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Cancer Center Seminar Series 2009-2010
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
Select a month to go to on the calendar, or scroll down to browse all the dates.
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
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| 09/08/09 | DNA damage checkpoints and DNA repair | Junjie Chen, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department. of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston | Hoajie Huang, Ph.D. |
| 09/15/09 | Developing potent new cancer immunotherapies |
Nicholas P. Restifo, M.D., Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD | Wynette M. Dietz, Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant |
| 09/22/09 | Targeted In Vivo Gene Delivery Via Tropism Modified Adenoviral Vectors: A Ten Year Quest for the Holy Grail | David Curiel, Director, Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Masato Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 09/29/09 |
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| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 10/06/09 | Genome-wide analysis of genetic interactions in yeast and their potential relevance for treating cancer | Chad Myers, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota | David Largaespada, Ph.D. |
| 10/13/09 | DNA and RNA Biomarkers in the Chemical Biology of Inflammation | Peter Dedon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Toxicology and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering | Stephen Hecht, Ph.D. |
| 10/20/09 | Role of quinones in estrogen carcinogenesis |
Judy Bolton, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy | Stephen Hecht, Ph.D. |
| 10/27/09 | Targeting Proteolytic Pathways for Ovarian and HPV-associated Cancer Treatment | Martina Bazzaro, Ph.D., Masonic Cancer Center; Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Women's Health Department | Levi Downs, M.D. |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 11/03/09 | Mechanism of Epstein-Barr virus persistent infection |
David Thorley-Lawson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, Tufts University, Boston | Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D. |
| 11/10/09 | Cancer Survivors: A High-Risk Population in Need of Lifestyle Interventions: What interventions are needed and how do we deliver them? |
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D., R.D., Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D., and Beth Viring, Ph.D. |
| 11/17/09 | Immune Cell Inhibitory Pathways: Prognostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets to Improve Cancer Treatment | Eugene D. Kwon, M.D., Mayo Clinic Departments of Urology and Immunology | Bruce Blazar, M.D. |
| 11/24/09 | Network Learning Methods for Cancer Genomics | Rui (Ray) Kuang, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota | David Largaespada, Ph.D. |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 12/01/09 | Pharmacogenomics of Cytarabine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Jatinder Lamba, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota | Brian Van Ness, Ph.D. |
| 12/08/09 | No Seminar - ASH Conference | ||
| 12/15/09 | Highlights of ASH | Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D. David Largaespada, Ph.D. Tucker, LeBien, Ph.D. Xianzheng Zhou, Ph.D. Brian Van Ness, Ph.D. |
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| 12/22/09 | No Seminar - Holiday | ||
| 12/29/09 | No Seminar - Holiday | ||
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 01/05/10 | |||
| 01/12/10 | Daniel Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., Zelickson Professor of Dermatology, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Center for Immunology | Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D. | |
| 01/19/10 | Morag Park, Ph.D., Director, Molecular Oncology Group, McGill University, Montreal | Kaylee Schwertfeger, Ph.D. | |
| 01/26/10 | Steven S. Rosenfeld, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Neurology and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York | David Odde, Ph.D. | |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 02/02/10 | Cheryl London, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology), Associate Professor, The Thekla R. and Donald B. Shackelford Professorship in Canine Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University | Jaime Modiano, V.M.D., Ph.D. | |
| 02/09/10 | Alexandra Sobeck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota | David Largaespada, Ph.D. | |
| 02/16/10 | Max S. Wicha, M.D., Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine | Douglas Yee, M.D. | |
| 02/23/10 | |||
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 03/02/10 | Zhenkun Lou, Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology Research, Mayo Clinic | Anja Bielinsky, Ph.D. | |
| 03/09/10 | Brian T. Fife, Ph.D., Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Minnesota | ||
| 03/16/10 | Tim Giffin, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota | James McCarthy, Ph.D. | |
| 03/23/10 | Joseph M. McCune, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Experimental Medicine; Senior Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research, University of California, San Francisco | John Wagner, M.D. | |
| 03/30/10 | Timing of lifestyle exposures: Implications for breast cancer prevention | Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.PH., Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery, Professor of Medicine, and Associate Director, Prevention and Control, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health, Washington University School of Medicine | DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D. |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 04/06/10 | Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan Health Systems | Bruce Blazar, M.D. | |
| 04/13/10 | Scott C. Kogan, M.D., Department of Laboratory Medicine and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco | Anindya Bagchi, Ph.D. | |
| 04/20/10 | No Seminar - AACR Conference | ||
| 04/27/10 | Jeffrey M. Rosen, Ph.D., C.C. Bell Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology & Medicine; Distinguished Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine | Kaylee Schwertfeger, Ph.D. | |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 05/04/10 | Clinical and Molecular aspects of SPRED1 Mutations in Man and Mice | Eric Legius, Ph.D., Center of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium | Christopher L. Moertel, M.D. |
| 05/11/10 | Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cancer Genetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | David Largaespada, Ph.D. | |
| 05/18/10 | Susan Forsburg, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California | Anja Bielinsky, Ph.D. | |
| 05/25/10 | Myles Brown, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston | Haojie Huang, Ph.D. | |
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
| 06/01/10 | M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Professor of the Howard Hughes Medicine Institute, University of California, San Diego | Scott Dehm, Ph.D. | |
| 06/08/10 | Gordon B. Mills, M.D., Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Ann Rife Cox Chair in Gynecology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | Deepali Sachdev, Ph.D. | |
| 06/15/10 | Electra D. Paskett, Ph.D., Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health; Associate Director for Population Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University | DeAnn Lazovich, Ph.D. | |
| 06/22/10 | Timothy V. Ley, Ph.D. Alan & Edith Wolff Professor of Medicine; Professor of Genetics; Director, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Division of Oncology, Washington University |
David Largaespada, Ph.D., and Tucker LeBien, Ph.D. | |
| 06/29/10 | John H. Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. | John Ohlfest, Ph.D. | |
2008-2009 Schedule (includes links to recorded presentations)
2007-2008 Schedule
2006-2007 Schedule
2005-2006 Schedule
2004-2005 Schedule
2003-2004 Schedule