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Cancer Center Seminar Series 2011-2012

Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m., 450 Masonic Cancer Research Building

Seminar presentations can be recorded to view on the Web site. Presenters must give their permission in advance to have a seminar recorded.
View all seminar recordings.

For more information:
Robin Toy, 612-625-2159, ccsem@umn.edu

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SEPTEMBER			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
09/06/11	Oncogene signaling and negative feedback in leukemia [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING ]	Markus Müschen, M.D. Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine University of California San Francisco	Michael Farrar, Ph.D.
09/13/11	Lessons from transposon-based, unbiased, forward genetic screens for cancer genes [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING]	David Largaespada, Ph.D. Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development Co-Leader Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program University of Minnesota
09/20/11	Science gone translational: The OX40 agonist story [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING]	Andrew Weinberg, Ph.D. Chief Laboratory of Basic Immunology Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center Earle A. Chiles Research Institute Providence Cancer Center Portland, Oregon	John Ohlfest, Ph.D.
09/27/11	Engineered proteins for molecular PET imaging [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING ]	Benjamin Hackel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota
OCTOBER			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
10/04/11	Cancer prevention and control in racial and ethnic minorities [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING]	Chanita Hughes Halbert, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities University of Pennsylvania	Co-sponsor: Minnesota Center for Cancer Collaborations Funding made possible in part by a U54CA153603-01 grant from the National Cancer Institute.
10/11/11	Novel mechanisms of hormone resistance	Suzanne Fuqua, Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicine Hematology/Oncolgoy Section Baylor College of Medicine	Carol Lange, Ph.D.
10/18/11	DNA-protein cross-linking by carcinogens and antitumor drugs [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING]	Natalia Tretyakova, Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicinal Chemistry University of Minnesota
10/25/11	Micro PET/CT applications for cancer research: A new university resource [VIEW SEMINAR RECORDING]	Bruce Hammer, Ph.D. Professor Department of Radiology University of Minnesota
NOVEMBER			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
11/01/11	Decisions, decisions: regulation of germ/soma, mitosis/meiosis, and male/female by the DMRT1 transcription factor	David A. Zarkower, Ph.D. Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development University of Minnesota
11/08/11	B cell transcription factor networks in acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Michael Farrar, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Minnesota
11/15/11	Integrated actions of progesterone receptors in breast cancer models	Carol Lange, Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicine Co-Leader Women's Cancer Program University of Minnesota
11/22/11	Why do cells need an assembly machine for RNA-protein complexes: lessons from Spinal Muscular Atrophy	Jeongsik Yong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics University of Minnesota
11/29/11	Science, research and the Tobacco Control Act	David Ashley, Ph.D. Director, Office of Science Center for Tobacco Products U.S. Food and Drug Administration	Stephen Hecht, Ph.D.
DECEMBER			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
12/06/11	Vascular complications of cancer treatments	Anne Blaes, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation University of Minnesota
12/13/11	ASH Conference—No Seminar
12/20./11	No Seminar - Holiday
12/27/11	No Seminar - Holiday
JANUARY			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
01/03/12	No seminar
01/10/12	The ubiquitin ligase Siah2 in hypoxia and tumorigenesis	Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D. Professor and Director Signal Transduction Program Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute	Jim McCarthy, Ph.D.
01/17/12	Using the Sleeping Beauty system to dissect the genetic mechanisms involved in hepatocellular carcinoma	Vincent Keng, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota
01/24/12	Viral carcinogenesis: Biophysical analysis of HTLV-1 replication	Louis Mansky, Ph.D. Professor Departments of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Microbiology
01/31/12	Genome-wide hypermutation in breast cancer	Reuben Harris, Ph.D. Department of Biochhemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics University of Minnesota
FEBRUARY			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
02/07/12	PELP1 as a biomarker of early mammary carcinogenesis	Julie H Ostrander, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Minnesota
02/14/12	Boning up on osteosarcoma epidemiology	Logan Spector, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics University of Minnesota
02/21/12	Dormant replication origins and the Fanconi anemia pathway function to suppress tumorigenesis in mice	Naoko Shima, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota
02/28/12	Role of Bcl-2 proteins Noxa and Mcl-1 in regulating survival, death and metabolic flux in leukemia cells	Ameeta Kelekar, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology University of Minnesota
MARCH			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
03/06/12	Canceled
03/13/12	Canceled
03/20/12	An update on pancreatic cancer [View Seminar Recording]	Selwyn Vickers, M.D. Jay Phillips Professor and Chair Department of Surgery Associate Director Translational Research Masonic Cancer Center
03/27/12 Note room change: Mayo Auditorium	The communication revolution and health inequalities in the 21st century: Promises and pitfalls	K. "Vish" Viswanath, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Society, Human Development and Health Harvard School of Public Health Center for Community-Based Research Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center	DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D. Co-sponsored by Minnesota Center for Cancer Collaborations Funding made possible in part by a U54CA153603-01 grant from the National Cancer Institute
APRIL			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
04/03/12	AACR meeting - no seminar
04/10/12	CML: The prototype for targeted therapy: How has treatment changed since the entry of targeted therapy into clinical practice?	Erica Warlick, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Minnesota
04/17/12	Does green tea reduce breast cancer risk? [View Seminar Recording]	Mindy Kurzer, Ph.D. Professor of Nutrition Professor of Medicine Director Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute Department of Food Science and Nutrition University of Minnesota
04/24/12 11 a.m.-2 p.m.	ACS Research Updates	American Cancer Society research grant awardees
MAY			Back to top
Date	Topic	Speaker	Host
05/01/12	Epoxygenase mechanisms of breast cancer progression	David Potter, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Medicine University of Minnesota
05/08/12 *Note room change:* Mayo Auditorium	Connecting cancer to metabolism: Metabolites as signals for growth and differentiation	Craig Thompson, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	Ameeta Kelekar, Ph.D.
05/15/12	Canceled
05/22/12	Novel therapeutic targets in leiomyosarcoma and GIST	Matt van de Rijn, M.D.Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pathology Stanford University Medical Center	Subree Subramanian, Ph.D.
05/29/12	Mechanisms of GVHD and GVL	Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D. Associate Prorfessor of Medicine Yale Cancer Center	Bruce Blazar, M.D.
06/05/12		Linda E. Carlson, Ph.D. CPsych Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology Professor Department of Oncology Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Psychology University of Calgary	Anne Blaes, M.D.

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