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| How to Draft and Publish Scientific Papers | The School of Medicine Office of Research is pleased to announce a two-day, in-person workshop, “How to Draft and Publish Scientific Papers,” conducted by Dr. Randy Levinson. Dr. Levinson brings extensive experience as a former scientific manuscript editor for Nature Research.
The workshop is organized in three separate but interrelated modules: (1) general concepts underlying effective scientific communication, (2) Method and Logic, or how to optimize the content and structure of a scientific paper, and (3) an explanation of the peer review and publication process. The workshop includes instruction, practical exercises, peer-to-peer interactions, and feedback on participants’ drafts.
Applicants must be members of the School of Medicine community (junior faculty, postdocs, research staff, clinical fellows and senior graduate and medical students). Attendance is limited to 24 individuals. Learn more and apply here.
January 30 & 31, 2024
Location: College of Health Sciences Building & Irvine Hall on Main Campus
Application Deadline: Friday, Dec. 15, 2023
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| Save the Date: Faculty Research Retreat! | The UCI School of Medicine is excited to announce a joint retreat with the UCI Samueli School of Engineering.
Friday, March 8, 2024
Please plan to join us for this first-time-ever event! Registration and location details will be sent to your inbox soon. Please contact Emily Dawidoff if you have any questions.
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| Change in IACUC Protocol Submission Process — LR Signature Requirement | To ensure proper oversight, responsible management of animal use protocols (AUP), and adherence to institutional policies on animal research, the Lead Researcher of an AUP will be required to submit an electronic signature for IACUC protocol submissions, effective immediately.
Submission of the LR’s electronic signature will take place after IACUC review, prior to approval. Instructions for submitting LR signature in RMS are available in the RMS User Guide on the IACUC website and will also be provided in the email notification to the LR.
For questions, contact the IACUC Administrative Office at IACUC@uci.edu.
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| Medicaid Attestation Announcement | NEW UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS: Effective retroactively for claims with dates of service on or after July 1, 2022, Medi-Cal will cover routine patient care costs for a beneficiary participating in a qualifying clinical trial.
Medi-Cal providers are required to include the clinical trial registry number on the electronic claim equivalent by submission of the Medicaid Attestation form that the patient is participating in a qualifying clinical trial. The attestation form must also be signed by the Principal Investigator. Since the initial announcement in 2022, UCI research operations, Epic team, compliance, and others are actively working toward a streamlined solution for use of this form. For more detailed information, please refer to this fact sheet (PDF). |
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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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| Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Opportunities and Challenges for the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Real-World Data (RWD) including Electronic Health Records, for NIH Supported Biomedical and Behavioral Research (NOT-OD-23-180) | View the RFI for details.
Deadline for responses: Dec. 14, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
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| Opportunity for Study Teams to Utilize the Pilot of UC Health Data Warehouse | The Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2) and University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration & Development (UC BRAID) are offering an opportunity for study teams to pilot the use of the UC Health Data Warehouse to identify and recruit potentially eligible patients across the UC Health system as a way to efficiently meet enrollment goals and recruit a diverse study population. Learn more.
Application Deadline: Monday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.
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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.
Joohwan Kim, PhD (Gina Lee lab, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) received a fellowship from the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Alliance. The fellowship will support Dr. Kim’s research to identify RNA methyl nucleotide markers for the diagnosis and treatment of TSC kidney tumors.
Have you or someone on your research team received a new grant, i.e., research funding? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know. Please fill out this short New Funding/Grant Survey form. |
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| Limited Opportunity: NIH/NIGMS Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams | The NIH/NIGMS Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six PDs/PIs to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are important for the mission of NIGMS and are beyond the scope of one or two investigators.
UCI may submit two applications in response to this call per review round; therefore, interested applicants wishing to apply for the Jan. 26, 2024, deadline are asked to submit a preliminary application via the UCI Review Application portal by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2023.
Deadline: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 |
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| Cancer Health Disparity Research and Interventional Studies | We are excited to announce a funding opportunity by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) aimed at addressing cancer health disparities within our community. Awards are intended to support: research projects and the development and launch of institutional, investigator-initiated interventional clinical trials that address cancer health disparities in Orange County. Up to 3 awards will be issued for budgets up to $200,000 per year for two years. The estimated funding period is Feb. 1, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2026. PIs must be UCI faculty, CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute-affiliated physicians, or collaborators at the Long Beach VA Medical Center. Collaborations with other NCI cancer centers are allowed. PIs must be CFCCC members at time of award and PIs may only be included on one application. View for more details. For questions, email cfcccpilots@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 |
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| DOE ARPA-E-Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) | ARPA-E IGNIITE will make awards (20 total and $10M in total funding) to support a new cohort of early-career innovators to develop the most disruptive and unconventional ideas into transformative new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 |
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| 2023–24 UCI Center-scale Multi-Investigator Research Seed Funding Program | | The 2023-24 UCI Center-Scale Multi-Investigator Research Seed Funding Program is aimed at investing in promising convergent research directions where internal seed level investment can lead to externally funded “center-scale” research programs. The UCI strategic plan identifies convergence research as one of the keys to achieving the vision of research growth that makes a difference. Here convergence refers to deep integration of knowledge bases, tools, techniques and ways of thinking from physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, computing and social sciences, humanities, arts, business and law to address major societal challenges. View the proposal guidelines.
Deadline: Monday, Jan. 15, 2024
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| Opportunity for Outstanding DEIA Mentors to Apply for Supplemental Funding | In this guest blog, Dr. Marie Bernard, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, NIH, describes the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) mentorship funding opportunity and shares valuable resources.Please review the NOSI and read the DEIA mentorship supplements FAQ for eligibility and application information.
Deadline: Feb. 16, 2024
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| DoD-DARPA-Young Faculty Award (YFA) | DARPA YFA program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s mission. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
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| For More Funding Opportunities | For more funding opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Funding Opportunities page on the new and updated website for the UCI School of Medicine.
For a curated, searchable and filterable list of funding opportunities by NIH in their weekly NIH guide listserv, check out the School of Medicine Funding Search Tool. |
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | R Programming | The Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub) is working with Eduard Mas Marín, PhD, in the Fleischman laboratory, to bring you an introductory course in R. It will take you from start-up to packages including graphical displays and beyond to package development. (This is a repeat of the course that was offered and very popular this fall.) This is a two-week, four-session course. Tuesdays & Thursdays, Nov. 28 & 30, Dec. 5 & 7, 3 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Room B002 |
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| Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series | Systems biology approaches to Alzheimer's disease, by Vivek Swarup, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UCI School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Wednesday, Nov. 29, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| NSF Biosketches required to use SciEncv (for all proposals due after 10/23/23) | The National Science Foundation (NSF) will require biographical sketches and current and pending support to be generated using the online platform, SciENcv, for all NSF proposals due on or after Oct. 23, 2023. In preparation for complying with this requirement, UCI libraries has provided information on their websites and office hours on Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. to assist with SciENcv questions, NIH and NSF documentation for Biosketches and current & Pending/In-Kind reporting.
Every Wednesday through Dec. 20, 2 to 3 p.m.
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| MSTP Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Peyman Golshani | Large-scale volumetric 2-photon imaging demonstrate that volatile working memory representations crystalize with practice, by Peyman Golshani, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and psychiatry, John Mazziotta Chair in Neurology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Hybrid event at Irvine Hall, Bldg. 835, Nelson Auditorium (G2) and telecast via Zoom (register for details) |
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| Diabetes and Metabolism Symposium | The UCI Diabetes Center presents Diabetes and Metabolism 2023 Symposium, featuring keynote speaker Dale Abel, MD, PhD (UCLA), and lectures by Charles Brenner, PhD (City of Hope), Xia Yang, PhD (UCLA), Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD (UC San Diego).
Thursday, Nov. 30, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: UA Event Space, 5141 California Ave., Suite 250, Irvine, Calif. 92617 |
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| UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome Seminar | Understanding AD Pathophysiology through Down Syndrome: A Genetic Pathway to Preventive Treatment, by Juan Fortea, MD, PhD, Director of the Memory Unit, Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Hosted by the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS).
Friday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m.
Via Zoom |
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| All of Us Researcher Workbench Support: Train-the-Trainer Sessions | Train-the-Trainer sessions are for researchers interested in learning to proficiently use the All of Us Researcher Workbench. Sessions include Introduction to the Workbench, Creating a Dataset: Workspaces, Phenotypes and Cohorts, and Genomic Analysis: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and phenome-wide association study (PheWAS).
Attendees must be registered to use the Workbench. Visit ResearchAllofUs.org to register. Train-the-Trainer, an 8-week training course, is hosted by Baylor College of Medicine’s All of Us Evenings with Genetics Research Program. Sessions build on one another, but you can join sessions at any time.
Fridays in November and December, noon PT
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| FDA Clinical Investigator Training Course (CITC) 2023 | This course, hosted by CDER Small Business and Industry Assistance (SBIA), is designed to promote professionalism in the clinical trial industry for individuals involved with submissions to FDA (Investigational New Drug (IND) application, New Drug Application (NDA), Biologics License Application (BLA)), and to familiarize stakeholders with the regulatory and scientific issues involved in the development and approval of medical drugs and biological products.
Dec. 6–7, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Via Webcast |
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| CHOC Research Education | Using Mobile Health (mHealth) Research to Study Substance Use Behavior with Johannes Thrul, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Wednesday, Dec. 6, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
Via Zoom |
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminars | Using reverse genetics to probe SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis, by Vineet D. Menachery, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 4 p.m. PT
Location: In person at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Physiology & Biophysics Research in Progress Seminar | | | 
Zachary Wagoner
Graduate Student
Lisa Wagar, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine
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Alex Moshensky
Graduate Student
Francesco Marangoni, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine | | | Host and antigenic heterogeneity influence the variability in vaccine responses, by Zachary WagonerUncovering Mechanisms Governing TAM Plasticity and Function in vivo, by Alex Moshensky
Location: Tamkin Student Lecture Building F114
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Practical Application of Genomics Research Technologies for the Physician Scientist, by the Genomics Research & Technology Hub (GRT Hub): Suzanne Sandmeyer, PhD, director of GRT Hub, professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Medicine, Melanie Oakes, PhD, manager of GRT Hub, Jenny Wu, PhD, director of the Chao Family Cancer Center Bioinformatics Shared Resources
Thursday, Dec. 7, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| MSTP Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Jessica E. Rexach | Comparative Single Cell Genomic Analysis of Three Sporadic Human Dementias Reveals Disease-specific Neuroimmune and Neuroglial States and Gene Regulatory Networks, by Jessica E. Rexach, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurology, John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Chair, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Monday, Dec. 11, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Hybrid event in Thorp Conference Center, Gross Hall 4th Floor and telecast via Zoom (register for details) |
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Muscling Towards Cell Therapy, by Michael R. Hicks, PhD, assistant professor, Physiology & Biophysics, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4001
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| UCI GPS-STEM: Life Beyond PhD — Medical Writing and Consultant Career Pathway Using Expertise from the Lab | Medical Writing and Consultant Career Pathway Using Expertise from the Lab, by Chantelle Rein-Smith, PhD, principal medical writer and consultant at Whitsell Innovations, Inc. Learn more. Wednesday, Dec. 13, noon to 1 p.m. PT
Via Zoom
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| 2023 SoCal Genome Stability Symposium | The SoCal Genome Stability Symposium offers postdoctoral associates and graduate students the opportunity to connect with their peers from other laboratories and present their current research related to DNA damage signaling, DNA repair, telomere maintenance, DNA mutagenesis, chromosomal instability, and their implications in cancers and therapies. Learn more.
Location: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, 3715 McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, Calif. 90089
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| 7th Annual UCI Skin Symposium | Dive into the forefront of skin research at our 7th Annual UCI Skin Symposium! Engage with leading experts from around the world as they share groundbreaking research insights, skin health breakthroughs and innovative treatments. This is event is free to attend and has limited seating. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be served with RSVP. Poster Session during the lunch break. If you would like to present, please submit your information here. Check out this flyer for more speaker information. Feb. 9, 2024, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Conference Center
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| 3rd Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium | |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience / Conte Center | Wish to manipulate new stress-sensitive projections? Discover how early-life stress/adversity impacts brain maturation? Postdoc in amazing South California? Join the team!
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| Case Study in Research Integrity: This Application Feels Familiar | In this case study, NIH discusses how plagiarism in the grant application process is handled and reminds the research community about the importance of maintaining confidentiality of the peer review process. Read the blog post.
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| Are you considering applying for Limited Funding Opportunities? | | In most cases, interested applicants submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research where a committee reviews all submissions and makes a recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for Research about which proposal should go forward from UCI. Limited opportunities are advertised on fundopp.uci.edu with a link to apply. However, if you do not see a limited opportunity listed, please contact the Research Development Unit. We can relay your application plans to the UCI Office of Research so they are aware of the number of interested PIs/units on campus and, if necessary, coordinate PIs or create a review process. |
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