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The overall objective of the Administrative Core is to provide
the essential support needed to make the entire program function
as a unified whole.
Core activities will include the maintenance of financial
and personnel records, daily secretarial and administrative
support, assurance of compliance with all NIH guidelines,
the organization and scheduling of meetings of the Executive
Committee, the organization of reviews by the Internal and
External Advisory Committees, and the preparation of progress
reports for the NIH. In addition the Core will host the Muscular
Dystrophy Research Portal (MDRP) that will connect the Program
as a whole through a web-based link. This portal will serve
as the central focus of several activities that pertain to
the various Cores and Projects, and their relationship with
the Microarray Core (Core C). The MDRP will be designed to
have both internal and external links. The Internal component
will be used to manage the raw data, shared documents and
publications of the Projects and Cores of this Program. The
external component of the MDRP will be used to share publications
and benchmark data with the wider scientific community. The
Executive Committee will meet on a bimonthly basis to discuss
not only the progress of the individual projects, but also
to decide what scientific information and publications can
be shared with the other scientists through the external component
of the MDRP. By serving these functions, the Administrative
Core will implement a highly efficient pipeline for the maximal
utilization of the data obtained from the Program as a whole.
It will also serve as an important information conduit to
ensure the close coupling of the activities of the Program
and the rapid publication of both the data sets and analytic
tools to the wider scientific community at large.
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