UCSF MSK Center & CCMBM Events
Bone Investigator Group
February 13, 10:30-11:30am; 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 Hot Talks, Cool Science Seminar Series feat. Zsofia Torok, PhD (UCSF) & Kalpana Patel, PhD (Harvard)
January 21, 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.
The January 2026 featured speakers are:
Zsofia Torok, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ingraham Lab, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco
"Identifying Key Hypothalamic Signaling Pathways That Drive Bone Homeostasis"
Kalpana Patel, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Baron- Gori Lab, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity Division of Bone and Research, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
“Identification Of Bmp And Activin Membrane-Bound Inhibitor (Bambi) As A Novel PTH Target Gene In Osteocytes, Required For Sclerostin Repression And Skeletal Homeostasis"
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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
January 12, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Russell Vance, PhD, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
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Hosted by ImmunoX
January 12, 10:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
January 13, 7:00-7:30am & January 15, 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).
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Hosted by the Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy
January 13, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, N-225
Ruth Groza, Graduate Student, Tetrad Graduate Program, UCSF
Hosted by iMicro
January 13, 10:45am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Gyuna Kim, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Ally Nicolella, Bioinformatics Graduate Student, UCSF
Safwaan Khan, PSPG Graduate Student, UCSF
Sungwon Jung, CCB Graduate Student, UCSF
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Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
January 13, 12:00-1:00pm; Virtual Event
UCSF IHG, CAT, and CoLabs Tech Seminar Series: Nabsys
The UCSF Institute for Human Genetics, Center for Advanced Technology, and CoLabs co-host the technology seminar series. These seminars are free and open to all. They occur every month and bring researchers to hear about the latest technologies and applications.
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Hosted by the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics, Center for Advanced Study, and CoLabs
January 14, 7:00am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
January 14, 8:30-9:30am; Parnassus, Cole Hall
Richard DiMarchi, PhD, Distinguished Professor & Linda & Jack Gill Chair in Biomolecular Science, Indiana University Bloomington
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Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
January 14, 8:30-11:00am; Parnassus, CL-220
HDFCCC Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program Meeting
This next meeting of the HDFCCC Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program will focus on neuro-oncology. All interested members of the UCSF cancer research community are welcome to attend.
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
January 14, 11:00am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
AI in Your Toolkit: Exploring AI Tools for Literature Searching Online
This hands-on workshop will focus on when and how to use AI tools for literature searching. We will begin by providing a brief overview of ethical considerations, current research on AI tools, and how to optimize your prompt. We will explore the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Versa, and Perplexity to find scholarly information. Participants will be encouraged to search along with the presenters and there will be time throughout the session for questions and discussion.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
January 15, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Neuroscience Conference Center - Sandler Auditorium
Michael Yartsev, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Neuroscience, UC Berkeley
"Neural Mechanisms of Natural Spatial Behaviors in Bats"
Hosted by the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
January 15, 11:30am-12:30pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Shania Garrison, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Rebecca Fulthorpe, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
January 15, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Bruno Correia, PhD, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Protein Design & Immunoengineering, EPFL
"Encoding dynamic personalities in computationally designed proteins"
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Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
January 15, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
The Effective Job Search: Tools and Strategies to Find Jobs in Industry or Any Non-Academic Sector
A job search for industry scientist roles, or for roles in any other sector looks very different than that for academic faculty roles. But how? From where to find these roles to the hiring process itself, successfully applying for and landing an industry role requires an understanding of and preparation for these differences. If one of your 2026 goals is to land a job in industry, start here.
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Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
January 15, 1:00-4:00pm; Virtual Event
Machine learning is becoming increasingly important, not only in data science, but also in bioinformatics. Machine learning gives you the opportunity to find hidden patterns in your data and draw predictive conclusions. In this workshop, you’ll learn key machine learning concepts and approaches, and get hands-on practice with simple examples.
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Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
January 16, 6:00am PT; Virtual Event
Avioli Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series
David Ornitz, MD, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Hosted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Musculoskeletal Research Center
January 16, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Amrik Kang, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Tasha Tsao, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
January 16, 12:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Brindha Rathinasabapathi, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Feeling Chen, DSCB Graduate Student, UCSF
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Hosted by the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Graduate Program
January 16, 12:10-1:00pm; Parnassus, S-214
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Hosted by the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
January 16, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD, Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute & Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Understanding and Targeting Aberrant RNA Splicing in Cancer"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center