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***** CPB Seminar Reminder for Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 4:10pm in 1022 Life Sciences *****

Speaker: Jeremy Berg
Graduate Student, Population Biology Graduate Group, UC Davis
Title: “Tales from the land of human genetics: How selection, drift and pleiotropy have impacted quantitative trait evolution in humans”
Host: Graham Coop

The entire CPB Seminar schedule for Winter Quarter 2016 is available here.

The 1st candidate for the open position for Dean of the College of Biological Sciences will be presenting a public talk today.

Today Monday, March 7, 2016

CBS Dean Candidate Public Forum- All are invited to attend.

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Public Forum Dean Candidate

Presentation Topic: Role of Biological Sciences in Research and Higher Education in the 21st Century

Activities and Recreation Center, Ballroom A

“Autism Genetics: a brief history and the current state”

Speaker: Megan Dennis

UC Davis

Monday, March 7, 2016

4:00-5:00 PM

1022 Life Sciences

Got this in email:

Dear Colleague:

We are writing to ask for your assistance in facilitating our efforts to get the word out about the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) major new Cluster Hire initiative, which seeks to add three hundred (300) tenured and tenure-track positions in thirty-three (33) cross-disciplinary areas (clusters) as selected through a peer-reviewed competition. Specifically, our cluster hire committee is tasked with overseeing the cluster hire of five positions focused on African American Disparities at the Assistant, Associate and Full professor levels (please see enclosed job announcement).

Successful candidates will become core faculty in the newly established research initiative on African American Disparities. We seek applicants with a strong track record of cross-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, publications and funding (or funding potential) in African American Disparities for positions in one or more of the following areas: Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Public Policy, Business, History, Education, Anthropology, Biological and Medical Sciences.

Review of completed applications will begin on March 31, 2016 and continue until all positions are filled, with the first series of appointments scheduled to begin on July 1, 2016. Questions about the cluster hire positions should be directed to the Chair, African American Disparities Search Committee, Professor Carolyn B. Murray at carolyn.murray.

Your attention and consideration in this matter are greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Carolyn B. Murray,

Professor of Psychology

Chair, African American Disparities

Cluster Hire Committee

AA Disparities Colleague Letter 3_1_16.doc

AA Disparities Cluster Job Announcement Update03_01_16.pdf

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

A 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

Brown.pdf