Distinguished Lecture Series

12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Center Auditorium
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497

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Distinguished Lecture Series 2013-2014

12:00 pm
Center Auditorium

September 26
Philip Cole, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Topic:Chemical and biochemical approaches in the study of signal transduction, circadian rhythm, and gene regulation

November 7
Carol Prives, PhD
Columbia University
Topic:The p53 tumor suppressor – regulatory circuits that control its activity and the mechanism by which it affects transcription of its target genes

November 14
Andre Nussenzweig, PhD
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Genome Integrity
Topic:Systems that monitor and repair DNA double strand breaks during normal DNA replication, in response to chemotherapeutics, and in other biological contexts

November 21
Jill Siegfried, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Topic:The role of growth factors and hormones in the development and growth of human lung cancer, with emphasis on translation to the clinic

January 9, 2014
Titia de Lange, PhD
The Rockefeller University
Topic:The chromosome end problem – mechanisms for protection and maintenance of mammalian telomeres

March 13
Michael Gottesman, MD
Center for Cancer Research, Laboratory of Cell Biology
Topic:Ascertaining the clinical relevance of in vitro studies of drug resistance and elucidating other mechanisms of multidrug resistance in cancer cells

April 3
Drew Pardoll, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Topic:Understanding of basic immunological mechanisms in cancer, to support creation of cancer vaccines and advanced cancer immunotherapies

May 8
Karen Anderson, PhD
Yale University
Topic:Protein kinase signaling and kinase-targeted therapeutics;novel therapies for retroviruses and HIV-opportunistic pathogens linked to cancer

Date TBD
Joshua Rabinowitz, MD, PhD
Princeton University
Topic:Towards a quantitative and comprehensive understanding of cellular metabolism and its dysregulation in cancer

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