UCSF CCMBM Events & Opportunities Newsletter - February 2022
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 2, 12:00-12:30pm; Virtual Event
Anthony DelittoPhD, PT, Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh
Can We Prevent Chronic Low Back Pain in High Risk Primary Care Patients?
Register to receive Zoom details.
February 10, 9:00-10:00am; Virtual Event
Mishaela Rubin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
Hypoparathyroidism in 2022
Register to receive Zoom details.
February 15 - Deadline for Slam Talk Video Submissions
February 25 - Deadline for Poster Abstracts
Display your research poster and/or give a slam talk during the CCMBM/Orthopaedic Surgery Retreat on March 15-16. Prizes available for top graduate student, postdoc, and other trainee categories!
Sign up to participate.
March 15, 5:00-8:00pm; UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall/Virtual Event
March 16 8:00am-5:00pm; UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall/Virtual Event
The Past, Present, and Future of Aging: Perspectives on Building Longer, Healthier Lives
Join us for the annual CCMBM and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery joint retreat for all musculoskeletal researchers.
Register to reserve your spot.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Submit 1:1 grant review materials by February 8
Next panel review sessions: February 8 & 11
If you are considering (re)applying for a Pilot/Feasibility grant for the upcoming RAP Spring Cycle, the CCMBM would like to help you strengthen your grant proposals. Sign up for an upcoming virtual review session and receive live feedback from a panel of experienced investigators. Experienced musculoskeletal investigators can also offer, review and provide feedback for NIH grant applications for the NIH Cycle I deadlines. Sign-up spots are limited and are on a first come, first serve basis.
Application Deadline: Mon. March 14 (2:00pm PST)
Established Investigators - $50,000 max; Junior Investigators - $40,000 max. Research topics should be translational in nature and related to musculoskeletal disease. If you have any questions in regards to applying, please email Mary Tran.
The UCSF Office of Research has committed to support efforts to guide equitable research conduct, building capacity for research on racism in biomedical research, and for research using anti-racist and racial equity approaches
PARTNER EVENTS
February 2, 4:00pm; Virtual Event
Pietro De Camilli, MD, John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine
Intracellular Membrane Contact Sites, Lipid Dynamics and Neurodegeneration
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 7, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event
Noah Palm, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Hosted by ImmunoX
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February 8, 12:00pm; N-217/Virtual Event
Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering and Radiology, Columbia University 
The Need for Speed: Accelerating 3D Microscopy and Optical Imaging for Diverse Biomedical Applications
Hosted by Health Innovation via Engineering
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February 8, 2:10-4:00pm; Virtual Event
SPOKE is a large biomedical knowledge graph that connects information from more than 40 databases. In this workshop, we will introduce the main features of SPOKE, and conduct several searches of potential interest to the microbiome researcher.
Hosted by BCMM
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February 9, 7:30am; Virtual Event
Steven Benirschke, MD, Professor
Jerome H. Debs II Endowed Chair for Orthopaedic Traumatology
Trauma case conference
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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February 11, 3:00pm; Virtual Event
Jan Karlseder, PhD, Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
ZBP1-mediated telomere to mitochondria crosstalk prevents cancer initiation
Hosted by Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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February 14, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event
João Pereira, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University
Hosted by ImmunoX
February 15, 7:30am; Virtual Event
Nicholas Ingolia, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, UC Berkeley
Dissecting gene regulatory networks with CiBER-Seq
Hosted by Integrative Microbiology Program
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February 16, 7:30am; Virtual Event
Roger Mann, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Sports Journal Club
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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February 16, 4:00pm; Virtual Event
Erik Herzog, PhD, Washington University - St Louis
Networked clocks in the brain and body: Circadian control of physiology and behavior
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 18, 12:10-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Hosted by BCMM
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February 23, 7:30am; Virtual Event
Alicia Fernandez, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
DEI discussion
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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February 23, 4:00pm; Virtual Event
David Liu, PhD, Harvard University, Broad Institute
Base Editing and Prime Editing: Precision Gene Correction Without Double-Strand DNA Breaks
Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 25, 1:00pm; Virtual Event
Catherine K. Kuo, PhD, Associate Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
Tendon Regeneration Strategies Based on Mechanobiology of Embryonic Development
Hosted by Center for Skeletal Research
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February 28, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event
Carla Rothlin, PhD, Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University
Hosted by ImmunoX
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
February 2, 9, 7, 14, 16, 23, 28 3:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
The DSI Help Desk is a place to ask your general questions about data science. No appointments required, walk-ins are welcome.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 3, 11:30am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover how to build data visualizations in R and review the Grammar of Graphics and ggplot2 library.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 10, 11:30am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover how to build data visualizations in R. In this part we will cover Expressiveness vs. Effectiveness and Creating Communicative Visuals.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 10,11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Go beyond Google search methods to get a handle on database logic. 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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February 11, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide an introduction to reading, building, and querying JSON data using Python and MongoDB.  
Hosted by the UCSF Library








February 17, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This session can cover beginning or advanced topics, depending your skill level. Getting to the full text, constructing a complex search, or understanding Mesh (medical subject headings) -- bring your questions and get started building better searches.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 17, 11:30am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover the basics of statistics in R. Below are the concepts we'll teach:
Part 1: Descriptive Statistics vs Inferential Statistics, Types of Statistical Variables, Describing Numerical Variables, Describing Categorical Variables
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 18,10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
This class will introduce the UNIX shell using Bash. You'll 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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February 22, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Join us as we get together virtually with colleagues at Stanford and Berkeley to learn about Innovating Education in Reproductive Health, a project from the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health to create free curricula and learning tools about sexual and reproductive health.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 24, 11:30am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
We'll cover the basics of statistics in R. Below are the concepts we'll teach: Statistical Testing Basics, Correlational Tests, Comparison of Means Tests
Hosted by the UCSF Library

STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS ONLY: CAREER DEVELOPMENT
February 10, 6:00-7:30pm; Virtual Event
Choosing a Thesis Lab is a program specifically for first year students in basic and biomedical science PhD programs. We'll walk you through the data you need to collect in order to make an informed decision about your thesis lab, help you think about your rotation experiences so far, and come up with a plan for how you will get the remaining data you need and make your decision.
Hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development


February 15, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide an overview of data sharing and management requirements from public and private funders, including the new NIH requirements.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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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.