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| Congratulations to our 2024 School of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Awardees | The School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs is delighted to announce the winners and honorable mentions for the annual faculty mentorship awards, which recognize excellence and innovation in mentoring at UCI School of Medicine — specifically in the domain of faculty mentoring other faculty.
Basic Science Faculty Mentor of the Year
Winner: Elizabeth Head, PhD, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Honorable Mention: Bert L. Semler, PhD, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Clinical Faculty Mentor of the Year
Winner: Shermeen B. Vakharia, MD, MBA, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care
Honorable Mentions: Gelareh Sadigh, MD, Department of Radiological Sciences, and Muhammad Aslam, MD, Department of Pediatrics
Innovation in Mentoring Award
Winner: Jeffry T. Nahmias, MD, Department of Surgery
Honorable Mention: Donny W. Suh, MD, MBA, Department of Ophthalmology
Equity and Diversity in Mentoring Award
Winner: Mona Sazgar, MD, Department of Neurology
Honorable Mention: Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil, Department of Neurology
Learn more about the School of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Awards.
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| Participate in UCI Giving Day! | There are still a few hours left to participate in UCI Giving Day! Make an impact on our medical students and researchers by donating to the 1896 Society Dean's Excellence Fund, Graduate Studies or our two Programs in Medical Education (PRIME-LC and PRIME LEAD-ABC). All gifts will contribute to the development of bright medical minds and innovative ideas for addressing complex healthcare challenges. Your generous support will help create a brilliant future for healthcare.
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| 2024 Core Facilities Survey | UCI School of Medicine and the UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center are partnering on a survey regarding core research facilities in the School of Medicine. Your answers are helpful and important; all responses will be factored in to optimize our research support structure. After answering a few basic questions, you will only be asked questions pertaining to the facilities and services used by you and the researchers under your supervision. This survey is anonymous. For questions, contact Claire Brainard Draper. Please complete the survey by May 10, 2024.
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| Register for an NIH Grant Writing Workshop! | The School of Medicine Office of Research is hosting a full-day, in-person workshop, “Planning and Writing Successful NIH Proposals” hosted by Dr. Jon-Michael Knapp of Luminint Consulting Group. The workshop will offer valuable insights into the grant application process, covering topics from developing a project plan to reviewing proposal feedback.
Wednesday, May 29, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: UCI School of Medicine, Irvine campus
Registration is limited. To participate, faculty, research staff and postdoctoral scholars must register by Wednesday, May 1, by completing this form and submitting a draft of their specific aims page.
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| Request for Information (RFI) Opportunity from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) | This RFI solicitation seeks to gather insights, ideas and recommendations from UC and CSU staff, faculty and researchers on how to strengthen the collaboration between California State government agencies, and the UC and CSU systems.
The main objectives of this RFI include: - Understand current incentives, opportunities and barriers for active collaboration between the California State government and the UC/CSU system (research and non-research projects).
- Identify specific methods, tools and strategies to activate and promote collaboration.
- Determine which entities within the UC/CSU systems, including the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), can facilitate the partnerships and how.
Read the RFI.
RFI Receipt Deadline: Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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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.
Congratulations to the winners of the College of Health Sciences (COHS) Pilot Study Awards! - Implementation of an Intensive Post-Discharge GDMT Optimization Pilot in Heart Failure | Christine Cadiz, PharmD; Dawn Lombardo, DO (Medicine); and Joanne Wong, PharmD
- Augmentation of Dynamin-1 Levels Using Catalpol to Prevent Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment (ADC Study) | Alexandre Chan, PharmD, MPH and Munjal Acharya, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology)
- Understanding Well-Being in Asian-American Prostate Cancer Survivors | Michael Hoyt, PhD; Jacqueline Kim, PhD (Medicine); and David Lee, MD (Urology)
- Leveraging Mammography for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment | Sabee Molloi, PhD (Radiological Sciences); Peter Chang, MD (Radiological Sciences); Shaista Malik, MD, PhD (Medicine); Craig Wilsen, MD, PhD (Radiological Sciences); and Zhaoxia Yu, PhD
- Analgesic Response to Opioids in Patients with Fibromyalgia after Traditional Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture | Ariana Nelson, MD (Anesthesiology); Kevin Beier, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics); and Richard Harris, PhD (Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care)
- Single Cell/Nucleus Analyses of Paired FSHD Biopsy Samples | Kyoko Yokomori, PhD (Biological Chemistry); Ali Mortazavi, PhD; Tahseen Mozaffar, MD (Neurology); and Xiangmin Xu, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology)
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| Find funding opportunities for trainees, postdocs and early career faculty, and all faculty.
To learn more about opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Office of Research’s Funding Opportunities page.
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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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences | UCI is among a select number of institutions invited to nominate a candidate for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The award supports independent young investigators of outstanding promise in pursuing basic, translational, or applied biomedical research relevant to the advancement of human health. Ideas having the potential for unusually high impact are encouraged.
Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but also incorporates concepts and theories from more diverse fields are encouraged to apply. If your research has a cancer focus, please apply for the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research internal competition run by the Cancer Center by Monday, April 29, 2024, instead of the Pew Biomedical Scholars. Pew Biomedical Scholars will receive $75,000 in annual support over four years ($300,000 in total).
UCI may nominate one candidate. Submit application and read more via InfoReady.
Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2024
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| Emerging Leader Award | The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Emerging Leader Awards support innovative cancer research from the next generation of leaders. These grants are awarded to outstanding early-career investigators to support high-impact, high-risk projects that are distinct from their current research portfolio. The awards are $750,000 total over a three-year term.
Eligibility: Applicants must be three to eight years from the start of an independent faculty research appointment (start date must fall within 2016–21). Applicants must demonstrate multiyear independent funding that sustains the central activities of the laboratory (e.g., at least one or two grants such as NIH/R01, NSF/CAREER, or equivalently substantial multi-year awards). Read for more details.
Letter of intent deadline: Monday, April 29, 2024 by 2 p.m.
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| Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research | The UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) is among a select number of institutions invited to nominate a candidate for the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program in Cancer Research. This grant supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. The award provides $300,000 in flexible support—$75,000 per year for a four-year period.
The CFCCC may nominate one candidate. Submit application and read more via InfoReady.
Deadline: Monday, April 29, 2024
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| For Graduate Students & Postdocs: Microgrants for Student Policy Groups | Research!America recently launched its 2024 summer cycle of the Civic Engagement Microgrant Program, which provides funding of up to $3,000 for student- and postdoc-led civic engagement projects. We are seeking applications from groups of graduate students and post-docs for grants to support a wide range of civic engagement activities, including startup funding for new science policy groups, STEM-related events in local communities and digital media projects.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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| Call for Cancer Research Proposals | This is a one-year American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to fund several proposals up to $60,000 per award, providing pilot funds for research in both basic and clinical cancer-related problems.
Eligibility: Investigators within the first six years of their first independent faculty position and in the following series are eligible: In Line, In Residence, Adjunct, Clinical-X, Clinical and Researcher. Awardees may not hold a competitive grant from a national agency (e.g. NIH, ACS, etc.) or be a previous recipient of an ACS-IRG seed grant. U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, or visa status that permits completion of the proposal is required. Read for more details.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 5 p.m. |
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| NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program - Track 1 | The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the comprehensive development of graduate students as versatile STEM professionals for a range of research and research-related careers within and outside academia. UCI may submit no more than two proposals in response to this call.
Interested applicants are asked to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Research (via the UCI Review application portal). Please also alert the School of Medicine Research Development Unit (RDU) at somrd@hs.uci.edu if you intend to submit an application.
Deadline: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 11:59 p.m. |
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Call for Expression of Interest: ARPA-H Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue (PRINT) | The PRINT program aims to transform organ biofabrication by leveraging recent advances in 3D bioprinting, cell manufacturing, biomaterials, modeling, and tissue engineering. The platform will use patient-matched organ biofabrication without the need for immunosuppression to restore normal human organ function for the kidney, heart, or liver. The discovery process includes three technical areas (TA): Generate all necessary organ cell types from best cell source(s) (TA1), large scale manufacturing of organ cell types (TA2), and organ biofabrication and IND enabling in vivo testing (TA3).
UCI is allowed to submit up to one proposal as the lead institution, and one proposal as a sub-propose (or two proposals as a sub-proposer). If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please apply via InfoReady.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
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| Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award | The Brain Research Foundation has invited UCI to nominate a senior faculty member (associate professor/full professor) for the Scientific Innovations Award (SIA), which provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This program is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting-edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators. Each total award is limited to $150,000 (direct costs) for a two-year grant period.
UCI may nominate one candidate. Submit application and read more via InfoReady.
Deadline: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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| Call for Expression of Interest: 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. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects.
UCI may submit two applications in response to this call per review round; therefore, interested applicants wishing to apply for the May 29, 2024, deadline are asked to submit an expression of interest via InfoReady.
Internal Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 25, 2024
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| W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program Grants | The W. M. Keck Foundation asks, “What’s new science?” Concept papers should provide a compelling argument that new knowledge discovery will result from the proposed project. The foundation focuses on basic research enabling pioneering discoveries that overturn prevailing paradigms or promote new solutions to old problems. They encourage development of new technology, but also want to know what new science it will enable. Competitive LOIs will clearly articulate the specific problem you want to explore and how your approach is unique. Make a direct link between the new technology/methodology you are developing and the new questions you can ask with that technology. Budget requests may be for up to $1.5 million and may be expended over three years.
Interested applicants are asked to submit a preliminary concept paper to the Vice Chancellor for Research’s (VCR) office via InfoReady.
Deadline: Monday, May 13, 2024
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| UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) RFP | UC Research Initiatives in the UC Office of the President has issued the UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives Request for Proposals, which includes opportunities for both Planning/Pilot Awards and Program Awards. The MRPI opportunity is open to UC faculty and researchers in any field of research and scholarship. Proposals require collaboration among at least three UC campuses to pursue pioneering research in thematic, multidisciplinary, or inter-disciplinary areas that enhance the UC research enterprise, strengthen UC’s position as a leading public research university, and benefit California and its people. Find additional program information on the UCOP website.
Letter of Intent deadline: Thursday, May 16, 2024, noon
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| California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) Funding Opportunities | The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) is pleased to share two requests for proposals: - Low Barrier Technology Interventions for HIV Prevention and Care
- Economic Justice Interventions to Address HIV and HIV Syndemic Factors in California.
Each of these opportunities require a letter of intent, and these will undergo competitive merit review to limit the pool of potential applicants who are invited to submit full applications. Learn more.
Applicant Webinar: Thursday, April 25, 2024, Noon. More information will be posted on the CHRP website.
Letter of Intent Deadline: Thursday, May 16, 2024
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| Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-RM-24-006) | 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: Thursday, June 27, 2024
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| NIH Simplified Review Framework for RPGs: Implementation and Impact on Funding Opportunities Webinar | You may have heard that NIH is simplifying the framework for the peer review of most Research Project Grant (RPG) applications, effective for due dates on or after Jan. 25, 2025. Hear the latest updates, timelines and how these changes will impact existing and new funding opportunities.
Wednesday, April 17, 10 to 11 a.m.
Online Webinar
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| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series | Predicting immunogenicity and immune modulation using human immune organoids, by Lisa Wagar, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UCI School of Medicine Wednesday, April 17, 11 a.m. to noon Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Special Seminar | My path to becoming a virologist who focused on herpes simplex virus gene regulation, by Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, PhD, professor emerita, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UCI School of Medicine
Thursday, April 18, 9 a.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House, Room 166, and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| K Award — What's Next? | Join alumni scholars from across the Western CTS Education Consortium (WCEC) as they share their experiences on how they successfully transitioned from the K, a career development award, to an R, an independent investigator award.
Thursday, April 18, noon to 1 p.m.
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 927 5745 2010 | Passcode: 086223
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| Institute for Precision Health's Distinguished Lecture Series | Data as a Public Good for the Public Good to Solve Immediate Real-World Challenges, by keynote speakers Jay Schnitzer, MD, PhD, senior vice president, corporate chief engineer and chief medical officer, The MITRE Corporation, and Jonathan Watanabe, PhD, associate dean of pharmacy assessment and quality, professor of clinical pharmacy, director of the Center for Data-Driven Drugs Research and Policy, UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Friday, April 19, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: The Beach at UCI Beall Applied Innovation, 5270 California Ave #100, Irvine, Calif.
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| Fireside Chat on NIMHD’s Progress | The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is hosting a special fireside chat with the honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to discuss the mission and work of this important institute and to highlight Dr. Sullivan’s record of improving scientific workforce diversity and reducing health disparities among underserved communities. Learn more about this event and how you can view the VideoCast.
Monday, April 22, 10:30 a.m.
Via VideoCast |
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| UCI Spatial Omics Symposium | The Genomics Research & Technology Hub and Precision Health Omics are excited to bring you the UCI Spatial Omics Symposium, an afternoon of recent progress in spatial omics research. Please join us for lively discussions of progress, challenges and future applications of these technologies. Please register by April 15 as space is limited.
Tuesday, April 23, 1 to 6 p.m.
Location: Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center – Thorp Conference Center (4001)
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminar Series | Breaking the Clock: Post-translational Regulation of Chlamydial Development, by Scot Ouelette, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Wednesday, April 24, 4 p.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall, and via ZoomContact Shanti Iyer to join via Zoom. |
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| Elevating Women’s Health Research — Research!America Alliance Discussion | Women continue to be understudied and underrepresented in health research despite meaningful reforms over the past three decades. Join for an alliance discussion featuring Katie Schubert, president and CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), and Lori Frank, president of Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM). Katie and Lori will discuss actions by the Biden Administration and Congress to confront these persistent challenges.
Thursday, April 25, 9 a.m.Via Zoom |
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| UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) Research Seminar Series | Using mouse genetics to understand Down syndrome, by Elizabeth Fisher, PhD, professor of neurogenetics, Institute of Neurology in Queens Square, University College London. Hosted by the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS).
Friday, April 26, 11 a.m. PT
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| Spatial Transcriptomic Data Analysis and Software Workshop | This workshop sponsored by the Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub) will introduce data analysis workflow with both sequencing and imaging based spatial transcriptomics platforms, using 10x Visium and Xenium as examples. Please click “Register” below for more details. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own project data for analysis and discussion.
Tuesday, April 30, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Room 105
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| Research in Progress Seminar by UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute | A New Approach to Target the Vascular Microenvironment in Tumors, by Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD, professor, Departments of Dermatology, Biological Chemistry and Surgery, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, May 1, noon to 1 p.m.
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| CHOC Research Seminar: Study Design Success & Challenges Mechanisms of Right Ventricular Failure | Speaker: Sushma Reddy, MD, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at Stanford School of Medicine, with an expertise in cardiovascular intensive care caring for pre- and post-operative and critically ill children
Wednesday, May 1, noon to 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom |
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| Genomics, Biomedical Computing and Genetics Monthly Meeting | Translational Science at UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Opportunities for Collaboration and Clinical Trials, by Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCI School of Medicine. Meeting hosted by the Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub).
Tuesday, May 7, 10 to 11 a.m.
Via Zoom |
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| Clinical Research Networking Event | All faculty are invited to attend this clinical research networking event to meet peers who are conducting clinical research at UCI. Representatives from institutional committees, including ICTS, Research Development Unit, and the Human Research Protections office, will be available to answer questions about research protocols and resources. Light bites and refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, May 8, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: UCI Samueli College of Health Sciences, 2nd Floor Terrace
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, presented by Deepti Pandita, MD. 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, May 13, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| CHOC Research Seminar: Discussions on improving identification of high-risk injuries associated with child physical abuse | Speaker: Gunjan Tiyyagura, MD, MHS, associate professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, director of Pediatric Quality and Safety Education, Pediatrics at Yale University.
Wednesday, May 15, noon to 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom |
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| Vision Research Mixer | We are excited to invite you to our Vision Research Mixer organized by the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. We hope you will join us for an opportunity to engage with other vision research colleagues from across UCI. The event will include several brief vision research talks during the first hour, followed by a reception.Wednesday, May 15, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Conference Room
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| UCI School of Biological Sciences | Department of Developmental and Cell Biology Spring 2024 Seminar Series | Revisiting the role(s) of netrin1 in the establishment of spinal cord circuitry, by Samantha Butler, PhD, professor and vice chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. Faculty who are interested in scheduling time with Dr. Butler can contact Katie Thompson-Peer.
Thursday, May 16, 11 a.m. PT
Location: 4201 Natural Sciences II
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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.
Topics:
- Visual Psychophysics and Perception
- Aging and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Retinal Vasculature in Disease
- Glaucoma
- Ocular Surface and Dry Eye Disease
Learn more about the poster presentation competition for a cash prize. Posters due May 10.
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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| Postdoctoral Scholar - Immuno - Virology and Vaccine Development | The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology of the UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute has two postdoctoral scholar openings. Applications are being sought from recent PhD, or MD/PhD graduates in the Biological/Immunological Sciences. Interdisciplinary skills and approaches in Genomics, Bioinformatics, RNA Sequencing, CyToF, FACS, Advanced Imaging, Biochemistry, Immunology and Cell Biology are strongly desired.
PI: Lbachir Benmohamed, PhD
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: May 15, 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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| 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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| 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 are available to download and can be accessed via the UCI 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
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| 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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| 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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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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