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| School of Medicine Informational Seminar – NIH New Innovator (DP2) Awards | This expert panel will discuss the Director’s New Innovator and NIAID New Innovator award applications and review processes. There will be a Q&A where we welcome your specific questions.
Speakers: Dequina Nicholas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry; Xiaoyu Shi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology; Fangyuan Ding, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Evgeny Kvon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Wednesday, June 12, noon to 1 p.m.
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| Join AAAS for Future Honorary Fellow Eligibility | Researchers are encouraged to become members of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). There are many member benefits and membership in this esteemed organization has been a time-honored tradition in the scientific community.
An important benefit of membership in AAAS is to position yourself to be elected as an AAAS Honorary Fellow. AAAS Fellows are a distinguished group of scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for their extraordinary achievements. In a tradition stretching back to 1874, Fellows are elected annually by the AAAS Council.
The UCI School of Medicine Awards Nominations Committee would like to nominate our researchers for consideration for election to AAAS Fellowship. One must be a continuous member of AAAS for the four-year period leading up to the year of nomination. Please make yourself eligible for this honor and become a member. |
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| We have been collecting information about new awards sent in by the School of Medicine research community and have created this space to share the news.
Kyoko Yokomori (Biological Chemistry), Tahseen Mozaffar (Neurology) and Armando Villalta (Physiology & Biophysics) were awarded a NINDS T32 grant titled, MAXIMUS: MAXimizing Training in MUScle Research. This rigorous training program will enable PhD graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to become translational researchers who seek to understand muscle biology and decipher the mechanisms of its dysfunction in order to develop innovative strategies for effective diagnosis and treatment of muscular dystrophies (MDs). Have you or someone on your research team received research funding or an award? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know! Please fill out this short New Research Funding or Award Survey form. |
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| Find funding opportunities for trainees, postdocs and early career faculty, and all faculty.
For more funding opportunities and resources to help in your funding search, visit the Funding Opportunities page.
For a curated, searchable and filterable list of funding opportunities announced by NIH in their weekly NIH guide listserv, check out the School of Medicine Funding Search Tool.
Considering applying for a Limited Funding Opportunity? Typically, you submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research via UCI Review. If the opportunity is not listed, email the Research Development Unit (RDU). |
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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Michelson Next Generation Grants in Human Immunology | These $150,000 research grants are awarded annually by Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project to early-career scientists advancing human immunology, vaccine discovery and immunotherapy for major global diseases. They are seeking applicants who are deepening our understanding of human immunology and uncovering new approaches to combating diseases. All early-career investigators, post-docs, clinical fellows — including residents and interns — and other researchers in training are eligible to apply. International applicants are encouraged. Learn more.
Deadline: Sunday, June 9, 2024
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Awards Program for Coronary Heart Disease Research | The Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust Awards Program for Coronary Heart Disease Research supports research in the area of coronary heart disease or circulatory failure prevention and improving care for these patients. The program focuses on basic and translational scientific research. Clinical studies are currently ineligible. UCI is one of only 14 institutions invited to participate in this program; three grants of $250,000/2 years will be awarded. UCI may nominate only one candidate. Interested applicants are asked to submit a preliminary application to the Office of Research via UCI Review.
Deadline: Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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| ARPA-H and its Funding Programs | The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) accelerates better health outcomes by supporting high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H awardees are developing entirely new ways to tackle the hardest challenges in health. The FY24–26 Strategic Plan provides a blueprint detailing the agency's approach. Review past and active ARPA-H funding programs to get a sense of this agency’s research interests. Active programs include:
- HEROES (Health Care Rewards to Achieve Improved Outcomes)
Solution Summary Deadline: Friday, June 28, 2024
- LIGHT (Lymphatic Imaging, Genomics and Phenotyping Technologies)
Solution Summary Deadline: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
If you are considering applying, please email somrd@hs.uci.edu. |
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| NIH Research Career Development Awards (K) | | The NIH K award mechanism can be a great mechanism for you depending on your research career stage. This mechanism has different types of funding opportunities that provide support at various career stages: early career, physician scientist, predoc, postdoc, midcareer and established. Here’s a list of active NIH funding opportunities, filtered for a subset of the K mechanisms. If you have any questions or are interested, please contact the School of Medicine Research Development Unit (RDU) at somrd@hs.uci.edu. |
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series | | | 
Bridget Fortin
Dr. Selma Masri Lab
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Melissa Folkloresta
Dr. Nicholas Pannunzio Lab
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Anna Andronicos
Dr. Peter Kaiser Lab
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Research-in-Progress talks by Department of Biological Chemistry graduate students:
- Circadian Control of Tumor Immunosuppression Affects Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Blockade, by Bridget Fortin
- Defining the Role of Artemis in Repair of DNA Damage Caused by Cancer Therapeutics, by Melissa Folkerts
- Role of PP2Ac in methionine dependence of cancer, by Anna Andronicos
Wednesday, May 29, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute's Research Speaker Series |
Translational clinical education to help build integrative psychiatric workforce in the U.S., by Robert McCarron, DO, associate dean of Continuing Medical Education, co-director, UCI Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship, director of education, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Wednesday, May 29, noon to 1 p.m.
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| UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute's 10th Annual Bench to Bedside Symposium | The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute’s 10th Annual Bench to Bedside Symposium is a FREE one-day symposium focused on exciting advances in translational research to treat eye diseases. Learn more about the poster presentation competition for a cash prize.
Saturday, June 1, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA 92617
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| Genomics, Biomedical Computing and Genetics Monthly Meeting | Emerging Genetic Drivers of Human Diseases: A genome-wide spectrum of tandem repeat expansions in 338,963 humans, by Wei Li, PhD, Grace B. Bell Endowed Chair, Professor of Bioinformatics, Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCI School of Medicine. Meeting hosted by the Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub).
Tuesday, June 4, 10 to 11 a.m. PT
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 927 0239 2593
Passcode: 249760 |
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| Research!America's Science & Technology Early Career Summit | The future of public and private sector-funded R&D hinges on developing a robust and diverse pipeline of talented early-career scientists, researchers and engineers who can drive innovation and positive societal change. Learn more.
Session 1: Career Tour – STEM Career Panel Discussions – Wednesday, June 5, 9 a.m. to noon PT
Session 2: Crafting A Winning Resume – Wednesday, June 12, 9 to 10:30 a.m. PT
Session 3: Science Policy & Advocacy; A Primer – Tuesday, June 18, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. PT
Session 4: The Creative Art of Science Communication – Wednesday, June 26, 9 to 10:15 a.m. PT
June 5, 12, 18 and 26
Via Zoom
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| Updates to NIH Training Grant Applications Webinar | The NIH Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grant Program application is undergoing changes that take effect for submissions due on or after Jan. 25, 2025. These modifications impact the PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan Form (the Recruitment Plan to Enhance Diversity will become its own attachment instead of part of the 25-page program plan) and the NRSA Training Tables (NIH is updating the NRSA Data Tables to reduce burden on the research community).
Wednesday, June 5, 10 to 11 a.m.
Virtual Event
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Thursday Seminar Series |
Scaling Drug Discovery: The Search for Selective Translation Modulators via Activity-Based DNA-Encoded Library Technology, by Brian Paegel, PhD, Associate Dean of Research, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, June 6, 9 a.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House, Room 166, and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | How to Complete the AP-10 Form (Clinical and Non-Clinical), presented by Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, Nimisha Parekh, MD, and Brian Cummings, PhD. Monthly on Mondays, presented by Nimisha Parekh, MD, and Brian J. Cummings, PhD, associate deans of faculty development, is a monthly seminar series covering a wide range of topics focused on faculty development.
Monday, June 10, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| CHOC Research Seminar: The Patient Voice in Research — Evolution of a Role | Speakers: The Cline Family, founders of Live Like JoJo Foundation; the Gregier Family, co-founder of The Lost Enzyme Project; Magee Family, founder of CureARS; and the Kowalske Family, founder of Zebrahop
Wednesday, June 12, noon to 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom |
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Morning Seminar Series | From Pituitary Past to Present: Pioneering into the Pituitary Immune Landscape, by Dequina Nicholas, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UCI School of Biological Sciences
Thursday, June 13, 9 a.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House, Room 166, and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| UCI Conte Center and CNLM Colloquium Series | Interactive Development of Reinforcement Learning and Episodic Memory, by Catherine Hartley, PhD, associate professor, Department of Psychology, New York University. Co-hosted by the UCI Conte Center and the Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM).
Tuesday, June 18, 4 to 5 p.m. PTLocation: Herklotz Conference Center at the CNLM (building 506 on the UCI campus map), and via ZoomPasscode: 764583 |
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| UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) 2024 Conference | Brain Cell Types, Circuits and Disorders. Co-hosted with Cajal Club. Register by June 19.
Monday to Wednesday, Aug. 19–21Location: Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA 92617 |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar - NIH T32 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Skin Biology | The NIH T32 Skin Training Program builds on a strong group of skin biology mentors affiliated with a NIAMS-funded Skin Biology and Disease Research Core Center (UCI Skin). There is one position open for a postdoctoral fellow, including dermatology residents pursuing postgraduate research training. In addition to laboratory-based research training, the program includes lectures in skin biology and skin diseases, a weekly Skin Club for data presentations, seminar series, retreats and a yearly symposium.
PI: Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD
View the posting.
Closing date: May 31, 2024
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| Project Scientist - Otolaryngology | The Department of Otolaryngology seeks a part-time or full-time project scientist with experience in CRISPR to work on inner ear therapeutics in cell culture and animals. The successful candidate should have a background in molecular genetics and will be overseeing the design and implementation of inner ear therapeutics in cell culture and eventually animal models.
PI: Hamid Djalilian, MD
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: May 31, 2024
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| Postdoctoral Scholar-Della Martin Fellowship / Psychiatry and Human Behavior | An exciting and unique opportunity to study neuropsychiatric disorders at the molecular level and develop translational research programs in clinical populations using state-of-the art technologies including single cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, and cellular models derived from patients and controls. Successful candidate will be familiar with molecular and cellular laboratory methods and bioinformatics.
PI: William E. Bunney, MD
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: Sunday, June 30, 2024
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in the Marazzi Lab / Biological Chemistry | The Marazzi Lab is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to fill the position of Postdoctoral Researcher. A successful candidate will join a dynamic and innovative research team dedicated to advancing our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms and their role in human health and disease.
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| NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program | | The program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify CSR’s pool of trained reviewers. Read more about the requirements for the Early Career Reviewer Program and enroll. |
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| Did you know about these UCI-offered resources? | These three books can be downloaded fromUCI Libraries (must be on campus or using VPN): - Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More, by Matt Carter, 2020
- The Physician Scientist’s Career Guide, by Mark J. Eisenberg, 2011
- The Essential MD-PhD Guide, by Eisenberg and Cox, 2021
UCI Apporto Virtual Computer Lab VCL (free)
- Apps available now: Stata, SPSS, Cran R, R Studio and Matlab
- Apps available soon: ArcGIS and Eviews
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| School of Medicine Research Development Unit Resources |
| What kind of grant support does the Research Development Unit (RDU) provide? | |
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| NIH Training Grant Incentive Program | Training Grants (e.g., NIH T32) play a key role in supporting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and increases our ability to recruit the best among them. The School of Medicine Office of Research appreciates the time commitment required to prepare and direct training grants and has the Training Grant Incentive Program for first-time submissions of new or competing renewal applications. Read the guidelines on the intake form.
Also, the School of Medicine Research Development Unit supports the preparation of training grant proposals; email somrd@uci.edu to get started. View current UCI Training Grants. View active NIH T32 funding calls. |
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| Interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant? | If you are interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant, such as the P or U mechanism, please remember to reach out to Dr. Al La Spada, Associate Dean for Research Development (alaspada@uci.edu). He can guide you through the process and connect you with potential collaborators.
Also, remember that the Research Development Unit (RDU) provides project management support for these mechanisms. To request RDU services, submit this Grant Support Request intake form. There is also an incentive program for these submissions, with more details in this Incentive Program intake form. |
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| Respiratory infection reminders | - Employees are encouraged to stay home when ill to help reduce the spread of infections.
- Employees, including student employees, are strongly encouraged to report cases of COVID-19 to Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300.
- Free COVID-19 antigen tests continue to be available to employees at various locations on campus.
All employee-related information can be found at Human Resources Working Well webpage. For UCI Health updates, please visit UCI Health's COVID-19 page on SharePoint.
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