UCSF CCMBM Core Services Newsletter - June 2024 | | |
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CCMBM Cores:
Featured Services
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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“The CCMBM has done an amazing job of building community and promoting excellence in research on the musculoskeletal system.”
-- Rich Schneider, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
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July 25, 8:00am-4:30pm; Virtual Event
UCSF CME 21st Annual Osteoporosis: New Insights in Research, Diagnosis, and Clinical Care 2024
This course will focus on updates and hot topics in osteoporosis, with an all-star speaker lineup featuring UCSF experts and visiting faculty. The CCMBM EBSD Core is subsidizing the registration cost of CCMBM members: Trainees (students, residents, fellows) are fully subsidized, and faculty members are subsidized at 50%.
Please contact Lucy Wu for registration details.
Hosted by Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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SBB Core Updated Recharge Rates
The SBB Core is updating its recharge rates for core services. This is the first revision of our recharge rates in over 4 years, and we are taking this opportunity to update rates based on actual usage and expenses.
The new rates will take effect July 1, 2024.
The new rates for our most commonly used services are listed below. For additional details, please visit iLab (login required).
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Three point bending:
Internal Rate: $104 per sample
External Rate: $131 per sample
Advanced Histology:
Internal Rate: $48 per hour
External Rate: $61 per hour
Advanced Biomechanics:
Internal Rate: $73 per hour
External Rate: $93 per hour
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Advanced Molecular Biology:
Internal Rate: $79 per hour
External Rate: $101 per hour
Consultation/Support:
Internal Rate: $72 per hour
External Rate: $91 per hour
microCT - scanning (unassisted):
Internal Rate: $54 per hour
External Rate: $69 per hour
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microCT - analysis (unassisted):
Internal Rate: $24 per hour
External Rate: $31 per hour
microCT - training:
Internal Rate: $138 per hour
External Rate: $174 per hour
microCT - assisted full service (scanning/analysis):
Internal Rate: $118 per hour
External Rate: $149 per hour
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The Grant Development Award provides funding for a junior CCMBM member to host a meeting (e.g., lunch or dinner) with 1-3 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
If you are not a member, you may concurrently apply for membership while your Grant Development application is being reviewed.
Apply via the online application form today! Contact Noah Bonnheim for questions on this funding opportunity.
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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.
Upcoming NIH Cycle II deadlines include:
R15 Grants: June 25, 2024
R01 & U01 Grants: July 5, 2024
K Series Grants: July 12, 2024
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 Grants: July 16, 2024
F Series Fellowships: August 8, 2024
Fill out the sign up form to attend an upcoming session.
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The Imaging Core is offering service discounts to Early Stage Investigator and Trainee members. The Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design Core is also offering up to 6 hours of free UCSF Clinical and Translational Institute (CTSI) consultation time for all CCMBM members. Please contact each Core to utilize these member discounts.
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June 25, 7:00-7:30am & June 27, 12:00-12:30pm; Virtual Event
Compliance Educator Office Hours
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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June 25 & 26, 2:00-3:00pm; Mission Bay, CC-151
Data Science Help Desk
Introducing the hybrid Data Science Help Desk, a place to ask your general questions about data science including how to download software or code packages, prep for upcoming data science classes, get started with programming, connect with data science expertise, and more. No appointments required, just walk/drop in!
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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June 25, 3:30-4:45pm; Virtual Event
New Postdoc Orientation
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.
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars
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June 26, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Endocrine Grand Rounds
Moon Kyung Choi, MD, Adult Endocrinology Fellow, UCSF
Mehrnaz Chasemiesfe, MD, Adult Endocrinology Fellow, UCSF
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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June 26, 1:00-2:00pm PT; Virtual Event
2024 CSR Summer Trainee Lecture Series
Lamya Karim, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, UMass Dartmouth
"Biomechanics"
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Center for Musculoskeletal Research
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June 26, 4:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1406
Seminar Series for Junior Scientists
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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June 27, 2:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
C2C Seminar Series: Building Your Research Portfolio and Keeping it in the Black
This series of seminars will provide high-yield, practical information about designing, funding, and conducting patient-facing oncology trials.
Registration required.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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To learn more, view the NOFO here.
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HTORR Pilot Award Program
Application Deadline: October 1, 2024, at 5:00pm ET
The Pilot Award Program is a new component of our NIH-supported U42 program the Human Tissues and Organs for Research Resource (HTORR), and will support individuals that meet at least one of the following three high priority areas:
- Individuals from underrepresented populations in the U.S. biomedical workforce, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities and persons from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Early-stage investigators that are within 10 years of a terminal degree or completion of clinical residency.
- Established investigators that are transitioning to use human biospecimens.
The 2-year awards provided through our Pilot Award Program will include up to ~10 biological samples per awarded investigator, covering all costs associated with obtaining the biospecimens, including tissue preservation reagents and shipping costs. Beyond the service period and experimental analysis phase, the awardee will also receive supplementary support to develop grant applications to the NIH Institute that supported their award, and only applications that fall into the fields covered by these institutes will be reviewed.
The institutions currently supporting the Pilot Award Program are:
- Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
To learn more, visit the HTORR website 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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