CFCCC Bulletin - Events, Announcements, Funding Opportunities, and More

Upcoming Events

April

6

Beyond oncogene addiction: In search of new therapeutic paradigms in cancer

Speaker: Igor Vivanco, PhD

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Sprague Hall, Room 105

April

12

Role of Regulatory T Cells and Its Clinical Applications in Cancer Immunotherapy, Stem Cell Transplant and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapies and other Autoimmune Conditions

Speaker: Rishikesh Chavan, MD

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Learn More

April

19

Cancer Control Program Meeting

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join via Zoom

May

5

UCI Campus-Wide Symposium on Basic Cancer Research

Hosted by the Cancer Research Institute

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sprague Hall, Room 105

Learn More and RSVP

May

10

Structural and Social Drivers of Health and Cancer Health Disparities Research featuring Dr. Scarlett Lin Gomez (UCSF)

Hosted by the CFCCC Cancer Control Research Program

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center (4th Floor)

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Announcements

Annual Shared Resources User Survey - Your feedback by May 1, 2023, is appreciated!

If you used any of these Shared Resources in 2022 (Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022), we would like to hear from you!

Biobehavioral Shared Resource (BBSR)
Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR)
Experimental Tissue Resource (ETR)
Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRTH)
In Vivo Functional Onco-Imaging (IVFOI)
Optical Biology Core (OBC)
Transgenic Mouse Facility (TMF)
Mass Spectrometry - Chemistry

The School of Medicine and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center have partnered to survey users of SOM/CFCCC core research facilities regarding their satisfaction of services received and suggestions for improvement/future development. Your responses are valuable to us and will be used to optimize our SOM/CFCCC research support structure.

This survey is anonymous and your participation is voluntary. Thank you in advance for completing this survey!

Take the Survey

Book Office Hours with Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD

Beginning on April 12, Dr. Dayyani will be available every Wednesday morning from 11 AM - 12 PM. Please sign up to discuss all things clinical trials by clicking on the button below.

Book time with Dr. Dayyani

We are pleased to announce that the Publication Rebate Program has been extended through 2023!

CFCCC is offering a $250 rebate towards publication costs for manuscripts that: (1) are cancer-related, (2) are accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023, (3) appropriately acknowledge a CFCCC-supported Shared Resource, and (4) cite the P30CA062203 Cancer Center Support Grant. Please submit your publication for this rebate program through this link.

Limited Submission Opportunities

These opportunities require prior review and selection by a committee before the candidate may proceed with their formal submission to the awarding foundation. Please submit the required documents by the internal deadline, as directed.

2023 V Foundation V Scholar Cancer Research Grant

Focus Area: Adult cancer, laboratory-based research, therapeutic resistance

$600K/3 years

Internal Deadline: April 16, 2023 (11:59 PM PDT)

Learn More and Apply >>

One candidate will be nominated

(NEW) 2024 Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research

Focus Area: Assistant professors; basic or translational cancer research

$300K/4 years

Internal Deadline: May 3, 2023 (11:59 PM PST)

Learn More and Apply >>

One candidate will be nominated