UCSF CCMBM Events & Opportunities Newsletter - March 2022

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.

March 15, 6:00-8:00pm; UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall/Virtual Event

March 16 8:00am-5:00pm; UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall/Virtual Event

UCSF CCMBM and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat

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.

Registration required.

2022 Young Investigator Slam Competition and Poster Presentation

March 8 - Extended deadline for Slam Talk Video Submissions

March 8 - Extended 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.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

CCMBM Grant Review Sessions

Next Grant Review Session: March 3

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.

CCMBM Pilot/Feasibility Grant Program RFP

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.

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Pilot for Anti-Racism Research

Application Deadline: Mon. March 14 (2:00pm PST)

Project Award Amounts: $10,000 or up to $50,000

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

March 2, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event

Research-in-Progress Session

Jessica Ornowski, PhD, Postdoctoral scholar, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF

Validity of automated T1-weighted thresholding approaches for predicting fat infiltration of the paraspinal muscles with comparison to advanced water-fat sequences

Join via Zoom

Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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March 2, 3:00pm-4:00pm; Saunder's Court

Diabetes Center and ImmunoX Tea Hour

In-person social networking for Research & Education UCSF Network In-person Training Events (REUNITE) Week

Hosted by Diabetes Center and Bakar ImmunoX

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March 2, 4:00pm; Virtual Event

BMS Seminar Series

Katrina Claw, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine-Bioinformatics, University of Colorado

Inequities in Personalized Medicine: Pharmacogenomics in Indigenous communities

Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

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March 3, 11:00am-12:00pm; Saunder's Court

BMS and ImmunoX Tea Hour

In-person social networking for Research & Education UCSF Network In-person Training Events (REUNITE) Week

Hosted by BMS and Bakar ImmunoX

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March 4, 3:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event

Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series

Douglas Green, PhD, Chair, Dept. of Immunology, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

The Persistence of (T cell) Memory: An adventure in cell biology

Hosted by UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Center

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March 4, 3:30-5:00pm; Virtual Event

CSR Bone Research Workshop

Ebru Oral, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusettes General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Antibiotic device strategy for periprosthetic joint infections

Li Zeng, PhD, Associate Professor of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Wnt7a osteoarthritis

Hosted by The Center for Skeletal Research

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March 7, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event

ImmunoX Seminar Series

Michael Patnode, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz

Hosted by ImmunoX

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March 8, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event

iMicro Seminar Series

Sarah Stanley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, UC Berkeley

Hosted by Integrative Microbiology Program

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March 9, 7:30am; Virtual Event

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Roger Mann, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF

Chief of the Shoulder Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Sports case conference

Join via Zoom

Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

March 9, 4:00pm; Virtual Event

BMS Seminar Series

Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Roche and Genentech

Frontiers in Therapeutic Development

Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

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March 15, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event

iMicro Seminar Series

Manning Huang, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF

Hosted by Integrative Microbiology Program

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March 16, 7:30am; Virtual Event

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Lauren Santiesteban, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF

AAOS Presentation Practice

Join via Zoom

Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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March 16, 4:00pm; Virtual Event

BMS Seminar Series

Daniel Mucida, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

Role of intraepithelial lymphocytes in colorectal cancer

Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

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March 18, 12:10-1:00pm; CS-0101/Virtual Event

Microbiome Ignite Talks

Cecilia Noecker, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Hooper Foundation, UCSF

Investigating the metabolic strategy and footprint of the prevalent gut bacterium Eggerthela lenta

Hosted by BCMM

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March 21, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event

ImmunoX Seminar Series

Peng Wu, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute

Hosted by ImmunoX

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March 22, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event

iMicro Seminar Series

Tom Moss, PhD Candidate, Mukherjee Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

Hosted by Integrative Microbiology Program

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March 28, 9:00am; N-225/Virtual Event

ImmunoX Seminar Series

Ming Li, PhD, Immunologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hosted by ImmunoX

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March 29, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event

iMicro Seminar Series

Keren Lasker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research Institute

Hosted by Integrative Microbiology Program

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March 30, 7:30am; Virtual Event

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Ryan Freshman, MD, Resident Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF

Foot Journal Conference

Join via Zoom

Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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March 30, 4:00pm; Virtual Event

BMS Seminar Series

Victor Torres, PhD, Director, Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Program, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Hosted by the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

March 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, 3:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event

DSI Help Desk

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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March 4, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event

Python Background and Review for Machine Learning Workshop

This workshop will provide a review of the Python programming skills and techniques used in the upcoming Machine Learning and Natural Language processing workshops.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 10, 3:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event Introduction to ggplot2 with R

This is a hands-on workshop that covers how to use ggplot2 for common visualizations using the R programming language.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 11, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event

Machine Learning with Python and Sckikit-Learn

This workshop will provide a review of basic machine learning concepts, and will introduce Python and scikit-learn tools for machine learning.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 17, 3:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event

Univariate and bivariate statistics with R

This is a hands-on workshop that covers how to describe single variables and test for relationships between two variables using the R programming language. 

Hosted by the UCSF Library

> UCSF Data Science Events

March 18, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event

Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing

This workshop will review the process of preparing, cleaning, and formatting text for natural language processing projects.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 22, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event

Bay Area Open Science Group - Improving Science Communication

Join us as we get together virtually with colleagues at Stanford and Berkeley to hear from Milo Johnson, a postdoc at UC Berkeley. The linear format of scientific papers is an entrenched, constrained result of history that holds back efficient and effective transmission of information between scientists. 

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 24, 3:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event

Regression Modeling with R Part 1

This is a 2-part hands-on workshop that covers common regression modeling techniques using the R programming language. 

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 25, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event

Text Analysis and Machine Learning with Google AI

This workshop will introduce image to text extraction, document classification, and sentiment analysis using Python and the AutoML API available through Google Cloud Platform.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

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March 31, 3:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event

Regression Modeling with R Part 2

This is a hands-on workshop that covers common regression modeling techniques using the R programming language.

Hosted by the UCSF Library

> UCSF Education & Research Events

STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS ONLY: CAREER DEVELOPMENT

March 5, 6:00-8:00pm; Virtual Event

Manage Up: Finding Your Five Mentors

Everyone will tell you that mentorship is important, but how does a student or postdoc find mentors? In this workshop, we'll discuss the types of mentors there are and you'll identify which ones you need to develop your mentoring team. 

Hosted by the Office for Career and Professional Development



> Office of Career and Professional Development Events

> Office for Postdoctoral Scholars Events

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.