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Cancer Center Update

January 30, 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

Education and Events

Cancer Center Program Meetings

Grant Information and Announcements

Today's Cancer Center Seminar

Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
A new system for studying genome instability and isochromosome formation
Judith Berman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development University of Minnesota

A peek at next week's seminar:
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
Function of a novel histone acetyltransferase in the regulation of genome stability
Zhiguo Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Host: Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, Ph.D.

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

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News

Huang receives Idea Development Award from Department of Defense

Haojie Huang, Ph.D., member of the Cancer Progression and Metastasis Program, received an award from the Department of Defense for his grant proposal titled "CBP and p27KIP1 in Prostate Carcinogenesis." The award amount is $548,844.

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Cancer Center receives $110,000 from Eagles Telethon

The Masonic Cancer Center received $110,000 from the 53rd Annual Eagles Telethon. The telethon, which took place at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn., raised more than $708,000 for cancer research at the Mayo Clinic, the Hormel Institute, and the Masonic Cancer Center.

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New Member

Dezhnog Joshua Liao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Hormel Institute
Program area(s) of interest: Breast Cancer Research, Translational Research
Area of scientific interest: The mechanisms by which the oncogenes c-myc and cyclin D1 affect the development and progress of breast and pancreatic cancers and the sensitivity of these cancer cells to various chemotherapeutic agents.

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Education and Events

Cancer Biology Journal Club

Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 12-1 p.m., 5-122 MCB
Won-Il Kim, Largaespada lab, will discuss the paper "Epigenetic Regulation of WNT signaling pathway in acute lymphoblastic leukemia" (Román-Gómez, et al. Blood First Edition Paper, pre-published online December 5, 2006).

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).

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State of the AHC

Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 3-4 p.m., Mayo Auditorium
Frank B. Cerra, M.D., Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and McKnight Presidential Leadership Chair, will present his annual State of the AHC address, titled "Learning from History: Discovering the Future." An AHC faculty assembly will precede the address from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Following the address at 4 p.m. there will be a reception and tours of the newly renovated Mayo auditorium.

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Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases Conference

Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 4 p.m., 450 CCRB
A Case of a 10-year-old Girl with a Cerebellar Lesion
Rich Tower, M.D., Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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TTURC Course

Friday, February 2, 2007, 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
Noncombustible oral tobacco: A harm reduction approach?
Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D., Professor

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

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Cancer Research Imaging Camp

June 24-29, 2007, Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Durham, North Carolina
Sponsor: NCI - Cancer Imaging Program in partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research
Application Deadline: extended to February 5, 2007

The NCI Cancer Imaging Program, in partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research, is sponsoring an intensive educational workshop for basic cancer biologists to gain hands-on experience with in vivo and live-cell imaging techniques. This course could potentially benefit centers trying to establish imaging programs.

Postdoctoral fellows and early career-level faculty in fields related to basic cancer biology are invited to apply for a special intensive course on in vivo and live cell imaging techniques. Through lectures and hands-on experiments, participants will gain experience with a wide range of imaging modalities, including advanced optical imaging (particularly for in vivo studies in small animals), MRI, PET, SPECT, CT, and ultrasound. After this course, participants will be able to select and apply the appropriate in vivo imaging technique necessary to investigate a biological hypothesis and to interpret the resulting imaging data. The Cancer Research Imaging Camp workshop will include both didactic and laboratory sessions on in vivo and live cell imaging as well as interactive sessions with the faculty. Read more (pdf).

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Cancer Center Program Meetings

Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program Meeting

Thursday, February 1, 2007, 4:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
Fast, comprehensive two-dimensional HPLC through the use of high-temperature ultra-fast gradient elution reversed-phase LC
Peter Carr, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Lecture

Friday, February 2, 2007, 12 p.m.-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
Smokeless tobacco and health: An epidemiological perspective
Scott Tomar, DM.D., Dr.PH., Chair, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

Cancer Biology Research Club

Friday, February 2, 2007, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 450 CCRB
Meeting cancelled.

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

BMT Conference

Monday, February 5, 2007, 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
To be announced

For a complete schedule visit the Web site.

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Grant Information and Announcements

Funding Opportunities

AHC seed grants available
The AHC is seeking applications for seed grants to fund faculty interested in pursuing a new research initiative. Fourteen projects will be funded through a competitive peer review process with a maximum award of $25,000. The deadline for applications is April 6. For more information on the application process, visit the AHC Web site.

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Lance Armstrong Foundation Announces 2007 Survivorship Grant Opportunity
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is pleased to announce that the 2007 Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available. This year, LAF will be offering Community-Based Participatory Research Planning Grants in the area of Cancer Survivorship. You may access the RFP on the LAF Web site. Please click on the left-hand link entitled "2007 Community Program/Research RFP." The application process will open and the organization will begin accepting Letters of Intent (LOI) on March 1, 2007.

LAF will be holding three Q & A sessions on its grant process for interested applicants. Please review the RFP for dates and times. If you have any questions, please e-mail research.grants@laf.org or communityprogram@laf.org.

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Samuel Waxman Research Foundation Individual Grant
Deadline: April 2, 2007
Amount/Duration: 2 yrs, 100,000/year plus 15,000 for indirect costs
Description: Dedicated to conducting basic, translational and clinical research on the causes of cancer with the goal of developing scientifically targeted cancer treatments.
Additional Information: Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Web site
Nomination Process: The University may submit one application. Preliminary proposals should be 1 page in length and describe why the nominee deserves the award and what research will be performed during the award period. A curriculum vitae should also be included. If there are multiple applicants, a committee of faculty members will select the finalist to represent the University. Questions should be addressed to Mark Paller, Assistant Vice President for Research, AHC (palle001@umn.edu). Nominating materials should be sent via e-mail to Mary Sumpmann (sumpm001@umn.edu) before March 5, 2007.

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Samuel Waxman Research Foundation Program Grant
Amount/Duration: 2 yrs, 300,000/year plus 15% additional for overhead
Deadline: February 28, 2007
Description: Dedicated to conducting basic, translational and clinical research on the causes of cancer with the goal of developing scientifically targeted cancer treatments. Additional Information: Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Web site
Nomination Process: The University may submit one application. Preliminary proposals should be 1-2 pages in length and describe why the nominee deserves the award and what research will be performed during the award period. A curriculum vitae should also be included. If there are multiple applicants, a committee of faculty members will select the finalist to represent the University. Questions should be addressed to Mark Paller, Assistant Vice President for Research, AHC (palle001@umn.edu). Nominating materials should be sent via e-mail to Mary Sumpmann (sumpm001@umn.edu) before February 5, 2007.

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