UCSF MSK Center & CCMBM Events
Bone Investigator Group
November 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/CSR Hot Talks, Cool Science Seminar Series feat. Kelsey DeFrates, PhD (UCSF) & Sze Kwong Byron Chan, PhD (MGH)
October 21, 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 October 2026 featured speakers are:
Kelsey DeFrates, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
"Understanding Staphylococcus aureus colonization of the canicular network during bone infection"
Sze Kwong Byron Chan, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Endocrine Unit, Mass General Hospital
“The role of Ebf3-expressing progenitors in response to intermittent parathyroid hormone"
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
October 19, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Louis Staudt, MD, PhD, Chief, Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, NIH Center for Cancer Research
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Hosted by ImmunoX
October 19, 1:00-2:30pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone 107A/B
Trainee to Tenure: The Research Statement and Cover Letter for Faculty Positions
Research statements can be hard to write. They need to combine rigorous science with a healthy dose of self-promotion. Françoise Chanut, senior scientific editor at Gladstone, will discuss samples and review writing principles to help you pack a punch in your research statement. She’ll also address the cover letter for faculty application packages.
Register to attend.
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
October 20, 7:00-7:30am & October 22, 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
October 20, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, HSW-300
KC Huang, PhD, Lera Professor and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Hosted by iMicro
October 20, 10:45am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
Melissa Plata, PSPG Graduate Student, UCSF
Chloe Fields, CCB Graduate Student, UCSF
Delia Gangnon, Biophysics Graduate Student, UCSF
Alexandra Ho, Bioinformatics Graduate Student, UCSF
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Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
October 20, 3:00-4:30pm; 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.
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Hosted by UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
October 21, 7:00am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Wyatt David, MD, Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF
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Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
October 21, 8:30-9:30am; Virtual Event
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Hosted by the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
October 21, 11:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
What's New with Open Access and NIH Public Access Requirements
International Open Access Week takes place October 19-25, 2026. While open access publishing is not new, recent changes to NIH's and other federal funders' public access policies have raised new questions about open access (OA) and how to pay for OA charges.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
October 21, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Jian Xu, PhD, Faculty Member, Department of Pathology, St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
October 21, 4:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-301
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
October 22, 11:30am-12:30pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Venus Hagan, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
October 22 & 23, 1:00-3:00pm; Virtual Event
Statistics of Enrichment Analyses Methods
Gene set or pathway enrichment methods allow researchers to assign functional or mechanistic significance to results from high-throughput assays like RNA-sequencing. In this workshop, you’ll learn the theory behind some of these methods, and how to interpret the associated results.
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Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
October 23, 6:00am PT; Virtual Event
Avioli Musculoskeletal Research Seminar
Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, 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
October 23, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Python and SQL for Text Analysis and Search
This workshop will provide a review of the Python and SQL programming skills and techniques used in the upcoming Machine Learning and Natural Language processing workshops. Topics will include string manipulation, data types and conversion, pandas dataframes, and data formatting and preparation. Programming tools will include Jupyter Lab, Google Colab, and Generative AI coding assistants.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
October 23, 9:30-11:00am; Virtual Event
R: How can I perform bivariate analysis?
A Slower Introduction to R is a 7-session workshop series on R, focusing on common data-related tasks. Each session will involve short presentations interspersed with hands-on exercises.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
October 23, 10:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, GenHall Atrium, 2nd Floor
ASGD hosts coffee hours for students to socialize.
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Hosted by the Associated Students of the Graduate Division
October 23, 4:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series
Mario L. Suvà MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
"Dissecting human gliomas by spatially-resolved single-cell multi-omic"
Hosted by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center