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Cancer Center Seminar Series 2007-2008

Tuesdays * 12-1 p.m. * 450 CCRB

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER	HOST
09/11/07	Cancer chemoprevention with selenium and oriental herbals	Junxuan (Johnny) Lu, Ph.D. Professor and Leader Section of Cancer Biology The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota	Stephen Hecht, Ph.D. Sponsored jointly with the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program
09/18/07	Conditionally replicative adenovirus for GI cancers	Masato Yamamoto, M.D, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Surgery Co-Director Division of Basic and Translational Research
09/25/07	Mouse models of NF1 and glioma	Luis F. Parada, Ph.D. Professor and Director Center for Developmental Biology The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Faris Farassati, Ph.D.
10/02/07	Activated AKT accelerates mammary tumorigenesis in MMTV-c-ErbB2 mice without over-expression of ErbB3	Steven M. Anderson, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pathology University of Colorado Health Science Center	Carol Lange, Ph.D. Kaylee Schwertfeger, Ph.D.
10/09/07	Metabolic regulation of gene expression in cancer: where the Warburg Effect meets chromatin remodeling	Avtar Roopra Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Medical School University of Wisconsin-Madison	Carol Lange, Ph.D.
10/16/07	Imaging and targeted therapy: Imaging as a cancer biomarker	David Mankoff, M.D. Associate Professor Nuclear Medicine Specialist Department of Radiology University of Washington School of Medicine	Doug Yee, M.D.
10/23/07	Comparisons of different modes of calorie restriction and cancer prevention	Margot Cleary, Ph.D. Professor Hormel Institute University of Minnesota	Stephen Hecht, Ph.D. Sponsored jointly with the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program
10/30/07	Immune suppression, inflammation, and tumor progression	Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Professor of Biochemistry University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)	Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D.
11/06/07	Unraveling the mechanisms of human papillomavirus-mediated cancer	Paul Lambert, Ph.D. Professor of Oncology McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research University of Wisconsin-Madison	Louis Mansky, Ph.D.
11/13/07	SWI/SNF and the androgen axis: Implications for prostate cancer	Karen Knudsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Cincinnati Cancer Center	Haojie Huang, Ph.D.
11/20/07	Promoting cervical health on the Apsa'alooke reservation: A community-based participatory research project	Susanne Christopher, Ph.D. Professor, Community Health Montana State University, Bozeman and Eleanor Pretty On Top Board Member Messengers for Health	Jean Forster, Ph.D., M.P.H.
11/27/07	Cellular control of Rb/E2F induced proliferation and apoptosis in cancer	Timothy C. Hallstrom, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Hematology/Oncology/ Blood & Marrow Transplantation University of Minnesota
12/04/07	Circulating and resident endothelial colony forming cells	Mervin C. Yoder, Jr., M.D. Richard and Pauline Klingler Professor Department of Pediatrics Indiana University School of Medicine	Bruce Blazar, M.D.
12/11/07	No seminar - ASH meeting
12/18/07	Modeling pancreatic tumorigenesis in the mouse	Brian Lewis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Program in Gene Function and Expression Program in Molecular Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester	Ashok Saluja. Ph.D.
12/25/07	No seminar - holiday
01/01/08	No seminar - holiday
01/08/08	Molecular magnesium for bone metastasis	Katherine Weilbaecher, M.D. Assistant Professor Division of Hematology and Oncology Washington University School of Medicine	Denis Clohisy, M.D.
01/15/08	Activating genes with RNA	Bethany Janowski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas	Carol Lange, Ph.D.
01/22/08	MUC4 mucin: diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer	Surinder Batra, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Graduate Studies Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology College of Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center	Ashok K. Saluja, Ph.D.
01/29/08	My dog, your cancer: One more reason dog is man's best friend	Jaime Modiano, V.M.D., Ph.D. Professor Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine University of Minnesota
02/05/08	Polyamines as strong biological modifiers that promote tumorigenesis	Susan Gilmour, Ph.D. Professor Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Wynnewood PA	Christopher Pennell, Ph.D. and Khalil Ahmed, Ph.D.
02/12/08	Heat-shock protein 70 and pancreatic cancer	Ashok Saluja, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Surgery University of Minnesota
02/19/08	Mechanisms of tumor suppression by ARF	Dawn E. Quelle, Ph.D. Associate Professor Carver College of Medicine and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Department of Pharmacology University of Iowa	David Potter, M.D., Ph.D.
02/26/08	Exploiting gene editing, transcriptional and microRNA-mediated regulation, and homing of hematopoietic lineages for targeting gene therapy in cancer and genetic diseases	Luigi Naldini, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Laboratory for Gene Transfer and Therapy University of Torino Medical School	Bruce Blazar, M.D.
03/04/08	RASSF1A, a tumor suppressor protein bridging inflammation and cancer	Shairaz Baksh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Adjunct Assistant Professor Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada	Jaime Modiano, Ph.D.
03/11/08	Skin cancers: rising incidence rates, tanning lamps and sex steroids	Margaret Rita Karagas, Ph.D. Professor of Community and Family Medicine Dartmouth Medical School	Bernard Harlow, Ph.D.
03/18/08	HMGB1 mediates endogenous TLR2 activation and brain tumor regression: implications for clinical trials	Maria G. Castro, Ph.D. Co-Director Gene Therapeutics Research Institute Cedars Sinai Medical Center Professor of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles	John Ohlfest, Ph.D.
03/25/08	Surface-engineered nanoparticles for tumor targeted drug delivery and imaging	Jayanth Panyam, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutics College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota
04/01/08	Pancreatic cancer stem cells: Implications for treating pancreatic cancer	Diane Simeone, M.D., Division Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Professor of Surgery, Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Associate Chair of Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Ashok Saluja, Ph.D.
04/08/08	Epithelial-stromal cell interactions in the tumor microenvironment	Anil K. Rustgi, M.D. Chief of Gastroenterology Department of Medicine T. Grier Miller Professor of Medicine and Genetics University of Pennsylvania	Ashok K. Saluja, Ph.D.
04/15/08	No seminar due to AACR Annual Meeting
04/22/08	Gene therapy for cancer	Savio Lau-Ching Woo, Ph.D. Professor and founding Director Institute for Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Masato Yamamoto, Ph.D.
04/29/08	miRNA biogenesis and function in mammalian cells	Yan Zeng Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Minnesota	Xianzheng Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
05/06/08	Adhesive regulation during cell migration and invasion	Anna Huttenlocher, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics and Pharmacology University of Wisconsin	Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D.
05/13/08	Therapeutic resistance of breast cancer tumor-initiating cells	Jeffrey Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Bell Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine	Kaylee Schwertfeger, Ph.D.
05/20/08	Smoking, adverse sequelae on treatment outcome, and a model for smoking cessation treatment in the oncology setting	Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Behavioral Science Olla S. Stribling Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Dorothy Hatsukami, Ph.D.
05/27/08	Alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: Different cell or origin, similar therapeutic target	Charles Keller, M.D. Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	David Largaespada, Ph.D.
06/10/08	Translational control of cancer	Nahum Sonenberg, Ph.D. James McGill Professor Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Centre Montreal	Vitaly Polunovsky, Ph.D.
07/15/08	Pancreatic cancer 2008: advances and challenges	Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. Associate Professor of Pathology and Oncology The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Ashok K. Saluja, Ph.D.

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