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| Open Research Positions in UCI School of Medicine | Do you have an open laboratory position currently posted on UCI Recruit that you would like announced in Research Insider? Please fill out this form to have your position listed in our new section, which we will be dedicating to open research opportunities in the School of Medicine. |
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| Master of Science in Biomedical and Translational Science (MS-BATS) Faculty Recruitment | The previous Master of Science in Biomedical and Translational Science (MS-BATS), which was inaugurated and managed by Drs. Kaplan and Greenfield for over a decade, is undergoing redesign. We are looking for faculty members to serve in the MS-BATS program. Interested candidates must submit their survey forms by Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Learn more about how to be part of this exciting new program.
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| Apply to the CFCCC Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program | The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination (CRTEC) is accepting applications for the Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program.
The CFCCC MET Program is a year-long mentoring program designed to engage the expertise of senior CFCCC members with the goal of supporting junior and mid-career CFCCC faculty (basic, clinical and population science) and to catalyze strategies for overcoming career and scientific challenges.
Learn more about the MET Program, including details on how to apply. Apply now until Aug. 15, 2023.
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| 2023 Inaugural Symposium for the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics | “Exploring the Future of Neurotherapeutics” Join the new UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics for its first symposium, hosted by Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, Director, and Robert Spitale, PhD, Associate Director. Learn more about the 2023 Inaugural Symposium for the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics. Oct. 6, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif. |
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| The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Returns for 2023-24! |  The School of Medicine Office of the Dean is delighted to announce that 2021 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, will present the first lecture of the year: “How Do You Feel? Molecules That Sense Touch.”
Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m.
Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif.
Refreshments will be provided. |
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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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| Second Call for New Proposals: Basic and Translational Research Programs Requiring Wet Lab Space | There is a second call for new proposals for basic and translational research programs requiring wet lab space. This is a follow-up call to the original RFP in 2021. This call is for new proposals.
Please submit your proposals for research programs to Shauna Stark, starks@hs.uci.edu by Sept. 1, 2023. The School of Medicine’s Office of the Dean will reach out to you with recommendations for revision so they can be forwarded to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs by Oct. 15, 2023.
Deadline: Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 |
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| Register for Fall Course on Modern Topics in Gene Editing and Gene Therapy | The Department of Biomedical Engineering and the UCI Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) at the School of Medicine, are proud to offer an exciting course this fall on modern topics in gene editing and gene therapy. Register now for this fall!
BME 295/195: Modern Topics in Gene Editing and Gene Therapy. This 10-week, 4-unit course is geared toward PhD students and advanced undergraduates and will give students three hours of contact with the instructor during class each week. Students will also have one hour of group discussion without the instructor in preparation for class. In addition to these commitments, students will be responsible for preparing for class by completing reading and assignments before each class. The class will cover topics such as history of programmable nucleases, with an emphasis on CRISPR, editing and manipulating genomes using programmable nucleases and CRISPR technologies, and gene therapy applications, focusing on precision gene editing to correct disease mutations.
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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.
- Brian Cummings, PhD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was awarded a CIRM grant,“Mapping the spatial and temporal responses of hESC-derived microglia to repeat mild closed head injury to identify therapeutic targets and mechanisms” with Mathew Blurton-Jones (Neurobiology & Behavior). Their goal is to discover genes that are specifically upregulated in microglia in response to brain injury and potentially advance stem cell-based treatments of a variety of neurological conditions.
- Lisi Flores Aguilar, PhD, Pathology, received an Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) to investigate "Cerebrovascular pathology across the Alzheimer's continuum in Down syndrome." She is a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Liz Head’s laboratory.
- Yuan-Chen Tsai, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, and Asst. Professor Momoko Watanabe, PhD (Anatomy and Neurobiology), were awarded a research grant from the FRAXA Research Foundation for “Modeling Fragile X Syndrome using Multi-Region Human Brain Organoids.” These organoids will more closely model brain function in this syndrome, both to understand the disorder and to provide a powerful platform for testing potential treatments.
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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| UC Noyce Initiative 2023 Call for Applications | The UC Noyce Initiative is a partnership between five University of California campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, San Francisco, Santa Barbara) that honors the legacy of Ann S. Bowers and Robert N. Noyce by advancing computing, information science and engineering for the benefit of society. To further this aim, the UC Noyce Initiative intends to support research efforts that are innovative, have the potential for high-impact, and hold a strong promise for follow-on funding. The UC Noyce Initiative is particularly interested in supporting high-risk, high-reward research that typically does not qualify for traditional or federal funding agencies. In 2023, the UC Noyce Initiative requests proposals in two thematic focus areas: (1) Computational Health; (2) Privacy and Security.
Researchers may apply for either a Multi-Campus Partnership Award (up to $1M over 2 years) or a Single Campus Award (up to $300K over 2 years). The initiative anticipates awarding up to four Multi-Campus Partnership Awards and up to 10 Single Campus Awards in 2023. For more information, please view/download the full RFP.
Deadline: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at 6 p.m. |
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| Postdoctoral Funding Opportunity! A.P. Giannini Foundation Fellowship | The A.P. Giannini Foundation invites physician-scientists and junior researchers with 3 to 36 months of postdoctoral research experience (as of Dec. 31, 2023) to apply to the 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship & Leadership Award. The Fellowship and Leadership Award supports innovative research in the basic sciences and applied fields and trains fellows to become established investigators and to pursue scientific leadership positions in academia, industry, public and non-traditional career pathways. Research projects should advance the translation of biomedical science into preventions, treatments and cures for human diseases. Applicants with tenure-track research positions or faculty appointments are ineligible.
Fellows receive a competitive stipend for their research training. Candidates may be eligible to obtain additional salary support from their sponsoring institution. Fellows cannot concurrently hold a full fellowship from another source or a federally funded career development award. Fellows receive leadership training and support to maximize their postdoctoral experience. Fellows participate in workshops and receive one-on-one coaching to foster their communication and leadership skills. The Foundation requires that fellows participate in the Leadership Program.
For questions about the application process, reach out to Dr. Leslie Thompson ( lmthomps@hs.uci.edu). Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, 3 p.m.
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| Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-RM-23-015) | Many valuable and widely available data sets have been generated by multiple Common Fund programs. The purpose of this NOFO is to announce the availability of funding to demonstrate and enhance the utility of selected Common Fund data sets, including generating hypotheses and catalyzing discoveries. Award recipients are asked to provide feedback on the utility of the Common Fund data resources. Read the NOFO.
Deadline: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023
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| Funding Opportunity to Use NIH All of Us Data to Advance Health Research | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program is building one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind by collecting health data and biospecimens from a diverse cohort of one million or more participants nationwide. The objective is to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, and health care for all of us. The UCI Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute (GERI) along with the Office of Data and Information Technology, are sponsoring a research funding opportunity for UCI researchers to utilize the NIH All of Us Research Program data to pursue health-related research topics of interest. All of Us dataset is one of the richest and most diverse biomedical datasets ever built with over 413,450+ participants, 75% are from communities underrepresented in biomedical research and 45% are from racial and ethnic minority groups. It can be accessed and analyzed through the All of Us Researcher Workbench, a cloud-based research platform as part of the Program’s Research Hub. The Researcher Workbench contains a suite of custom tools for cohort building, data extraction, and statistical or machine-learning analysis. Under this announcement, we intend to fund projects at a maximum level of $2,500 each. Proposals will be evaluated based on their scientific merit. Successful applications are those considered to have a high potential for publications and for future extramural funding. Applicants for this funding opportunity must be full-time UCI faculty including those in the Clinical and Adjunct Research series who have an established account with the NIH All of Us Researcher Workbench. The scope of the proposed research must be planned to be completed within one year. Applications must be submitted to Jenny Fang at jennyf3@hs.uci.edu. Each applicant is only allowed to submit one application. Please see our PDF for more detailed information on application submission. Deadline: Ongoing |
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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 |
| Physiology & Biophysics: PhD Dissertation Defense by Priscila A. Rodriguez | Characterizing the role of the Hv1 voltage-gated proton channel in Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal infection, a PhD dissertation defense by Priscila A. Rodriguez, PhD candidate, Eric Pearlman Lab.
Monday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m. PT
Hybrid event: Thorpe Conference Room, Gross Hall, 4th Floor, or via Zoom
Meeting ID: 973 8164 7128
Passcode: 9812526
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| CHOC Research Education: NIH Grant Writing & Funding Success Part 2 - with Jessica Lerch, PhD | Speaker: Jessica Lerch, PhD, co-founder of CareerVolt
Discussion topics:
- Tips for writing an impactful Aims page
- Write for your reviewers
CareerVolt provides one-on-one coaching and bootcamps to accelerate science careers. They support faculty in pursuing goals to publish, get funding and better manage your time and resources.
Wednesday, Aug. 30, noon to 1:15 p.m.
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| Next-Generation Nanomedicine Keystone Symposia | Nanomedicines have revolutionized our ability to create medicines for previously untreatable diseases as well as novel therapies in a rapid and scalable manner. Despite immense progress, there remains challenges in the field. Join us as we gather nanomedicine specialists with varied backgrounds to spark new collaborations and inspire new innovations. We anticipate that our approach of integrating nanomedicine specialists with varied backgrounds will create a unique environment that will spark new collaborations and inspire new innovations. To attend in-person, you will need to pay the registration fee for the virtual event through the Keystone Symposia website. During checkout, you will be given the option to RSVP to the In-Person event. There is no additional registration fee for attending in-person.
Sept. 6–8, 2023
Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif.
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| CIRM Alpha Clinic Network 2023 Annual Symposium | UCI’s Alpha Clinic will be hosting the CIRM Alpha Clinic Network 2023 Annual Symposium. Food will be provided and parking is free at this all-day event. More information to come. We hope to see you there!
Friday, Sept. 8, all day
Location: UCI Beall Applied Innovation – 5270 California Ave., Irvine, Calif. |
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| Making a Difference in Human Subjects Research: Empowering Participants, Engaging Communities, and Protecting Data | Interested in spending two informative days with the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and your fellow colleagues in the human research protection world? If so, make plans to attend this in-person event, highlighting the ethical challenges and opportunities presented by AI technologies and innovations in academic-community partnerships.
Be sure to check out the line-up of speakers which includes experts from the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP). Don’t miss this valuable and engaging opportunity to share challenges and learn best practices on how to manage, share and protect research data from HHS experts and your institutional colleagues.
Sept. 26–27, 2023
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Ion Channel Modulation Symposium Featuring Keynote Address by 2021 Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian | The School of Medicine Office of Research, in conjunction with Sophion Bioscience, invites you to attend the 2023 Ion Channel Modulation Symposium. The Ion Channel Modulation Symposium (ICMS) brings together researchers, scientists and industry professionals from around the world to exchange ideas, share the latest advancements and explore new frontiers in the field. The event will feature talks, poster presentations and excellent networking opportunities. Keynote speaker Ardem Patapoutian, PhD, and a slate of over 20 speakers from labs around the world including UCI faculty Geoff Abbott, PhD, Michael Cahalan, PhD, Steve Goldstein, MD, PhD and Medha Pathak, PhD will be among the presenters. The ICMS will coincide with the UCI School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DDLS), which will feature Dr. Patapoutian as the main speaker. The DDLS community lecture will be Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. and the scientific lecture is Oct. 18 at 9 a.m. All events will be at The Beckman Center in Irvine. Registration for the ICMS is free of charge though there is a cap at 130 participants. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Dawidoff. Oct. 18–19, 2023Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif. |
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| What kind of grant support does the Research Development Unit (RDU) provide? | |
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| NIH Biosketch Info Session Recording | The Research Development Unit (RDU) recently held a NIH Biosketch info session. View the recording and slide deck. If you have any questions or would like the RDU to review your biosketch to ensure compliance, please email somrd@hs.uci.edu. |
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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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