Events

Towards a Stem Cell-Based Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease – Where do we stand?

Lorenz Studer, MD, is the founder and director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a developmental biologist and neuroscientist pioneering therapeutic treatment of neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. He is a member of the Developmental Biology Program and Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a Professor of Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, NY.

CHRE: A Snapshot of Emotional Well-Being in Orange County during COVID-19

Dr. Sharon Ishikawa will be presenting the results of two surveys completed toward the end of 2020 to understand how COVID-19 has impacted the mental health of adults and children in our county. Sharon Ishikawa is the MHSA Coordinator for the Orange County Healthcare Agency. She has 25 years of training and experience in clinical research design and data analysis, including as a Research Analyst for MHSA programs in Orange County.

OpenRefine Workshop

OpenRefine is a desktop application that uses your web browser as a graphical interface. It’s described as a power tool for working with messy data. OpenRefine can be used to standardize and clean data across your file(s). This Carpentry based workshop will cover the layout of OpenRefine, clustering, and multiple types of transformations. The total amount of participation time is approximately 3 hours. Registered participants will receive invites to the Canvas workshop prior to the start of the workshop on April 5th.

Stata Lunchtime Spring Series: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics

Speaker: Chuck Huber, PhD
This talk will provide an intuitive introduction to the concepts of Bayesian analysis and demonstrate how to fit Bayesian models using Stata. No prior knowledge of Bayesian analysis is necessary and specific topics will include the relationship between likelihood functions, prior, and posterior distributions Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) using the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, and how to use Stata’s Bayes prefix to fit Bayesian models.

Regulatory Science Symposium: Principles of Global Clinical Research for Medical Devices

The USC International Center for Regulatory Science in partnership with the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Greater Los Angeles CTSA Consortium is looking forward to welcoming you to the Spring 2021 Regulatory Science Virtual Symposium on Friday, April 9, 2021: Principles of Global Clinical Research for Medical Devices from 9am – 3pm PST. We are excited to host a full-day seminar on regulatory harmonization of clinical research for medical devices.

Stem Cell Insights into Epilepsy

Join our physician scientists and basic science researchers as they provide an invaluable opportunity to learn more about stem cells, including current research, clinical trials, therapies, and the future of regenerative medicine.

2021 Virtual LAMP Seminar Series

Please join Beckman Laser Institute in welcoming LAMP seminar presenter, Dr. Christoph Hitzenberger.
Topic: From Ocular Biometry to Cellular Resolution – and Multifunctional OCT – Coherence Ranging and Imaging in the Human Eye over 35 Years

COVID-19 One Year into the Pandemic: UCI’s Scientific Contributions

UCI investigators will present their work in a symposium on the anniversary of the W.H.O. designating COVID-19 a pandemic. UCI and UCI Health have implemented measures to protect our community and this virtual symposium is meant to address questions about the virus and its impact. This event is open to the public and UCI faculty, students and staff are encouraged to attend.

Online Screening of “Picture a Scientist”

PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries – including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists – who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.

Regulatory Science Symposium: Clinical Research Career Pathways

The Southern California Clinical and Translational Institute (SC CTSI) at USC will be having a Regulatory Science Symposium on Clinical Research Career Pathways. This is free to anyone for anyone from an academic institution.

NIH Diversity Supplements Webinar

NIH Diversity Supplements are an underutilized resource that allows administrative supplements to a wide variety of funding mechanisms to enhance diversity in the scientific work force. The mechanism also provides short- and long-term support for faculty members to conduct full-time research. The mechanism allows support for high school students, undergraduate students, baccalaureate and master’s degree holders, graduate and health professional students, and individuals in postdoctoral training.