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

Friday, January 25

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

Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds
8:00am - 9:00am, Mount Zion, MRadiation Oncology Conference Room H1031; contact
With simulcast to Radiation Oncology Conference Room L-34, 505 Parnassus Avenue
P. Daniel Knott, M.D., Associate Professor, Director of Facial Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery UCSF Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
"Revascularization vs. Devascularization: Facial Reconstructive Surgery in the Era of Radiation Therapy "

Hematology/Oncology Journal Club (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Research in Progress Catherine Smith, MD: "Resistance to FLT3 Inhibitors in AML"

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"

Sunday, January 27

2013 NET Patient Kickoff Conference
9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Mission Bay, 1675 Owens Street, Fisher Auditorium
A day of discussion on the latest developments in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, featuring dxperts from UCSF, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Cedars Sinai

Monday, January 28

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference (closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Special Session: Mitchell Feldman, MD, MPhil, Professor of Medicine, Associate Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, Director, UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
"Mentoring in Medicine: What is it and Why Does it Matter?"

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
"Internal chemical exposure study among Mexican immigrants"

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

OB, GYN, RS Grand Rounds
9:00 am - 10:00 am, Parnassus, S-214; contact
Kathleen Darcy, PhD, Chief Operations Officer, Women's Health Integrated Resource Center (WHIRC), Gynecologic Cancer Center of Excellence
"The Search for Clinically Relevant Biomarkers in Gynecologic Conditions Including Cancer"

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"

QB3 Spring 2013 SBIR Workshop
12:00 noon, Mission Bay, Genentech Hall
Seven-session workshop will take you through all the steps necessary to successfully file a well-written SBIR/STTR grant application for the April 5, 2013 NIH SBIR deadline.

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

Diller Building Journal Club
12:00 noon, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160; contact
Emmanuel Yera

Information Session: Global Health Sciences Education Programs
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Parnassus, C-130
Are you interested in incorporating global health into your career? Join faculty and staff of Global Health Sciences (GHS) to learn about the training opportunities available at UCSF.

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar
3:00 pm, China Basin, Room 6704, Lobby 3, followed by social hour
Joel Dubin, University of Waterloo
CHALLENGES IN MODELING LONGITUDINAL SMOKING CESSATION DATA, AND A PROPOSED APPROACH FOR MODELLING MULTIVARIATE LONGITUDINAL DATA FROM SMOKING CESSATION STUDIES

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

GIND Weekly Seminar
9:00 am, Mission Bay, Robert Mahley Auditorium, Gladstone Building; contact
Hui Zheng, Ph.D., of the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine
"Biology and Pathophysiology of the Amyloid Precursor Protein."

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

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Seminar
3:00 pm, China Basin, Room 6704, Lobby 3, followed by social hour
Samiran Ghosh, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine
LONGITUDINAL ESTIMATION OF INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE RATE OF MAOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN HOME HEALTHCARE STUDY

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

Monday, February 4

Hematology/Oncology Clinical Case Conference
(closed to non-UCSF attendees)
8:00am - 9:00am, Parnassus, Moffitt Hospital, #M1296; contact
Kim; Abrams

Immunology Seminar
9:00 am, Parnassus, N-225, simulcast to Mission Bay (GH-S271); live stream
Emil Unanue, MD, Professor, Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine

Biochemistry Seminar
12:00-1:00 pm, Parnassus
Roberto Zoncu, Faculty Candidate
"More than a recycle bin: Mechanisms of nutrient sensing and signaling by the lysosome"

Molecular and Cell Biology Seminar
4:00-5:00 pm, 106 Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Chris Sander, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Computational and Systems Biology
"Evolutionary Couplings, Protein Interactions and 3D Protein Structure Prediction"

Entrepreneurship Center Event
4:00 - 7:00pm, loaction TBA
BayBio Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtables Over 200 people expected. Application.

Tuesday, February 5

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

CHORI Seminar
12:00 pm, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way; contact
Lewis L. Lanier, PhD, American Cancer Society Professor; and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF
"Natural Killer Cells in Viral Immunity"

Life Sciences Division Seminar
4:00-5:00 pm, 717 Potter Street
Peter Jones, USC
"The Cancer Epigenomic"

Wednesday, February 6

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
TBA

Diller Building Journal Club
12:00 noon, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium, HD-160; contact
Cameron Pitt

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Seminar Series
12:00-1:00 pm, Mission Bay
David V. Conti, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Southern California

Biochemistry Seminar
1:00-2:00 pm, Parnassus
Alexandra Zidovska, Faculty Candidate
"Mechanism and function of chromatin positional fluctuations in interphase"

BMS Seminar Series
4:00 pm, Parnassus
Mark McCarthy, University of Oxford
"Diamonds In The Dirt: Deriving Biological And Translational Value From Large-Scale Human Genetics Studies In Type 2 Diabetes"

Molecular and Cell Biology Seminar
4:00-5:00 pm, 125 Li Ka Shing Center, UC Berkeley Campus
Jennifer Garrison, The Rockefeller University
"Bioactive peptides: from protein synthesis to neural circuits"

Thursday, February 7

Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00 - 9:00 am, Parnassus, N-217
Emil Kakkis, MD, PhD, CEO and President, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., President and Founder, Kakkis EveryLife Foundation
"Developing Treatments for Rare and Ultra-rare Diseases"

Immunology Journal Club
9:00-10:00 am, Parnassus
Frances Brodsky, UCSF

BBC Seminar
12:00-1:00 pm, Mission Bay
Jonathan Javich, Columbia
"A tale of two substrates: a novel mechanism for neurotransmitter: sodium symport"

QED@QB3 Seminar
12:00-1:00 pm, Mission Bay
Reece Hirsch, Morgan Lewis
"HIPAA issues and startups"

Molecular and Cell Biology Seminar
4:00-5:00 pm, 101 Life Sciences Addition, UC Berkeley Campus
Wenxian Fu, Harvard University
"Tissue-resident macrophages keep autoimmunity in check"

BMS Journal Club
5:00 pm, Parnassus, N-225 & videoconferenced to Room GH-S271, Mission Bay
Mark Anderson, UCSF: "The regulators of T-regulators"
Erin Oswald (student)

Friday, February 8

It's About a Billion Lives
8:00 am - 12:30 pm, Parnassus, Cole Hall
Symposium Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF

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

CTSI Early Translational Research Seminar
10:00 am, Mission Bay, Byers Auditoriuam; download flyer
Tadataka Yamada, M.D., Executive Vice President and Board Member, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
"Lessons from Global Health"

Research Seminar: Novel Biomarker Approaches
1:00PM - 2:30PM, Mission Bay, HD-291
[ Technology currently being used by the Frank McCormick lab ]
"Keeping the Promise. Pathway-Based Identification of Specific Biomarkers for Targeted Therapeutics": Cloud Paweletz, Ph.D, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science
"Comparing different antibody-based immunoabsorbant protein detection assays for their abilities to assess for changes in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) proteomes during response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI)": Edwin Chang. Ph.D., Stanford University, Canary Center Laboratory of Dr. Sanjiv S. Gambhir
"New Approaches to Prostate Cancer Screening": Jesse Jokerst, Ph.D., Stanford University, Canary Center Laboratory of Dr. Sanjiv S. Gambhir

Cancer Center Seminar
4:00 pm, Mission Bay, Bakar Auditorium (HD-160); contact; >> Live stream at 4pm for UCSF viewers <<
Mark Moasser, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), UCSF
"Understanding and targeting the oncogenic function of HER2; The fourth decade"

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