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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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February 28-March 1, 2023, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall
CCMBM, REACH and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery invite graduate students, postdocs, and other trainees to participate in this year's Young Investigator Slam Competition and Poster Presentation. Participation guidelines and FAQ are online. Prizes are available! Sign up here. |
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February 28-March 1, 2023, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall
Join this scientific event, entitled “A Picture of Pain: Advances in Management and Treatment” to explore the mechanistic foundations of pain science and how they intersect with musculoskeletal biology. Registration is required. Remote participation is available by request. Hosted by CCMBM, REACH & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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January 11, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Sarah Stroud, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF.
"Access to Care in Orthopaedic Surgery: Who Gets What and Why"
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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January 11, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Chelsea Bahney, PhD, Program Director, Center for Regenerative Sports Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute
Hosted by L.I.S. BioConsulting
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January 11, 4:00pm, Parnassus, N-225
Jeremy Rock, PhD, Penrhyne E. Cook Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University.
“Finding the most ‘essential’ essential genes in M. tuberculosis”
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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January 12, 11:00am; Mission Bay, Rock Hall Auditorium
Kelly Monk, PhD, Senior Scientist and Co-Director of the Vollum Institute, OHSU.
"Genetic and molecular mechanisms of neuron-glial interactions"
Hosted by Neuroscience Graduate Program
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January 12, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Rebecca Voorhees, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, CalTech.
How membrane proteins get to mitochondria
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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January 13, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Zewen (Owen) Jiang, Graduate Student, Krummel & Bapat Labs, Department of Pathology and Diabetes Center, UCSF.
"High-fat diet regimes alter pathophysiology in inflammatory skin disease"
Hosted by UCSF Diabetes Center
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January 17, 1:00-2:30pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Justin Ichida, PhD, John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation Endowed Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
“Using a Diverse Panel of Patient Stem Cells to Identify Broadly-Effective Therapeutic Targets for ALS”
Hosted by UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center
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January 18, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Stefano Bini, MD, Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics & Chief Technology Officer, UCSF
The Digital Transformation of Musculoskeletal Care
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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January 18, 12:00pm; Virtual Event
Rucha Sane, PhD, Distinguished Scientist at Genentech.
Hosted by Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
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January 18, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, Gen-Hall
Dmitry S. Novikov, PhD, Associate Professor
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University, School of Medicine.
"From Millimeters to Micrometers: Bridging Across Tissue Scales with MRI"
Hosted by Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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January 18, 4:00pm, Parnassus, N-225
Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD, E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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January 19, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Data Science at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Deep Learning for Histopathological Characterization of Microscopy Images
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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January 19, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Join us for a virtual overview session where we will present on the scope and research opportunities afforded by digital health humanities approaches and discuss how UCSF is supporting research in this domain.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 19, 11:00am; Mission Bay, Mahley Auditorium
Cara Westmark, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hosted by Gladstone Institutes
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January 20, 12:10-1:00pm; Parnassus, CL-221-222
Hosted by BCMM
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January 23, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Pam Schwartzberg, MD, PhD, Chief of the Cell Signaling and Immunity Section at NIAID.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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January 26, 11:00am; Mission Bay, Mahley Auditorium
Towfique Raj, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Nuerology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
"Genetic Analysis of the Human Microglial Transcriptome Across Neurodegenerative Diseases"
Hosted by Gladstone Institutes
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January 23, 3:00-4:00pm; Gladstone Institute, Mahley Auditorium
Anne Eichmann, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Yale University
Mechanisms Guiding Endothelial Barrier Function
Hosted by Gladstone Institutes and UCSF
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January 25, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Charles G. Fisher, MD, MHSc, FRCSC, Professor and Head of Combined Neurosurgical & Spine Surgery, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute - Vancouver General Hospital
5 Ways to Avoid Epic Research Failures as an Academic Orthopedic Surgeon
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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January 25, 12:00pm; Virtual Event
Mark R. Philips, MD, Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Hosted by Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
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January 25, 4:00pm, Virtual Event
Paola Arlotta, PhD, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University.
“Brain organoids as avatars to understand human neurodevelopmental disease”
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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January 25-27; Santa Clara Convention Center
The Foremost Precision Medicine Conference
• Gathering recognized leaders, top global researchers and medical professionals, plus innovators across healthcare and biotechnology sectors
• Showcasing latest practical content that helps close the knowledge gap among different sectors
• Promoting cross-functional fertilization & collaboration to accelerate Precision Medicine
Hosted by UCSF, University of Michigan, Duke University, University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University
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January 26, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Sujit S. Datta, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University.
Life in a tight spot: How bacteria navigate crowded spaces
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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February 1, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Sanjeeva Srivastava, PhD, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a Visiting Professor at University of California, San Francisco.
Recent innovations in Proteomics: Focus on Infectious diseases
Hosted by QB3
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February 1, 4:00pm, Parnassus, N-225
John Constantino, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine.
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS |
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January 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Introducing the virtual DSI Help Desk, a place to ask your general questions about data science including how to download software or code packages, prep for upcoming DSI classes, get started with programming, connect with data science expertise, and more.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 12, 19, 26, 12:00-12:30pm; Virtual Event
Schedule time to meet with an Educator. Bring your coding and documentation concerns. We are here to help you.
Hosted by the Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy
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January 13, 9:00-10:00am; Virtual Event
This one hour presentation and Q&A session will provide an overview of the goals and content of the python-based programming workshop series offered by the UCSF Library Data Science Initiative.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 13, 11:05am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, FAMRI Library, Rm CC150
Want to learn computer programming but don't know where to start? You're in the right place!
This is part of DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series.
Over two sessions, we'll cover the material from the self-paced R for Everyone Series.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 13, 12:00-1:30pm; Virtual Event
In this interactive session, aimed at both sponsors and sponsees, participants will have the opportunity to create their own sponsorship network using a new tool developed by the session facilitators, with the goal of developing strategies to expand the network to support career success. Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs
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January 17, 24, 31, 7:00-7:30am; Virtual Event
Schedule time to meet with an Educator. Bring your coding and documentation concerns. We are here to help you.
Hosted by the Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy
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January 17, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
This session will give an overview of data management plans (DMPs), dive deep into the new NIH requirements, and share local resources and tools to help you work reproducible data sharing into your research workflow.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 18, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Scientific collaborations are essential for productive and innovative research, and your professional network can provide support and advocacy in all aspects of your career. In this session, three speakers will present tips for forming new collaborations, both within academia and with industry partners, and advice for expanding your professional network of mentors, collaborators, and colleagues. Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with questions from moderators and attendees.
Hosted by ORS
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January 18, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Have you ever wanted to learn about vector art? Join Makers Lab staff in exploring the basics of Inkscape, a free and open-source vector graphics software alternative to Adobe Illustrator. We will be utilizing various techniques to create vector images for 3D printing, die-cutting, and more!
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 19, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Are you curious about the applications for 3D printing at UCSF? Join Makers Lab staff for the first pop-up in a three-part series covering the basics of 3D printing and how the technology can be used in the health sciences.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 19, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
This overview session will include a presentation articulating the scope and research opportunities afforded by Digital Health Humanities approaches and will share how UCSF is supporting research in this domain.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 20, 9:00am-12:00pm; 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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January 20, 11:05am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, FAMRI Library, Rm CC150
This is a part of DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series!
We'll cover ways to manipulate data in R. The concepts we'll teach: 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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January 23, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
This lunch series features distinguished faculty mentors in an informal session about mentorship,
career advancement and satisfaction at UCSF.
Steven G. Deeks, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and a faculty member in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General. Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs
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January 23, 1:00-2:00pm; 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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January 24, 12:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
This session is designed as a follow-up to the DSI workshop Intro to Unix, with support for learners interested in programming foundations for digital health humanities research.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 27, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. We will cover basic variable assignment, loops, conditionals, lists, and functions. Exercises will be hands on and use the Jupyter notebook environment.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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January 27, 11:05am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, FAMRI Library, Rm CC150
This is a part of DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series!
We'll cover ways to manipulate data in R. The concepts we'll teach: Relational Data and Types of joins.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 1, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Introducing the virtual DSI Help Desk, a place to ask your general questions about data science including how to download software or code packages, prep for upcoming DSI classes, get started with programming, connect with data science expertise, and more.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 3, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop is designed to be a follow up course to Introduction to Python, Part 1. Participants will build on core programming skills and learn to use common Python libraries for data analysis including Pandas for tabular data analysis and matplotlib for graphing and plotting.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 3, 11:05am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, FAMRI Library, Rm CC150
This is a part of DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 7, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
These are informal group meetings aimed at helping participants improve the quality of their proposals and assisting them in navigating through the NIH K Award application process.
Hosted by Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS FOR TRAINEES
(STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, RESIDENTS, FELLOWS)
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January 19, 6:30-8:00pm; Virtual Event
The Clinical Research Informatics Postdoctoral (CRISP) Fellowship provides tailored training for clinician investigators who seek to improve healthcare through the science of clinical research informatics. The fellowship is funded by a training (TL1) grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS), the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Hosted by Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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January 31, 2:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Qualitative studies are at least as common as quantitative students in health professions education journals. This session will introduce some of the purposes and assumptions of qualitative research, help you identify and craft research and evaluation questions suited to qualitative study, and discuss approaches and common types of qualitative data.
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February 1, 5:00-6:00pm; Virtual Event
This panel will feature UCSF residents discussing how they navigated their way through med school applications and selection and how they are developing their career as residents. The panel is part of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Office of Education and Training's Healthcare Professional Career Development Program.
Hosted by Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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February 7, 1:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop is the second of two workshops that introduce the learner to qualitative methods in medical education. This session will briefly review the assumptions of qualitative research approaches, common qualitative methods, and evaluation of qualitative research. The primary focus of the session will be on qualitative data analysis.
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FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
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The Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology recognizes innovators whose pathbreaking technological developments are demonstrably improving human health. The Merkin Prize has an intentional focus on real-world impact, and a goal of shining a light on innovators themselves and how their work is transforming health care.
It is administered by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, one of the world’s leading biomedical research institutes. The new prize will annually celebrate a novel technology and recognize up to four key contributors, individuals or teams, from anywhere in the world with a cash award of $400,000.
You can find more information about the prize on our website, or click here to link directly to the nomination form. Nominations are due by 11:59 pm Eastern time, January 30, 2023.
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Application Deadline: February 9, 2023
NIH will provide the qualifying institutions with the funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Watch the recorded REACH Program Pre-Application Webinar to learn about the opportunity for five new Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) to join NIH’s nationwide proof-of-concept network and receive $1 million per year for four years.
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Applications are due by February 14, 2023
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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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