Distinguished Lecture Series

Thursday Series Lectures

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

Free parking - Visitors may park in the West Building garage and enter by the West Building Outpatient Department entrance. The main entrance for the parking garage is from Cottman Ave between Central Ave and Church Rd.

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Distinguished Lecture Series 2009-2010

September 10
Dr. Jennifer R. Grandis
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Topic: Intelligent Targeting Approaches for Head & Neck Cancer

October 22
Dr. Harald von Boehmer
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Topic: Molecular Pathways in Alfa Beta Lineage Commitment and Thymic Lymphoma

November 5
Dr. Mark A. Lemmon
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Topic: Activation and Inhibition of EGF Receptor Family Members

November 12
Dr. Mina J. Bissell
University of California-Berkeley
Topic: Genes and Microenvironment: The Two Faces of Breast Cancer

December 3
Dr. Adolfo Garciá-Sastre
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Topic: Evasion of Type I Interferon Responses by RNA Viruses

December 10
Dr. Pamela J. Green
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Topic: Genomic Analysis of miRNAs and Target RNAs

January 7
Dr. Michael Green
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Topic: Studying Cancer Molecular Genetics Using Genome-Wide RNA Interference Screens

January 14
Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Topic: Recognition of Glycolipids by Natural Killer T cells

January 28
Dr. Rima Rozen
McGill University Health Center
Topic: Folate and Tumorigenesis: Impact of Genes and Greens

February 4
Dr. Tom Curran
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Topic: Pediatric Brain Tumors: Mouse Tales

February 11
Dr. K. Dane Wittrup
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: Transport of macromolecular therapeutics to and through tumor tissue: problems and potential solutions

March 4
Dr. Judith Campisi
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Topic: Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons?

March 11
Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
NICHD
Topic: Mitochondrial Role in Cell Cycle Control and Autophagy

March 25
Dr. Vilhelm A. Bohr
National Institute on Aging
Topic: Human Premature Aging Proteins are Involved in DNA Repair

April 1
Dr. Jeffrey Settleman
Harvard Medical School
Topic: Oncogene 'Addiction' and Therapeutic Opportunities in Human Cancer

April 8
Dr. Olivera J. Finn
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Topic: Human Tumor Antigens and Cancer Immunosurveillance

April 22
Dr. Barbara Wakimoto
University of Washington
Topic: On Sperm, Membranes, and Mysteries: A Tale from Drosophila

April 29
Dr. Bill Sugden
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Topic: Epstein-Barr Virus Sustains Its Associated Lymphomas

May 27
Dr. John T. Lis
Cornell University
Topic: New Views of Local and Genome-Wide Transcription Regulation In Vivo

June 3
Dr. James R. Downing
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Topic: The Molecular Pathology of Acute Leukemia

June 10
Dr. Vishva M. Dixit
Genentech, Inc.
Topic: Death Receptors, Ubiquitin Editing & Inflammasome Function

June 17
Dr. Douglas Golenbock
University of Massachusetts-Worcester
Topic: to be announced