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Cancer Center Update

January 9, 2007

Cancer Center Update is sent to Cancer Center members and staff every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Please submit items to Sandi Sherman, sherm019@umn.edu, by noon the previous Friday.

In This Issue

Today's Cancer Center Seminar

News

Events

Professional Education and Events

Grant Information and Announcements

Notices

Requests for applications

Program Announcement

Other funding Opportunities

Today's Cancer Center Seminar

Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Think outside the (homeo)box, the root of ALL Evi1 lies in the stem
Ashish Kumar, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota

A peek at next week's seminar:
Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
Cell death signaling and cancer therapeutics
M. Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Syracuse

For a complete schedule visit the Masonic Cancer Center Web site Seminar Series listing.

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News

Members in the news

Stephen Hecht, Ph.D., leader of the Masonic Cancer Center's Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention program, was quoted in an editorial supporting a statewide smoking ban in Sunday's St. Paul Pioneer Press. Read the editorial (free registration may be required to read this article).

Naoko Shima, Ph.D., assistant professor and member of the Masonic Cancer Center's Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program, was quoted in a January 2 KARE-11 television news story on her discovery of a gene mutation that may lead to breast cancer. Read the story .

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Cancer Center members among Mpls. St. Paul Magazine 'Top Doctors'

The following Cancer Center members were listed in the January 2007 "Top Doctors" issue of Mpls. St. Paul Magazine: Linda F. Carson, M.D., Edward Y. Cheng, M.D., Kathryn E. Dusenberry, M.D., Maria K. Hordinksy, M.D., Richard King, M.D., Michael A. Maddaus, M.D., Robert D. Madoff, M.D., Joseph Neglia, M.D., Mark T. Reding, M.D., David A. Rothenberger, M.D., and Daniel Saltzman, M.D. Congratulations to them.

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Flow Cytometry Core welcomes new staff member

The Masonic Cancer Center welcomes Nisha Shah in her new role as technical specialist in the Flow Cytometry Core Facility. Nisha will primarily be responsible for operation and scheduling of the FACSVantage/ DiVa cell sorter. She may be contacted at 612-626-7013 or shahx002@umn.edu.

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Invitation to meet with seminar speaker

Kahlil Ahmed is hosting M. Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D., for the Masonic Cancer Center Seminar on January 16, 2007. Dr. Sheikh is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Syracuse. The title of his talk is "Cell death signaling and cancer therapeutics."

If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Sheikh, please contact Robin Toy (ccsem@umn.edu, 625-2159).

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New Members

Jennifer A. Linde, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Program area of interest: Prevention and Etiology
Area of scientific interest: Weight control behaviors and intervention development

Mark T. Reding, M.D.
 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
Program area of interest: Immunology
Clinical focus: Hemostasis and thrombosis; Hematologic malignancies
Area of scientific interest: Immunologic aspects of gene therapy

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Events

Cancer Biology Journal Club

Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 12-1 p.m., 5-122 MCB
Faimola Guerrero, a graduate student in the Pennell laboratory, will present the paper "In vivo imaging of lymph node metastasis with telomerase-specific replication-selective adenovirus" (Nature Medicine, 2006; 12:1213-1219).

The Cancer Biology Journal Club is held every Wednesday. A complete schedule is available at the MICaB Web site. For more information contact: Sonja Johnson (john4368@umn.edu) or Rachel Bergerson (sapl0005@umn.edu).

Special faculty candidate seminar

Thursday, January 11, 2007, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., 450
CCRB Prevalence of diabetes in U.S. youth in 2001: Results from the SEARCH study
Jean Lawrence, Sc.D., M.P.H., Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Lawrence is a faculty candidate in the Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research and is being hosted by Julie Ross.

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Population Sciences faculty town meeting

Thursday, January 18, 2007, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 450 CCRB

The purpose of the first Population Sciences faculty town meeting is to foster collaborations among individuals and provide updates on Cancer Center activities. The agenda will include updates from Cancer Center Administration, Clinical Sciences, and Basic Sciences and Core Facilities. In addition, Steve Hecht, Ph.D., Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., and DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D., will provide updates on the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention and Prevention and Etiology Programs. Parking tickets will be validated and lunch will be provided at the beginning of the meeting. For more information contact Ginny Oie at 612-626-2902.

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Professional Education and Seminars

Cancer Progression and Metastasis Program seminar

Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
Exploring novel signaling pathways in breast cancer models
Carol Lange, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota

For a complete schedule visit the web site

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BMT Conference

Monday, January 15 2006, 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
No conference due to Martin Luther King holiday.

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

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Grant Information and Announcements

Notices
Interim Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts
Non-Competing Grant Awards Under the Current Continuing Resolution
Selection of Appropriate Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for the Continuation of the Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (IMAT) Program

Requests for applications
Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (R21)
Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007, May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007
Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (R33)
Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007 May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007
Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R21) Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007 May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007
Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R33)
 Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007 May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007
Innovations In Cancer Sample Preparation (R21)
Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007 May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007
Innovations In Cancer Sample Preparation (R33)
Application Receipt Date(s): February 27, 2007 May 29, 2007, September 27, 2007

Program Announcement
The Secretory Pattern of Senescent Cells (R01)
National Institute on Aging, National Cancer Institute

Other funding Opportunities
Developmental Research Programs in Pancreatic Cancer Funding Opportunity

As a collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer, the Masonic Cancer Center, and the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, funding has been provided for developmental research projects. These projects must demonstrate relevance to pancreatic cancer and can be in the areas of prevention and control, clinical pilot projects, or basic science. All investigators are encouraged to apply. The amount of the award is up to $30,000 and the project should be completed within a year. Applicants should submit an NIH-formatted full grant (using PHS 398 forms revised 04/06) by March 1, 2007.

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