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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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November 4, 12:30-2:00pm; 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.
Thomas Peterson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
“Patient Phenotyping, Levels of Evidence, and Machine Learning For Clinical Research”
Emily Moore, PhD, Research Fellow in Developmental Biology, Rosen Lab, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
“The Role of BMP2 in Periosteal Appositional Growth”
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November 17, 12:30-1:30pm; Parnassus, Saunders Court
Join the CCMBM JIC for lunch and stimulating conversation. Network with CCMBM leaders on your career development and research. We will build community, share experiences and resources, and network over lunch!
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November 18, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Investigator Karin Wu, MD will receive feedback on her VA CDA/NIH K23 proposal titled "Modulation of the gut microbiome by dietary fiber to improve intestinal calcium absorption and bone health in older men."
Members are invited to join to learn from this session.
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Please contact Lucy Wu for more info and Zoom details. Hosted by CCMBM EBSD & Imaging Cores
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November 30, 2:00-3:00pm (PT)/5:00-6:00pm (ET); Parnassus, N-217
Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT, Inaugural Director of the Atlantic Charter Discovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery at the Spaulding Research Institute, Harvard Medical School.
"Forever Young: Targeting Youthful Signals in Circulating Extracellular Vesicles through Engineering and Exercise"
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Registration is required. Remote participation is available by request.
Hosted by CCMBM
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November 2, 12:00pm; Virtual Event
Houda Alachkar, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, USC
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November 2, 1:30-5:00pm, Mission Bay, Robertson Auditorium
We will have fascinating presentations from Center members and awardees, a poster session and networking opportunities. Guest speaker Dr. Robyn Tanguay from Oregon State University will speak on "Using Zebrafish as Systems Toxicology Model."
Hosted by Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Sustainability
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November 2, 4:00pm; Virtual Event
Jesse Bloom, PhD, Principal Investigator, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Washington, and HHMI
"Interpreting the evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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November 3, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Mohammed AlQuraishi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Systems Biology, Columbia University
OpenFold: Lessons learned and insights gained from rebuilding AlphaFold2
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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November 4, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Robert Zoncu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, UC Berkeley
Lysosomal Cholesterol Sensing in mTORC1 Regulation and Organelle Homeostasis
Hosted by Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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November 7, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus; N-225
Carolina Barillas-Mury, MD, PhD, NIH Distinguished Investigator, NIAID
Hosted by ImmunoX
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November 8, 9:00am; Virtual Event
Kimberly Luddy, PhD, Senior Research Project Specialist in the Cancer Biology and Evolution Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Team science in modern cancer immunology: embracing complexity thru collaboration
Hosted by UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute
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November 8, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
With speaker Alexa Miller, who is a leading facilitator/coach of Visual Thinking Strategies, this session highlights specific features and challenges of diagnosis in radiology to frame an experience with art and to underscore key aspects of careful, disciplined visual inspection and communication.
Hosted by Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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November 8, 2:30-3:30pm, Mission Bay, GenHall Auditorium
Leo Cheng, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School
Associate Biophysicist of Pathology and Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital
Applications of NMR Metabolomics and Metabolomic Imaging in Medicine
Hosted by Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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November 9, 2:30-3:30pm, Parnassus, N-225
Keke FairFax, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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November 14, 9:00-10:00am; Mission Bay, HD-160
Julian Hong, MD, MS,Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Radiation Oncology and Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, UCSF
From computer to care: Developing and evaluating computational tools for the cancer clinic
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November 14, 3:00-4:00pm; Gladstone Institues, Mahley Auditorium
Getting a Head and Heart by Riding the Crest
Hosted by Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and the Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF
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November 16, 6:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Adam Ferguson, MS, PhD, Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Hosted by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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November 16, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Sybil Danby, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at The Center for Breakthrough Medicines.
Hosted by L.I.S. BioConsulting
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November 16, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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November 17, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Peijun Zhang, PhD, Professor of Structural Biology, Oxford
HARC Speaker: Visualizing virus infection in cells by cryoEM
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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November 17, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Rapid escape from quiescence induced by targeted MAPK pathway inhibitors
Hosted by Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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November 21, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Carla Nowosad, PhD, Assistant Professor of Immunology, NYU
Hosted by ImmunoX
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November 30, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Chenghua Gu, MD, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical and Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
"The neuro-vascular interactions in the CNS"
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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December 1, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Jin Zhang, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, UCSD
Illuminating the Biochemical Activity Architecture of the Cell
Hosted by Biophysics Graduate Program
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December 5, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Jeff Weber, MD, PhD, Oncologist and Professor of Oncology, NYU
Hosted by ImmunoX
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December 7, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Marsha Rosner, PhD, Professor ofCancer Biology and Principal Investigator, University of Chicago
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS |
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November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, & December 6, 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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November 1, 8:00am-12:00pm; Parnassus, CS-1111
We will use the wisdom and experience of the entire group and review the literature to write a foolproof guide to giving effective feedback.
Hosted by Center for Faculty Educators
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November 1, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
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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November 1, 9, 16, 22, 23, 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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November 4, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Through hands-on programming exercises, we will investigate using ML algorithms such as k-means clustering to 1) categorized documents into different clusters and 2) analyze the vocabulary (words and terms) most frequent in each cluster.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 4, 11:05am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This is a part of the Fall FoR Visualizations Series.
We will cover: What is a Confidence Interval?, Displaying Uncertainty in Bar Charts, Displaying Uncertainty in Scatter Plots
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 4, 11:05am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This is a part of the Fall FoR Visualizations Series. We will cover: Plot Grids, Heatmaps, Reduced Dimension Plots.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 10, 11:05am-12:30pm; Mission Bay FAMRI Library: Room CC150
LeaRn with DSI meetups are designed to be inclusive, and we welcome R beginners and experts alike to attend. In fact, you don't even need to be doing any data science yet, and we'd love to hear your unique perspectives.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 15, 12:10-1:00pm, Virtual Event
Leia Casey, Research and Education Librarian will guide you through resources to the best evidence available in PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, or Web of Science, depending on your topics.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 15, 12:00am-1:30pm; Virtual Event
Join Makers Lab staff for the second pop-up in a three-part series covering the basics of 3D design & modeling using the web-based application Tinkercad. Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 16, 9:00-10:00am; 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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November 16, 12:10-1:00pm, Virtual Event
Learn how to use Zotero, a powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, analyze, and share your sources. Unlike EndNote, Zotero is free, open source, and easy to use.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 18, 10:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Learn to use git to create and manage different versions of a document, save work in progress, and collaborate on a shared code base with other researchers and programmers.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 18, 11:05am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This is a part of the Fall FoR Visualizations Series.
We will cover the following topics:
Plot Grids, Heatmaps, and Reduced Dimension Plots
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 18, 12:05-1:00pm; Virtual Event
We will cover topics: Circular Plots and Network Plots.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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November 29, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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December 6, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
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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December 7, 12:00-12:30pm; Virtual Event
The virtual demonstration will be like a cooking show - but for health sciences projects! View the technology in action, learn about projects from UCSF, and ask Makers Lab staff questions!
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS FOR TRAINEES
(STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, RESIDENTS, FELLOWS)
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November 7, 11:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Learn about the process and expectations of job applications (excluding faculty careers).
In first hour of this workshop, we'll introduce you to job search strategies, the difference between a CV and a resume, teach you how to craft a solid resume, and show you the steps for tailoring your resume to each job you apply to. In the second hour (optional), bring a paper copy of whatever CV or resume you have and receive constructive peer feedback on how to improve it!
Hosted by Office of Career and Professional Development
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November 8, 11:00am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
In this workshop, learn how to prepare for interview questions you are likely to be asked during interviews. We'll coach you through strategies that will help you respond effectively.
Hosted by Office of Career and Professional Development
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November 8, 5:00-6:30pm; Parnassus, IRM Boardroom, Pod D
Kick off with two twenty-minute presentations by IRM postdocs about their current research, followed by Q&A. Pizza and drinks will aid the post-seminar discussions.
Hosted by UCSF Broad Stem Cell Research Center
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November 10, 17, 24, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, CS-1111
Our mission is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop outstanding communication and leadership skills, fostering self-confidence and personal growth.
Hosted by UC Oracles Toastmasters
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November 17, 1:00-2:00pm, Virtual Event
Jared Sorin, co-leader of the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice group & Adam Schoen, Partner at Brown Rudnick, will discuss the dos and don’ts of pitching early-stage investors. What makes a company fundable? What do investors need to see to get to “YES”? What are some of the mistakes companies often make when pitching, and how can they be avoided? Jared will discuss these topics and more.
Hosted by Rosenman Institute
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FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
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The Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) seeks to stimulate and support highly innovative basic science research at UCSF. The focus is on basic science projects of potentially high impact that are creative, risky, and transformative. We seek novel ideas for basic science projects that go beyond those that receive funding from NIH and other traditional funding mechanisms.
Proposal deadline: Friday, November 4, 2022 5:00 pm PDT
NFR - New Frontier Research - $25,000 - $150,000 for one year
• Supports basic science research projects at levels of risk and innovation that substantially exceed those
supported by NIH; multiple awards annually
• Both single-PI and multiple-PI applications are welcomed
TMC - Technologies, Methodologies & Cores - $50,000 - $500,000 for one year in matching funds
• Strong emphasis on invention and development of new technologies, methodologies, and/or establishment of
technology cores and acquisition of shared instruments; multiple awards annually
• Both single-PI and multiple-PI applications are welcomed
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Total grant amount: $495,000 over 3 years
Pre-proposal deadline: November 11, 12:00pm
The CSDA supports physician scientists at the Assistant Professor rank and who are conducting clinical research, including research on any disease area, health outcomes, or health services.
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Application deadline: November 14, 2022
Objective of the grant: Provide “seed” opportunities for faculty, researchers, and trainees that have research needs involving biomechanics and/or exercise testing of which the HPC can provide and might lead to future funding. Proposals with novel ideas as well as proposals that are an add-on to a current research study will be considered if the goal is to acquire pilot data for possible future funding.
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Application deadline: November 29, 2022
The Marcus Program in Precision Medicine Innovation (MPPMI) seeks to fuel innovation in precision medicine by fostering creative, high risk, high impact team science projects supporting the precision medicine continuum. See 2022 RFA on the program website. The MPPMI invites proposals for our 2022 funding in four award categories, Seeding Bold Ideas, Transformative Integrated Research, ELSI in Precision Medicine, and IDEA in Precision Medicine Research. |
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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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