you try to forward the protocol. Or if the protocol is already forwarded and you try to forward or return it again.

The image below shows the error:

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No timeouts while writing long comments

The IRB protocols have been updated to not time-out if you’re in the middle of a long comment. It will still time-out because of inactivity for an hour.

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New Recall feature for electronic IRB submission

Lead investigators and faculty sponsors can now recall an IRB protocol from the Coordinator or the Chair if they want to update the protocol before it is reviewed by the IRB. The “Recall Protocol” button is available in the user’s menu at the end of the protocol. You need to provide a reason for recalling the protocol in the comments.

A sample protocol showing the Recall Button is displayed below:

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