Seminars, Grand Rounds, & Other Presentations* (Campus building abbreviations and addresses at bottom)

Friday, April 27

Radiation Oncology M&M
8:00am - 9:00am, Mount Zion, Radiation Oncology Conference Room H1031
With simulcast to Radiation Oncology Long Hospital Conference Room L-34
"Lymphedema after Pelvic Irradiation"
Norbert Kased, M.D., Resident Physician, UCSF, Department of Radiation Oncology
Contact: Miriam Gray.

Hematology/Oncology Research in Progress
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Eric G. Marcusson, PhD, Senior Director, Oncology and Basic Mechanisms, Regulus Therapeutics
"microRNA Therapeutics for Oncology and Metabolics""
Contact: Christina Luu.

Pyscho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, room 523 of The Osher Center
Case discussions
Contact: Molly Berman

CPMCRI Seminar
12:00 noon, CPMC, 475 Brannan Street, Conference Room 214
"Single-cell Analysis and Manipulation Using Nanopipette Platform"
Nader Pourmand, MS., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, Director, UCSC Genome Sequencing Center
Contact: Elizabeth Filippone.

Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center Launch & Celebration Event
12:00-2:30 pm, Parnassus, Cole Hall
"Treating Tobacco Use as a Chronic Disease in a Health Care System: Inpatients and Outpatients"
Nancy A. Rigotti, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Neal Benowitz, MD; and Steve Schroeder, MD will also speak.
Lunch will be provided.
Contact: (415) 885-7895, www.ucsfhealth.org/tobaccotreatment [ view flyer ]

Neuroscience Journal Club
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N217
Alexandra Loucks, Carolyn Johnson
[ view full schedule ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
"Exploring the therapeutic potential of selective kinase inhibitors"
Gideon Bollag, PhD, Head of Research, Plexxikon
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

Saturday, April 28

Joint Grand Rounds
9:00-11:00 am, Parnassus, HSW-301
Departments of Anesthesia, Surgery and the Division of Hospital Medicine
Moderators: Jacqueline M Leung, MD, Mark A Schumacher, MD, PhD
[ view flyer ]

Parent Education Day: for Parents of Children with Cancer
10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Mission Bay, Fisher Banquet Room
[ RSVP | view flyer ]

Monday, April 30

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Edward Cha, MD, PhD: "Putting a stop to melanoma trafficking: systemic options for 'unresectable' in-transit disease"
Lawrence Kaplan, MD: TBD
Contact: Christina Luu.

Immunology Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S271); live stream
Daniel Cua, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, DNAX Discovery Research, Schering Plough Biopharma
[ view full schedule ]

GICD/CVRI Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Smith Cardiovascular Research Bldg., Rm. SC-159
"Cellular Metabolism and Disease"
Danica Chen, PhD, Program in Metabolic Biology, Nutritional Science and Toxicology, UCB
Contact: 415-734-2705 [ view full schedule | view flyer ]

MetaboRIPS
4:00-5:00 pm, Mission Bay, Gladstone Conference Rooms C&D
Shi-Bing Yang: "Rapamycin ameliorates age-dependent obesity by suppressing mTOR signals in POMC neurons", Jan Lab
Bernat Baeza Raja: "p75 neurotrophin receptor regulates glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity", Akassoglou Lab
Refreshments and drinks provided.
Contact: Jillian.Varonin@ucsf.edu.

QB3 Cancer Club
6:00 pm, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, N114, light dinner will be served
"Lung cancer: a paradigm for the promise and pitfalls of personalized medicine"
Trever Bivona, MD, PhD, Assistant, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Cancer Center Fellow, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Barry Taylor, PhD, MS, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Contact: Linda Eng, 415 476 5716.

Tuesday, May 1

Diller Building Research-in-Progress Seminar
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
10:00-11:15 am, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160
"Patient-Specific Response to Therapy using in vitro models of Glioblastoma Multiforme"
Shaun Fouse, Costello Lab
Contact: Laura Yee, 502-4180.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus HSW-302
"How E. coli organizes and segregates its chromosome: Dynamics of the living nucleoid"
NANCY KLECKNER, Harvard University
Questions / RSVPs to: Yamamoto, Kathleen. [ view flyer | view full schedule ]

BMS Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; simulcast to Mission Bay GEN-S271; Livestream
"Overcoming Resistance to Targeted Cancer Therapies"
Charles Sawyers MD, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Co-sponsored by the UCSF MSTP Trefethen Family Visiting Professorship
[ view full schedule ]

Buck Institute Community Seminar
7:00 - 8:30 pm, The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Blvd, Novato, CA 94945
"THE FUTURE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE - WHAT'S AGING GOT TO DO WITH IT?"
Panel discussion moderated by Brian Kennedy, PhD, Buck Institute President and CEO
[ view website for registration and information ]

Wednesday, May 2

Head & Neck Tumor Conference
7:30 - 9:00 am, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3805
Contact: 885-7879.

Endocrine Grand Rounds - CANCELED
8:30 - 9:30 am, Parnassus, LP-190
Contact: Svetlana Sogolova.

Breast Oncology Program Weekly Seminar
8:30 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter Street
"The Role of Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Breast Cancer Metastasis"
James Lorens, PhD, Visiting Faculty, Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Contact: Sarah Goins, 415-502-2986. [ view full schedule ]

Cell Press Webinar
10:00 am, online
"Circulating Tumor Cells"
Johann de Bono, M.D, Ph.D, Institute of Cancer Research, Daniel A. Haber, M.D, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Klaus Pantel, M.D., Ph.D., University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
[ Register ]

Diller Building Journal Club
12:00 noon, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium
Rob Bell
Contact: Kim Tong, 514-4835. [ view full schedule ]

Thursday, May 3

BMS Journal Club
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; videoconferenced to Mission Bay GH-S271; live stream
Darienne Myers (student): "What Doesn't Ubiquitinate You Makes You Stronger: A Novel Mechanism for BCL6 Overexpression in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma"
Meghan McKeon (student): "Remember where you came from: Promoters influence mRNA decay"
[ view full schedule ]

Neuroscience Seminar
4:00 pm, Rock Hall, Mission Bay, Broadcast to Parnassus, N225, live stream
Lisa Stowers, Scripps
[ view full schedule ]

Friday, May 4

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Dean, Goga
Contact: Christina Luu.

Pyscho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, room 523 of The Osher Center
Francesca Del Gaudio, topic TBD
Contact: Molly Berman

Thyroid Cancer Tumor Board
held first Fridays only
2:00 - 4:30 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3805
Contact: 885-7879.

Neuroscience Journal Club
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Rock Hall Auditorium
Katherine Vitale, Anatol Kreitzer
[ view full schedule ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Jayanta Debnath, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, UCSF
"Novel Functions for Autophagy During Ras Transformation"
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

Monday, May 7

2012 Prostate Cancer Research Retreat
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, ATT Park, San Francisco
Annual retreat for HDFCCC Prostate Cancer Program members.
Registration is closed.
Contact: JD Dea.

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Paulson, Friedlander
Contact: Christina Luu.

Tuesday, May 8

Diller Building Research-in-Progress Seminar
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
10:00-11:15 am, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160
TBD
Contact: Laura Yee, 502-4180.

LBNL Life Sciences Division Seminars
4:00 - 5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street, room 141, Berkeley, CA 94710
Contact: Judith Novak [ Full schedule ]

Wednesday, May 9

Head & Neck Tumor Conference
7:30 - 9:00 am, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3805
Contact: 885-7879.

Breast Oncology Program Weekly Seminar
8:30 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter Street
"Paradigm Analyses and Cancer Genome Browser"
Steve Benz & Charlie Vaske, School of Engineering, UCSC
Contact: Sarah Goins, 415-502-2986. [ view full schedule ]

Tobacco Control Seminar
12:00 noon, Parnassus, Library 366
"The Globalization of Tobacco: 21 Challenges for the 21st Century"
Thomas J. Glynn, M.A., M.S., PhD, Director, International Cancer Control at the American Cancer Society (ACS)
[ view full schedule ]

REDCap Overview 101
12:30 - 2:30 pm, Parnassus Campus Library, room CL-231
"Training and Q&A Training Class"
Contact: Scott Robertson | Register

REDCap Overview 202
3:00 - 5:00 pm, Parnassus Campus Library, room CL-231
"Training and Q&A Training Class"
Contact: Scott Robertson | Register

Health Policy Seminar
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW 301
"Food Industry Backlash: Understanding Corporate Tactics"
Michele Simon, JD, MPH, president of "Eat Drink Politics", and author of Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back
[ view flyer ]
Contact: Ernestine Florence, 476-4924.

Urology Grand Rounds
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
6:00 - 8:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW-300
TBD
Eila Skinner, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Urology, University of Southern California
[ view full schedule ]

Thursday, May 10

Bike to Work Day!
Energizer Stations near most campuses: Parnassus Campus, Mission Bay, China Basin, Mount Zion
view full list of energizer stations here

QED@QB3 Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Hall, room 212
BIOPHARMA DEAL ANALYSIS: YEAR IN REVIEW
Eric Walczykowski, Managing Director, Deloitte Recap LLC
Contact: Douglas Crawford [ Register ]

BMS Journal Club
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; videoconferenced to Mission Bay GH-S271; live stream
Lauren Shields (student): "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Memories dwell in specific neurons"
Sarah Gerhart (student): "Viruses Beware! A new role for FAK is making RNA viruses watch their back"
[ view full schedule ]

Non-malignant Hematology Case Conference
2:00 - 3:00 pm, Parnassus, M1296
Contact: Neda Mijatovic, 476-4170.

Neuroscience Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N225, Broadcast to Rock Hall, Mission Bay, live stream
Markus Meister, Harvard
[ view full schedule ]

Friday, May 11

Radiation Oncology M&M
8:00am - 9:00am, Mount Zion, Radiation Oncology Conference Room H1031
Contact: Miriam Gray.

Hematology/Oncology Research in Progress
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Van Loon; Ko
Contact: Christina Luu.

Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds
8:00am - 9:00am, Mount Zion Radiation Oncology Conference Room H1031
With simulcast to Radiation Oncology Long Hospital Conference Room L-34
Contact: Miriam Gray.

Pyscho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, MZ 3805
Contact: Molly Berman

Neuroscience Journal Club
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N217
Shanni Silberberg, Dina Juarez-Salinas
[ view full schedule ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
"Population Genetic Approaches to Understanding Cancer Susceptibility"
Elad Ziv, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

* Unless noted otherwise, events are free and open to all interested researchers both within and outside UCSF.