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 May 27, 2026
 
 
Events
 
 
 
JUNE 10, 12–1:00 PM
Member, Grant MacGregor, DPhil - Stem Cell Research Center & Transgenic Mouse Facility
UC Irvine’s Shared Core Facilities for Researchers, Office of Research - Register for Zoom
 
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JUNE 22–26
10th Annual NCI R25-Funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC)
5-day transdisciplinary research, early career investigators & post doc fellows.
 
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OCTOBER 10
10th Anniversary Anti-Cancer Challenge
Register and choose your activity; Create or join a team; Donate or join as a virtual participant; anti-cancerchallenge.org
 
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Funding Opportunities
 
 
 
Research Support Opportunity
1 year | $2,500
UC Irvine Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute
Funds research using NIH All of Us data to advance precision medicine.
Rolling Deadline
 
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A1 Bridge Funding
1 year | $20,000
UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Supports cancer research with strong potential to improve treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and patient outcomes. Designed to strengthen and resubmit NIH grant applications.
Rolling Deadline
 
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Announcements
 
 
 
🎉Congratulations to David I. Lee, MD! For enrolling the most patients in interventional treatment trials in April. Thank you for advancing cancer research and patient access to innovative therapies!
 
📣Help Us Improve Our Research Support Structure
Cancer Center Members are invited to complete a brief, anonymous survey on Shared Resource core research facilities. Your feedback will help optimize research support for our community. Deadline: May 29
 
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👏 Congratulations to Ali Raad on His Promotion!
Ali has been promoted to Clinical Research Manager, bringing seven years of oncology clinical research experience spanning Phase I–III trials, expertise in radiopharmaceutical and inpatient studies, and a key role in launching trials at CIACC. araad@hs.uci.edu

 
🎈 Welcome to Kate Fonseca, Assistant Biospecimen Coordinator!
Kate is a UC Irvine alum with a biological sciences BS, bringing clinical lab and oncology diagnostics experience in histology, specimen processing, and quality-regulatory standards and a background in neurodegenerative disease research, patient care, and bilingual communication skills. kafonsec@hs.uci.edu

 
                                               
👉 Member, Kyoko Yokomori, PhD  MAXIMUS T32 Training Program – Apply for Funded PhD and Postdoctoral Training in Muscle Biology Research; Highly relevant to cancer cachexia. Deadline: May 29
 
🔈Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE)
Strengthen your research impact, enhance clinical trial success, gain trusted community insights, increase study relevance, and accelerate accruals.
 
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News
 
 
 
Congratulations to 2026 ICTS Pilot Studies Award Recipients!
Members: Lisa Flanagan, PhD; Quinton Smith, PhD; Michael Hicks, PhD; Charles Limoli, PhD; Mei Kong, PhD; Xing Dai, PhD
 
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Member, Veronica Vieira, DSc
Forever Chemicals Could Trigger Asthma and Even Cancer Before Birth
 
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Member, Kalpna Gupta, PhD
Congratulations! Inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows 2026
 
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Member, Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN
11 Subtle Signs of Low Magnesium Experts Say You Should Know
 
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Member, Gillian Hayes, PhD
On Leading People Who Don’t Want to Be Led
 
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Member, Micheal Hoyt, PhD
Expanding the Classroom: Global Learning Without Borders
 
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Member, Jason Samarasena, MD
Robotic Colonoscopy System Poised for the Clinic
 
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Member, Mahtab Jafari, PharmD
How Barrière is Trying to Disrupt the Supplement Industry
 
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RESEARCH SERVICES
 
 
 

Transgenic Mouse Facility


Recharge-based services for genetically modified mice and stem cells, expert consultation, and training for research use.

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Optical Biology Core


Cutting-edge imaging and cytometry technologies with expert support for analyzing cancer biology from molecule to organism.

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Genomics Research & Technology Hub


End-to-end genomic services and analysis using emerging nucleic acid technologies for gene expression and sequencing.

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Mass Spectrometry


Three facilities offering advanced MS for proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, structural analysis, and biomarker discovery.

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In Vivo Functional Onco-Imaging


Imaging technologies and multi-modality platforms for tracking tumors, evaluating therapies, and designing molecular probes.

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Experimental Tissue Resource


Provides human and animal tissue procurement, histology, immunohistochemistry, pathology, and consultations.

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Biostatistics Shared Resource


Statistical expertise for study design, data analysis, and interpretation across laboratory, clinical, and population research.

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Biobehavioral Shared Resource


Consultative support for integrating patient-reported outcomes, behavioral measures, and quality-of-life data into research.

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Resources & Funding
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Cancer In Focus prior to June 2025
Contact Information
 
UC Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 200 S. Manchester Ave, Orange, CA 92868, US

cfccccommunications@hs.uci.edu
Phone 714-456-8000
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