UCSF MSK Center CCMBM Core Services

UCSF MSK Center CCMBM Core Services Newsletter - May 2025

MSK Center

CCMBM Cores:

Featured Services

The UCSF Musculoskeletal (MSK) Center unites basic, translational, computational, and clinical musculoskeletal investigators across the research spectrum. We are proud to have the Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology & Medicine (CCMBM) as an integral component of the center, funded by the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).

A skeleton for discovery, a skeleton for cures

"The CCMBM was critical to funding pilot studies that generated pivotal data for R01 applications and providing feedback on subsequent grant applications. This support was transformational for securing my first R01 and F31 mentoring award to support a trainee in the lab."

--Chelsea Bahney, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSF

CORE SERVICE UPDATES

July 31, 8:00am-5:00pm, Virtual Event

UCSF's 22nd Annual Osteoporosis CME Course: New Insights in Research, Diagnosis, and Clinical Care 2025

This course will focus on updates and hot topics in osteoporosis, with an all-star speaker lineup featuring UCSF experts and visiting faculty. Included in registration is access to course recordings on demand for 30 days after the course ends. The CCMBM EBSD Core is subsidizing the registration cost for CCMBM members: Trainees (students, residents, post-docs, clinical fellows) are full subsidized, and faculty members are subsidized at 50% when they are CCMBM members.

Please contact Lucy Wu (lucy.wu@ucsf.edu) for registration details.

UCSF MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAINING PROGRAM T32 FELLOWSHIP RFA

Application Deadline: May 9, 2025 by 5:00pm PST

The MSK T32 program is seeking applications for its next class of fellows who are eager to push the boundaries of MSK science, and in doing so, advance the field in fundamental ways. One-year training slots are available on a competitive basis to trainees proposing research in any area of musculoskeletal science, for projects across all UCSF campuses.

Applications may be submitted by email to Aaron Fields no later than 5:00 p.m. PST, on May 9, 2025. Early submission is encouraged. Awardees will be notified in late May 2025, and must start their fellowship before July 1, 2025.

JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR GRANT DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

The Grant Development Award provides funding for a junior CCMBM member to host a meeting (e.g., lunch or dinner) with 1-3 UCSF faculty members who are outside of the trainee’s current lab to:

1) brainstorm/solicit informal feedback on a study idea or research direction

2) learn about the latest methods and techniques used in related fields

3) identify potential collaborators

4) promote inter-disciplinary MSK research

5) expand the trainee’s professional network

If you are not a member, you may concurrently apply for membership while your Grant Development application is being reviewed.

Apply via the online application form today! Contact Gurcharan Kaur for questions on this funding opportunity.

CCMBM GRANT REVIEW SESSIONS

The CCMBM would like to help investigators strengthen their grant proposals in advance of any upcoming NIH deadlines. We invite CCMBM members to participate in the Grants Review program to receive 1:1 feedback and/or live panel review with peers as well as coaching from experienced investigators. If you are not a member, you may concurrently join during your grants review period.

Upcoming NIH Cycle II deadlines include:

P Series Grants: May 25, 2025

R18, U18, and R25 Grants: May 25, 2025

T Series Grants: May 25, 2025

C06/UC6 Grants: May 25, 2025

G07, G08, G11, G12, G13, G20, R24, S06, S11, S21, S22, SC1, SC2, SC3, UG1, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U41, U42, U45, U54, U56 Grants: May 25, 2025

Fill out the sign up form to attend an upcoming session.

CCMBM CORE DISCOUNTS

The Imaging Core is offering service discounts to Early Stage Investigator and Trainee members. The Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Study Design Core is also offering up to 6 hours of free UCSF Clinical and Translational Institute (CTSI) consultation time for all CCMBM members. Please contact each Core to utilize these member discounts.

Please contact Tom Sullivan for eligibility questions.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Host an Open MIKE (MSK Integrated Knowledge Exchange)

Recognizing the need for collaboration of MSK scientists with experts outside of the MSK field, we are providing support to MSK Center members to host a meal for a creative and enjoyable in-person networking meeting to stimulate these interactions and to further develop new research ideas and plans to fund them. Faculty, staff, and trainees who are MSKC/CCMBM members are encouraged to apply to host an event.

If you are not a member, you may concurrently apply for membership while your Open MIKE application is being reviewed.

Apply via the online application form today! Contact Cristal Yee for questions on this funding opportunity.

UCSF Talks: An Informal Website for Discovery Science Seminars

UCSF Talks is a new resource for anyone interested in learning about the latest seminars happening at UCSF. It lists all seminars open to the entire UCSF community including regular seminar series, special seminars, supergroups, and thesis talks. If you would like to receive weekly event listing emails, you can sign up for the USCF Talks Google Group. To add an event to the website, please contact Jon Zhang.

ACKNOWLEDGING THE CCMBM

If you have received a CCMBM grant, used one of our cores, or formed a collaboration at one of our events that led to a publication, please acknowledge our Center in related publications and presentations. We suggest stating:

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30AR075055. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.