Join other trainees for coffee and snacks. Socialize, hear what others are working on, and brainstorm other activities to engage and support the microbiome trainee community at UCSF. This event is limited to UCSF trainees (students, residents, postdocs, and fellows).

Innovator Series Yug Varma, PhD WHEN: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 3:30-5:00 pm Join us after the event for a networking reception. Provided on first come, first served. This is an in-person event with remote option via Zoom.  

Join other trainees for coffee and snacks. Socialize, hear what others are working on, and brainstorm other activities to engage and support the microbiome trainee community at UCSF. This event is limited to UCSF trainees (students, residents, postdocs, and fellows).

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Holiday Reception Date: December 8th, 2023 Time: 3-5pm Location: Nursing Mezzanine (above Ladle and Leaf) RVSP

Join us to learn about the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award application process, learn about grant writing support and resources at UCSF, and participate in an open discussion with recent NIAID K99/R00 recipients.

   

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Innovator Series Nikole Kimes, PhD WHEN: Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 3:30-5:00 pm WHERE: Nursing Building, N-721 (Parnassus) Join us after for a networking reception in the Nursing Mezzanine (3rd floor). Provided on first come, first served. This is an in-person event with remote option via Zoom.  

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The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is proud to announce we have installed B.SIGHT, a new instrument for high-throughput microbial single-cell sorting, culturing and functional screening in the Culturing Facility. B.SIGHT is a fully automated microbial single-cell sorter and dispenser that leverages cutting-edge microfluidics and imaging technologies to isolate individual bacterial or fungal cells from suspension samples via brightfield or green fluorescence detection.

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BCMM are hosting a screening of The Invisible Extinction, followed by a virtual Q&A with the featured scientists Martin Blaser, MD, and Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD, and the filmmakers Steven Lawrence and Sarah Schenck.

             

Faculty Candidate Seminar Soumaya Zlitni, PhD WHEN: Monday, April 3, 2023, 2-3 pm WHERE: Nursing Building, N-721 (Parnassus) Join us for coffee! Provided on first come, first served. This is an in-person event with remote option via Zoom. 

Faculty Candidate Seminar Leah Guthrie, PhD WHEN: Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 10-11am WHERE: Medical Sciences Building, S-214 (Parnassus) Join us for coffee! This is an in-person event with remote option via Zoom.   

Faculty Candidate Seminar Lina Yao, PhD WHEN: Monday, March 20, 2023, 1-2 pm WHERE: Clinical Sciences Building, CS-1111 (Parnassus) Join us for lunch! Provided on first come, first served. This is an in-person event with remote option via Zoom.       

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• Advancing microbiome research using culture-dependent techniques • Innovations in microbial isolation and screening • BCMM Microbial Culturing Facility • Sample projects • Breakout sessions • i) Office hour for UCSF investigators • ii) Career and research opportunities at BCMM for SFSU students

Microbiome Fall Social. All is Welcome to attend the fall festivities to light refreshments and snacks, music, pumpkin decorating.

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This workshop will combine a lecture, peer review, and discussion to demystify the NIH application process. This training will prepare participants to submit an NIH grant proposal that turns reviewers into advocates, positioning the applicant for success. The event is limited to BCMM members at all career stages. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a drafted Specific Aims page for a proposed microbiome project for review and group feedback.

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Join us for the final session of a six-part lecture series on the human microbiome offered through the Osher Mini Medical School for the Public program. View more details and register. Add event to calendar

Join us for session five of a six-part lecture series on the human microbiome offered through the Osher Mini Medical School for the Public program. View more details and register. Add event to calendar

Join us for session four of a six-part lecture series on the human microbiome offered through the Osher Mini Medical School for the Public program. View more details and register. Add event to calendar

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In celebration of API Heritage Month, join us for a virtual community screening of OUT OF STATE. Following the screening, there will be discussion with the film's Director and Producer, Ciara Lacy, moderated by Melisa Bautista, M.Ed (MRC) and Julie Saba, MD (BCMM). This event is open to the entire UCSF community and is co-hosted by the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM) and the UCSF Multicultural Resource Center (MRC). Those that register will be sent an email on May 6 with an early...

Join us for session two of a six-part lecture series on the human microbiome offered through the Osher Mini Medical School for the Public program. View more details and register. Add event to calendar

Join us for the first session of a six-part lecture series on the human microbiome offered through the Osher Mini Medical School for the Public program. View more details and register. Add event to calendar

Please join us next Friday for a joint BCMM and ImmunoX Social Hour!

BCMM is hosting Dr. Julia Oh as part of the iMicro Seminar Series. Dr. Oh is an Associate Professor at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine: "The long-term goal of our research program is to create new microbiome-based therapeutics for skin disease, with implications for a wide range of inflammatory diseases."

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REUNITE Week Research & Education UCSF Network In-Person Training Events  

Join the Multicultural Resource Center and the Graduate Medical Education, School of Medicine in honoring Black History Month 2022 at UCSF, by committing to Take-A-Pledge by watching Black Men In White Coats film! The purpose of this action is to raise awareness around the disparities and systemic barriers preventing Black men on their journey to becoming physicians. 

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This event has already occurred. The event recording is now available (UCSF Box account required). The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is pleased to offer an Introduction to SPOKE, led by Sergio Baranzini, PhD, Professor of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

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Selected text and guiding questions The final session of our BCMM Antiracist Book Club will take place Thursday, December 9th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss portions of The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (chapters 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, Epilogue)

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Overview Join us for a day-long symposium to hear from the awardees of our 2020 Microbiome Research Program. All BCMM members that pre-register and attend the event will be reimbursed up to $25 to purchase lunch. Attend virtually (in-person seats SOLD OUT).

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Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, October 14th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Killing Rage, Ending Racism by Bell Hooks. Here are the guiding questions:

On behalf of the Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research and in collaboration with the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine, you are invited to a virtual presentation by Dr. Karen Sfanos from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on Monday, September 27th, 2021 at 12:00pm (noon Pacific Time). There will be a Q&A session after the talk. Trainees who are interested in meeting with Dr. Sfanos that day should contact [email protected].  Zoom info below.

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Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, August 19th, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Here are the guiding questions:

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Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, June 3rd, from 4:10-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis. Here are the guiding questions:

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Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

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Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, April 8th, from 4-5pm. For this session, we will discuss Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. Here are guiding questions:

This session occurs over two days, March 29th and April 1st. Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

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Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

This session occurs over 2 days, 1st and 2nd of March. Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

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Antiracism Curriculum Conference Series

Occurs over 2 days, 15th and 16th of February Bioinformatics Series Spring 2021

For this session, we will discuss "So you want to talk about race?" by Ijeoma Oluo.

This third anti-racism town hall will focus on faculty. More information is available on the UCSF Events Calendar.  Join via Zoom.

This event has already occurred. An event agenda and recording is below.  

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Selected text and guiding questions The next session will take place Thursday, December 10th, from 4-5pm. For this session, we will discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Here are some questions to consider as you read the book:

The Muriel Steele Society invites you to their inaugural HeForShe event at UCSF

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The Diversity And Science Lecture (DASL) UCSD is hosting a fully virtual Inaugural Diversity and Science Symposium October 27th-29th.  This trainee-organized symposium features: 20 incredible speakers doing cutting edge research in everything from microbiology to chemical ecology to developmental patterning to science education 4 illuminating panel sessions on dismantling racist, misogynist, ableist, and homophobic structures in STEM fields,

Moved from original date (10/16) to accommodate UCSF-wide Anti-Racism Town Hall.

This second anti-racism town hall will focus on staff. More details and zoom link at http://tiny.ucsf.edu/AB3wqR. Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

This event has already occurred. The event recording is now available. The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is pleased to offer a virtual Introduction to Gnotobiotics.

About this series The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of our antiracist book club series.

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Integrative Microbiology Seminar Series   Colin Hill, PhD Professor University College Cork, Ireland   "Bacteriophage; providing context for the microbiome"   Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A community circle grounded in restorative justice practice is an approach to community building by creating a space for participants with varying values, experiences, and backgrounds to discuss topics in a safe space.  The goal of this community circle is to reflect and discuss how to embody your values as we build out the BCMM. This is one step the BCMM is taking to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. The event will be from 10-11:30am on September 25. If you are interested...

The REPAIR Project: A Strategic Initiative to Address Anti-Black Racism in Science, Medicine, and Healthcare. Presented by: Antoine Johnson, Aude Bouagnon, Bonnie Wong, Carlos Martinez, Ian Whitmarsh, Joey Lew, Kara Zamora, Nadia Gaber, Vincanne Adams, Aimee Medeiros More info and zoom link at https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/social_sciences_grand_rounds#.X2Uc2pNKjlw.

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Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

Note: The BCMM is not affiliated with this event, but rather amplifying its distribution to support UCSF's BIPOC. Please direct all questions to the event organizers.

Join J. Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD, vice chancellor of diversity and outreach at UCSF, and David J. Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC, for a candid conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic medicine, and the role of the AAMC in leading and serving the academic medicine community.  Participants will have an opportunity to pose questions in a moderated questions and answer session. Register at https://aamc.elevate.commpartners.com/p/200716.

Open to graduate students only

Restoring Justice Circles: Healing in Challenging Times

Featuring Deborah Kado, MD, Professor of Health Sciences at UC San Diego. Dr. Kado is an internist and geriatrician with a primary research focus on osteoporosis and the related disorder hyperkyphosis. She leads the osteoporosis program for UCSD, building a highly interdisciplinary program integrating clinical care, research, and teaching

Repeats every Tuesday

Join us for an open discussion on race and how the BCMM can better advocate and be an ally for BIPOC. 

Write it Out: Moving Past Fear and Empowering Authenticity

Anti-Blackness and Its Link to White Racism, Privilege and Power presented by Dante King Date: Thursday, June 18, 2020  Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM Register Here. This event will be recorded. Description: 

Open to graduate students only 

Open to graduate students only

Please join us for a zoom seminar next Tuesday, 6/9 at 10am that will be given by Cecilia Noecker from the Turnbaugh Lab. Her talk will be on "Systems-level analysis of the metabolism of the gut bacterium Eggerthella lenta." The following is the zoom link for the talk:

A part of our metabolomics workshop series

Please join us next Tuesday, 5/26 at 10am, via zoom for an I-Micro seminar that will be given by Mauro Costa-Mattioli, a visiting professor from Baylor University. His topic will be "Unraveling gut-microbiota-brain interactions." The following is the zoom link for the talk:

A part of our metabolomics workshop series

Please join us Tuesday, 5/19 at 10am, via zoom for an I-Micro talk that will be given by Peter Turnbaugh. His topic will be "Can the microbiome help stop COVID-19?" The following is the zoom link for the talk:

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A part of our metabolomics workshop series

A part of our Microbial Bioinformatics Workshop series

A part of our Microbial Bioinformatics Workshop series

We are postponing our symposium until later in the year. We will re-announce the event when a new date is decided.  

A part of our Microbial Bioinformatics Workshop series

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A part of our Microbial Bioinformatics Workshop series

We are hosting a virtual lunch social from 12-12:45pm. Come and chat with your colleagues. Zoom info is below. We hope you will join us. ----- Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:

A part of our Microbial Bioinformatics Workshop series

Please join us for our March Microbiome Ignite Talks. This meeting will be held via Zoom.

More details coming soon.

Elze Rackaityte from Lynch Lab Title: "Viable bacterial colonization is highly limited in the human intestine in utero"   Ella Chang from Liao Lab Title: "Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Distinct Host-Microbe Interaction Networks in Psoriasis and Psoriasis Groups"