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Date |
Presenter Name / Title of Presentation |
Affiliation / Department |
Sponsor |
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Jan. 15 |
Huang-Ge Zhang, Ph.D.
(Faculty Recruit) |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Millipore |
|
"Tumor exosomes induce immune
suppression" |
Associate Professor, Autoimmune Diseases and
Cancer Immunology |
Celia Landers |
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Jan. 22 |
Pomila Singh, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Fisher Scientific |
|
"Role
of annexin-II and progastrin in cancer" |
Professor, Neuroscience &
Cell Biology |
Steve Magrogen |
|
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Jan. 29 |
Kenichi Fujise, M.D. |
UTMB |
Promega |
|
“Characterization of fortilin, a novel anti-apoptotic molecule” |
Professor, Internal Medicine
Director of Cardiology Division |
Rebecca Tarlton-Hoelscher |
|
|
Feb. 5 |
R. Stephen Lloyd,
Ph.D. |
Oregon Health and Science University |
Applied
Biosystems |
|
"Threading a knot through the eye of a needle: replication bypass
of interstrand DNA crosslinks" |
Senior Scientist, Center for Research on Occupational and
Environmental Toxicology; Professor, Molecular & Medical Genetics |
Duff Dean |
|
|
Feb. 12 |
Lisa
Elferink, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Roche |
| |
"Endocytic regulation of cMet, a scatter factor receptor" |
Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology |
Leeanne Watson |
|
|
*Feb. 19 |
Leland W. K. Chung, Ph.D. |
Emory University Medical Center; Atlanta, GA |
Perkin Elmer |
| |
"Reciprocal Tumor-Host Interaction Offers New Opportunities for Cancer Detection and Targeting" |
Professor & Director,
Molecular Urology & Therapeutics Program, Dept. of Urology |
Dawn Woods |
| |
|
Feb. 26 |
Li Yang, Ph.D.
(Faculty Recruit) |
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Nashville, TN |
Millipore |
| |
"TGF-ß: How does it betray
immunity for tumorigenesis" |
Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology |
Celia Landers |
|
|
|
*Mar. 4 |
Alan Hall, Ph.D. |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York,
NY |
Applied
Biosystems |
|
"Rho GTPases and the Control of Cell Polarity" |
Chairman, Cell Biology Program |
Duff Dean |
|
|
Mar. 11 |
James Goodwin, M.D. |
UTMB |
Promega |
|
"Assessing outcomes of cancer
treatments in the community" |
George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Geriatric
Medicine; Director, Sealy Center on Aging |
Rebecca Tarlton-Hoelscher |
|
|
Mar. 18 |
Vicente Resto, M.D., Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Miltenyi
Biotec/Qiagen |
|
"Physiologic modeling of lymphatic
metastasis" |
Director of
Reconstructive Surgery
Assistant Professor,
Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery,
and
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Bruce George/Kendra Kohl-White |
|
|
|
|
Mar. 25 |
Miriam Alter, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Fisher
Scientific |
|
"Prevention of Hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma in
Hispanics" |
Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Professor, Preventive
Medicine and Community Health |
Steve Magrogen |
|
|
|
Apr. 1 |
Wolfgang Obermann Ph.D. |
UTMB |
EMD |
| |
"Heat
shock protein 90, a molecular cancer chaperone" |
Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology |
Donna Fogt |
| |
|
Apr. 8 |
Keping
Xie, M.D. Ph.D. |
MD Anderson |
Applied
Biosystems |
| |
"Targeted inhibition of Sp1 signaling and anti-angiogenesis in
pancreatic cancer" |
Associate Professor, GI-Medical Oncology-Research |
Duff Dean |
|
|
Apr. 15 |
Sushil Sarna, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Millipore |
| |
"Nuclear motors for the transcription of class II genes" |
GRIP Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience & Cell Biology |
Celia Landers |
|
|
Apr. 22 |
Henry Epstein,
M.D. |
UTMB |
Fisher
Scientific |
| |
"Unc-45:From C. elegans to cancer" |
Professor & Chairman, Neuroscience & Cell Biology |
Steve Magrogen |
| |
|
*Apr. 29 |
Eric
Fearon, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Michigan Medical School |
Roche |
| |
"The Molecular Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer" |
Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology,
Professor of Internal Medicine, Pathology & Human Genetics |
Leeanne Watson |
|
|
May 6 |
Navkiran
K. Shokar, M.D., MPH |
UTMB |
Promega |
| |
"Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities" |
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine |
Rebecca Tarlton-Hoelscher |
| |
|
May 13 |
Dekai Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. |
Texas A&M University Health Science Center |
Perkin Elmer |
| |
"Toll-Like Receptors in Infectious and Inflammatory Disease" |
Assistant Professor
Institute of Biosciences and Technology |
Dawn Woods |
|
|
May 20 |
Anna Stwora De Garza |
UTMB |
Fisher
Scientific |
| |
"Effects of site-specific phosphorylation on the structure and functions of the glucocorticoid receptor" |
Graduate Student |
Steve Magrogen |
| |
|
May 27 |
P. Charles Lin, Ph.D. |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
|
| |
"Inflammation, Angiogenesis and Cancer" |
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology and Cell & Development Biology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Chris Marino |
|
|
|
June 3 |
Owen Hamill, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
Roche |
| |
"Are mechanical forces involved in cancer progression?" |
Associate Professor
Neuroscience and Cell Biology |
Leeanne Watson |
|
|
June 10 |
Heidi Weiss, Ph.D. |
UTMB |
EMD |
| |
“Sample Size Applications in Cancer Research: From Bench to Bedside” |
Director of the Biostatistics Chared Resource Facility;
Professor, Dept. of PMCH |
Donna Fogt |
| |
|
June 17 |
Shi-Long Lu, M.D. |
Oregon Health & Science University |
|
| |
"In Vivo Modeling of HNSCC: A Platform for Biomarker Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics" |
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Cancer Research Division
Department of Otolaryngology |
Dawn Woods |
| |
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June 24 |
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