2016 #UCDavis CTSC T32 Post-doctoral Training Program

UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center

T32 Post-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program
Call for Applications

Deadline to submit: Friday, April 1, 2016 at 5:00 pm

All applications and supporting documents must be submitted electronically in a single PDF file to:

Connie Koog at cdkoog

The CTSC is pleased to announce a call for Post-doctoral applicants to receive research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored T32 Post-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program (CTSC-T32). The CTSC-T32 program is part of a fully integrated approach by the UC Davis CTSC to advance research education and training for multidisciplinary, clinical and translational investigators working to improve human health. The overall goal of the T32 program is to provide post-doctoral scholars with skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research relevant to human health. The CTSC-T32 training program is expected to strongly advantage scholars in preparing for successful careers in translational research.

Post-doctoral scholars pursuing health related research at UC Davis are eligible to apply. Scholars will be selected based on a competitive application process in which student academic qualifications, career goals, and the quality of the training environment will be important considerations for funding.

Applicants must work with a UC Davis faculty mentor and develop a proposed research plan in consultation with that mentor to be submitted with the application. Award recipients are required to make a two year (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2018) commitment to all components of the training program; which includes the proposed research, didactic instruction and exposure to clinical care. Scholars may earn a master’s in clinical research, if they choose, during the training.

Awardees will receive a stipend, funds for research and travel expenses. For those pursuing the MAS in Clinical Research, full tuition will be covered. Please be advised that the research budget must be administered under the current NIH directive with respect to clinical trial research and can only be used to offset research costs that do not directly support clinical trials. For example, T32 funds may not be used to pay subjects or purchase medications. In addition, all funds must be managed by UC Davis, and not by off-site entities. As always, direct billing for services is permitted. All budgetary items should be reviewed and approved prior to initiating studies.

PLEASE NOTE: All funding is contingent upon final NIH Notice of Award for the CTSC grant.

Eligibility Criteria:

· Current UC Davis postdoctoral scholar or eligible for recruitment to UC Davis

· U.S. citizen, noncitizen nationals, or have legal admission into the U. S. as a permanent citizen at the time of application

· Strong academic credentials and good communication skills

· Ability to commit to all requirements of the training program, including an observer in selected clinical rotations

· Proposed research project must be relevant to human health

· Interest in developing a career in multidisciplinary, translational biomedical research

· Identification of a faculty mentor and strong mentor support

Application Instructions:

Applications with supporting documents, which include: a copy of your CV, two letters of recommendation, one must be from your proposed faculty mentor and that mentor’s biosketch in a single PDF file; submitted by email to Connie Koog at: cdkoog. No paper applications will be accepted.

Applications will be reviewed by a CTSC committee chaired by program directors Dr. Nicholas Kenyon and Dr. Julie Schweitzer.

For questions, please contact Connie 916-703-9132 or cdkoog@ucdavis.edu.

2016 T32 Postdoc Call_Final.pdf

Careers in Data Science seminar by Insight Data Science on 3/10

Forwarding this:

Dear Colleagues,

Davis Postdoc Entrepreneurship and Career group (DPEC) will host a seminar, “Careers in Data Science”, by Dr. Amrine and Dr. Soofi, two program directors of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program.

Insight Data Science is an intensive, seven-week postdoctoral training fellowship that bridges the gap between academia and a career in data science. The application deadlines of Data Science and Data Engineering fellowships are on March 21 and March 28, 2016 respectively.

This talk is intended for anyone who is interested in data science; all backgrounds are welcome!

When: Thurs, 10th March 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (networking event to follow)
Where: Auditorium 1005, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF)
Speakers: Katie Amrine, PhD and Wafa Soofi, PhD

We encourage you to mtnyunt.

Thanks.

With Best Regards,
Tun Nyunt (PhD)

Davis Postdoc Entrepreneurship and Career group (DPEC),

UC Davis

Insight Data Science Seminar_March2016.pdf

At #UCDavis 3/9: “Authorship and the Promises of Digital Dissemination,”

20160309_ucdavis_poster_smallA cross-disciplinary panel discussion on authorship in the digital age, with a focus on the specific goals and needs of academic authors.Authors who write to be read care about how their works are published and what that means for reader access. While traditional options and copyright arrangements still predominate in many fields, there are ever-increasing ways to share works of authorship. What works best to get textual and visual works out there and under what circumstances? Join us for this panel discussion with Authors Alliance, where we will explore the opportunities and challenges authors face in maximizing the reach of their work, both in and outside of academia.

20160309_UCDavis_poster_small.pdf

Nina Jablonski talk at #UCDavis on Evolution of Skin Pigmentation

Titus Brown at #UCDavis 3/4: Getting Big (Sequencing) Data Out of the Way: What’s Next

Brown.pdf

3/9 at #UCDavis: Workshop: Authorship and the Promises of Digital Dissemination



AUTHORSHIP AND THE PROMISES OF DIGITAL DISSEMINATION

Wednesday, March 9, 4:00- 5:45 pm

UC Davis School of Law, King Hall, Rm 2100A

A cross-disciplinary panel discussion on authorship in the digital age, with a focus on the specific goals and needs of academic authorsAuthors who write to be read care about how their works are published and what that means for reader access. While traditional options and copyright arrangements still predominate in many fields, there are ever-increasing ways to share works of authorship. What works best to get textual and visual works out there and under what circumstances? Join us for this panel discussion with Authors Alliance, where we will explore the opportunities and challenges authors face in maximizing the reach of their work, both in and outside of academia.

Participants:
Mario Biagioli (Law, STS)
Stephanie Boluk (English)
Jonathan Eisen (Biology)
Alexandra Lippman (STS)
Rick Prelinger (UCSC and director of the Prelinger Archive)
Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy)
Pam Samuelson (Authors Alliance)
MacKenzie Smith (Library)
Madhavi Sunder (Law)

Today at #UCDavis Gerald Quon “Regulatory genomics approaches to prognosis prediction and interpretation of ge netic variation”

Regulatory genomics approaches to prognosis prediction and interpretation of genetic variation”

Professor Gerald Quon
UC Davis Genome Center

2:10 p.m., Friday 2/26/16, in LSA 1022

Omics technologies can play an important role in many aspects of the management of human health, ranging from the prediction of patient prognosis and response to treatments, to interpretation of genetic variation associated with complex diseases and identification of drug targets. However, the widespread adoption and success of omics technologies in the clinic is still relatively limited due to technical and biological challenges in data collection and interpretation. My research focuses on developing machine learning and statistical approaches to address these challenges, and in this talk, I will discuss two examples. First, I will demonstrate how we have improved transcriptome-based prediction of cancer patient prognosis by developing a computational model to perform in silico micro-dissection of heterogeneous tumor samples. Second, I will present a novel statistical model that predicts the functional impact of non-coding genetic variation associated with complex diseases, and show how we have used this model to gain insight into type 2 diabetes and cholesterol genetics.

Richard Sharp talk 3/2 at #UCDavis on Ethical Issues in Precision Medicine

Today at #UCDavis: Major Issues in Modern Biology – Dr. Nina Jablonski

Help look for lost Raptor Center Swanson’s hawk near #DavisCA

Positing this email that I received:

Hi,

The California Raptor Center (located in UCD’s South Campus) lost its education Swainson’s hawk on Wednesday night or Thursday morning during the storm that came through recently. We need help looking for him. Please e-mail Bret at bcstedman if you have any leads.

He can’t survive for very long in the wild. He is virtually blind in one eye and can hardly see through the other, but he can fly. With the strong winds we’ve been having, we have no idea where he might be at this point.

He’s a light-morph Swainson’s hawk. Here’s what he looks like while out for an education/outreach program: https://thetideline.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/swainsons-hawk-2.jpg

One distinguishing characteristic from other Swainson’s hawks that may be visible are the leather anklets he has on both legs. If you get a good look at him, you may also see a bald spot above his right eye.

Thanks!

P.S. Please feel free to distribute this message to any other birding/wildlife/nature groups who could help with the search. The more eyes we have looking for him, the better.