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June 19, 2007
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Cancer Center Program Meetings
Funding News and Opportunities
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Cancer Center reaches out at Fond du Lac Health Fair and Juneteenth festival
Marva Bohen, Cancer Center outreach director, and Sandra Rivera, community events coordinator, participated in the Fond du Lac Reservation Health Fair on June 13. The fair focused on colorectal and lung cancer. American Indians in Minnesota have a much higher incidence and mortality from these two cancers than the rest of the state's population, and markedly higher than American Indian tribes in other parts of the United States. Andrea Jones, a student from the School of Public Health also attended the fair and conducted a survey about colonoscopy with elders from the Fond du Lac band of Ojibway. Fond du Lac Human Services will use the information to assess the band members' knowledge about the importance of colonoscopy and their preferences on where to receive screenings.
Bohen and Rivera also provided cancer information at the Juneteenth Festival at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. Juneteenth celebrates the release of the last slaves in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them. The 2nd Annual Juneteenth Walk for Cancer Awareness and Survivorship for African Americans was held during the festival. Mike Underwood, from the laboratory of Peter Bitterman, M.D., also attended the festival and provided information for a cancer quiz specific to African Americans.
Garwood receives Gold Medal Award
Michael Garwood, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the Medical School and a member of the Masonic Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Research Program, has received the 2007 Gold Medal Award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Garwood is internationally recognized for incorporating magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic resonance spectroscopy technology. Read more.
Kudos
Congratulations go to L'Aurelle Johnson, Ph.D., one of eight senior fellows and junior faculty selected to participate in the 2007-08 Career Advancement Program for Clinical Research Scholars program (CAPS). The AHC-sponsored program provides mentoring and financial support to junior faculty pursuing clinical research. Johnson's research will focus on pediatric cancer, and she will pursue studies to understand how obesity alters drug metabolism in children. Johnson is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship on Julie Ross' Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Training Grant. She will begin her position as assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy in September.Education and Events
Recruitment Seminars: Prostate Cancer Researcher
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 10-11 a.m., 2-520 MoosT
Tumorigenicity of the MDM2 oncogene: Beyond p53
Zhuo Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Monday, June 25, 2007, 10-11 a.m., 2-520 MoosT
STAT3, a molecular target for prostate cancer
Beverly E. Barton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey
Registration opens for 2007 Symposium in Developmental Biology -"Cells Doing Development"
September 25-26, 2007, Coffman Memorial Union
Topics will include: Cell migration; signal reception, processing and trafficking; cellular mechanisms for generating asymmetry; cytoskeletal functions in development. Invited speakers will cover a wide array of systems including worms, flies, plants, and mammals. The complete list of speakers and topics, as well as registration details, are available on the DBC Web site.
Fees will be waived for the first 25 graduate students submitting a poster. E-mail poster titles to hyams003@umn.edu after you register. Attendees are also invited to a banquet held on Tuesday evening, September 25, at the Weisman Art Museum on the Minneapolis campus. Space at the banquet is limited, so register early.
Children's Cancer Research Fund 5th Annual Time to Fly™ Walk/Run
Saturday, June 23, 2007, Harriet Island, St. Paul
Plan to bring your family and friends to join the race against childhood cancer at the fifth annual Time to Fly™ Walk/Run. This family-oriented event offers something for everyone, from the recreational walker to the competitive runner. Events include: 5K walk, 10K and 5K runs, and 1K/2K Kids' Fun Runs. To register or for more information, visit the Children's Cancer Research Fund Web site.
Macy's Glamorama advance tickets available
Friday, August 17, 2007, 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis
Advance tickets for Macy's Glamorama are available now, before they go on sale to the public. Some ticket levels offered include a pre-show party at Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Also new this year is another GLAM event, Prelude to Glam, on Saturday, July 28, at an estate in Eden Prairie. To purchase your tickets now, download the order form (PDF) or call 952-893-9355. Tickets will also be available on the CCRF Web site on June 7. For more information visit the CCRF Web site.
Cancer Center Program Meetings
Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 4:15 p.m., 450 CCRB
Chemoprevention of lung carcinogenesis by dietary agents in A/J mouse model
Fekadu Kassie, D.V.M., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Hecht Lab
For a complete schedule visit the Web site.
Transdiciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Lecture
Friday, June 22, 2007, 12-1 p.m., 450 CCRB
Laboratory Program in Tobacco and Health at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David L. Ashley, Ph.D., Chief, Emergency Response and Air Toxicants Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
For a complete schedule visit the Web site.
Funding News and Opportunities
No funding opportunities were submitted to Update this week.
Visit the Funding News & Opportunities Web page to see listings previously published in Update.