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Seminars

Cancer Pharmacology Seminars

Cancer Pharmacology Seminar Series Fall 2004
All seminars are held on Mondays from 12:00-1:00pm in Reunion Hall of the John Morgan Building. These seminars are then followed by a luncheon meeting of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with the guest speaker.

Date Speaker Institution Seminar Title
1-Nov-04 Eric Brown, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania The role of ATR in maintaining genome Integrity and preventing aging
8-Nov-04 Steven Hecht, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Cancer Center Tobacco carcinogens, their biomarkers, and tobacco-induced cancer
15-Nov-04 Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center PAK signaling in cancer cells
22-Nov-04 Alan Frazer, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center The onset of antidepressant action: Clinical and Pre-clinical studies
29-Nov-04 George Yancopoulos, Ph.D. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc Discovery research leading to therapeutic candidates in cancer and angiogenesis, inflammation, obesity, and diabetes
6-Dec-04 Richard Goodman, Ph.D. Vollum Institute Oregon H & S University Defining the CREB regulon: a genome-wide analysis of transcription factor regulatory regions
13-Dec-04 Holly Ingram, Ph.D. University of California , San Francisco Orphan nuclear receptors: Target of nuclear phospholipid signaling and sumo-conjugation

Cancer Pharmacology Seminar Series Spring 2005
All seminars are held on Mondays from 12:00-1:00pm in Reunion Hall of the John Morgan Building. These seminars are then followed by a luncheon meeting of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with the guest speaker.

Date Speaker Institution Seminar Title
24-Jan-05 Edna Cukierman, PhD Fox Chase Cancer Center 3D-Adhesions; Signaling during Stromagenesis
31-Jan-05 Celeste Simon, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine HIFs, hypoxia, and tumor progression
7-Feb-05 Steven Farber, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University Lipomics and genomics in zebrafish: Visualizing lipid metabolism in vivo
21-Feb-05 Douglas DeSimone, Ph.D. University of Virginia Adhesion-Dependent Signaling and the Regulation of Morphogenesis
7-Mar-05 Mary Reyland, Ph.D. University of Colorado Health Science Center PKC delta and apoptosis: lessons from in vitro and in vivo models
14-Mar-05 AInin AmOua1, M.D. Harvard Medical School Integrin Structure
21-Mar-05 Ueli Schibler, Ph.D. Universite of Geneve The daily rhythms of genes, cells, and organs
28-Mar-05 Michael Bouvier, Ph.D Universite de Montreal Monitoring the oligomeric assemblies of G protein-coupled receptor sigIlalling complexes in living cells cells
8-Apr-05 Carlo Patrono, M.D. Fondazione Universita G. d'Annunzio Low-Dose Aspirin, Traditional NSAIDs and Coxibs: Interpreting the Clinical Read-Outs of a Continuous Variable
11-Apr-05 Thomas Kensler, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Keapl-Nrf2 signaling as a target for cancer chemoprevention
25-Apr-05 Walter Kolch, Ph.D. University of Glasgow Raf signalling -more than just kinases

Research in Progress Meeting

Cancer Pharmacology Research in Progress Meetings take place every other Friday of the month at 4:00pm in Room M100, John Morgan Building. (November and December are an exception because of the holidays.)

All students and post docs are encouraged to attend these meetings.

Cancer Pharmacology Research in Progress Meetings Spring 2005

Fridays 4:00-5:00pm M100 John Morgan Bldg.

Date Presenter Title
21-Jan-05

Irwin Lucki, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania

Treating depression through the stress-time continuum

28-Jan-05 to
04-Mar-05

Graduate Recruiting No Seminars

04-Mar-05 to
14-Mar-05

Spring Break No Seminars
18-Mar-05

Lawrence (Skip) Brass, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine (Hen-Onc) & Pharmacology

University of Pennsylvania
The essentials of platelet biology: sticking together when it really counts.
25-Mar-05 Good Friday No Seminar
01-Apr-05

Joseph Jarrett, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics

University of Pennsylvania
Biotin biosynthesis in bacteria: structures, mechanisms, and possible interventions
08-Apr-05 Carlo Patrono, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Dir., MURST Center of Excellence on Aging
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Low-dose aspirin, traditional NSAIDs and coxibs: Interpreting the clinical read-outs of a continuous variable.
15-Apr-05

Charles S. Abrams, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hem-Onc)
University of Pennsylvania

Phospholipid kinases and the membrane cytoskeleton.
22-Apr-05

Wafik El-Deiry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hem/Onc), Genetics, & Pharmacology

Imaging tumor progression and therapeutic response
29-Apr-05

A. Steve Whitehead, D. Phil.
Professor of Pharmacology

Folate, homocysteine, inflammation and the etiology of major pathologies
06-May-05

Gary S. Aston-Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania

Brain mechanisms of addiction & drug-seeking during protracted withdrawal: Roles for old and new neurotransmitters
13-May-05

Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., PhD.
Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics
University of Pennsylvania

Genetics of bipolar disorder
20-May-05

Hank F. Kung, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology & Pharmacology

Development of new imaging agents to study brain function
3-June-05

Ian A. Blair, Ph.D.
A. N. Richards Professor of Pharmacology

Cancer and Vitamin C