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. |
Treating depression through the stress-time continuum |
28-Jan-05 to |
Graduate Recruiting | No Seminars |
04-Mar-05 to |
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. |
Phospholipid kinases and the membrane cytoskeleton. |
| 22-Apr-05 | Wafik El-Deiry, Ph.D. |
Imaging tumor progression and therapeutic response |
| 29-Apr-05 | A. Steve Whitehead, D. Phil. |
Folate, homocysteine, inflammation and the etiology of major pathologies |
| 06-May-05 | Gary S. Aston-Jones, Ph.D. |
Brain mechanisms of addiction & drug-seeking during protracted withdrawal: Roles for old and new neurotransmitters |
| 13-May-05 | Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., PhD. |
Genetics of bipolar disorder |
| 20-May-05 | Hank F. Kung, Ph.D. |
Development of new imaging agents to study brain function |
| 3-June-05 | Ian A. Blair, Ph.D. |
Cancer and Vitamin C |