CCMBM Events
Join us for our February 2025 CCMBM seminar featuring Tom Gardella, PhD. Dr. Gardella is Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrine Division, at Mass General Research Institute and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Gardella will give a talk titled "PTH Receptor Inverse Agonists for Jansen's Disease."
CCMBM Junior Investigator Workshop - Grant Writing for Early-Career Scientists: Navigating the Funding Landscape
March 5, 9:00-1:00am; Mission Bay, RH-102
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help early-career scientists navigate the competitive world of grant funding. Focused on fellowship applications and career development awards in musculoskeletal research, this session will provide insights into funding opportunities, best practices for crafting compelling proposals, and key reviewer perspectives. Whether you're applying for your first fellowship or a career award, this workshop will equip you with the tools and strategies to enhance your grant-writing success. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain expert advice and boost your funding potential!
REGISTER TO ATTEND
Investigators can present their clinical research grants or data and receive feedback and informal consultation from peers and senior investigators.
Please contact Lucy Wu for more information or if you'd like to present your research at an upcoming meeting.
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*If you are not a member, you may concurrently join during your grants review period.
CCMBM would like to help investigators strengthen their grant proposals for the next RAP cycle deadline for Pilot grant applications and/or 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.
CCMBM Member Featured Publication Submissions
Are you a CCMBM member? Have you recently published new research that you're excited about sharing with the MSK Community? Let the CCMBM and UCSF Musculoskeletal Center help promote your science discoveries!
Simply complete the our submission form and we will spotlight your publication in a future newsletter and on social media. We are excited to learn about your research!
SUBMIT A PUBLICATION
Partner Events
February 18, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Harmit Malik, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
"Rules of engagement: molecular arms races between host and viral genomes"
Hosted by iMicro
February 18, 10:45am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Zoe Chen, Bioinformatics Graduate Student, UCSF
Yulia Gutierrez, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
McKenna Crawford, CCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Elizabeth Hardy, PSPG Graduate Student, UCSF
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
February 18, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
Education Scholarship Conference (ESCape)
Education Scholarship Conference (ESCape) is a weekly group consultation for scholarly work in health professions education with CFE faculty and other members of the UCSF education community.
RSVP for Zoom details.
Hosted by the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators
February 18 & 19, 2:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Introducing the virtual 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
February 19, 7:00am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Syed Ali, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
February 19, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
Alexander Lam, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, UCSF
"Thyroid RFA"
Join via Zoom.
Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
February 19, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
OCPD Office Hours (for Graduate Students and Postdocs)
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.
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Office of Career and Professional Development
February 19, 10:10-11:30am; Parnassus, CS-1109
Did you know UCSF has a MALDI-TOF MS through the Quantitative Metabolite Center? Join us to learn applications and how to get access.
Register to attend.
Hosted by the UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
February 19, 12:00-1:30pm PT; Virtual Event
CSR Wednesday Research Seminar
Yu Jin, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
“Identification of nucleus pulposus stem cells and their regulation by mechanotransduction”
Eva Liu, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
“Vitamin D and phosphate regulate osteocyte lacuno-canalicular remodeling”
RSVP to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the MGH Center for Musculoskeletal Research
February 19, 12:00-1:30pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Special Seminar
Elias Sayour, MD, PhD, Stop Children's Cancer/Bonnie R. Freeman Professor for Pediatric Oncology Research, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida
"RNA damage mimicry restores immune surveillance"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
February 19, 4:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1401/02
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
February 19, 4:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Robert Lustig, MD, Recall Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
"Growing Up With Obesity"
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
February 19, 5:00-7:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1401
Join us for an exciting pre-hackathon mixer at University of California, San Francisco! Get ready to mingle, form teams, and start brainstorming ideas for your projects before the QBI Hackathon kicks off in March of 2025.
Register to attend.
Hosted by the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute
February 20, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Rachel Jones, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
February 20, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Intermediate RNA-Seq Analysis Using R
RNA-seq is a powerful tool to interrogate cellular functions. In this intermediate workshop, you’ll learn the skills you need to get the most out of your RNA-seq data through analysis in R.
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
February 20, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Sandler Auditorium
Neuroscience Formal Seminar Series
Oscar Marin, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, King's College London
"Maturation and plasticity of cortical interneurons"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
February 20, 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
February 20, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
David Savage, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
"Mechanisms and Engineering of CO2 Assimilation"
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
February 20, 12:00-1:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Tasha Tsao, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Karla DeLucas, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
February 20, 2:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
HDFCCC K12 Career Development and Leadership Seminar Series
Rahul Aggarwal, MD, Associate Director for Clinical Sciences, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center & Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology, UCSF
Li Zhang, PhD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
"Clinical Trial Design and Data Analysis"
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
February 21, 7:00am PT; Virtual Event
Avioli Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series
Cheryl L. Ackert-Bicknell, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Musculoskeletal Research Center
February 21, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Neuroscience Formal Seminar Series
Beatriz Rico, PhD, Professor, King’s College London, Centre of Developmental Neurobiology & Centre of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
"Assembly of Cortical Circuits & Brain Disorders"
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
February 21, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-1057
Maya Arce, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences, Marson Lab, Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology
"MED12 as a central regulator of CD4+ T cell activation state"
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
February 21, 12:10-1:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Margôt Bacino, Graduate Student, Lynch Lab, UCSF
Elze Rackaityte, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, DeRisi Lab, UCSF
Register to receive Zoom details.
Hosted by the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
