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Cancer Center Update
July 19, 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
JULIE ROSS NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POPULATION SCIENCES
John Kersey, M.D., has announced thatJulie Ross, Ph.D., was named Associate Director for Population Sciences effective July 1. She now holds the Masonic Cancer Center Children's Cancer Research Fund Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research. She also is Chief of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics. In both positions, Julie succeeds Les Robison, Ph.D., who has accepted a position as a department chair at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis .
“Julie is internationally recognized for her work in cancer epidemiology,” said Dr. Kersey. “She brings new leadership talent and increases our level of excellence in our growing program in population sciences/prevention in cancer epidemiology. Her appointment complements the recent recruitment of Mimi Yu, Ph.D., and Jian-Min Yuan, Ph.D., to already outstanding population science research within the Masonic Cancer Center, Medical School and School of Public Health in the Academic Health Center. Please join me in congratulating Julie on her new leadership positions in the Department of Pediatrics and the Medical School .”
CANCER CENTER MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
David Largaespada, Ph.D., leader of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program, was quoted in reports about research on the Sleeping Beauty method for identifying cancer-causing genes quicker and more accurately in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, WCCO Radio and the NCI Bulletin. (Listen to Minnesota Public Radio coverage.) In addition, Lara Collier, Ph.D., first author on the Sleeping Beauty study, was interviewed by Pat Miles on her WCCO Radio show. In last week's update we mistakenly referred to Dr. Largaespada as the first author of the Nature paper on this study. He is the senior author.
Michael Garwood, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research and member of the Breast Cancer Research Program, wrote an article about MRI/MRS research for more accurate diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the July issue of Minnesota Healthcare News.
MARGY MACMILLAN SELECTED FOR TOUR OF HOPE TEAM
Margaret (Margy) MacMillan, M.D., pediatric oncologist and BMT researcher, is one of 24 cancer survivors, caregivers, researchers, nurses and physicians who will ride from San Diego to Washington DC this fall as members of the Tour of Hope team. Dr. MacMillan is one of two Twin Cities residents selected for the team, the other is childhood cancer survivor Eric Lanners. All avid cyclists, the team will cover 3,000 miles of American landscape in nine days to share their cancer experiences, inspire those they meet along the way to learn more about cancer research, and promote the promise of clinical trials. Lance Armstrong, founder of the Tour of Hope, will lead the team at the kick-off in San Diego and into Washington , DC for the finale, and will join the team at points along the route. Dr. MacMillan is in New York this week to do interviews with morning news programs about her work in cancer and the Tour of Hope.
THE SCIENCE CAREERS FORUM SERIES
(Supported by the Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Program and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience)
Please join us for a seminar and interactive question and discussion session about what it's really like to work as a PhD/Scientist in the industrial/drug discovery sector and how to you can get there.
Friday, July 22, 2004
12:00 Noon, 450 CCRB
“From Academia to Industry: a New World of Scientific Discoveries”
Dr. Paolo Martini
(Lunch will be provided – please RSVP to Louise Shand in the MICaB Office; call 4-5947)
STEM CELL WORKSHOP TO BE HELD JULY 23
Cancer Center members will be among the presenters at the Stem Cell Workshop sponsored by the Society for Cryobiology, Biomedical Engineering Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering
The goals of the workshop are to:
• Review the present understanding of stem cell biology, plasticity as well as clinical and preclinical applications of stem cells.
• Contrast and compare adult stem cells with hematopoietic and embryonic.
• Provide background on processing of stem cells for human therapeutic applications.
• Review the current understanding of stem cell preservation.
• Summarize the opportunities and challenges for stem cell-based therapies.
Information and registration materials can be found at http://www.me.umn.edu/events/cryo2005/stemcell.html.
PREVENTION AND ETIOLOGY RECOGNITION EVENT
Monday, July 25 at 3:00 p.m. in room 450 CCRB.
Please join us for a presentation by Julie Ross, Ph.D., Associate Director for Populations Sciences (Prevention and Etiology), highlighting activities and accomplishments of this Cancer Center program. Outstanding contributors to the Masonic Cancer Center mission will be recognized. Light refreshments will be provided.
SPECIAL SEMINAR
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 12 Noon, 450 CCRB
Novel AML subclasses identified by gene profiling and other molecular approaches
Dr. Ruud Delwel, Associate Professor, Institute of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Representative paper:
Peter J.M. Valk1, Roel G.W. Verhaak1, M. Antoinette Beijen1, Claudia A.J. Erpelinck1, Sahar Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn — Khosrovani1, Judith M. Boer2, H. Berna Beverloo3, Michael J. Moorhouse4, Peter J. van der Spek4, Bob Löwenberg1, Ruud Delwel1. Prognostically Useful Gene Expression Profiles in Acute Myeloid Leukemia . N Engl J Med. 2004; 350:1617-1628.
Host: David Largaespada
GRAND ROUNDS AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 7:30 to 8:30 am, Moos 2-530
Sponsored by: Transitions and Life Choices, Department of Family Medicine and the Center for Bioethics
Facts, Lies and Videotapes: PVS and Terri Schiavo
Dr. Ron Cranford