UCSF MSK Center & CCMBM Events
CCMBM & CSR Hot Talks, Cool Science Seminar Series feat. Vikrant Piprode, PhD (NICRE, SFVAMC, and UCSF) and W. Benton Swenson, DDS, PhD (Skeletalis Inc.)
June 17, 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 June 2026 featured speakers are:
Vikrant Piprode, PhD, Staff Research Associate, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, NICRE, San Francisco VA Medical Center, and UCSF
"An inflammatory and bone anti-anabolic role of Progranulin in mice"
W. Benton Swenson, DDS, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Skeletalis Inc.
“Reimagining Osteoporosis Therapy: From Academic Discovery to Translational Drug Development"
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Bone Investigator Group
June Date TBA, 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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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
May 11, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Catherine Blish, PhD, George and E. Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
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Hosted by ImmunoX
May 11, 9:30am-3:30pm & May 12, 9:00am-12:00pm; Virtual Event
This three-session, hands-on workshop provides an introduction to a typical single-cell ATAC-seq analysis and focuses on the data analysis steps to address unique computational challenges before the downstream analysis.
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Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
May 11, 3:00-4:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Evan Miller, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
May 12, 7:00-7:30am & May 14, 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
May 12, 10:00-11:00am; Parnassus, HSW-300
Chang Liu, BMS PhD Student, UCSF
Hosted by iMicro
May 12, 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.
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Hosted by the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators
May 12, 1:00-2:00pm; Virtual Event
Bridget Carragher, PhD, Founding Technical Director, Chan-Zuckerberg Imaging Institute
"Tools and Technologies for Cryo-Electron Tomography”
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Hosted by QB3
May 12, 4:00-5:00pm; Virtual Event
Transferable Skills and Job Simulations
The session will focus on identifying your transferable skills and aligning your interests with different career paths. We will also discuss the POT framework (People, Organizations, Tasks), and challenge the idea of the "perfect job". This session will be helpful to individuals considering your next step after the PhD or who want to keep your options open after a postdoc.
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Hosted by the UCSF Career and Professional Development
May 13, 7:00am; Mission Bay, GenHall - Byers Auditorium
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds Series
Jasmine Ng, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UCSF
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Hosted by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
May 13, 9:00-10:00am PT; Virtual Event
MGB Orthopedic Research Seminar Series
Carla Scanzello, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, UPenn Perelman School of Medicine & Corp. Crescenz VA Medical Center
"Unlocking the Role of Toll-like Receptors in OA"
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Hosted by MGH CMSR
May 13, 11:00am-12:30pm; Virtual Event
AI in Your Toolkit: Exploring AI as Writing Editor
This session, part of the Library’s AI in Your Toolkit series, introduces AI writing tools available to the UCSF community. The workshop is designed for students, staff, and faculty who want to use AI to strengthen their writing and receive targeted feedback on grammar, clarity, organization, and alignment with guidelines and policies. We will focus on writing commonly produced in academic and administrative contexts, including emails, grant proposals, manuscripts, and project reports.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
May 13, 12:00-5:00pm; Mission Bay, MH-1400
Preparing for job applications can be daunting, whether the employer is asking for a one-page resume or a 20-page packet of materials. Join us for Application Materials Day where we will cover strategies for preparing the most common application materials through a variety of bite-sized sessions. Come for any part of the day, and feel free to come and go based on your interests!
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Hosted by the UCSF Career and Professional Development
May 13, 12:00pm; Mission Bay, RH-102
Samira Musah, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Watch via livestream.
Hosted by the Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
May 13, 4:00pm; Parnassus, HSW-300
Robert Farese, MD, Alfred P. Sloan Chair, Department of Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
May 14, 9:00-10:00am; Parnassus, HSW-302
Roarke Camber, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, UCSF
Hosted by ImmunoX
May 14, 11:00am-12:00pm; Mission Bay, Gladstone Institutes, Mahley Auditorium
Gladstone Neuroscience Seminar Series
Silvana Konermann, PhD, Co-Founder, Executive Director and Core Investigator, Arc Institute & Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford University
Hosted by the Gladstone Institutes
May 14, 11:30am-12:30pm; Parnassus, HSW-302
Alessandra Veinbachs, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Jack Reid, BMS Graduate Student, UCSF
Hosted by the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
May 14, 12:00-1:00pm; Mission Bay, HD-160
Duncan Muir, PhD, Machine Learning Scientist, Inductive Bio
"Mapping and Dissecting Biochemical Landscapes with Microfluidics and Deep Learning"
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Hosted by the PhD Degree Program in Biophysics
May 14, 5:00-7:00pm; Virtual Event
The QB3 Bio Startup Speed Teaming program introduces would-be startup founders with complementary expertise, with the hope of finding fruitful matches. Participants include technical experts with a potentially commercializable technology, and individuals with business, operational, or technical expertise who are interested in co-founding or joining a startup.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
May 15, 6:00am PT; Virtual Event
Avioli Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series
David Glass, MD, Vice President of Research, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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Hosted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Musculoskeletal Research Center
May 15, 9:00-11:00am; Virtual Event
Python Background for Text Analysis and NLP
This workshop focuses on working with strings and text data in Python, building the skills needed for text processing and natural language processing (NLP) tasks. You’ll learn how to manipulate, clean, and transform text data using techniques like regular expressions, stop words, tokenization, and stemming/lemmatizing. This session will help you become comfortable handling text data in Python, laying the groundwork for more advanced work in NLP and document analysis.
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Hosted by the UCSF Library
May 15, 12:00-1:00pm; Location TBA
Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Grand Rounds
Frank Gaillard, MBBS (Hons), MMed, FRANZCR, Hon. FRCR, Associate Professor
of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital,
University of Melbourne, Australia
Hosted by the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging