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Cancer Center Update
February 1, 2005
Cancer Center Update is sent to Cancer Center members and staff every Tuesday at 10 a.m. To submit an item for publication, send the information to Sandi Sherman by noon the Friday before publication.
In This Issue:
Professional Education and Seminars
Grant Information & Announcements
RANKL signaling and osteoclast differentiation
Kim Mansky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Surgical Sciences, School of Dentistry , University of Minnesota
A peek at next week’s seminar:
Initiating DNA Replication: how Mcm10 controls S phase progression
Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
For a complete schedule visit: http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/date.html
Thursday, February 3, 2005, 12 Noon, 2-101 BSBE Building, 312 Church Street SE, Minneapolis Campus
MDC1, a mediator of the DNA damage response pathway
Lou Zhenkun, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Division of Oncology Research
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
(Dr. Zhenkun is a Cancer -Genetics faculty search Candidate)
Sponsored by the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and The Masonic Cancer Center
Thursday, February 3, 8 a.m. – 12noon, Room 450 CCRB
- 8:15 — Jennifer Westendorf: "Histone deacetylases and osteoblast differentiation"
- 9:00 — Patrick Mantyh: “Mechanisms that drive bone cancer pain”
- 10:15 — Les Robison: title pending
- 11:00 — Keynote speaker, Dr. Rocky Tuan: "Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Regulation of Differentiation and Application for Skeletal Tissue Engineering”
Dr. Tuan is Chief of the Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch of NIAMS at the NIH. He has interests in many aspects of cartilage biology
RECOGNITION AWARD PRESENTED IN EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
Congratulations go to Sue Mitchell, research nurse with the GYNE/ Oncology Program, and to Michael Garwood, Ph.D. and the breast cancer team at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research for their nominations as outstanding contributors to the Masonic Cancer Center mission in the areas of Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Research. Both were honored during yesterday's recognition event hosted by Phil McGlave, M.D. and David Rothenberger, M.D.
Sue received the recognition award for her dedicated, consistent support to the Gyn Oncology Program, which has resulted in the gyn group having the highest enrollment of patients in the solid tumor category on therapeutic studies. Sue was cited for being extremely flexible and working long hours to meet the needs of the researchers and patients.
A certificate of appreciation went to Dr. Garwood and his MRI breast cancer team for working tirelessly on improving magnetic resonance as a diagnostic modality in breast disease and for tracking response to chemotherapy. Dr. Garwood and his team rank as national leaders for their work in MR for breast cancer.
BENEFIT FOR OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH
The Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance is holding a Valentine's Party to raise money for ovarian cancer research in the state of Minnesota. The "Calling All Angels" benefit will be held Friday, February 11 from 7-11 PM at the Calhoun Beach Club in Minneapolis. Food, silent and live auction items, as well as music by The Outliers (featuring Cancer Center members Yoji Shimizu and Dan Mueller). Tickets are $60 in advance, $70 at the door. Further information is available at http://www.mnovarian.org/pg50.shtml or at http://theoutliers.net.
ANNUAL CANCER AND THE HUMAN BODY EXHIBIT SET FOR FEB. 19 AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
Mark your calendars to bring your families and friends to The Masonic Cancer Center’s annual Cancer and the Human Body exhibit from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
This year’s exhibit will include these displays and presenters:
• The Normal Cell vs the Cancer Cell: Anna Marie Carley, M.D. — looking at normal and cancer cells under a microscope
• Cancer Quiz: Elaine Bell, Mary Sumpmann and Marva Bohen — a risk reduction quiz
• Angiogenesis: Steven Ekker, Ph.D. — his research with zebra fish
• Radiation Therapy: Tomotherapy, Susanta Hui, Ph.D. — new ways of making radiation therapy more focused, effective and safer.
• Mouse Genetics: Sandra Horn — glow in the dark mice
• Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery: Teri Kast, R.N., and Karina DiLuzio — video about minimally invasive surgery and use of the training devices that teach surgeons how to do minimally invasive surgery.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Sandra Rivera, outreach education coordinator, at 5-4441 or river039@umn.edu.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The 7th KS95 for Kids Radiothon will take place March 4-6, 2005 at Ridgedale Mall. Be sure to tune in or stop by to show your support! Please contact Mary Schultze for additional information at 626-2961 or schul032@umn.edu.
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please call Kamala Upadhyaya at 626-5326 for assistance with your application.
No grant announcements were submitted this week.
To view all grants available through the Masonic Cancer Center, visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/grantopp.html
IMMUNOLOGY PROGRAM
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 1:30-2:30 p.m., 6-101 BSBE
Survival pathways in cancer cells
Ameeta Kelekar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/Immunoseminars.html
TRANSDISCIPLINARY TOBACCO USE RESEARCH CENTER SEMINAR
The Tobacco Industry after the Masters Settlement Agreement: Public Health Panacea or Pandemonium?
Greg Connolly, D.M.D., M.P.H., Tobacco Control Program, Massachusetts Dept of Public Health
For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/tturclec.html
Friday, February 4, 2005, 3:30 p.m., 450 CCRB
Use of adenovirus to study cytokine signaling in naive T cells in vivo
James Moon, Ph.D., Jenkins Lab
For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/grant7.html
BMT CONFERENCE
Monday, February 7, 2005, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
Multiple Myeloma: Changing the Paradigm
Alice Garry McCoy, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine,Section of Hematology and Bone, Marrow Transplant ,University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
BMT Faculty Candidate
Host: Daniel Weisdorf, MD
For a complete schedule visit http://www.cancer.umn.edu/page/aboutus/bmtlect.html