UCSF CCMBM Core Services Newsletter - February 2024
“CCMBM funding mechanisms allowed me to act swiftly in pursuing important clinical questions in patients with Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis (PFJ OA). When the opportunity to explore pain flares in this population arose, pursuing a RAP award to acquire pilot data for a future large clinical trial was a natural fit. I was pleased that CCMBM believed in the project and funded the award. This work is severely lacking in the field and without preliminary data, funding through NIH or other agencies would have been challenging and time consuming. CCMBM’s support allowed us to move this project forward.”
 
-- Richard Souza, PhD, PT, Professor of Physical Therapy, UCSF
The CCMBM Imaging Core provides state-of-the-art, customized image acquisition, reconstruction, and quantitative analysis for pre-clinical and human musculoskeletal research. CCMBM Early-Stage Investigator and Trainee members are also eligible to receive a 25% discount on most research recharges. For information on accessing and using these services, contact Galateia Kazakia and Victor Cheuy, CCMBM Imaging Core Directors.
March 12-13, 2024, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
This scientific event, entitled “Fueling MSK Health and Discovery with Data Science, Technology, and Digital Health”, brings together research scientists, clinicians, and patients to explore recent advances and opportunities in the fields of data science, tech, and digital health as they intersect with musculoskeletal research and clinical practice. Preeminent speakers from the Bay Area and throughout the country will join together to share cutting edge research and management frameworks across the biological, rehabilitative, imaging, and epidemiologic sciences.

Registration is required. Remote participation is available by request.
Submission deadline: Monday, March 4, 2024, by 2:00 PM PST
The Resource Allocation Program (RAP), an umbrella consortium of UCSF funders that coordinates multiple intramural research funding opportunities, is now accepting applications for the Spring 2024 Cycle. Review the grant-specific descriptions/instructions for the grant mechanism you are applying, not the funding agency. Funding agencies will select the awardees by choosing the proposals that best fulfill their programmatic goals. Simultaneous consideration of each application by multiple funding agencies enhances funding likelihood. Funding results will be available by the end of May 2024. See CCMBM Funding Opportunities for the RFA.
Three Awards Left - Apply Today!
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.
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 I deadlines include:

New R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 Grants: February 16, 2024
R15 Grants: February 25, 2024
R01 and U01 Grants: March 5, 2024
K Series Grants: March 12, 2024
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 Grants: March 16, 2024

Fill out the sign up form to attend an upcoming session.
Core discounts
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.

Please contact Tom Sullivan for eligibility questions. 
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 14, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Richard Legro, MD, University Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health
"Does Female Metabolic Health Matter To Reproduction?"
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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February 14, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Are you curious about the applications for 3D printing at UCSF? Join Makers Lab staff for the second 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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February 14, 1:00-2:00pm PT; Virtual Event
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Center for Musculoskeletal Research
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February 14, 1:00-2:30pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, 107 C/D
The idea of networking may seem uncomfortable or disingenuous. But this interactive workshop will help you appreciate the real value of connecting with others, and how informational interviews can be an accessible and effective form of networking—especially for students and early-career scientists.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
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February 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, 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 14, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Julie Siegenthaler, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
"“Stuck on you”: Meninges Formation and Function in Brain Development"
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 15, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Isabel Shen, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Caroline Whitty, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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February 15, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
David Ginty, PhD, Edward R. & Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology and Department Chair, Harvard University
"Making sense of touch"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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February 15, 22, 29, 12:00-12:30pm & February 20, 27, 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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February 15, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Sarah Castro, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Ivan Chavez, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 16, 10:00-11:00am PT; Virtual Event
Melissa Putman, MD, Physician Investigator, Diabetes, Massaschusetts General Research Institute
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Center for Musculoskeletal Research
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February 16, 11:05am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Want to learn computer programming but don't know where to start? Join DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series to learn about R and R Studio.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 16, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
James D. Johnson, PhD, Professor, Cellular and Physiological Sciences; Director, Life Sciences Institute; University of British Columbia, Canada
"Proteomic correlates of function and a cellular state in primary and stem-cell derived beta cells"
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
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February 16, 12:00pm; Parnassus, N-217
Rose Zhou, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Vasileios Papakis, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
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February 16, 12:10-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-517
Ori Lieberman, MD, PhD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurology, UCSF
"The role of the gut microbiome in secondary neurologic injury after cardiac arrest"
Natasha Spottiswoode, MD, DPhil, Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF
"Predicting sepsis mortality using simultaneous host-microbe metagenomics"
Hosted by the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
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February 16, 3:05-4:00pm; Virtual Event
In this series designed specifically for non-technical UCSF learners, you'll be introduced to generative AI tools and explore ways they can be used productively. You must be an UCSF affilitation to register for this workshop.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 16, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Meeki Lad, MPH, Medical Student Research Fellow, Aghi Lab, UCSF
"Glioblastoma induces the recruitment and differentiation of hybrid neutrophils from skull marrow"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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February 20, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Erin Hiuting, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
"Understanding the molecular mechanism of bacterial cGAS immunity"
Hosted by iMicro
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February 20, 11:45am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Siddharth Mahesh, Bioinformatics Graduate Student, UCSF
Ashley Lasko, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Minh Le, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Allison Wang, PSPG Graduate Student, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
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February 21, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Edward Athanasian, MD, Chief Emeritus of Hand Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering/Hospital for Special Surgery
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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February 21, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Alka Kanaya, MD, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
"Cardiometabolic Health of South Asian Americans: Uncovering Novel Modifiable Factors with Longitudinal Epidemiologic Data"
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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February 21, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Lea Starita, PhD, Associate Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
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February 21, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Alissa Armstrong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell & Developmental Biology, University of South Carolina
“Nutrient-sensing pathways mediate fat-to-ovary communication about dietary”
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 22, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Max Pass, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Khang Nguyen, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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February 22, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Martin Hemberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
"Profiling the tumor microenvironment using spatial transcriptomics"
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Biophysics Graduate Program
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February 22, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Minna Apostolova, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Manon Miller, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
February 22, 2:00-3:00pm; Parnassus & Mt. Zion, IACUC Conference Rooms
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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February 22, 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.
Registration required.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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February 23, 9:00-11:00am; 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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February 23, 11:05am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Want to learn computer programming but don't know where to start? Join DSI's WinteR of LeaRning Series to learn about R and R Studio.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 23, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Nadav Brandes, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Medicine, Jimmie Ye Lab, UCSF
"Accurate, general, and efficient variant effect prediction with large language models of protein sequences"
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
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February 23, 3:05-4:00pm; Virtual Event
In this series designed specifically for non-technical UCSF learners, you'll be introduced to generative AI tools and explore ways they can be used productively. You must be an UCSF affilitation to register for this workshop.
Hosted by the UCSF Library
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February 23, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD, Maud T. Lane Professor of Surgical Immunology, Professor of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Origin and function of pancreatic cancer associated fibroblasts"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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February 26, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Elaine Fuchs, PhD, Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by ImmunoX
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February 26, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Marcia Haigis, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
"The Role of Metabolites in Cancer"
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes and CVRI
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February 27, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Jesse Bloom, PhD, Professor, Basic Science Division and Herbold Computational Biology Program, Public Heath Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
"Interpreting the evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Hosted by iMicro
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February 27, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Eunji Cheong, PhD, Associate Professor of Biotechnology, Yonsei University
"Glial Control of Thalamic Sensory Processing"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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February 27, 11:45am-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Sean Myers, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Sarina Garcia, PSPG Graduate Student, UCSF
Zack Mawaldi, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Sruthi Raguveer, CCB Graduate Student, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
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February 27, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
Tom Nowakowski, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
"Establishing Tools for Human Neuroscience"
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by QB3
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February 27, 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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February 27, 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.
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Office for Postdoctoral Scholars
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February 28, 7:30am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Favian Su, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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February 28, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
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February 28, 1:00-2:00pm PT; Virtual Event
Karl Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Center for Musculoskeletal Research
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February 28, 4:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Panagiotis Roussos, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 28, 5:00-8:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1400
Join us for an exciting pre-hackathon mixer at UCSF Mission Bay! Get ready to mingle, form teams, and start brainstorming ideas for your projects before the QBI Hackathon kicks off in the fall of 2024.
Register to attend.
Hosted by QBI
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February 29, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, N-217
Julianne Riggs, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
McKenzie Daanen, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
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February 29, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Robert Datta, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the Gladstone Institutes
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February 29, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Michael Summers, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
"Mechanism for control of HIV-1 transcript function and genome packaging"
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Biophysics Graduate Program
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February 29, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, N-225
Clara Kochendoerfer, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Eva Gillis-Buck, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
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February 29, 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.
Registration required.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Application Deadlines: Thursday, February 22, 2024 (Letter of Intent) and Friday, March 22, 2024 (Application)
The Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity initiative is soliciting applications to support unusually innovative intervention research addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) which, if successful, would have a major impact on preventing, reducing, or eliminating health disparities and advancing health equity. Projects should clearly demonstrate, based on the strength of the logic, a compelling potential to produce a major impact on advancing NIH’s commitment to addressing SDOH to accelerate progress in improving health for all. Preliminary data are not required for this initiative.

To learn more, view the full RFA here.
Application Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024, 5:00 PM PST
The DEM T32 program has been running for over 42 years and is dedicated to supporting training in research of clinical, translational, and basic science researchers in fields related to endocrinology. One-year training slots are available on a competitive basis to trainees proposing research in any area of endocrinology, for projects across all UCSF campuses. We have two slots that are available immediately and need to be activated by June 30, 2024. We anticipate 2 slots will be available July 1, 2024, or later.

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.

Apply via the online application form today! Contact Cristal Yee for questions on this funding opportunity.
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.
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.