Seminars, Grand Rounds, & Other Presentations of interest to the UCSF Cancer community* (Campus building abbreviations and addresses at bottom) > View online > Send additions, corrections, or unsubscribe > for the most up to date news follow us on Twitter

Friday, January 18

Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds
8:00-9:00 am, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero St., H1031; simulcast to Parnassus, L-34
Susan B. Promes, M.D., FACEP, Professor and Vice Chair for Education Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSF
"The Art of Bedside Teaching"

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Jagan Muppidi, MD, PhD: "Chemotherapy - Triggered Cathepsin B Release in Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Activates the NIrp3 Inflammasome and Promotes Tumor Growth."
Emily Bergsland, MD: "Spatiotemporal Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition is Essential for Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastasis"

Genomic Medicine Symposium (QB3: UCB, Center for Computational Biology)
9:00 am - 5:30 pm, UC Berkeley, 245 Li Ka Shing Center; registration recommended

Methods Core Seminar
10:00 - 11:30 am, McKusick Conference room, 50 Beale Street, 13th floor; contact
Tor Neilands, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Methods Core, UCSF / CAPS
"Handling Missing Data, Part II"

Psycho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3906; contact
Dianne Shumay PhD will present on the results from WiLLoW intervention pilot study for breast cancer survivors.

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160); contact; >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Laura D. Attardi, PhD, Principal Investigator, Stanford
"Deconstructing p53 Pathways in vivo Using Mouse Models"

Saturday, January 19

First Northern California Educational Summit for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
8:00 am 4:00 pm, Sacramento State Alumni Center, 6000 J Street, Sacramento
"Lives Interrupted: Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer"
Register by emailing Cheryl.Johnson@lls.org, or marlene.vonfriederichs-fitzwater@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Monday, January 21: Martin Luther King, Jr Day Observed

Tuesday, January 22

OMFS Grand Rounds
8:00 am, Parnassus, C-701
Sue Yom, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF
"Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer"

Diller Building Research-in-Progress Seminar (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
10:00-11:15 am, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160; contact
Robin Lerner, Petritsch Lab

CHORI Seminar
12 pm, CHORI, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Little Theatre, Room 2319
Brittnee Jones, PhD or Manisha Ray, PhD
"Introducing the C1 Single-Cell AutoPrep System, Fluidigm's newest addition to the burgeoning field of single-cell genomics"

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S161; contact
Anne Brunet, Stanford: "Epigenetic regulation of aging"

LBNL Life Sciences Division Seminars
4:00 - 5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street, room 141, Berkeley, CA 94710; contact
Jeanne B. Lawrence, University of Massachusetts
"Regulating the Epigenome via Chromosomal RNAs: Implications for Genome Biology and Chromosome Pathology"

Wednesday, January 23

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

GI Grand Rounds Special Seminar
8:00 am, Parnassus, S-214; contact
Andrew Chan, MD, MPH Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital
"Aspirin for the Prevention of Cancer: Are We Ready?"

Endocrine Grand Rounds
8:30 - 9:30 am, Parnassus, LP-190; contact
Amnon Schlegel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Utah
"Hepatic ketone body transport-from zebrafish genetics to a new mode of integrating fasting physiology"

Breast Oncology Program Weekly Seminar
8:30 - 10:00 am, Mount Zion, Lurie Conference Room, 2340 Sutter Street; contact
Suleiman Massarweh, MD, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky

PSPG Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Rock Hall RH-102; simulcast to Parnassus N-217
Steven McCarroll, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

UCB Molecular and Cell Biology Summer Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 pm, UC Berkeley, 101 Life Sciences Addition
Evan Miller, University of California, San Diego
"Chemical Tools to Illuminate the Brain"

BMS Graduate Program Seminar
4:00 pm, Parnassus, N-217; contact
Robert Schreiber, Washington University, St. Louis
"Using genomics to elucidate cancer immunoediting and inform cancer immunotherapy"
Host: Art Weiss, MD, PhD

Developmental Biology Journal Club
5:30 pm, Mission Bay, CVRI SC159
Marie La Rusa, Blelloch Lab presenting

Entrepreneurs Club
5:30 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Hall Room 212
Everyone is welcome, UCSF, QB3, Stanford, Berkeley life science entrepreneurs and Industry.

Thursday, January 24

Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
James Huang, MD, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
"Clots in Kids: An Update on Pediatric Thrombosis"

Liver Center Mini-Symposium
8:45 am - 3:30pm, Parnassus, Aldea Center on Mt. Sutro
Of Mice and Men: The Pathology of Liver Disease
RSVP: Brian Fabian

Immunology Journal Club
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S261); live stream
Melissa Ruck, Hermiston Lab; Imran Khan, Anderson Lab

Breast Oncology Program Retreat 2013
12:00 noon - 5:00 pm, Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, 3200 California Street

BBC Seminar
12 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium; simulcast to S-161
Wenying Shou, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
"War and peace: a biological basis for population segregation and mixing"

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
2:00 pm, Mission Bay, HD-160; contact
Faculty Candidate Seminar: Sven Van Teeffelen, Princeton
"The dynamical cytoskeleton regulates morphogenesis in rod-like bacteria"

UCB Molecular and Cell Biology Summer Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 pm, UC Berkeley, 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
Gloria Brar, University of California, San Francisco
"Using high-resolution translation measurements to define meiotic cellular remodeling and redefine elements of genome coding "

UCB Conference: State, Challenges and Opportunities of Global Health
4:00 - 6:00 pm, UC Berkeley, Li Ka Shing Auditorium
Register via email before January 18

Friday, January 25

Breast Oncology Program Retreat 2013
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, 3200 California Street

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Research in Progress

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar
10:30 am, Mission Bay, ock Hall Auditorium, Rm 102; contact
Po-Ru, MIT: "Algorithms for genomics and genetics: compression-accelerated search and admixture analysis"

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160); contact; >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Boris Bastian, MD, PhD, Gerson and Barbara Bakar Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology, UCSF
"Genotypes and phenotypes of melanocytic neoplasia"

Monday, January 28

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Special Session: Mitch Feldman - Mentoring Talk

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mission Bay, Rock Hall; contact
Faculty Candidate Seminar : Ya-Chieh Hsu, Rockefeller U
"No place like home: Interactions between stem cells and progeny in the mammalian hair follicle niche"

Cancer Epidemiology Seminar
3:00 - 4:00 pm, Mission Bay, HD-391; contact
Laura Fejerman, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

OHNS Grand Rounds
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Mount Zion, Herbst Hall, 1600 Divisadero St., 2nd fl.; contact
"Multidisciplinary Case Conference," Chase Heaton, MD UCSF OHNS Resident
"Morbidity and Mortality," Drs. Kevin Burke, Megan Durr, Jonathan George, and Ilya Likhterov UCSF OHNS Residents

Tuesday, January 29

CCR/PPG Research Seminars
9:00 am - 10:00 am, SFGH, Bldg 10, Second Floor, Room #1206, Solarium
ADAM R. FERGUSON, PhD, Assistant Professor, Brain and Spinal Injury Center (BASIC), Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
"Maladaptive Spinal Plasticity Opposes Spinal Learning and Recovery In Spinal Cord Injury"

Diller Building Research-in-Progress Seminar (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
10:00-11:15 am, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160; contact
Chunmei Wang, Chen Lab: "Dissect PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in liver tumorigenesis"

OBSSR mHealth Webinar
12:00 noon - 1:00 (3:00 - 4:00 pm EST), Webinar
"Mobile Health (mHealth): From smart phone apps and sensor streams to behavioral biomarkers"
Deborah Estrin, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, Cornell NYC Tech

Cancer Center Tobacco Control Program Seminar
3:00 - 4:30 pm, Parnassus, Kalmanovitz Library, Room 366
Danielle E. Ramo, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
"Using social media as a smoking cessation tool for young adults: Patterns of use and receptivity to intervention techniques"

Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Byers Auditorium; Simulcast to Parnassus S161; contact
Shu-ou Shan, Caltech
"Molecular mechanism of cotranslational protein tarageting"

LBNL Life Sciences Division Seminars
4:00 - 5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street, room 141, Berkeley, CA 94710; contact
Ross Cagan, Mt Sinai Hospital
"Rational Polypharmacology and Multigenic Modeling: A Drosophila Approach to Cancer Therapeutics"

Wednesday, January 30

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; contact
Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry/Biophysics and Microbiology/Immunology, UCSF

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar
3:00 pm, China Basin, Room 6704, Lobby 3, followed by social hour
Joel Dubin, University of Waterloo

Thursday, January 31

Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
EPIC Project
Carrie Chen, MD, MS.ED, Assoc. Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Clerkship
Daniel West, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice-Chair, Education Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Director, Division of Medical Education

Immunology Journal Club
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S261); live stream
Jordan Mar: Lynch Lab; Darienne Myers: Roose Lab

TI sponsored Pathway Analysis Workshop
9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium HD-160
Ingenuity IPA Workshop Sessions: Two options to learn more about IPA, register to attend the three hour workshop and/or request a 20 minute office hour session with an Ingenuity Scientist.
Registration is required

UCB Molecular and Cell Biology Summer Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 pm, UC Berkeley, 101 Life Sciences Addition
Roberto Bonasio, NYU School of Medicine
"Epigenetics: from noncoding RNAs to ants"

Friday, February 1

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club: CANCELED - Hem/Onc Division Research Retreat

Psycho-Oncology Journal Club
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3906; contact
UCSF Psycho-oncology research team poster presentation

Thyroid Cancer Tumor Board
2:00-4:30 pm, Mount Zion, 1600 Divisadero, H3805; contact: 885-7879.

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160); contact; >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
TBA

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