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Cancer Center Seminar Series 2005-2006
DATE |
TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
HOST |
09/13/05 |
Notch signaling in leukemia: New insights |
Jon C. Aster, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pathology Harvard Medical School Hematopathology Training Program Brigham and Women's Hospital Director, Hematopathology Core DanaFarber/Harvard Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Tucker LeBien |
09/20/05 |
Cancer genetic screens using the Sleeping Beauty transposon |
David A. Largaespada, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development Program Leader Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program University of Minnesota Cancer Center |
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Soonmyung Paik, M.D. Director, Pathology Section National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project |
Doug Yee |
10/04/05 |
Identification of a novel small-molecule inhibitor for the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) pathway |
Chalet Tan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota-Duluth |
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10/11/05 |
Causes of childhood cancer: Where to next? |
Julie Ross, Ph.D. Professor and Director Division of Pediatric Epidemiology & Clinical Research Department of Pediatrics Associate Director University of Minnesota Cancer Center |
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10/18/05 |
A multi pronged approach to cancer immunotherapy using mRNA transfected dendritic cells |
Eli Gilboa, Ph.D. Professor and Director Center for Genetic and Cellular Therapies Department of Surgery Duke University Medical Center |
Wei Chen |
10/25/05 |
Retroviral insertional mutagenesis
insights into human and mouse hematopoietic disease
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Neal Copeland, Ph.D. Head, Molecular Genetics of Oncogenesis Section Mouse Cancer Genetics Program National Cancer Institute Frederick, MD |
Rachel Saplis/MICaB |
11/01/05 |
HSP90-directed therapy: Attack on a chaperone |
Charles Erlichman, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.C. Chair, Department of Oncology
Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center |
John Kersey |
11/08/05 |
IDO, tolerance and regulatory T cells |
David Munn, M.D. Professor Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Medical College of Georgia |
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11/15/05 |
The role of the AML1/CBF beta transcription factor complex in normal hematopoieisis |
James R. Downing, M.D. Scientific Director Chairman, Department of Pathology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN |
Dan Kaufman |
11/22/05 |
Telomerase inhibition and osseous androgen-independent prostate cancer |
Kenneth Koeneman, M.D. Dougherty Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology
Director, Center for Prostate Cancer Department of Urology
University of Minnesota |
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11/29/05 |
How do T cells activate integrins? |
Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D. Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Program Leader Cancer Center Immunology Program University of Minnesota |
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12/06/05 |
A genetic approach to unraveling diabetes
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Jennifer Hall, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Lillihei Heart Institute University of Minnesota |
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12/13/05 |
NO SEMINAR DUE TO ASH MEETING |
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12/20/05 |
Regulation of breast cell differentiation and gene expression by mechanical signaling from collagen matrices
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Patricia J. Keely, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Yoji Shimizu |
12/27/05 |
SEMINAR CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAYS |
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| 01/03/06 | SEMINAR CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAYS | ||
01/10/06 |
Cell and molecular biology of HIV and HTLV: implications for cancer etiology, therapeutics and prevention |
Louis M. Mansky, Ph.D. Associate Professor Departments of Microbiology and Oral Sciences Director Institute for Molecular Virology University of Minnesota |
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01/17/06 |
Targeting of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase in cancer |
Jason Chesney, MD., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology James Graham Brown Cancer Center University of Louisville
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Alex Lange |
01/24/06 |
Convergence of the catenin p120ctn and the transcription factor Kaiso on target genes of the Wnt/Beta-catenin/TCF pathway
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Juliet M. Daniel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
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Jen Westendorf |
01/31/06 |
Breast cancer in Asian Americans |
Anna H. Wu, Ph.D. Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California |
Mimi Yu |
02/07/06 |
Development of profiles for lung cancer diagnosis and prognosis |
David G. Beer, Ph.D. Professor Department of Surgery, Thoracic Section Department of Radiation Oncology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI |
Robert Kratzke |
02/14/06 |
Mechanisms of peptide/MHC class I presentation pathway |
Nilabh Shastri, Ph.D. Professor of Immunology Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California-Berkeley |
S. Ramakrishnan |
02/21/06 |
Oncolytic viruses: Turning one human enemy against the other! |
Faris Farassati, Ph.D., PharmD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine - Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation University of Minnesota |
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02/28/06 |
The hematopoietic microenvironment in health and disease |
Russell S. Taichman D.M.D., D.M.Sc. Associate Professor Department of Periodontics/Prevention/Geriatrics University of Michigan School of Dentistry Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Raj Gopalakrishnan |
03/07/06 |
Translational development of novel therapies for malignant brain tumors
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John Ohlfest, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Director, Translational Gene Therapy Program
Director, Gene and Stem Cell Core Facility
Department of Neurosurgery University of Minnesota |
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03/14/06 |
The molecular basis of reovirus oncolysis |
Patrick Lee, Ph.D. Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Cameron Chair in Cancer Research Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Faris Farassati |
03/21/06 |
Gene expression programs of development and cancer: Connections and
disconnections in prostate carcinogenesis
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Peter Nelson, M.D. Division of Human Biology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA |
Paul Marker |
03/28/06 |
Determinant of sex hormones linked to prostate cancer in Black and white men: Results of the CARDIA male hormone study |
Susan M. Gapstur, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University
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Julie Ross |
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NO SEMINAR DUE TO AACR ANNUAL MEETING |
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04/11/06 |
Role of cell death in modulating tumorigenesis and chemotherapy
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Eileen White, Ph.D. Professor Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Rutgers University Associate Director for Basic Science, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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Ameeta Kelekar |
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Update of Gene Based Vaccines in NSCLC |
John Nemunaitis, M.D . Executive Director of the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
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Scott McIvor |
04/25/06 |
The
transcription factor ZEB1 in uterine cancers
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Jennifer Richer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences Center |
Carol Lange |
05/02/06 |
Genes, vaccines, and immune checkpoints: How the molecular revolution is
changing tumor immunology and immunotherapy
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Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D. Professor of Oncology, Immunology, and Cell and Molecular Medicine The Dana and Albert Broccoli Professor of Oncology The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University
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Xianzheng Zhou |
05/09/06 |
Women’s hormones: Breast cancer growth and metastasis |
Kathryn B. Horwitz, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor University of Colorado Health Sciences Center |
Carol Lange |
05/16/06 |
Role of Myeloid Translocation Gene family
members in acute leukemia and stem cell functions
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Scott Hiebert, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry Vanderbilt University
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Jennifer Westendorf |
05/23/06 |
Lifestyle influence on breast cancer risk and recurrence
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Rowan T. Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chief, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
Alice Shapiro Co-Sponsored by the Minnesota Obesity Center |