CCBM Events and Training Sessions
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| Date | Activity | Activity Category |
| 12/1/24 | “How to give an effective (job) talk”, led by Milka Kostic | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 11/20/24 | “Introduction to Center for the Development of Therapeutics at the Broad”, led by Oivin Guicherit, Ph.D., The Broad Institute | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 10/22/24 | “Pushing the limits of antibody discovery and engineering in the laboratory and in silico”, presented by James Van Deventer, Ph.D., Tufts University |
Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts; Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 10/1/24 | “How to land your next job”, led by Milka Kostic | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 7/18/24 | “Brief introduction to NMR spectroscopy as a tool for biological research”, led by Dr. Ricarda Torner | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 5/23/24 | CCBM Annual Science Minisymposium | Trainee Administrative Event and Trainee Presentations |
| 4/24/24 | Understanding the non-coding mechanisms of cancer risk using large-scale transcriptomics and epigenomics by Dr. Alexander Gusev (DFCI) | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 1/26/24 | Workshop on the Protein Chemical Biology by Dr. Brian Josephson (T32 Fellow) | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 11/29/23 | Workshop on the Art (and Science) of a Scientific Abstract – hands-on discussion about putting together a compelling abstract for a journal or conference submission | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 11/13/23 | New trainee onboarding – Meet and Greet | Trainee Administrative Event |
| 11/7/23 | “Metabolomics for metabolism researchers: methods and applications”, by Birgitta Ryback (DFCI) | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 10/11/23 | “Generative AI tools in biomedical research: promise and pitfalls” by Milka Kostic, workshop and discussion | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 7/20/23 | CCBM Annual Retreat, Simmons University | Program Activity; Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts; Technologies); URG Recruitment |
| 7/19/23 | CCBM Postdoc Preview and Recruitment Event, Simmons University | Program Activity; Training Curriculum (Career Development); URG recruitment |
| 4/26/23 | POSTPONED: “Metabolomics for metabolism researchers: methods and applications”, by Birgitta Ryback (DFCI), new date TBD | Training Curriculum (Technologies; Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 3/1/23 | “Job Hunting and Informational Interviews” by Lauren Celano (Propel Careers), slides available to trainees via ccbmt32@dfci.harvard.edu | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 12/5/22 | “Common Pitfalls in Preclinical Cancer Target Validation” by Bill Kaelin (Dana-Farber) | Training Curriculum (Rigor and Reproducibility) |
| 11/16/22 | Virtual EAB/TOC Meeting | Program Oversight and Evaluation |
| 11/15/22 | “Targeting brain tumor purine metabolism in the laboratory and clinic” by Dan Wahl (U Michigan) | Training Curriculum (Science/Technologies) |
| 5/25/22 | “ABCs of CRISPR Screens” by Julie Losman (Dana-Farber) | Training Curriculum (Technologies) |
| 4/28/22 | 2022 Science Minisymposium – Presentations by Trainees | Trainee Administrative Event and Trainee Presentation |
| 3/30/22 | New Trainees Orientation and On-boarding Meeting | Trainee Administrative Event |
| 1/20/22 | CCBM Directors’ Career Symposium – Mentoring Workshop | Program Activity; Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 12/13/21 | Virtual EAB/TOC Meeting | Program Oversight and Evaluation |
| 12/02/21 | CCBM Directors’ Career Symposium – Career Panel Discussion | Program Activity; Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 10/12/21 | CCBM 2021 Retreat | Program Activity |
| 6/29/21 | “To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media 101 for Scientists.” by Milka Kostic (CCBM Training Curriculum Director) | Presentation to SHURP Program; URM Recruitment |
| 6/4/21 | “The role of STAT3 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy Resistance.” by Laura Stevens (trainee in Polyak lab) | Cancer Biology Seminar: Trainee Presentation |
| 5/24/21 | 2021 Science Minisymposium – Presentations by Trainees | Trainee Administrative Event and Trainee Presentation |
| 5/11/21 | New Trainees Orientation and On-boarding Meeting | Trainee Administrative Event |
| 4/29/21 | Lunch’N Learn with Milka Kostic on Peer Review | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 3/24/21 | “Small Molecule Drug Discovery.” by Sara Buhrlage (mentor) | Training Curriculum (Technologies) |
| 2/26/21 | “Introduction to Targeted Protein Degradation.” by Eric Fischer (mentor) | Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts) |
| 2/9/21 | “Using the Science of Effective Mentorship to Optimize Your Mentoring Practice.” by Christine Pfund, NRMN | Mentor Training |
| 2/4/21 | “Cancer Dependency Map.” by Phil Montgomery, Broad Institute | Training Curriculum (Technologies) |
| 12/16/20 | “Introduction to the Redoxome.” by Ed Chouchani (mentor) | Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts) |
| 10/7/20 | “Navigating Careers in the Life Sciences in Times of Uncertainty.” Organized by Milka Kostic. Roz Segal (mentor) participated | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 9/29/20 | CCBM 2020 Retreat | Program Activity |
| 9/23/20 | Virtual EAB/TOC Meeting | Program Oversight and Evaluation |
| 8/19/20 | “To Send or Not to Send Your Children to School/Daycare”, panel discussion organized through DFCI PGSAO, Milka Kostic co-organizer and panelist/ | Training Curriculum (Career Development); Wellness |
| 6/10/20 | “Mentoring: An Essential Component of Good Scientific Training.” by Roz Segal (mentor) | Training Curriculum (RCR) |
| 5/21/20 | “Metabolomics Strategies for Understanding Biology and Human Disease.” by Tobias Fuhrer | Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts) |
| 4/27/20 | “Introduction to Applying for Grants and Fellowship.” by CCBM co- Director, Nika Danial | Training Curriculum (Career Development) |
| 4/16/20 | Focused discussion and critical review of use of chemical probes in cancer research – following Cell Press webinar on Chemical Probes as Essential Tools for Biological Discovery | Training Curriculum (Rigor and Reproducibility; Technologies) |
| 3/26/20 | Introduction to the IDP for New Trainees | Trainee Administrative Event |
| 1/27/20 | Journal Club on Cancer Target Invalidation (2017 MELK papers) | Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts) |
| 1/16/20 | “Genetic Approaches to Improve the Characterization of Anti-Cancer Drugs.” by Jason Sheltzer | Training Curriculum (Emerging Concepts) |
| 12/2/19 | “Meet and Greet” for New Trainees | Training Curriculum (Career Development) and Trainee Administrative Event |
| 4/23/19 | Introduction to the IDP for New Trainees | Trainee Administrative Event |