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

Friday, May 4

Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, 505 Parnassus Ave, Radiation Oncology Conference Room, L-34
With simulcast to Mount Zion Radiation Oncology Conference Room H1031
"Changing Paradigms in Molecular Prognosis for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
David Jablons, MD, Professor in Residence UCSF, Department of Surgery
Contact: Miriam Gray.

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Eric Dean, MD: "A common BIM deletion polymorphism mediates intrinsic resistance and inferior responses to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancer"
Andrei Goga, MD, PhD: "Deregulated MYC expression induces dependence upon AMPK-related kinase 5."
Contact: Christina Luu.

Pyscho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, room 523 of The Osher Center
"Family Therapy with Stage IV Cancer Patients"
Francesca Del Gaudio
Contact: Molly Berman [ view article ]

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 the HDFCCC Prostate Cancer Program.
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.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, SFGH, Carr Auditorium
"Health Professionals for a New Century: Transforming Education to Strengthen Health System in an Interdependent World"
Jaime Sepulveda, MD, Executive Director, UCSF Global Health Sciences
[ view full schedule ]

LBNL Life Sciences Division Seminars
4:00 - 5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street, room 141, Berkeley, CA 94710
"Optical Tweezers in the Study of Mechanobiology"
Elliot Botvinick, University of California, Irvine
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.

Dermatology Grand Rounds
8:00 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 1600 Divisadero St., 2nd floor
TBA: Joanna Harp, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
"South Africa: Cases seen, lessons learned": Julie Philp, MD, Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

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 ]

Dermatology Resident Expert Talks
10:30 am, Mount Zion, 1701 Divisadero St., 1st Floor Conference Room
"Pathologic features of pediatric melanoma": Joshua Schulman, MD, Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
"Pediatric Melanoma: Are the ABCDs adequate?":Deepti Gupta, MD, Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
[ 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)
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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.

BMS Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; simulcast to Mission Bay GEN-S271; check for live stream
"Autoimmunity, immunity and commensal microbes"
Alexander Chervonsky, MD, PhD, University of Chicago, Depts. Of Pathology and Medicine, Associate professor
[ view full schedule ]

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
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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

LivingGreen Fair
11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Parnassus, Millberry Union Gym
Prizes, raffles, great information, tips, tools, and a lot more!
Contact: Gail Lee or visit http://livinggreen.ucsf.edu.

Gladstone/GIVI Seminar
12:00 pm, Mission Bay, Gladstone Building, Conference Room 107 C+D
Jeremy Luban, MD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva
Contact: Veronica Fonseca, (415) 734-4809. [ view full schedule ]

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
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 - CANCELED
2:00 - 3:00 pm, Parnassus, M1296
The previously announcement event has been canceled for this week.
Contact: Neda Mijatovic, 476-4170.

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

Honor Thy Healer 2012
6:00 - 9:00 pm, Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto
HDFCCC's Dr. Nancy Burke and Dr. Claudia Guerra will receive the 2012 Community Breast Cancer Research Award at this annual Zero Breast Cancer program.
[ Register ]

Friday, May 11

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club
(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 ]

Monday, May 14

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

Immunology Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S271)
Qizhi Tang, PhD - UCSF Internal Speaker
[ view full schedule ]

Cancer Center/Pediatric Malignancies Program Seminar
4:30 pm, Parnassus, M666
"Translational research efforts in ALL"
Mignon Loh, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, UCSF
Contact: JayDe Leonard.

Tuesday, May 15

CCR/PPG Research Seminars
9:00 - 10:00 am, SFGH, Bldg 10, Second Floor, Room #1206, Solarium
OLIVER J. BRAND, PhD, Post-doctoral Scholar, Department of Pathology, UCSF
For information, call 415-206-8906 [ view website ]

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

REDCap Overview 101
10:00 - 11:30 am, Webinar
"Training and Q&A Training Class"
Contact: Scott Robertson | Register

REDCap Overview 202
12:30pm - 2:00 pm, Webinar
"Training and Q&A Training Class"
Contact: Scott Robertson | Register

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S163
Jenny Banaszek, UCSF Postdoctoral Research Prize Seminar
Questions / RSVPs to: Yamamoto, Kathleen. [ view full schedule ]

LBNL Life Sciences Division Seminars
4:00 - 5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street, room 141, Berkeley, CA 94710
"Tumor Metastasis and Dormancy"
Ann Chambers, London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Judith Novak [ Full schedule ]

Wednesday, May 16

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

Dermatology Grand Rounds
8:00 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 1600 Divisadero St., 2nd floor
"Dermatologic Manifestation of the PASopathies: An Overview"
Katherine Rauen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics), UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

Dermatology Resident Expert Talks
10:30 am, Mount Zion, 1701 Divisadero St., 1st Floor Conference Room
"SCC in Organ Transplant Recipients: The Question We Should Be Asking": Ravi Gogia, MD, Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
TBG: Patrick Unemori, MD, Resident, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

Breast Oncology Program Weekly Seminar
8:30 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter Street
Roel Nusse, PhD, Professor, Developmental Biology, Stanford School of Medicine
Contact: Sarah Goins, 415-502-2986. [ view full schedule ]

Dermatology Research-in-Progress
11:00 am -12 noon, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter St.
"Provocative questions around melanoma"
Boris Bastian, MD, PhD, Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, UCSF
Contact: Rosie Casella.

Tobacco Policy Research Group (TPRG)
12:00 noon, Parnassus, Library 366
Elizabeth Laposata, JD and Sungkyu Lee, PhD - Researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow
[ view full schedule ]

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

BMS Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; simulcast to Mission Bay GEN-S271; check for live stream
"Immunogenetics of HIV Control"
Bruce Walker, Harvard University
[ view full schedule ]

Thursday, May 17

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW 300
"Immunogenetics of HIV Infection"
Bruce D. Walker, MD, Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Adjunct Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in Durban, South Africa
[ view full schedule ]

BMS Journal Club
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; videoconferenced to Mission Bay GH-S271
Bianca Lee (student): Prahallad A, et al. Unresponsiveness of colon cancer to BRAF(V600E) inhibition through feedback activation of EGFR.
Raul Torres (student): "If they say why, Y? Tell 'em that it's human nature" Hughes JF, et al. Strict evolutionary conservation followed rapid gene loss on human and rhesus Y chromosomes.
[ view full schedule ]

Neuroscience Seminar
4:00 pm, Rock Hall, Mission Bay, Broadcast to Parnassus, N225
John Huguenard, Stanford
[ view full schedule ]

Mount Zion Day of Remembering
4:00 pm, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 2nd fl.
An opportunity to celebrate the lives of patients who have been treated here at UCSF/Mount Zion and who have passed away, and to honor the work and care of their families, friends and caregivers.
Presented by the Symptom Management Service, Spiritual Care Services, and Art for Recovery.
Contact: Gayle Kojimoto, 885-7671.

Friday, May 18

2012 Tobacco Documents Workshop
9:30 am - 4:00 pm, Parnassus, Kalmanovitz Library, 5th floor Lange room
"Putting the Tobacco Industry's Words to Work for You"
Contact: CTCRE.Workshop@ucsf.edu, 502-6341 [ view flyer ]

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Kim, Febbo
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.

Institute for Human Genetics Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, HSW930
Bob Nussbaum, MD
"Translational Studies in a Parkinson Disease Mouse Model"
[ view full schedule ]

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

Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Faculty Seminar
3:00-4:00 pm, Mount Zion, Radiation Oncology Conf room H1031; broadcast to Long hospital conference room l-75
"Techniques to minimize fertility complications after radiotherapy for pediatric patients"
ANGELICA ANDUJAR-PEREZ, PhD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF
Contact: Nicole Robinson. [ view flyer ]

Neuroscience Journal Club
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Rock Hall Auditorium
Sarah Fischbach
[ view full schedule ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
"The Case for a Nuclear Receptor In Pancreatic Cancer"
Robert Fletterick, PhD, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry/Biophysics and Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

Saturday, May 19th

Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
"Pharmaceuticals for the Future: Problems and Solutions"
Open to the UCSF community and the public, sponsored by the School of Pharmacy Industry Outreach Program
Contact: Paula Joyce [ view flyer ]

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