UCSF MSK Center & CCMBM Events
Bone Investigator Group
November 14, 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 for more information or if you'd like to present your research at an upcoming meeting.
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CCMBM/CSR Hot Talks, Cool Science Seminar Series feat. Priscilla Tjandra, PhD (UCSF) and Giulia Montagna, PhD (Harvard Medical School)
November 19, 12:30-2:00pm PT; 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 November 2025 featured speakers are:
Priscilla Tjandra, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Collins Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
“The Aging Milieu Drives Host Response to Gut Microbiome Alterations and Osteoarthritis in Male and Female Mice”
Giulia Montagna, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Orthopedic Research Labs, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
“(Almost) A new conditional mouse model to study Osteogenesis Imperfecta”
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CCMBM Tools & Technology Workshop: A Process Workflow for the Rapid Assessment of Bone Matrix Mechanical Properties
December 4, 2:00-3:00pm; Parnassus, CS-1111
The preparation of bone samples for the assessment of matrix mechanical properties is currently low throughput. To improve throughput and reduce investigator effort, we have designed a process flow that enables the simultaneous preparation and mechanical testing of up to 48 bone samples. We will discuss the advantages and versatility of this new tool for high-throughput assessment of bone matrix properties in a seminar-style format.
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MSK Center CCMBM Grant Review Sessions
*If you are not a member, you may concurrently join during your grants review period.
MSK Center 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 MSK Center 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.
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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!
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Partner Events
November 10, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Yuxuan Miao, PhD, Associate Professor of Ben May Department of Cancer Research
Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago
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Hosted by ImmunoX
November 10, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-1057
Jean Claude Katte MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), University of Exeter
"Pathogenesis of atypical diabetes presentations in native Africans"
Hosted by the UCSF Diabetes Center
November 11, 7:00-7:30am & November 13, 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.
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Hosted by the Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy
November 11-12, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Introduction to Unix Command Line
Knowing how to use the command line of your computer can save you a lot of time. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to navigate the Unix terminal.
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Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
November 12, 7:00am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Lisa Bonsignore-Opp, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
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Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
November 12, 8:30-9:30am; Parnassus, Cole Hall
Jean Claude Katte MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), University of Exeter
"Heterogeneity of Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa"
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Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
November 12, 9:00-10:00am PT; Virtual Event
MGB Orthopedic Research Seminar Series
Kyung-Hyun Park-Min, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine & Associate Scientist, Arthritis Tissue Degeneration Program, Hospital for Special Surgery
"Orchestrating Healing: The Interplay of Immune Cells in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction"
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Hosted by the MGH Center for Musculoskeletal Research
November 12, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
AI in Your Toolkit: A Discussion on the Environmental Impact of AI
This discussion session will focus on the environmental impact of generative AI. We will begin by providing a brief overview of the research on AI’s energy and water usage and what you can do about it, and then open the floor for participants to offer reactions to several guided questions. We hope to have a lively discussion, but encourage you to attend the session even if you do not intend to participate in the question-and-answer section.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
November 12, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Alexandra Newton, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, UC San Diego
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Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
November 12, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC) Seminar Series
Patrik Ernfors, PhD, Professor of Tissue Biology, Karolinska Institutet
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Hosted by the UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center
November 12, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, BH-212
Arun Prasad Pandurangan, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Medicine & Teaching Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
"From Knowledge-Based Modeling to AI-Guided Discovery: Structure-Informed Insights into Health and Disease"
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Hosted by QBI
November 12, 3:30-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Postdoc Professional Development Seminar - NIH Study Section Review Process
Gain insight into the NIH application study section review processs and learn best practices to strengthen applications through a talk given by Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD.
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Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
November 12, 4:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-301
Jay Gardner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
November 12, 4:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-303
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
November 12, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
CPD Office Hours: Interviewing and Negotiating for Industry (for Graduate Students and Postdocs)
Join this open discussion with CPD staff, where we'll answer your questions about interviews for positions in industry and how to negotiate for what you want once you get the offer. Whether you have questions to ask us or want to just listen, we invite you to come!
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Hosted by the UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
November 13, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Betsy Crouch, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
November 13, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Have questions about iLab or need help registering? Join our virtual Office Hours and ask away! It's an open session for any questions you may have about navigating iLab.
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Hosted by the UCSF Research Resource Program
November 13, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Eric Deeds, PhD, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA
"A lack of distinct cellular identities in scRNA-seq data: revisiting Waddington’s landscape"
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Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
November 13, 1:00-2:00pm; Mission Bay, GEN-N114
Take a break, have some pizza, and enjoy a seminar with PacBio!
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Hosted by the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics
November 13, 1:00-2:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Room TBA
Get help with your questions at our bi-weekly office hours sessions.
Hosted by the UCSF Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
November 13, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Rafael Couñago, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
"Leveraging Open Data and AI Models to Accelerate Chemical Probe Discovery for Target 2035"
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Hosted by QBI
November 14, 6:00am PT; Virtual Event
Avioli Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series
Lawrence Bonassar, PhD, Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
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Hosted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Musculoskeletal Research Center
November 14, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Document Topic Modeling with Python
This workshop will introduce topic modeling, a common natural language processing technique used to identify topics within a collection of documents. Participants will use Python, scikit-learn and Gensim to identify hidden patterns and topic clusters within a series of wide-ranging documents.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
November 14, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Bivas Nag, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Carine Joubran, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
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Hosted by the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
November 14, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1401
James Haber, PhD, Professor of Biology & Director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University
"Repairing a Broken Chromosome: How We Learned What We Know"
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Hosted by QBI
November 14, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series
Ashley Kiemen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University
"Integration of histology and multiplex imaging for targeted understanding of pancreatic cancer progression"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center