CAMB 512 Cancer Genetics and Biology
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Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko
Costas Koumenis
Carlo Maley
The course will involve lectures and readings of important papers on cancer genetics, cancer cell growth, metastasis, angiogenesis, and experimental therapeutics.
Mondays/Thursdays: 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
801 BRB
Mon Jan 8 |
Introductory remarks |
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko |
Thu Jan 11 |
Discovery of Oncogene and Tumor Suppressors |
Fred Barr/Costas Koumenis |
Mon Jan 15 |
NO CLASS - MLK DAY |
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Thu Jan 18 |
Telomeres and senescence |
Brad Johnson |
Mon Jan 22 |
Tumor suppressors: p53/Rb pathways |
Joe Kissil |
Thu Jan 25 |
DNA repair and caretaker tumor suppressors |
John Lynch |
Mon Jan 29 |
Tumor cells apoptosis |
Craig Thompson |
Thu Feb 1 |
Tumor cell cycle |
Alan Diehl |
Mon Feb 5 |
CELL-AUTONOMOUS MECHANISMS |
JC |
Mon Jan 8 |
Introductory remarks |
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko |
Thu Feb 8 |
CELL-AUTONOMOUS MECHANISMS |
JC |
Mon Feb 12 |
Evolution in Cancer |
Carlo Maley |
Thu Feb 15 |
Tumor angiogenesis |
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko |
Mon Feb 19 |
Inflammation and Cancer |
Ellen Pure |
Thu Feb 22 |
Tumor Hypoxia |
Costas Koumenis |
Mon Feb 26 |
Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment |
Meenhard Herlyn |
Thu Mar 1 |
NON-CELL-AUTONOMOUS MECHANISMS |
JC |
Mon Mar 5 |
Mid-term exam |
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Thu Mar 8 |
Pancreatic cancer: from mouse to human |
Anil Rustgi |
Mon Mar 12 |
Heme malignancies/Cancer stem cells |
Warren Pear/Martin Carroll |
Thu Mar 15 |
Pediatric cancers |
Garrett Broeder |
Mon Mar 19 |
Viruses and Cancer |
Susan Ross |
Thu Mar 22 |
NON-CELL-AUTONOMOUS MECHANISMS |
JC |
Mon Mar 26 |
ORGAN SYSTEMS |
JC |
Thu Mar 29 |
ORGAN SYSTEMS |
JC |
Mon Apr 2 |
Intro to Clinical Oncology |
Beth Furth |
Thu Apr 5 |
Protein kinase inhibitors as cancer therapeutics |
Keith Flaherty |
Mon Apr 9 |
Radiation therapy |
Gary Kao |
Thu Apr 12 |
Immunotherapy of cancer |
Carl June |
Mon Apr 16 |
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES |
JC |
Thu Apr 19 |
THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES |
JC |
Mon Apr 23 |
Final exam |
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