UCSF CCMBM Core Services Newsletter - September 2021
Headshot of Dr. Steven Cummings
Congratulations to Steven R. Cummings, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine at UC San Francisco
for receiving the ASBMR 2021 William F. Neuman award!
Dr. Cummings gives thanks to the following Coordinating Center team and CCMBM members Dennis Black, PhD; Michael Nevitt, PhD, MPH; Ann Schwartz, PhD, MPH; and others who have been instrumental in his history of work. 

This esteemed award will be presented on October 1 at 8:00 AM (PT) at the ASBMR 2021 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
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.
CCMBM Advanced Machine Learning Event Poster
The Imaging Core introduces the new GE 3 Tesla MRI Premier system located at China Basin. This system features strong gradients (80 mT/m) as well as fast slew rates (200 T/m/s). In Figure 1, we show examples of knee and hand images with isotropic voxel size. The knee images were acquired in sagittal orientation with an isotropic voxel size of 0.6 mm and subsequently reconstructed in coronal and axial planes as shown. In order to see smaller structures in the hand these images were acquired coronally with 0.4 mm isotropic resolution.

The new Premier system also comes with a new high flexible 30-channel coil providing 65 cm of coverage that is designed to fully conform to the body part of interest. In Figure 2, we show a high-resolution hip image acquired with the new coil. The high signal to noise and contrast can be clearly appreciated.

For information on accessing and using the new MRI scanner and coils, contact Roland Krug, MQIR Core Co-Director.
Members only site
Did you miss our last seminar or technical workshop? Or are you looking for imaging equipment or skeletal biology standard operating protocols? Members have access to workshops and seminar recordings, protocols, and archived newsletters on the CCMBM Members Only Site. Never miss out on all things related to the Center!

For login assistance or questions on the members only site, inquire with Daniel Davis.
Core discounts
The Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design Core is offering up to 6 hours of free UCSF Clinical and Translational Institute (CTSI) consultation time for all CCMBM members. Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics and Imaging Cores are also offering service discounts to Early Stage Investigator and Trainee members. Please contact each Core to utilize these member discounts.

Contact Daniel Davis for eligibility questions. 
UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Application Deadline - September 27, 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 research questions in regards to applying, please email Pui Yee Law. 
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October 7, 10:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Do you want to create a 'Welcome to the Lab' letter, but don't know where to start? The letter is a document that can be shared to lab members to set expectations and understandings around behavior, productivity, culture and your research vision. This is an interactive workshop and you will leave with a working document to use and implement.
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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 October 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
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
Join via Zoom
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.