2010 Cancer Biology Pathway

Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
Format: A 60-minute lecture followed by a 30-minute discussion of a research paper chosen by the speaker. Students will be sent a copy of the paper four to five days before the class. The schedule is subject to change.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19
Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
Introduction
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, JAN. 26 
Len Maggi, PhD 
mTor 

TUESDAY, FEB. 2 
Laura Bierut, MD 
Genetics of Lung Cancer Prevention
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, FEB. 9 
Dennis Hallahan, MD 
Radiosensitizers
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, FEB. 16 
Tom Ellenberger, DVM, PhD  
Molecular Logic of DNA Repair
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, FEB. 23
Jim Janetka, PhD
c-Met/Other Kinase Signaling and Inhibitors

TUESDAY, MARCH 2
William Gillanders, MD 
Breast Cancer Vaccine 

TUESDAY, MARCH 9 
Elaine Mardis, PhD 
Genomics of Breast Cancer
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, MARCH 16
Craig Lockhart, MD
Development and Clinical Studies of New Therapeutic Agents for Cancer 

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 
Zhongsheng You, PhD 
ATM, DNA Damage Signaling and Cancer 

TUESDAY, MARCH 30 
Lihong Wang, PhD  
Photoacoustic Imaging
PowerPoint Presentation 

TUESDAY, APRIL 6 
Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD 
microRNAs and Hematologic Malignancies 

TUESDAY, APRIL 13
Jason Mills, MD, PhD
Metaplasia and the Mists of Change: the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Gastric Cancer 

TUESDAY, APRIL 20
David Linehan, MD 
Immune Dysregulation of Pancreatic Cancer

TUESDAY, APRIL 27 
Visiting Speaker: Kenneth Anderson, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute