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 June 10, 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 10, 4-5:00 PM
Member, Barbara Jusiak, PhD - Programming Macrophages with Synthetic Biology
Plumwood House, Showa Denko Lecture Hall, and via 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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JUNE 22, 5:15-6:15 PM
Member, Kyoko Yokomori, PhD; Mohammad Helmy, MD - How to Prepare a Merit or Promotion File and AP-10 Form for 2026
RSVP for Zoom
 
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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
 
 
 
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation Grant 2026 - Limited Submission
The Cancer Center is seeking to nominate one candidate for each funding mechanism: 1) Conventional/ mainstream research; 2) Integrative research. Internal Deadline: June 15
 
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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
 
 
 
🎈 Welcome to Sei Lee, PhD, Manager for Cancer Research and Training!
Sei brings 15 years of higher education experience from Stanford Cancer Institute, including CRTEC, NIH/ACS grants, and the UC Irvine Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning. She holds a PhD and MA in education, and an MA in English language & linguistics. seiyl@hs.uci.edu
 
👏 Congratulations to Danny Martinez, PhD, on His Promotion!
Danny has been promoted to Manager for Strategic Operations and Initiatives, bringing a PhD in biological sciences with an emphasis on cancer biology at UC Irvine, and previously supporting CRTEC, NCI Cancer Center Support Grant, and T32 training. dimarti1@hs.uci.edu
 
👏 Congratulations to Haley Huang on Her Promotion!
Haley has been promoted to Senior Clinical Research Finance Analyst, transitioning to the pre-award team after more than two and a half years as a post-award Clinical Research Finance Analyst and contributing her expertise to the business team. jiayuah@hs.uci.edu
 
📣 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
 
 
 
Director, Richard Van Etten, MD, PhD - UC Irvine Anti-Cancer Challenge Funds 35 Novel Research Projects
Landmark event has raised $7.7 million for 190 promising pilot studies and early phase clinical trials
 
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Member, Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz, PhD
Toxicology Expert Discusses Main Concerns in Garden Grove Chemical Leak
 
Video
 
Member, Matthew Griffin, PhD
UC Office of the President Award to Support Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria Research
 
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Member, Michael Kleinman, PhD
How Worried Should You Be About a Garden Grove Chemical Spill...
 
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Member, Sunmin Lee, ScD
Want to Build Biggest Database Ever on Asian American Health
 
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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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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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