On June 17th, we hosted our second annual Juneteenth BBQ with UCSF's SNMA and SNDA programs! It was a joyous occasion of Black excellence amongst good vibes, good people, and good food.
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Jaela Caston, members of planning committee of SNMA and SNDA
On May 17th, Sydney Williams (2nd year PSPG student in Lakkaraju lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Impact of Rab GTPase Regulation on the Health and Integrity of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium."
Organized by: Sydney Williams and Jaysón Davidson
On May 11th, BE-STEM and SACNAS hosted a career and professional development panel with Denali Therapeutics! This panel included professionals of different backgrounds and careers that provided their advice on transitioning into an industry career. This workshop also included resumé tips, networking, and guidance on selecting the internship that is right for you.
Organized by: Luis Santiago (SACNAS) and Sydney Williams
On May 9th, Chloe Ghent (2nd year Tetrad student in Fujimori lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Broadening Our Understanding of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Through Probing Antibiotic-Dependent Induction of cfr Expression."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On May 3rd, Tracy Knight (2nd year Tetrad student in Buchwalter lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Determining the regulatory role of nuclear membrane protein emerin in functional pools of B-catenin."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On April 28th, BE-STEM hosted the Spring Social!
Need we say more?
Organized by: Andrea Sanders, Trace Aguigam, Christina Stephens, Jaysón Davidson
On April 21st, San Francisco State University's (SFSU) BE-STEM chapter hosted a film screening of "Black Matters" with directors Valeria King and Khansaa Maar of UC Berkeley, along with a panel discussion on the Black experience in higher education and industry.
Organized by: SFSU BE-STEM, Valeria King, Khansaa Maar, Jaysón Davidson, Sydney Williams
On April 5th, Jacqueline Williams (2nd year Bioinformatics student in Hollenbach lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Characterizing killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in the context of multiple sclerosis"
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On April 3rd, OCPD, in partnership with BE-STEM, SACNAS, and GPQA, held a workshop to discuss mastering uncomfortability and tools for navigating and networking through presentations and interactive workshops! Speakers include Naledi Saul and our very own, Jaysón Davidson!
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, OCPD
On March 14th, BE-STEM, along with the Restorative Justice Program, held a community circle to foster trust and communication within our organization. Members got to discuss their own needs and experiences in BE-STEM, graduate school, and science while strengthening relationships within the group through shared perspectives.
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Dr. Kendra Hypolite, and Juri Sanchez
On March 7th, Reuben Hogan (2nd year Biophysics student in Krogan lab; 4th year MD/PhD student) practiced for his qualifying exam in which he presented on "capitalizing on advances in glycoproteomics to probe Alzheimer's Disease."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On February 16th, BE-STEM and SACNAS hosted a career and professional development panel with Cytokinetics! This panel included professionals of different backgrounds and careers that provided their advice on transitioning into an industry career and internship opportunities available at the company.
Organized by: Sydney Williams and Luis Santiago (SACNAS)
BE-STEM and Carry The One Radio (CTOR) teamed up during Black History Month to create a series dedicated to honoring Black scientists at UCSF! Hosts Maggie Colton and Sydney Williams interviewed Black faculty and graduate students to shed light on their research, their motivations to pursue graduate school, and their personal journeys through higher education. To hear these insightful stories and open dialogue, tune in to the episodes through Carry the One Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and Patreon!f
Sponsored by: CTOR
Organized by: Sydney Williams and Maggie Colton (CTOR)
On May 11th, BE-STEM and SACNAS hosted a career and professional development panel with Denali Therapeutics! This panel included professionals of different backgrounds and careers that provided their advice on transitioning into an industry career. This workshop also included resumé tips, networking, and guidance on selecting the internship that is right for you.
Organized by: Luis Santiago (SACNAS) and Sydney Williams
On May 9th, Chloe Ghent (2nd year Tetrad student in Fujimori lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Broadening Our Understanding of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms Through Probing Antibiotic-Dependent Induction of cfr Expression."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On May 3rd, Tracy Knight (2nd year Tetrad student in Buchwalter lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Determining the regulatory role of nuclear membrane protein emerin in functional pools of B-catenin."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On April 21st, San Francisco State University's (SFSU) BE-STEM chapter hosted a film screening of "Black Matters" with directors Valeria King and Khansaa Maar of UC Berkeley, along with a panel discussion on the Black experience in higher education and industry.
Organized by: SFSU BE-STEM, Valeria King, Khansaa Maar, Jaysón Davidson, Sydney Williams
On April 5th, Jacqueline Williams (2nd year Bioinformatics student in Hollenbach lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Characterizing killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in the context of multiple sclerosis"
Organized by: Sydney Williams
On April 3rd, OCPD, in partnership with BE-STEM, SACNAS, and GPQA, held a workshop to discuss mastering uncomfortability and tools for navigating and networking through presentations and interactive workshops! Speakers include Naledi Saul and our very own, Jaysón Davidson!
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, OCPD
On March 14th, BE-STEM, along with the Restorative Justice Program, held a community circle to foster trust and communication within our organization. Members got to discuss their own needs and experiences in BE-STEM, graduate school, and science while strengthening relationships within the group through shared perspectives.
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Dr. Kendra Hypolite, and Juri Sanchez
On March 7th, Reuben Hogan (2nd year Biophysics student in Krogan lab; 4th year MD/PhD student) practiced for his qualifying exam in which he presented on "capitalizing on advances in glycoproteomics to probe Alzheimer's Disease."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
BE-STEM and Carry The One Radio (CTOR) teamed up during Black History Month to create a series dedicated to honoring Black scientists at UCSF! Hosts Maggie Colton and Sydney Williams interviewed Black faculty and graduate students to shed light on their research, their motivations to pursue graduate school, and their personal journeys through higher education. To hear these insightful stories and open dialogue, tune in to the episodes through Carry the One Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and Patreon!f
Sponsored by: CTOR
Organized by: Sydney Williams and Maggie Colton (CTOR)
In an effort to continue to build community with Black students outside of BE-STEM, our president, Jaysón Davidson, coordinated a dinner with the students of UCSF's Initiative to Maximizing Student Development (IMSD). Students and mentors had the opportunity to fellowship over dinner at Little Skillet.
Sponsored by: IMSD
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson
On September 23, 2022, we partnered with UCSF's SNMA and SNDA to host a Welcome Black to School event that welcomes new and returning Black students of UCSF. There was food catered by Peaches Patties, a black-owned Jamaican restaurant.
Sponsored by: GPSA
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Andrea Sanders, Jasmine Sims, Christina Stephens, and member of SNMA and SNDA's executive board.
On July 18th, CURE hosted their second annual SRTP Panel in which panelists (recruited from the SRTP program) discussed their undergraduate experiences as underrepresented scholars with the 2022 CURE participants.
Sponsored by: BE-STEM and UCSF Graduate Division
Organized by: Christina Stephens and Zachary Smith
BE-STEM and SACNAS teamed up to host Fuego Grill at Crane Cove Park. It was an informal event to build community between two RCOs who are working to help underrepresented graduate students at UCSF.
Sponsored by: Shoichet Lab
Organized by: Sydney Williams and Luis Santiago of SACNAS
On June 18th, Imani Warren (2nd year PSPG student in Guo lab) practiced for her qualifying exam in which she presented on "Behavioral and Genomic Approaches to investigate reward-seeking behavior."
Organized by: Sydney Williams
It is always our mission to welcome our Black scholar to our community here at UCSF. BAYS and CURE hosted a social hour for their students filled with snack, light refreshments, and fellowship with our current Black graduate students of varied disciplines.
Sponsored by: UCSF Graduate Division
Organized by: Christina Stephens, Chase Webb, Zachary Smith
We held our BE-STEM + SNMA Juneteenth BBQ at Marx Meadows in Golden Gate Park to celebrate another year of Black excellence and liberation. It included free food catered by Little Skillet, drinks, and music. It was also a chance to meet the 2022 cohort of Black SRTP students that were conducting research at UCSF for the summer.
Sponsored by: QBC
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Jasmine Sims, Christina Stephens, Chase Webb, Sydney Williams, and the SNMA team.
On May 26th, Jaysón Davidson (2nd year PSPG student in Butte lab) practiced for his qualifying exam where he presented his work on "Understanding the impact of demographics and socioeconomic parameters on treatment selection and outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes."
Organized by: Nadia Ayad and Sydney Williams
Beginning the spring of 2022 BE-STEM held mock quals prep sessions to get our second years prepared for their upcoming qualifying exams. On May 12th, Trase Aguigam (2nd year Tetrad student in Narlikar/Gross lab) practiced for his exam which was focused on "DCP1/DCP2: Conformational Control of Enzyme Activity Through an Intrinsically Disordered Region."
Organized by: Nadia Ayad and Sydney Williams
On April 29th, we put together a social hour to encourage fellowship and provide a safe space for our BE-STEM family equipped with food, drinks, music, and celebration!
Sponsored by: Shoichet Lab
Organized by: Jaysón Davidson, Andrea Sanders, Sydney Williams, Jasmine Sims
To address the requests of many students in regards to summer internships and career opportunities, BE-STEM hosted a speed networking event with a variety of professionals to discuss networking, resumé building, and more!
Sponsored by: GPSA
Organized by: Jasmine King and OCPD
We held a virtual interprofessional social with SNMA to welcome Black members of our UCSF community and introduce them to Black-serving student groups on campus.
Sponsored by: GPSA
Organized by: Christina Stephens, Andrea Sanders
We hosted a virtual lunch with Dante King on the first day of Black History Month after the UCSF debut of his book "The 400 Year Holocaust: White America's Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory."
Organized by: Christina Stephens
We held our 1st event of the 2021-22 academic year at Friday, October 9th, in the 2nd Floor Genentech Hall
Sponsored by: The Shoichet Lab (Chase Webb's lab)
Organized by: Jayso'n Davidson, with help from Chase Webb and Nadia Ayad
We held our BE-STEM Barbecue Picnic at Crane Cove Park on Saturday June 12th. The Picnic included free food/drinks, good music, fellowship, and good vibes with catering from J&D's bbq
Organized by: Jayso'n Davidson, with help from Trase Aguigam, Nadia Ayad and Chase Webb
On February 4th, 2021, in honor of Black History Month, we partnered with student group SNMA-UCSF, UCSF MRC and the School of Pharmacy to host a trivia night dedicated to celebrating Black history and culture hosted over zoom. The questions for the jeopardy game allowed students the chance learn more about aspects of Black history they weren't aware of in a friendly and fun way.
BE-STEM organizers: Ekland Abdiwahab and Chase Webb with help from Nadia Ayad
The QBC Graduate Programs (BMI, BP, CCB, & PSPG) held an event in honor of Juneteenth on June 18th, 2021. Space was limited due to the restrictions of the pandemic, but BE-STEM was given priority for attendance.
Organized by: QBC Graduate Programs
On March 31st, 2021, the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Learner Success D'Anne Duncan and the Diversity and Outreach Program Manager Zachary Smith organized the Joyful event. It was a fun and relaxing gathering to celebrate Black History. During this event we honored and uplifted members of our Black student community, and celebrated the profound impact that our Black students have had on UCSF and the greater community as a whole. This was also an opportunity to reconnect and build new relationships within our community.
Organized by: D'Anne Duncan and Zachary Smith
On our 1st Leadership Summit held on August 20th, 2020, we got to know each other a little bit better and shared our goals and expectations for BE-STEM in the coming year.
Organized by: Nadia Ayad with help from Chase Webb
We partnered with SACNAS-UCSF to host a community building social event with Music Trivia on October 23rd, 2020.
BE-STEM organizers: Ekland Abdiwahab
