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CCMBM Events and Opportunities
The Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology & Medicine (CCMBM) defines itself
by emphasizing musculoskeletal-specific education and services that are critical to its members but not available elsewhere in the university system.
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October 7, 10:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Join this workshop to create a "Welcome to the Lab" letter. This is an interactive workshop and you will leave with a working document to use and implement.
*Registration is required for this workshop to fulfill the UCSF Graduate Programs' mentorship training requirement.
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October 8, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Investigators can present their clinical research grants or data and receive feedback and informal consultation from peers and senior investigators. Please contact Lucy Wu for more details!
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October 14, 4:10-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Along with the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine and the Bakar ImmunoX Initiative, join the discussion on Killing Rage, Ending Racism by Bell Hooks. CCMBM members are eligible for reimbursement of the book if purchased from a local or black-owned business.
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October 20, 12:30-2:30pm; Virtual Event
This is a hands-on workshop focused on implementing and training an image classifier model to classify Covid-19 x-rays. We will showcase how to load and visualize data, balance and split your dataset, and train a model using the PyTorch framework.
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Application deadline: October 11
Max amount: $100,000 for one year
The LGR Innovation Awards are one-year research grants to support the labs across UCSF and UC Berkeley campuses that are interested in developing highly innovative ideas into early proofs of concept across the field of functional genomics.
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Application deadline: November 12
Max amount: $5,000 in HPC Services
The HPC Seed Grant provides “seed” opportunities for faculty, researchers, and trainees that have research needs involving biomechanics and/or exercise testing of which the HPC can provide and might lead to future funding. Proposals with novel ideas as well as proposals that are an add-on to a current research study will be considered if the goal is to acquire pilot data for possible future funding.
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October 6, 8:00am-4:00pm; Virtual Event
Join the virtual Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI) Fall Symposium which includes:
- Presentations of faculty proposals or current project updates from UCSF, University of Toledo, and The Ohio State University;
- Interactions with current Industry Advisory Board and potential industry members; and
- Discussion about future directions and expansion of the CDMI
Hosted by the Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations
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October 6, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Orthopaedic Surgery RIPS
Michael Davies, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, UCSF
Unlocking the Intrinsic Potential of Muscle Stem Cells to Combat Muscle Degeneration
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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October 6, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Kang Shen, PhD, Stanford University
Establishment and Maintenance of Nueronal Polarity
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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October 12, 12:00pm-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Kwabena Boahen, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
The Future of Artificial Intelligence: A 3D Silicon Brain
Hosted by Health Innovation via Engineering
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October 13, 7:30-8:30am; Virtual Event
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Celina de Borja, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery – Pediatric Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Updates in Youth Sports Medicine
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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October 13, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
Gene Yeo, PhD MBA, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD
RNA-Binding Proteins as Regulators of Gene Expression, as Drugs and as Drug Targets
Hosted by QB3
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October 13, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Avery Posey, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
CAR T cells and Carbohydrates
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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October 14, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Hu Zhao, DDS, PhD, Associate Investigator, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
Hosted by the Program in Craniofacial Biology
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October 20, 7:30-8:30am; Virtual Event
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Lauren Shapiro, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery – Orthopaedic Hand Service, UCSF
Using Data to Improve Outcomes in Outreach
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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October 25, 12:40-2:30pm; Virtual Event
This four-event series will focus on internal and external validity concerns as they relate to pooled data sources, including tools to address inconsistent sampling strategies fielded for different population subgroups such as racial/ethnic minorities. This will include statistical tools for transporting effect estimates to new populations.
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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October 26, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Jan A. Nolta, PhD, Professor; Director, Stem Cell Program and Gene Therapy Center; Scientific Director, UC Davis GMP Institute for Regenerative Cures, UC Davis Health
James Kovach, MD, JD, Chief Innovation Officer, Aggie Square; Director, Translational Entrepreneurship and Industry Research Alliances, UC Davis Health
Hosted by the Center for Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration
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October 27, 7:30-8:30am; Virtual Event
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Charles Cogan, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, UCSF
The Evolution of Morbidity & Mortality Conference: From Codman to Current Day
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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October 27, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Shannon Turley, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Stromal-Immune Interactions in Health, Disease, and Immunotherapy
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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October 29, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, MD, PhD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pediatrics, and Stem Cell Biology; Executive Director, Joint USC/CHLA Cell Therapy Program
Magdi Elsallab, MD, PhD Candidate; Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Development Specialist, Joint USC/CHLA Cell Therapy Program
Hosted by the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angelis Cell Therapy Program
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October 7, 14, 21, 28, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
It's an open session for any questions you may have about navigating iLab; Join us, whether your role includes reserving core equipment, managing a Lab or reconciling PI Funds.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 8, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
We'll use the National Library of Medicine's JSON based web service to investigate drug interactions. We will also use Python and JSON to analyze the recent COVID-19 research datasets.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 12, 10:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This class is targeted at people who need to clean messy data, including spreadsheets of survey responses, patient encounters, financial records, or workshop attendance. Together we will work through the basics of cleaning data in OpenRefine and also go over some more advanced techniques including pulling in additional data from an API.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 12, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Analyzing your flow cytometry data can be confusing. In this seminar, learn how to build a consistent and reproducible data analysis framework.
Hosted by Gladstone Institutes
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October 13, 3:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
Learn to use PubMed to quickly incorporate evidence-based information into your clinical practice. The topics that will be covered are keyword searching, medical subject headings (MeSH), filters, clinical cueries, and search formulation.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 14, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Data Science Book Club is back! Prior to each session, we will assign reading materials or videos for you to review, and during the session, we will discuss your learnings as a group. These are great opportunities to engage with other UCSF data science learners in a casual learning setting.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 14, 4:10-5:00pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover ways to manipulate data in R. The concepts we'll cover are, the tidyverse, subsetting with select() and filter(), transforming variables with mutate(), aggregating data with group_by, and summarise().
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 15, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide an introduction to reading, building, and querying JSON data using Python and MongoDB.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 19, 11:00-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Two main considerations for cell sorting are viability and purity of your cells post-sort. This seminar examines how to increase both of these factors to optimize your experiment.
Hosted by Gladstone Institutes
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October 21, 3:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
Go beyond Google search methods to get a handle on database logic. In this workshop you will learn how to build complex search strategies; try some PubMed tricks and tips, and set up alerts to stay informed when new articles are published in your field.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 21, 4:10-5:00pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover ways to apply descriptive statistics in R. The concepts that will be covered are descriptive statistics vs inferential statistics, statistical testing basics, correlational Tests, comparison of means tests.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 22, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This class will introduce the UNIX shell using Bash. Learn to navigate the file system, manipulate files and directories, search the filesystem with grep and find, write simple loops and scripts, and automate basic tasks.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 28, 4:10-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Hacky Hours are coming back in a new virtual format. We will first do a short presentation on a data science topic, and then you will have the opportunity to apply what you've learned to solve a data science challenge!
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 29, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Learn to access code from a github repository and create and share code on your own github repository. Learn to use git to create and manage different versions of a document, save work in progress, and collaborate on a shared code base with other researchers and programmers.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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October 12, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Hosted by HDFCCC's Office of Education & Training, this series will cover the "score-driving" sections of an NIH F grant application. This 1st session is an overview of the F Grant mechanism.
Hosted by the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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October 26, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Hosted by HDFCCC's Office of Education & Training, this series will cover the "score-driving" sections of an NIH F grant application. This is the 2nd session in the series and will cover the applicant's background and goals of training section.
Hosted by the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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November 2, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences investigators (as well as others from the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences) planning to submit or in the process of submitting a NIH Research Career Development Award (also known as a "K Award") application are invited to join us at one of our monthly workshops.
Hosted by the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
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ACKNOWLEDGING THE CCMBM
If you have received a CCMBM grant, used one of our cores, or formed a collaboration at one of our events that led to a publication, please acknowledge our Center in related publications and presentations. We suggest stating:
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30AR075055. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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