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Cancer Biology Research Club 2005-2006

Date Presenter

September 16, 2005

A screen for Mll-AF9 cooperating mutations in leukemogenesis using MLV-based mutagenesis

Rachel Saplis

Largaespada Lab

September 23, 2005

Melanoma Proteoglycan and Tumor Growth

Matt Price

McCarthy Lab

September 30, 2005

The role of the PTAP motif in HTLV-1 Gag targeting and virus release

Susan Ruone

Mansky Lab

October 7, 2005

Genetic and signal transduction analysis of branching morphogenesis in the prostate

Sherry Kuslak

Marker Lab

October 14, 2005

LMI immunotherapy: Murine models and clinical trials

Julie M. Curtsinger, Ph.D.

Mescher Lab

October 21, 2005

Using transcriptome studies to evaluate if cellular senescence contributes to aging"

Ola Larsson Bitterman Lab

October 28, 2005

Impact of Brk signaling on cell growth in breast cancer cell models

Julie Hanson Ostrander, Ph.D.

Lange Lab

November 4, 2005

Histone deacetylases and Runx2 during osteoblast maturation

Eric Jensen, Ph.D.

Westendorf Lab

November 11, 2005

Polycomb group and SCF ubiquitin ligases are found in a BCL6 corepressor complex

Micah Gearhart, Ph.D.

Bardwell Lab

November 18, 2005

IL-7 sensitivity of normal and myc-overexpressing human B lineage cells

Sonja Johnson

LeBien Lab

November 25, 2005 Cancelled (Holiday)

December 2, 2005

A requirement for sustained ERK signaling during thymocyte positive

selection in vivo

Lisa McNeil

Hogquist Lab

December 9, 2005

Cancelled (ASH meeting)

December 16, 2005

Direct binding of endostatin to human ovarian cancer cells inhibits vessel cooption and peritoneal dissemination

Yumi Yokoyama, Ph.D.

Ramakrishnan Lab

December 23, 2005 Cancelled (Holiday)
December 30, 2005 Cancelled (Holiday)

January 6, 2006 Development of lymphocytes with anti-tumor activity from human ES cells

Colin Martin

Kaufman Lab

January 13, 2006

Peripheral deletion of naive autoreactive CD4+ T cells

James Moon

Jenkins Lab

January 20, 2006

Sleeping Beauty-mediated gene therapy for colorectal cancer

Lalitha Belur, Ph.D.

McIvor Lab

January 27, 2006

Searching for biomarkers for ovarian cancer

Amy Skubitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dept. of Lab Medicine & Pathology

February 3, 2006

Genetic and small molecule manipulation of heparan sulfate biosynthesis in zebrafish affects angiogenesis

Scott Selleck, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Harrison Chair
Depts. Of Pediatrics and Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

February 10, 2006

Characterizing IGFBP-1's IGF-independent effects on breast cancer cells

Yasir Ibrahim

Yee Lab

February 17, 2006 Cancelled (MICaB recruiting)
February 23, 2006 Cancelled (MICaB recruiting)

March 3, 2006

PI schizophrenia: Cancer vaccine research and cancer education outreach

Chris Pennell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Dept. of Lab Medicine & Pathology

March 10, 2006 Cancelled
March 17, 2006

Cancelled - University holiday

March 24, 2006

A novel function for ADAP in NF-kB activation downstream of protein kinase C

Ricardo Medeiros, Ph.D.

Shimizu lab

March 31, 2006

Cancelled (AACR meeting)

April 7, 2006

Using the Custom Minnesota SNP Chip to Assess Cancer Risk and Response

Brian Van Ness, Ph.D.

Professor,  Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

April 14, 2006 Cancelled

April 21, 2006

NOM1: a novel nucleolar protein encoded within the chromosome 7q36 breakpoint region targeted in cases of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia.

Kathleen Conklin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

April 28, 2005

G-Protein Coupled Receptors as novel targets for developing cancer therapy

Mariya Farooqui, Ph.D.

Gupta Lab

May 5, 2006

A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Chieko Kyogoku and Jason Bauer

Behrens Lab