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Cancer Biology Research Club 2003-2004

Date Presenter
September 5, 2003 Germline and somatic cell transposon mutagenesis of the mouse using Sleeping Beauty Corey Carlson Largaespada Lab
September 12, 2003 Hoxa9 Influences The Phenotype But Not The Incidence of Mll-fusion Gene Leukemia Ashish Kumar Kersey Lab
September 19, 2003 Regulation of B Cell Lineage Commitment by Raf and STAT5 Chris Goetz Farrar Lab
September 26, 2003 The Ins and Outs of Wnt Signaling in Development and Cancer Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
October 3, 2003 Characterization of Protein Kinase D Function in T cells Richardo de Medeiros Shimizu Lab

October 10, 2003 Characterization of HS7, a novel gene located near the breakpoint in 7;12-associated pediatric AML

Heidi Simmons Conklin Lab

October 17, 2003 "Functional consequences of cytoplasmic signaling through the progesterone receptor in human breast cancer cells"

Andy Skildum, Ph.D. Lange Lab

October 24, 2003 Yee Lab
October 31, 2003 No Meeting

November 7, 2003

"The Polycomb Group Protein Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) is required for Myeloma Cell Growth"

Paula Croonquist Van Ness Lab

November 14, 2003

"Tumor Immunotherapy"

Julie Curtsinger, Ph.D., Research Associate

Mescher Lab

November 21, 2003

"Defining the Role of Spheroids in Ovarian Carcinoma Dissemination"

Kathryn Burleson, Ph.D.

Skubitz Lab

November 28, 2003 No Meeting

December 5, 2003

"Biological and molecular studies of BCOR , a novel co-repressor for the onco-protein, BCL-6"
Micah Gearhart Bardwell Lab

December 12, 2003

The Control of Cellular Translation During Reovirus Infection
Jen Smith Schiff Lab

December 19, 2003

Transposons and other integrating vectors: usefulness and risk

Scott McIvor, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Director, Gene Therapy Program, Institute of Human Genetics
December 26, 2003 No meeting
January 2, 2004 No meeting

January 9, 2004

Identification and characterization of novel factors that regulate hematopoietic stem cell fate
Craig Eckfeldt Verfaillie Lab

January 16, 2004

Production of Recombinant Antibody Fragments and Immunotoxins in E. Coli
Dr. Hua Chen

Vallera Lab

January 23, 2004

Phosphorylation of Caspase-9 by the survival kinase CK2 regulates its processing and activity

Maureen A. McDonnell, Ph.D.

Kelekar Lab

January 30, 2004

Designed angiostatic peptide anginex as an adjuvant to tumor radiotherapy

Ruud Dings, Ph.D. Mayo Lab

February 6, 2004

The perils and promise of mouse somatic mutagenesis

Lara Collier Largaespada Lab

February 13, 2004

MICaB Recruitment Seminar

2-530 Moos Tower

Transcriptional Activation of the Bordetella Ferric Enterobactin Transport System

Mark Anderson

February 20, 2004

MICaB Recruitment Seminar

2-530 Moos Tower

Effects of Glycerol Monolaurate on Growth and Toxin Production by Bacillus Anthracis

Sara Vetter

February 27, 2004

Stat signaling during T cell
activation

James Moon, Ph.D.

Jenkins Lab

March 5, 2004

Development and testing of anti-cancer Sleeping Beauty transposons for localized tumors and use in metastasis suppression

John Ohlfest Largasepada Lab

March 12, 2004

How does Heat Shock Protein 70 Function as an Immune Adjuvant?

Chris Pennell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology

March 19, 2004

GRB2 Targeting by the Tumor Suppressor p27Kip1 is Delayed In Breast Cancer Cells

Stephanie Moeller

Sheaff Lab

March 26, 2004

Antiangiogenic gene therapy for cancer

Indira V. Subramanian Research Associate

Ramakrishnan Lab

April 2, 2004

Hyaluronic acid in prostate carcinoma adhesion, growth and metastasis

Michael Beck, Ph.D. McCarthy Lab

April 9, 2004

"Deadly Coral Makes Good"
Deregulation of protein kinase cascades in carcinogenesis: A novel tumor promoter reveals how Ras resets the stage.

Betsy Wattenberg, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Division of Environmental Health Sciences

April 16, 2004

Melanoma chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan enhances focal adhesion kinase and ERK activation by distinct mechanisms

Jianbo Yang McCarthy Lab

April 23, 2004

Runx factors, HDACs and the reprogramming gene expression to promote cell differentiation

Jennifer Westendorf, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

April 30, 2004

Influences of IL-7R expression and homeostatic proliferation on CD8+ T cell memory
Sara Hamilton, Ph.D.  Jameson Lab
May 7, 2004 Meeting canceled

May 14, 2004

Novel functions of the adenomatous polyposic coli tumor suppressor protein

Caroline Hansen Miller Lab

May 21, 2004

The androgen-regulated ZEB-1 gene in reproductive cancer progression

Bynthia Anose Sanders Lab

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