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Friday, December 7

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Jennifer Doudna, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
"An RNA-guided endonuclease for genome protection and re-programming"
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

Monday, December 10

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296
Candidate Talk
Contact: Christina Luu.

Immunology Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S271); live stream
Lawrence Samelson, MD, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NIH
[ view full schedule ]

GICD/CVRI Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Gladstone Institute, 1650 Owens St., Mahley Auditorium
"New GPCRs and trafficking mechanisms in primary cilia: ciliopathies, obesity, and Sonic Hedgehog signaling"
Peter Jackson, PhD, Genentech, Inc.
Contact: 415-734-2713 [ view full schedule | view flyer ]

Pediatric Malignancies Program Meeting
4:30 pm, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M666
"Genetic Analysis of Splicing (SpliceQTL) Identifies a Functional Role for FUBP1 in Neuroblastoma"
Justin Chen
Contact: JayDe Leonard.

Tuesday, December 11

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

Stem Cell Journal Club
12:00 noon, Parnassus, Room TBA
Presenter: Justin Ellis, Rowitch Lab
"A New Paradigm Of Brain Development?"
[ view papers and full schedule ]

CHORI Seminar
4:00 pm, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Little Theatre in Room 2319
Julia Olsen-Claire, Application Scientist - Microfluidics, EMD Millipore: "Live Cell Imaging with Microfluidics"
Tim Brown, Multiplex and Cytometry Specialist, EMD Millipore: "New Avenues in Cytometry and Biomarker Analysis"
Hosted by: Sandra Larkin
Additional information.

UCSF Core Technology Seminar
4pm, Mission Bay, HD-160 (simulcast to Parnassus, HSW 300)
Screening/Biology Core at the Small Molecule Discovery Center, Michelle Arkin Chemistry Core at the Small Molecule Discovery Center, Adam Renslo
Pizza will be served at both locations!
RSVP TO: jamie.antonazzo@ucsf.edu [ view website ]

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

Wednesday, December 12

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
"Ancestry Matters: Genetics ancestry, breast cancer susceptibility, gene expression and survival"
Elad Ziv, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Contact: Sarah Goins, 415-502-2986. [ view full schedule ]

Endocrine Grand Rounds
8:30 - 9:30 am, Parnassus, LP-190
"Does BMD predict fracture in diabetic patients?"
Ann Schwartz, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor, UCSF
Contact: Svetlana Sogolova.

Liver Center Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, S-214
"Contribution of Inflammatory Signaling and ECM to Chronic Liver Disease"
Dr. Robert F. Schwabe
Contact: Brian Fabian. [ view flyer ]

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

BMS Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225; simulcast to Mission Bay GEN-S271
"Diversity-Generating Retroelements in Phage, Pathogens and the Human Microbiome"
Jeffery Miller, UCLA
[ view full schedule ]

Thursday, December 13

Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
"Molecular Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma"
Michelle Hermiston MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

Immunology Journal Club
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S261); live stream
Alex Mohapatra, Locksley Lab
Viola Lam, Lanier Lab
[ view full schedule ]

Maurice, Ethel, and Jane Sokolow Memorial Cancer Endowment Lectureship
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW-300
MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS
"Context-Dependent Regulation of Sensitivity to Targeted Therapies for Epithelial Tumors"
Joan Brugge, PhD, Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology, Head of the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
[ view full schedule and live stream link ]

CPMCRI Journal Club
12:00 noon, CPMC, 475 Brannan Street, Conference Room 214
Altaf Dar, Ph.D., Post Doctorate Fellow - Kashani-Sabet Lab, CPMCRI
"Large Non Coding RNAs-Missing Links in Cancer"
Contact: Elizabeth Filippone.

Friday, December 14

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

Methods Core Seminar
11:00 - 12:30 am, McKusick Conference room, 50 Beale Street, 13th floor
"Handling Missing Data"
Tor Neilands, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Methods Core, UCSF / CAPS
Contact: Estie Hudes.

Psycho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3906
Naomi Hoffer MA & Paul Asfour will present their New Patient Orientation and elicit feedback and suggestions.
Contact: Molly Berman.

CPMCRI Seminar
12:00 noon, CPMC, 475 Brannan Street, Conference Room 214
"Role of proteases in inflammation and pain"
Fiore Cattaruzza, Pharm.D, Ph.D, Research Scientist, Pharmacologist, UCSF, Center for the Neurobiology of Digestive Diseases
Contact: Virginia Giblin.

UCSF AIDS Research Institute & Global Health Sciences Lecture
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, Faculty Alumni House
Mary Fisher, UNAIDS Special Representative
RSVP by Dec 10th. Contact: Virginia Giblin.

QB3 Entrepreneurs Discussion Series
12:00 noon - 3:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Hall, 2nd floor library
Corey Goodman (plus: official launch of the QB3 Accelerator Program)
QB3 Contact: Douglas Crawford [ Register ]

CPMCRI SF Coordinating Center Science Meeting
1:00 - 2:00 pm, 185 Berry Street, Classroom 6704
Janina Patch, MD (Postdoc for Thomas M. Link, MD, PhD, UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging)
"Gene expression, bone microarchitechture and treatment effects in male osteoporosis"
Contact: Elizabeth Filippone.

Maurice, Ethel, and Jane Sokolow Memorial Cancer Endowment Lectureship
3:30 - 4:30 pm, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
LECTURE
"Control of Cell Migration and Invasion through Distinct Actin Cytoskeletal Rearrangements"
Joan Brugge, PhD, Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology, Head of the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
[ view full schedule and live stream link ]

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Roger A. Greenberg, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
"DNA Repair, BRCA1, Breast Cancer"
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

Monday, December 17

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

Immunology Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S271); live stream
Glenn Dranoff, MD, Professor, Harvard Medical School
[ view full schedule ]

Tuesday, December 18

OB/Gyn Grand Rounds
9:00 - 10:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
"Adnexal Masses"
Mindy Goldman, MD, Professor, Director, Women's Cancer Care Program, Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, Department of Ob/Gyn & RS, UCSF;
Vickie Feldstein, MD, Professor of Clinical Radiology, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF
Contact: Javier Heinz [ view full schedule ]

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

CPMCRI Seminar
12:00 noon, CPMC, 475 Brannan Street, Conference Room 214
"Assaying the Multiple Energy-Producing Pathways of Mammalian Cells"
John Z. Pietrzyk, M.A., M.B.A., Vice President Business Development, Cell Biology, Biolog, Inc.
Contact: Virginia Giblin

Immunotherapy and Tumor Immunology Journal Club
4:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW 1057
Contact: Lewis Lanier.

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S161
Bruce Spiegelman, Dana-Farber Cancer Res Ctr
Contact: Marilyn Hersh. [ view full schedule ]

Wednesday, December 19

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

Diller Building Journal Club - canceled
Contact: Kim Tong, 514-4835. [ view full schedule ]

Dermatology Research-in-Progress
11:00 am -12 noon, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter St.
Laura van 't Veer, PhD
Contact: Rosie Casella [ view flyer ]

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Journal Club
5:30 pm, Mission Bay, CVRI SC159
Presenter: Matt Donne, Rock Lab
[ view papers and full schedule ]

Thursday, December 20

Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
"Updates in Pediatric Hospital Medicine"
Phuoc V. Le MD, MPH, DTM&H, Asst. Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Co-Director, Global Health-Hospital Medicine Fellowship, UCSF;
Bradley Monash MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Assistant Chief of Moffitt-Long Hospital Service, UCSF
[ view full schedule ]

Immunology Journal Club
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S261); live stream
Ajay Chawla
[ view full schedule ]

Medicine Grand Rounds
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, HSW 300
"Putting Reason Back Into Clinical Reasoning: High-Value Care at UCSF"
Christopher Moriates, MD, Clinical Instructor, Co-Chair, High-Value Care Committee, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF
view full schedule.

Friday, December 21

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

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160) >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Contact: Geraldine Pacheco. [ view full schedule ]

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