Cancer Biology Pathway
Introduction
The Cancer Biology Pathway program is designed to train pre- and postdoctoral students in interdisciplinary research relevant to cancer biology. The goal of the program is to provide basic scientists an in depth training in diverse aspects of basic, translational, and clinical cancer research. During the two year program, trainees take part in an a didactic course in Molecular Oncology each spring semester.
Schedule (unless otherwise noted)
Tuesdays 12:00-1:30 PM
11th Floor Mid-Campus Center, Main Conference Room
2017-2018 Academic Year
| Date | Speaker | Title | |
| Dec 1, 2017 Fri, 1:30 PM |
Sid Devarakonda | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Biology & Genetics of Cells & Organisms, Nature of Cancer (Weinberg, Chapters 1, 2) |
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| Dec 14, 2017 Thursday 11th Floor MCC North |
Francesca Ferraro | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Growth Factors, Cytoplasmic Signaling (Weinberg, Chapters 5, 6) |
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| Dec 15, 2017 Fri, 1:30 PM |
Matt Christopher | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Cell Immortalization & Tumorigenesis, Genomic Integrity (Weinberg, Chapters 10, 12) |
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| Dec 22, 2017 Fri, 1:30 PM |
Patrick Grierson | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Multi-Step Tumorigenesis, Heterotypic Interactions & Biology of Angiogenesis (Weinberg, Chapters 11, 13) |
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| Jan 11, 2018 Thursday 11th Floor MCC North |
Terrence Wong | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Tumor Suppressor Genes, p53 and Apoptosis (Weinberg, Chapters 7, 9) |
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| Jan 12, 2018 Fri, 1:30 PM 11th Floor MCC North |
Tanner Johanns | Cancer Biology Prep Workshop Invasion & Metastasis, Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy (Weinberg, Chapters 14, 15) |
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| Jan 16, 2018 | Lee Ratner | Introduction | |
| Jan 23, 2018 11th Floor MCC North |
Jason Weber | Cell Cycle Inhibitors | |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Jason Held | Cancer Redox Biology | |
| Feb 6, 2018 | Neha Mehta-Shah | T Cell Lymphoma Biology | |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Cynthia Ma | PI3K/AKT | |
| Feb 20, 2018 | Alessandro Vindigni | Replication Stress | |
| Feb 27, 2018 | 1st and 2nd Year Trainees | ||
| Mar 6, 2018 | Sheila Stewart | Microenvironment and Cancer | |
| Mar 13, 2018 | Charles Kaufman | Zebrafish as a Model for Cancer | |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Milan Chheda | Cancer Stem Cells | |
| Mar 27, 2018 11th Floor MCC North |
Lee Ratner | Viral Oncology | |
| Apr 3, 2018 | Julie Schwarz | HPV and Cervical Cancer | |
| Apr 10, 2018 | Li Ding (tentative) | Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer | |
| Apr 17, 2018 TBD |
Student Invited Speaker | ||
| Apr 24, 2018 TBD |
Student Invited Speaker |
