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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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FEATURED EVENTS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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April 5, 12:30-2:00pm PT / 3:30-5:00pm ET; Virtual Event
This seminar series focuses on musculoskeletal research from our Early Stage and Junior Investigators as an opportunity to share their research across UCSF and Harvard institutions through the CCMBM and CSR.
The April 2024 featured speakers are:
Steven Garcia, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
"Distinct Cell Populations Drive Fibrosis and Adipogenesis in Chronic Muscle Injury"
Michelle Yau, PhD, MPH, Assistant Scientist II and Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
“Talk Title TBD"
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Hosted by the CCMBM and CSR
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April 12, 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 to sign up for a practice slot.
Hosted by the CCMBM
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April 23; Time and Location TBA
CCMBM Seminar Series
Join us in-person on April 23 for a special CCMBM seminar featuring visiting speaker Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD! Dr. Duque is Professor of Medicine at McGill University and Senior Scientist at the RI-MUHC Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program. The location and time of Dr. Duque's seminar will be announced shortly.
Hosted by the CCMBM
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April 3-6, 2024; InterContinental San Francisco, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco
Learn new and evolving concepts in trauma and fracture management through didactic lectures, case presentations, and hands-on practice with the latest implants from international leaders in the field of orthopaedic traumatology. This course is of substantial value in the preparation for board and recertification examinations. An additional pre-course on April 3 offers opportunities to bring and discuss cases in a small group setting.
Register to attend the pre-course (April 3).
Register to attend the course (April 4-6).
Hosted by the Department or Orthopaedic Surgery
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April 29-30, 2024; Spine Research Institute (Ohio State University)
The NSF Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI) is hosting its annual Spring Symposium. This 2-day event will include updates on current projects from faculty and students, opportunities to interact with our Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members, and discussions around the future of CDMI. Our symposia provide great opportunities to devote serious thought to how we can leverage our collective resources along with our IAB to better address musculoskeletal disorders in new and creative ways. Visit the CDMI website for the agenda and more info coming soon.
Hosted by CDMI
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We are excited to host the above upcoming seminars and bring speakers to the UCSF community this 2023-2024 academic year. CCMBM members, including junior investigators, trainees and learners, have priority to meet with visiting faculty speakers. The CCMBM Seminar Committee will follow up with scheduling details as we near each speaker’s visit. Contact Pui Yee Law if you would like us to consider and invite potential speakers to visit UCSF.
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Application Deadline: May 1, 2024 by 5:00pm PST
The MSK T32 program is seeking applications for its next class of fellows who are eager to push the boundaries of MSK science, and in doing so, advance the field in fundamental ways. One-year training slots are available on a competitive basis to trainees proposing research in any area of musculoskeletal science, for projects across all UCSF campuses.
Applications may be submitted by email to Aaron Fields no later than 5:00 p.m. PST, on May 1, 2024. Early submission is encouraged. Awardees will be notified in late May 2024, and must start their fellowship before July 1, 2024. |
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Eligibility and application requirements can be found in the RFA here. |
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Awards Given on a Rolling Basis - Apply Today!
The Grant Development Award provides funding for a junior CCMBM member to host a meeting (e.g., lunch or dinner) with 2-3 UCSF faculty members who are outside of the trainee’s current lab to:
1) brainstorm/solicit informal feedback on a study idea or research direction
2) learn about the latest methods and techniques used in related fields
3) identify potential collaborators
4) promote inter-disciplinary MSK research
5) expand the trainee’s professional network
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The CCMBM would like to help investigators strengthen their grant proposals in advance of any upcoming NIH deadlines. We invite CCMBM members to participate in the Grants Review program to receive 1:1 feedback and/or live panel review with peers as well as coaching from experienced investigators. If you are not a member, you may concurrently join during your grants review period.
D, P, and T Series Grants, R18 & U18 Research Demonstrations, R25 Education Projects, and C06/UC6 Construction Grants: May 25, 2024
G07, G08, G11, G12, G13, G20, R24, S06, S11, S21, S22, SC1, SC2, SC3, UG1, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U41, U42, U45, U54, U56 Activity Codes: May 25, 2024
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April 3, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Marcia Haigis, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
"The Role of Metabolites in Cancer and Aging"
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 4, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Riana Hunter, BMS Graduate Student, Feeney Lab, UCSF
Max Foisey, BMS Graduate Student, Roybal Lab, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 4, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Nozomi Ando, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University
"Conformational Switching in a Flexible, Multi-Domain Enzyme"
Hosted by the Biophysics Graduate Program
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April 4, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Andrew Pan, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Courtney Tamaki, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 4, 2:00-3:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Location TBD
Are you responsible for ensuring that your lab's IACUC protocol meets the highest animal welfare standards and will be approved as soon as possible? Are you wondering what the best blood collection technique for your study might be? Do you wish there was some way you could have someone show you how to use the RIO database for writing and submitting protocols? Get help with your questions at our bi-weekly office hours sessions.
Hosted by the UCSF Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
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April 5, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, Weill Neurosciences Building Rooftop
QBI presents the grand opening of the Bruker Center of Excellence in Proteomics, a state-of-the-art Mass Spectrometry Facility located at the UCSF Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building. The grand opening will be followed by a complimentary lunch discussion on single-cell proteomics led by Danielle Swaney (UCSF) and Chris Rose (Genentech), with special guest Ryan Kelly, Professor of Chemistry and Biology at Brigham Young University.
Hosted by QBI
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April 5, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1406
Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University & Chief Data Scientist, Stanford Healthcare
"Implementation and Evaluation of AI in Real-World Clinical Settings: Shaping the Responsible Adoption of AI in Healthcare"
Hosted by the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
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April 8, 9:00-10:00am; Virtual Event
Antoinia Mitrofanova, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Rutgers School of Health Professions
"Computational mechanism-centric algorithms to elucidate markers of therapeutic resistance in cancer"
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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April 8, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD, UPMC Endowed and Distinguished Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 8, 3:00-4:00pm; China Basin, Conf. Room 342
Cancer, a leading cause of mortality, can be effectively treated if detected in its early stages. However, early detection is challenging for both humans and computers. While AI can identify details beyond human perception, delineate anatomical structures, and localize abnormalities in medical images, the training of these algorithms requires large-scale datasets, comprehensive annotations. Several disciplines, including natural language processing (e.g., GPTs), representation learning (e.g., MAE), and image segmentation (e.g., SAMs), have witnessed the transformative power of scaling data for AI advancement. Still, this concept remains relatively underexplored in medical imaging due to the inherent challenges in data and annotation curation. This talk seeks to bridge this gap by focusing on datasets and annotations that are integral to the analysis of medical images, particularly for early cancer detection.
Hosted by the Center for Intelligent Imaging
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April 8, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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April 9, 7:00-8:00am; Virtual Event
Skulpan Asavasopon, MPT, PhD, Program Director, Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program, Loma Linda University
"Putting Biomechanics Back in the Chronic Pain Narrative: Getting to the Root Cause of the Problem"
Hosted by the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
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April 9, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Manning Huang, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
"High-throughput approaches for fungal pathogen biology"
Hosted by iMicro
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April 9, 5:00-6:00pm; Parnassus, IRM Boardroom
Mariann Guzman-Espinoza, Junior Specialist, Hutchins Lab, UCSF
"A post-transcriptional regulator drives a cell fate choice in neural crest cells"
Miguel Turrero Garcia, PhD, Specialist, Harwell Lab, UCSF
"A developmentally defined population of neurons in the lateral septum controls responses to aversive stimuli"
Hosted by the UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center
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April 9, 5:30-7:00pm; Parnassus, Cole Hall Auditorium
Rupa Lalchandani Tuan, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Hosted by the Graduate & Professional Student Association
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April 10, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
AJ Agha, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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April 10, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Dolores Shoback, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UCSF
"Hypoparathyroidism: Diagnosis, Evaluation and New Treatment Options"
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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April 10, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Anne Elizabeth West, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology and Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine
Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
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April 10, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-2700
Steven MacEachern, PhD, Professor of Statistics, Ohio State University
"Familial inference: Tests for hypotheses on a family of centers"
Hosted by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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April 10, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Shruti Naik, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Medicine, and Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
"Immune-mediated mechanisms of adaptive and maladaptive tissue responses"
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 11, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Ana Almonte, Bioinformatics Graduate Student, Sirota/Fragiadakis Lab, UCSF
Sarah Castro, BMS Graduate Student, Sweet-Cordero Lab, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 11, 9:00-10:00am PT; Virtual Event
Stella Vnook, PhD, Founder and President, OralBioLife
Hosted by L.I.S. BioConsulting
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April 11, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Sandler Conference Center
Juan Song, PhD, Professor and Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience Center, UNC Chapel Hill
"Hypothalamic modulation of hippocampal neurogenesis in health and disease"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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April 11, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Laura Huckins, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Hosted by the Biophysics Graduate Program
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April 11, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Lily Zemelko, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Tasha Tsao, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 12, 12:00pm; Parnassus, N-217
Tayma Handal, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Francesco Dalla Ricca, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
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April 15, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Marlys Fassett, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 16, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Christine Olson, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Hooper Foundation, UCSF
Hosted by iMicro
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April 16, 3:30-5:00pm; Mission Bay, Genentech Hall - Byers Auditorium
Andrej Sali, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering, UCSF
“All You Need is Harmony: Modeling for Biology”
Hosted by the UCSF Academic Senate
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April 17, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Matt Austin, MD, Director of Adult Reconstruction, Rothman Institute & Arthroplasty Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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April 17, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University
"Using in vivo calcium imaging to understand gut-brain communication in health and disease"
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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April 17, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD, Division Head, Clinical Pharmaclogy & Toxicology, SickKids & Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
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April 17, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Heather Christofk, PhD, Professor of Biological Chemistry & Associate Director of Basic and Translational Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
"Metabolic Transitions in Cancer and Development"
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 18, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Rachel Jones, Tetrad Graduate Student, UCSF
James Heiserman, Akhurst Lab, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 18, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Auditorium
Gary Yellen, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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April 18, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1407
Anastassia Komarova, PhD, Principal Investigator, Interactomics, RNA, and Immunity Laboratory, Institut Pasteur & Director, Institut Pasteur-Oncovita Laboratory
"Virus-host RNA-protein Interactions and Innate Immunity"
Hosted by QBI
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April 18, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Karine Gibbs, PhD, Associate Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
"Social dynamics in swarming colonies"
Hosted by the Biophysics Graduate Program
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April 18, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Jose Gomez, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Kira Downey, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 18, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
Saul Villeda, PhD, Professor of Anatomy, UCSF
Hosted by QB3
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April 18, 2:00-3:00pm; Mission Bay, Genentech Hall - Atrium, 1st Floor
Are you responsible for ensuring that your lab's IACUC protocol meets the highest animal welfare standards and will be approved as soon as possible? Are you wondering what the best blood collection technique for your study might be? Do you wish there was some way you could have someone show you how to use the RIO database for writing and submitting protocols? Get help with your questions at our bi-weekly office hours sessions.
Hosted by the UCSF Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
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April 19, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
David Castaneda-Castellanos, MD, PhD, Regional Account Manager, Vizgen Biotechnology
"Multiplexed Error-Robust Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (MERFISH)"
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
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April 19, 12:10-1:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Laura Dwyer, Graduate Student, Scharschmidt Lab, UCSF
"Dissecting the role of CD38 and metabolism in the heightened Treg potential of human neonatal CD4+ T cells"
Yarden Golan Maor, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ahituv Lab, UCSF
"Genomic and metabolomic characterization of normal and impaired human milk production"
Hosted by the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
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April 20, 8:00am-4:30pm; Mission Bay, Sandler Neurosciences Center
Hosted by UCSF’s Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC), this event brings together leading experts, researchers, clinicians, and professionals to delve into the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in neuromodulation technology and therapy. This symposium is tailored for professionals and researchers across various disciplines, including neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, pain management, and more.
Hosted by the UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center
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April 22, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Daniel Kaplan, MD, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 23, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Britt Glaunsinger, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Hosted by iMicro
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April 23, 1:00-2:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Theodore Roth, MD, PhD, Resident in Clinical Pathology, Stanford University
"CRISPR-All: A Unified Genetic Perturbation Language for Cellular Programming"
Hosted by the UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center
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April 24, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Pierre Guy, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Division Head, Orthopaedic Trauma, University of British Columbia
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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April 24, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Mariella Filbin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School & Member, Neuro-Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 25, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
William Xie, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Minna Apostolova, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 25, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Sandler Conference Center
Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, President and CEO, Allen Institute
"Executing, reinforcing and refining actions"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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April 25, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Heba Ismail, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
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April 25, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Charles Shen, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Trishna Patel, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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April 26, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Natasha Diba Sheybani, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Research Director, UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, University of Virginia
"Toward Precision Immuno-Oncology with Focused Ultrasound"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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April 29, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Luis Barreiro, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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April 30, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Hosted by iMicro
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS |
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April 4, 11, 18, 25, 12:00-12:30pm & April 9, 16, 23, 30, 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.
Join via Zoom (Tuesdays).
Join via Zoom (Thursdays). Hosted by the Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy
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April 5, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
In this workshop, we'll use Python to read data directly from Web APIs. This will also provide our first opportunity in this workshop series to start investigating real world data that may be relevant to your research or analysis. We will use the Internet Archive API to search the tobacco archives and other UCSF collections, and the National Library of Medicine's JSON based web service to investigate drug interactions.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 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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April 10, 12:10-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Let us show you how to get the best results from your search. 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. Use Web of Science to identify articles, find where an author or article has been cited, and find articles an article has cited. Access Embase to review EU publications in the fields of medicine, biomedical sciences, drugs and pharmacy.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 11, 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. Can’t make it to this pop-up? Self-enroll in the Makers Lab On-Demand CLE course to watch the recording.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 11 & 12, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Gene set or pathway enrichment methods allow researchers to assign functional or mechanistic significance to results from high-throughput assays like RNA-sequencing. In this workshop, you’ll learn the theory behind some of these methods, and how to interpret the associated results.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
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April 12, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide a review of basic machine learning concepts, and will introduce Python and scikit-learn tools for machine learning. Empahsis will be on the programming work involved in preparing data, populating and building a ML model using scikit-learn libraries, and reading results.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 15 & 16, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
Are you reaching the limits of your laptop? Are you new to working on clusters and high performance computing (HPC)? New to Wynton? This workshop will start with basic definitions for computing in a cluster environment, including types of nodes, queues, and containers. It will also cover how to transfer files, submit jobs, and run analyses. Analyses can be simple scripts, pipelines, or custom-built containers.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
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April 18, 8:30am-2:00pm; Virtual Event
The Bootcamp is designed to provide fundamental information and resources for conducting clinical trials at UCSF. The material of the Bootcamp targets PIs, while clinical research staff, supervisors, and administrators seeking pertinent information are encouraged to participate in the CTO 100 and 200 series. Hosted by UCSF CTSI
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April 19, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
This workshop will provide a review of the Python programming skills and techniques used in the upcoming Machine Learning and Natural Language processing workshops. Topics will include string manipulation, data types and conversion, pandas dataframes, and data formatting and preparation.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 22, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
This workshop is designed to introduce the most fundamental concepts and best practices for Wynton, the HPC system available for UCSF users. We will cover foundational knowledge such as how to get an account, how to login/logout to different nodes, as well as some beginner UNIX commands useful in this environment. No worries if you do not have any experience with UNIX-like environments or HPC systems, that’s what want to introduce in this workshop!
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 23, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
The Bay Area Open Science Group is intended to bring together students, faculty, and staff from the Stanford, UCSF, and Berkeley community to learn about open science, discuss the application of open science practices in a research context, and meet other members of the community who are interested in (or already are) incorporating open science practices into their work.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 25, 12:00-1:30pm; 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. Can’t make it to this pop-up? Self-enroll in the Makers Lab On-Demand CLE course to watch the recording.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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April 25 & 26, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
More often than not, biological experiments involve repeated measures. Examples include responses measured in cellular assays, where the repeated measures may occur over multiple experimental batches, multiple plates, or multiple wells within a plate. Standard statistical tests like t-tests and ANOVA are not applicable. Instead, analysis of such data requires more sophisticated approaches, such as Linear MixedEffect Modeling. In this course, you will learn the motivation for the use of these models, the underlying description and assumptions behind them, example scenarios where they can be used, and code to implement and interpret these models in R.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
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April 25, 2:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
This series of seminars will provide high-yield, practical information about designing, funding, and conducting patient-facing oncology trials.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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April 29, 9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00-4:00pm & April 30, 1:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
This 3-session workshop will focus on the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data, starting from raw count matrices. You’ll learn about quality control of the raw data, normalization, feature selection, dimensionality reduction, clustering, finding marker genes, and batch correction. You’ll analyze data using R.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
(STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, RESIDENTS, FELLOWS)
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April 3, 10:00am-3:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-2107, 2108, and 2109
We know that writing can be challenging for scientists, especially when you’re writing something non-scientific. But we also know there are certain things that every scientist needs to write at some point – like a personal bio, a cover letter or résumé, a conference proposal, or a teaching statement. Writing in community, rather than in isolation, can help make this process a little less painful – and maybe even a bit fun. Come for a single 45-minute writing “sprint,” or stay for the full retreat.
Hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development
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April 3, 4:00-6:00pm; Mission Bay, GenHall, Byers Auditorium
Join us for our popular Grad Slam event, during which 10 PhD student finalists will present their research in three minutes or less, in language accessible to a general audience. It's a celebration not only of the finalists and contest winner, but also of graduate research at UCSF and of scientific inquiry.
Hosted by the UCSF Graduate Division
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April 5, 12:00-2:00pm; Mission Bay, GenHall Atrium - 2nd Floor
This is a mental health awareness event with support dogs from the SPCA. This is a time to promote a positive, safe space for graduate students.
Hosted by Associated Students of the Graduate Division
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April 10, 4:00-5:15pm; Virtual Event
The Postdoc financial literacy series will provide financial education for managing the economic life of postdocs and graduate students by providing tools and information to help them develop financial management decision making skills and build positive consumer behaviors. These new skills will help to mitigate financial stress from lack of money management and lack of access to programs and financial institutions that might be helpful in saving and managing money.
Hosted by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars
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April 15, 4:00-5:00pm & April 23, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event (4/15) and Mission Bay, MH-2106 (4/23)
Join the OCPD team for drop-in office hours. Bring an application you are working on, questions on any subject, or just pop in to say hi! Depending on attendance, you can meet with our staff in small groups or individually. Our office hours are casually structured get you immediate support- feel free to arrive late and/or leave early.
Hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development
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April 17, 9:00-10:00am; Virtual Event
Jerome A. Staal, PhD, Senior Editor, Nature Medicine
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Center for Musculoskeletal Research
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April 17, 9:00-10:00am; Mission Bay, MH-2105
Join other trainees for coffee and snacks. Socialize, hear what others are working on, and brainstorm other activities to engage and support the microbiome trainee community at UCSF.
Hosted by the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
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April 18, 4:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1401/1402
The Junior Scientist Seminar is a monthly seminar series and networking event exclusively for early-career researchers (pre-doctoral school). Our mission is to provide a career development and training opportunity for Junior Scientists to gain experience presenting scientific research in a supportive environment.
Hosted by the Research Development Office
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April 23, 3:30-4:45pm; Virtual Event
Gain important knowledge about the following topics: Human Resources information and resources, Research grants – resources for finding your own funding, Careers – how to get the best job after UCSF, Ideas for maximizing your productivity and minimizing conflicts with your PI, and UAW Union Presentation.
Hosted by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars
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FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
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Funded by the NIH as part of the HEAL Initiative/BACPAC Consortium, the Control Study is ancillary to our comeBACK observational study and will be used for Case-Control analyses to investigate predictors of cLBP, cLPB subtypes, and risk factors.
Eligible participants may receive up to $150 in total gift card for their time and effort by the end of the study.
Enrolled participants will participate in the following:
- 1 clinic visit at UCSF Mission Bay
- Physical exam, blood/stool/saliva collection, and MRIs of your low back
- Questions about your health, quality of life (QOL), & medications
- Wear motion sensors for 7 days
You may be eligible if you are:
- At least 18 years old
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Have NOT had treatment for low back pain or scoliosis, in the last 12 months (e.g., treatment = if you saw a physiotherapist, chiropractor, osteopath or medical doctor for the condition)
- Have NOT had ANY previous spine surgery, ever
- Have NOT had ANY hip or knee surgery, within the last 24 months
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Required Letter of Intent Deadline: May 16, 2024 at 12:00pm PDT
Letter of Intent Decision Date: June 6, 2024 (expected)
Full Proposal Deadline: August 8, 2024 at 12:00pm PDT
The MRPI opportunity is open to UC faculty and researchers in any field of research and scholarship. Proposals require collaboration among at least three UC campuses to pursue pioneering research in thematic, multidisciplinary, or inter-disciplinary areas that enhance the UC research enterprise, strengthen UC’s position as a leading public research university, and benefit California and its people. We anticipate approximately $16 million in total funding available across all awards.
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the following two webinars:
For questions on program scope and priorities, please send an email to UCRI@ucop.edu.
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To learn more, view the NOFO here. |
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Recognizing the need for collaboration of MSK scientists with experts outside of the MSK field, we are providing support to MSK Center members to host a meal for a creative and enjoyable in-person networking meeting to stimulate these interactions and to further develop new research ideas and plans to fund them. Faculty, staff, and trainees who are MSKC/CCMBM members are encouraged to apply to host an event.
If you are not a member, you may concurrently apply for membership while your Open MIKE application is being reviewed.
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UCSF Talks is a new resource for anyone interested in learning about the latest seminars happening at UCSF. It lists all seminars open to the entire UCSF community including regular seminar series, special seminars, supergroups, and thesis talks. If you would like to receive weekly event listing emails, you can sign up for the USCF Talks Google Group. To add an event to the website, please contact Jon Zhang.
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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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