UCSF-HDFCCC

Seminars, Grand Rounds, & Other Presentations*
(Campus building abbreviations and addresses at bottom)
Due to Thanksgiving Holiday, this announcement covers only the week of Nov 26-Nov 30

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Thursday, November 22- Friday November 23:
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Monday, November 26

Decorative Arts Auction to Benefit Lung Cancer Research at UCSF
Christie's, London
During Lung Cancer Awareness Month CHRISTIE'S will present a two part sale titled Property from The Vertical Art Collection: Walking Sticks, including a selection of canes from the associated art book Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty Of Antique Canes And Walking Sticks.
[ more details online ]

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference - canceled
Case Conference will resume Monday December 3
Contact: Christina Luu.

GICD/CVRI Seminar
12:00 pm, Mission Bay, Gladstone Building, Mahley Auditorium
"Novel functions of HDL and ABC transporters in the regulation of myeloid cell and platelet production"
Alan Tall, M.D., Columbia University
[ view full schedule ]

OHNS Grand Rounds
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 1600 Divisadero St., 2nd fl.
Multidisciplinary Case Conference:
"Psychosocial Impact of Head and Neck Cancer: Avoiding a Tragic Outcome"
Ilya Likhterov, MD - UCSF OHNS Resident
6:00 - 6:45 pm
"Contemporary Techniques for Facial Reanimation"
Linda Lee, MD, Fellow/Instructor, Division of Facial Plastic Surgery Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Agnes Ritter [ view flyer ]

Tuesday, November 27

Diller Building Research-in-Progress Seminar
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
10:00-11:15 am, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160
"Differential immune contribution to tumor laignancy in glioma subtypes: a therapeutic opportunity?"
Jasmine Lau, Weiss Lab
Contact: Laura Yee, 502-4180.

UCD: T32 Oncogenic Signals and Chromosome Biology Retreat
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, UCD Conference Center, Ballrooms A&B
includes Frank McCormick, Director UCSF Cancer Center, and UCD's Amanda Frank, Xu Lab, Dept. of Microbiology; Hector Caro, Scholey Lab, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Stephen Kowalczykowski, Dept. of Microbiology
Contact: Sharon Boylan [ view agenda ]

Quandrant@QB3 Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, N-114 Genentech Hall
"Bioactive peptides: A rising star in therapeutic options"
Gary Woodnutt, Pfizer
[ Register ]

VA Grand Rounds
12:00 - 1:00 pm, VAMC, Auditorium, Building 7
"Menthol Cigarettes: A Starter Product that the FDA Should Ban"
Dr. Phillip Gardiner
Contact: Laura Yee, 502-4180.

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

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S161
"The centrosome-cilium cycle"
Brian Dynlacht, Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Contact: Marilyn Hersh. [ view full schedule ]

Commonwealth Club Public Forum
6:00 pm, Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, Gold Room
"The Truth About Truvada and HIV Prevention"
Robert Grant, Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology; Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Dana Van Gorder, Executive Director, Project Inform - Moderator
[Register ]

Wednesday, November 28

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
"CD36 Repression Activates a Multicellular Stromal Program Shared by High Mammographic Density and Tumor Tissues"
Rosa-Anna Defilippis, PhD, Department of Pathology, UCSF
Contact: Sarah Goins, 415-502-2986. [ view full schedule ]

Diller Building Journal Club - canceled
previously announced journal club has been canceled for this date
Contact: Kim Tong, 514-4835. [ view full schedule ]

BBC Seminar
12:00 noon, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S161
"Cancer Chemical Biology"
Greg Verdine, Harvard
[ view full schedule ]

Neuroscience Journal Club
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, N114
Quynh Anh Nguyen; Sam Pleasure
[ view full schedule ]

BMS Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; simulcast to Mission Bay GEN-S271
"Ubiquitin-mediated stem cell pluripotency, differentiation and malignant transformation"
Iannis Aifantis, New York University
Host: Emmanuelle Passegue, PhD
[ view full schedule ]

Thursday, November 29

Dept of Neurological Surgery 16th Annual Takao Hoshino Lecturer
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225
"Progress and Challenges: Molecular Therapies for Glioblastoma"
W.K. Alfred Yung, MD, Chair, Department of Neuro-Oncology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
[ view flyer ]

Pediatrics Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
"Lessons Learned from Studying Children with Leukemia"
Mignon Loh MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

BMS Journal Club
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; videoconferenced to Mission Bay GH-S271; live stream and archive
"Three cells and a baby: towards germline gene therapy of inherited mitochondrial diseases"
Sky Feuer (student)
[ view full schedule ]

Novartis Distinguished Lectureship in Cancer Research
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar, HD-160
"Role of Autophagy in Lung Cancer"
Eileen White, PhD, Associate Director for Basic Science, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Rutgers University
Contact: Laura Yee.

Annual Robert A. Schindler, M.D. Lecture & Reception
5:00 - 6:45 pm, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 1600 Divisadero St. 2nd floor
"Is Intracochlear Vascular Injury a Cause of Hearing Loss in Cochlear Implant Recipients"
Peter S. Roland, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Contact: Agnes Ritter.

Friday, November 30

Decorative Arts Auction to Benefit Lung Cancer Research at UCSF
Christie's, New York
During Lung Cancer Awareness Month CHRISTIE'S will present a two part sale titled Property from The Vertical Art Collection: Walking Sticks, including a selection of canes from the associated art book Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty Of Antique Canes And Walking Sticks.
[ more details online ]

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Special Session
Mitch Feldman - Faculty Mentoring
Contact: Christina Luu.

Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Radiation Oncology Long Hospital Conference Room L-34
With simulcast to Mount Zion Radiation Oncology Conference Room H1031
"Genetic Management of Familial Cancer Syndromes"
Robert Nussbaum, M.D., Professor in Residence, Chief of Medical Genetics, UCSF
Contact: Miriam Gray.

Psycho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3906
"Sustainable Practices for Clinicians in High Loss Work Environments: Theory and Practice"
Rev. Denah Joseph MFT
Contact: Molly Berman.

Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Faculty Seminar
3:00-4:00 pm, Mount Zion Radiation Oncology Conference room; broadcast to Long hospital conference room l-75
"Precision MR guided thermal therapy with catheter-based and endocavity ultrasound devices"
Chris Diederich, Ph.D
Contact: Nicole Robinson. [ view flyer ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
"Sleeper Cells: The Secret Life of Quiescent Fibroblasts"
Hilary Coller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
[ view full schedule ]


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


UCSF/Mission Bay
GH - Genentech Hall, 600 16th St.
BH - Byers Hall, 1700 4th St.
RH - Rock Hall, 1550 4th St.
HD - Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Bldg, 1450 3rd St.
SC - Smith Cardiovascular Research Bldg., 555 Mission Bay Blvd. South
GI - J. David Gladstone Institutes, 1650 Owens St.

UCSF/Mt. Zion
CRB - cancer research building, 2340 Sutter St.
H - cancer outpatient building, 1600 Divisadero St.

UCSF/Parnassus
HSW - Health Sciences West, 513 Parnassus Ave.
HSE - Health Sciences East, 513 Parnassus Ave.
CL - Kalmanovitz Library, 530 Parnassus Ave.
LP - Langley Porter, 401 Parnassus Ave.
L - Long Bldg, 505 Parnassus Ave.
M - Moffitt Bldg, 505 Parnassus Ave.
N - School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way

UCSF/Laurel Heights
3333 California St.

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