NIH Funded Short Courses
These courses, each supported by five-year grants from the NIH, will be held on the UCI campus, and are open to trainees and established researchers from around the U.S. and abroad. They both include lecture, small-group instruction, and laboratory components, as well as mentoring and networking opportunities.
The two courses will be held concurrently from Jan 21-Feb 8, 2019. Followed by the Regional Conference in Systems Biology on Saturday, Feb 9th, 2019.
"Systems Biology, A Foundation for Interdisciplinary Careers". This course covers multiple topics in systems biology and is targeted both toward individuals with backgrounds in the mathematical, computational or physical sciences as well as individuals with biological or biomedical backgrounds. The course emphasizes mentoring and skills development for dealing with the unique challenges of following an interdisciplinary career path.
Cancer Systems Biology", and is focused on exciting research topics at the intersection between Cancer Biology and Systems Biology. It is also open to individuals with diverse backgrounds at multiple career stages.
Application portal for both courses will open on October 8th, 2018.
Please click on the course titles to visit their websites and find out more!
$3.3 million NIH grant awarded for the study of scarless wound healing
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $3.3 million grant to UCI’s Qing Nie, Chancellor’s Professor of mathematics and developmental & cell biology; Maksim Plikus, associate professor of developmental & cell biology; and Xing Dai, professor of biological chemistry. They will blend cutting-edge, single-cell techniques with mathematical modeling to study wound healing. Read More...
2018 Opportunity Awards
Congratulations to the winners of this year's CCBS Opportunity Awards competition based on the theme of Cell States and Transitions! Each winning proposal will receive $10,000 to be shared between the faculty for lab project expenses; and a $1,000 award for research supplies to be shared between student and/or postdoctoral participants. We look forward to hearing about the projects at next year's annual CCBS retreat scheduled March 29 - 31, 2019 at the Sheraton Universal in Los Angeles!
Title |
Participants |
Department(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Characterizing the Transition Between Naïve and Primed States of Pluripotent ESCs in Different Mammalian Species | Christina Wilcox, Kate Williams PI - Ali Mortazavi | Developmental & Cell Biology |
| Linh Vuong, PI - Peter Donovan | Developmental & Cell Biology | |
| Transcriptomic analysis of MCF-10A mammary epithelial acini in normal and invasive states | Sorena Rahmanian, PI - Ali Mortazavi | Developmental & Cell Biology |
| Qingda Hu, PI - Elliot Botvinick | Biomedical Engineering and Surgery | |
| Understanding cellular state transitions in the mammary gland microenvironment from a control theory perspective | Kevin Nee, PI - Kai Kessenbrock | Biological Chemistry |
| Suoqin Jin, PI - Qing Nie | Mathematics and Developmental & Cell Biology | |
| Transitional states regulating macrophage heterogeneity in dystrophic muscle | Nick Pervolarakis, Quy Nguyen, PI - Kai Kessenbrock | Biological Chemistry |
| Jenna Kastenschmidt, PI - S. Armando Villalta | Physiology & Biophysics | |
| Methylation pseudotime: a novel tool for observing protein-DNA interactions | Julien Morival, PI - Tim Downing | Biomedical Engineering |
| Adam MacLean, PI - Qing Nie | Mathematics and Developmental & Cell Biology | |
| Label-free, non-destructive determination of cell state using high throughput characterization of cell physical properties | Matt Bovyn, PI - Jun Allard | Physics and Astronomy and Mathematics |
| Cody Combs, PI - Zuzanna Siwy | Physics and Astronomy | |
| Optimal experimental design for feedback models of hematopoiesis | Luis Martinez-Lomeli, PI - Babak Shahbaba/Volodymyr Minin | Statistics |
| Abdon Iniguez, Shuxiong Wang, PI - John Lowengrub | Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering & Material Science | |
| Prasanthi Tata, PI - Richard Van Etten | Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine |
Establishment of the MathBioSys Center on Multiscale Cell Fate
The MathBioSys Center on Multiscale Cell Fate is being initiated with $10 million in funding, half from the National Science Foundation and half from the Simons Foundation. It will support research at the interface of mathematics and biology with implications for regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, birth defects and aging. Read More...
Establishment of the UCI Center for Cancer Systems Biology
Fueled by a $10 million, five-year National Cancer Institute grant, Marian Waterman, John Lowengrub and Arthur Lander have established the UCI Center for Cancer Systems Biology. It’s among just 13 research institutions nationwide that are part of the NCI’s Cancer Systems Biology Consortium. Read More...
