Other Activities

Registration:

Open NOW through September 1. Faculty should register all members of their group who will attend. Lab Members–double check with your PI so you know that they have registered you. The registration fee will be ~$130/person (final amount to be determined post-event).

Registration Form:

Lightning Talks:

Lightning talks can be given by grads, postdocs, faculty, or researchers, but we’re especially interested in folks for whom a talk would be a good career development opportunity, such as junior specialists and 3rd years presenting their quals proposal. Indicate your presenter(s) on your registration form.

Posters:

We would like to have at least one poster per lab. Indicate your presenter(s) on your lab’s registration form.

Keynote:

This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Joseph DeRisi (https://derisilab.ucsf.edu/). Dr. Joseph DeRisi is Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF. He employs an interdisciplinary approach combining genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, and bioengineering to study parasitic and viral infectious diseases in a wide range of organisms, for the purpose of discovering and studying novel or unrecognized biothreats. Early work in his lab contributed to the identification of the SARS coronavirus in 2003.

Grad student organizers needed:

There are opportunities for students/trainees to volunteer and help us organize the event in exchange for a reduced registration fee! If you are interested, please sign up on the RSVP form or email Grace at mkistler@ucsc.edu.

Questions?:

Should you have any questions about this year’s conference or registration, please do not hesitate to ask your grad advisor, PBSE track leaders, or the PBSE Conference Planning Committee.

2023 PBSE Research Conference Planning Committee:

• Jordan Ward and Grace Kistler-Fair (MCD)
• Michael Patnode (METX)
• Scott Lokey (CB3)
• Andy Yeh (BME)

When: 3:30 pm (social) | 4:00 (talk)

Where: PSB 240

The August edition of the UCSC Specialized Metabolite Community (UCSC SMComm) will be held Thursday, August 3, 2023. This will be a special Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Undergraduate Research edition of SMComm with two exciting tag-team talks from Prof. Katharine Watts’ lab! We’ll hear about bond formation of amino acids to a complex polyketide substrate, and efforts to adapt and streamline Gibson assembly for NRPS proteins!

SMComm will be held in PSB 240 at 4:00 pm and we will have informal ‘social/snacks/beverages’ mingling time sponsored by the MacMillan lab starting at 3:30 pm (either in PSB 240 or outside PSB depending on your COVID comfort levels). Please find the promo flyer attached, hope to see you there on Thursday!

Annual Postdoc Symposium 2023

2023 Postdoc Symposium

Conference Website

https://neurotechconference.webflow.io/

Registration

Student Registration for California Neurotechnology Conference

Seeking GradPath Coordinator(s)

WiSE runs a mentoring program, GradPath, that pairs graduate student mentors with undergrads who are thinking about applying to grad school.

We are seeking one or two coordinators (graduate student or undergraduate) to organize the program. Training will be provided by the existing coordinators, Andrew (EEB Post-Doc) and Renee (Biological Anthro Grad).

We welcome all experience levels, and are excited to have a new member of our team. The anticipated time commitment is 10 hours per quarter. Responsibilities include pairing mentors with mentees, answering questions, and sending quarterly surveys for recruitment and experience. This is a great opportunity to develop science outreach skills and looks wonderful on a resume/CV.

If interested, please email ucscmentoring@gmail.com

The 5th Annual DDC Symposium will host presentations from luminaries in drug discovery and development across the UC campuses as well as members from industry. This full-day is hosted by UC Santa Cruz at its beautiful redwood campus.

Please register in advance to attend and/or present. If you have any questions, please contact Scott Lokey for more information on the program.