MCCB Faculty-led Specialized Meetings 

MCCB faculty organize or co-organize specialized research meetings—interdisciplinary focus group discussions that provide valuable, in-depth dialogue on a specific topic.

 CRISPR Supergroup Meeting 

Co-organized by Scot Wolfe, PhD (MCCB) and Erik Sontheimer, PhD (RNA Therapeutics Institute), the CRISPR supergroup meets monthly during the academic year to provide students and postdocs within the UMass Chan community the opportunity to present their ongoing research in areas related to CRISPR biology and technology.

 Normal and Malignant Hematopoiesis Data Club 

Organized by Lucio Castilla, PhD (MCCB), this monthly conference focuses on normal and malignant hematopoiesis including lymphoblastic and acute myelogenous leukemia and lymphoma as well as bone marrow failure syndromes such as myelodysplastic disease and familial platelet disorder. This conference is attended by hematologists-oncologists, pathologists and basic scientists including faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Each month, either a basic scientist presents their work and receives constructive critical feedback, or a clinician presents a clinical challenge and discussion focuses on how this challenge could be addressed experimentally. This format fosters interactions between the basic and clinical side and promotes translational research at UMass Chan.

 UMass Metabolic Network (MetNet) 

Co-organized by Dohoon Kim, PhD (MCCB), David Guertin, PhD (Program in Molecular Medicine) and Jessica Spinelli, PhD (Program in Molecular Medicine), the UMass Metabolic Network (or MetNet) is a community of researchers who are enthusiastic about metabolism and metabolic regulation. MetNet researchers are exploring all aspects of metabolism and its regulation ranging from basic biochemistry, to organ function, to whole body metabolic health; a subset of researchers focus on cancer metabolism. Their interactive and collaborative community meets monthly to share data and learn from visiting experts working in diverse fields of metabolism.