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Cancer Center Seminar Series 2006-2007

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER	HOST
09/12/06	Deregulated tumor suppressor function of FOX01 in prostate cancer	Haojie Huang, Ph.D Assistant Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Minnesota
09/19/06	Forward genetic approaches to prostate cancer gene discovery	Paul Marker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota
09/26/06	Defining and manipulating the hematopoietic stem cell niche	David Scadden, M.D. Professor of Medicine Harvard University Co-Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital	Bruce Blazar, M.D.
10/03/06	Choreography of the DNA damage response	Rodney Rothstein, Ph.D. Professor Genetics and Development Columbia University Medical School	Judith Berman, Ph.D.
10/10/06	Protein kinase CK2 signal - A key potential target for cancer therapy	Khalil Ahmed, Ph.D. Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Minnesota Medical School Senior Research Career Scientist and Chief Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry Lab Minneapolis VA Medical Center
10/17/06	Nutrition, epigenetics and disease susceptibility	Randy Jirtle, Ph.D. Professor Department of Radiation Oncology Duke University	Julie Ross, Ph.D.
10/24/06	Oncogenic retroviruses exploit cell-cell signaling conduits, cytonemes, for the purpose of cell-to-cell spread	Walther Mothes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Microbial Pathogenesis Yale School of Medicine	Reuben Harris, Ph.D.
10/31/06	Slit-Robo signaling in tumor growth and metastasis	Jian-Guo Geng, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation University of Minnesota
11/07/06	Targeting transcriptional repression in B-cell lymphomas	Ari Melnick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology The Diane and Arthur B. Belfer Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Vivian Bardwell, Ph.D.
11/14/06	Regulation of breast cancer metastasis by the type I insulin-like growth factor receptor	Deepali Sachdev , Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Minnesota
11/21/06	Molecular basis of cancer and cancer prevention	Zigang Dong, M.D., Dr.Ph Hormel-Knowlton Professor McKnight Presidential Professor in Cancer Prevention The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota	Steve Hecht, Ph.D.
11/28/06	Tumor cell-axon communication in cancer pain	Marna Ericson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology University of Minnesota
12/05/06	Role of transforming growth factor beta in solid tumor metastases to bone	Theresa A. Guise, M.D. Gerald D. Aurbach Professor of Endocrinology Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Professor of Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville	Denis Clohisy, M.D.
12/12/06	No Seminar due to ASH meeting
12/19/06	GI cancer chemoprevention: Separating the wheat from the chaff	Paul J. Limburg, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Cancer Center	Steve Hecht, Ph.D.
12/26/06	No seminar — holiday
01/02/07	No seminar — holiday
01/09/07	Think outside the (homeo)box, the root of ALL Evi1 lies in the stem	Ashish Kumar, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Hematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation University of Minnesota
01/16/07	Cell death signaling and cancer therapeutics	M. Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Pharmacology State University of New York Syracuse	Khalil Ahmed, Ph.D.
01/23/07	Molecular epidemiology of HPV and cervical cancer: The road from etiologic understanding to preventive strategies	Allan Hildesheim, Ph.D. Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute	Mimi Yu, Ph.D.
01/30/07	A new system for studying genome instability and isochromosome formation	Judith Berman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development University of Minnesota
02/06/07	Function of a novel histone acetyltransferase in the regulation of genome stability	Zhiguo Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine	Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, Ph.D.
02/13/07	FGFR-mediated changes in the microenvironment are critical for preneoplastic progression in the mammary gland	Kathryn (Kaylee) L. Schwertfeger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Minnesota
02/20/07	Licensed to cause chaos: Mcm4 and breast cancer	Naoko Shima, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development University of Minnesota
02/27/07	Oncogenes and tumor supressors — the good, the bad and the downright ugly	Gerard Evan, Ph.D., FRS Gerson and Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research Cancer Research Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center	Perry Hackett, Ph.D.
03/06/07	Signaling networks of telomere and stress-induced cellular aging	John M. Sedivy, Ph.D. Herman C. Bumpus Professor of Biology Professor of Medical Science Chair, Departments of Moledular Bioliogy, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Division of Biology and Medicine Brown University	Eric Hendrickson, Ph.D.
03/13/07	Dysregulation of BLyS in B-cell malignancies: Tipping the scales towards survival	Anne Novak, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of Hematology Mayo Clinic	Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D.
03/20/07	Investigation of the cytokine-cancer connection	Michael A. Caligiuri, M.D. The J.L. Marakas Nationwide Insurance Professor and Director The Comprehensive Cancer Center & The Division of Hematology/Oncology Ohio State University	Bruce Blazar, M.D.
03/27/07	New approaches to Sleeping Beauty models of cancer	Adam Dupuy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Iowa	David Largaespada, Ph.D.
04/03/07	Deciphering the complexities of cancer in mouse models	Terry VanDyke, Ph.D. Professor Department of Genetics University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	Paul Marker, Ph.D.
04/10/07	Inflammation, humoral immunty and epithelial cancer development	Lisa Coussens, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cancer Research Institute and Anatomic Pathology University of California-San Francisco Co-Director Mouse Pathology Core Facility UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center	Jim McCarthy, Ph.D.
04/17/07	No seminar due to AACR Annual Meeting
04/24/07	Targeting the plasticity of metastatic tumor cells	Mary J.C. Hendrix, Ph.D. President and Scientific Director Medical Research Institute Council Professor Children's Memorial Research Center Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Jim McCarthy, Ph.D.
05/01/07	Regulation of estrogen responsive genes	Ann M. Nardulli, Ph.D. Professor Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Illinois	Carol Lange, Ph.D.
05/08/07	Molecular heterogeneity and rational treatment targets in large B-cell lymphomas	Margaert A. Shipp, M.D. Director, Lymphoma Program Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center	Tucker LeBien, Ph.D.
05/15/07	Dendritic cells as vectors and targets for immunotherapy	Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator Baylor Institute for Immunology Research Dallas, Texas	Wei Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
05/22/07	An infectious retrovirus susceptible to an interferon antiviral pathway from human prostate tumors	Robert H. Silverman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cancer Biology Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic	Robert Fleischmann, Ph.D.

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