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Institute for Cancer Research

Seminars (2012-13)

Coordinator: Rajendra Sharma, Ph.D.

ICR Secretary: Sandra Clapp

 

Location: LIB-110

 

Special Seminar - May 22, 2013 - EAD-406

Noon to 1:00 p.m.

 

            University of North Texas Health Science Center

3500 Camp Bowie Blvd

Fort Worth, TX 76107

Noon to 1:00 p.m.

   

 

 

Date

June 22nd

Name

K.C. Balaji, M.D.

Position & Location

Chief of Urology, W.G. (Bill) Hefner Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salisbury, NC; Professor, Dept. of Urology & Cancer Biology, Member, NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University; Research Faculty, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

 

Title of Seminar

“Generation of Functional Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer”

Itinerary

 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

J.K. Vishwanatha, Ph.D.

 

 

Date

January – No Seminar

 

 

Date

February 6, 2013

Name

Porunelloor Mathew, Ph.D.

Position & Location

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology, UNTHSC, Fort Worth, TX

Title of Seminar

“Novel NK Cell-mediated Immunotherapy for Cancer”


 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

 

 

 

Date

March 6, 2013

Name

Venu Cheriyath, Ph.D.

Position & Location

Assissant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX 

Title of Seminar

“Interferon Stimulated Genes in Breast Cancer: Friend or Foe”

Itinerary

 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

Stephen Mathew, Ph.D. 

 

 

Date

April 3, 2013

Name

Huanbiao Mo, Ph.D.

Position & Location

Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX

Title of Seminar

Tumor-Suppressive Activity of Geranylgeraniol in vitro”

Itinerary

 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

Rajendra Sharma, Ph.D.

 

 

Date

May 1, 2013

Name

Rolf A. Brekken, Ph.D.

Position & Location

Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Angiogenesis Research; Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology; Departments of Surgery & Pharmacology; Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research; UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Title of Seminar

Pathways that drive a metastatic phenotype in cancer: lessons from mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer

Itinerary

 

 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

Rajendra Sharma, Ph.D. 

                                                                                                                                                                 
Date May 22, 2013
Name Riyaz M. Basha, Ph.D.
Position & Location Senior Research Scientist & Assistant Professor, Cancer Research Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando FL
Title of Seminar “Anti-Cancer Activity of Tolfenamic Acid in Pediatric Malignancies: Emphasis on Neuroblastoma”
Itinerary  
Seminar Flyer  
Confirmed By Paul Bowman, M.D. and J.K. Vishwanatha, Ph.D.
   

Date

June 5, 2013

Name

Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D.

Position & Location

Professor, Molecular Biology & Immunology; Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry; UNTHSC, Fort Worth, TX

Title of Seminar

“Cancer Proteomics: Principles, Practices and Promises”

 

 

Seminar Flyer

 

Confirmed By

Rajendra Sharma, Ph.D.

 

   
Date July 3, 2013
Name Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D.
Position & Location Assistant Professor, Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Title of Seminar “Disparities in head & neck cancer survival among patients treated at a multidisciplinary cancer center? A look from multiple angles”
Itinerary  
Seminar Flyer  
Confirmed By Scott Walters, Ph.D. and Rajendra Sharma, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

Date August 7, 2013
Name

Shiv Srivastava, Ph.D.

Position & Location  
Title of Seminar “TBA”
Itinerary  
Seminar Flyer  
Confirmed By

J.K. Vishwanatha, PH.D.

 

 

 


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