Cancer Biology Retreat
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University
The bi-annual cancer biology retreats are intended to provide a forum for trainees and faculty trainers to present their ongoing cancer research, facilitate informal interactions between cancer researchers and promote new collaborations, and establish an interface between the proposed training program and faculty colleagues from other units at Cornell University, including Weill Medical College. These goals are accomplished through presentations by distinguished guest speakers, faculty trainers, and supported trainees and planning sessions focused on cancer biology activities at Cornell and collective grant applications, and career development and research issues specifically for trainees. Free online registration prior to deadline, January 7, 2011, is required and total number of participants is limited to 100 people. To register, click here or scroll down below.
| 9- 10 a.m. | Registration and light breakfast | Lobby and Main Conference Room |
| 10-11 a.m. | Introduction: Robert Weiss & Robert Gilmour Faculty Lectures: Scott Coonrod, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baker Institute for Animal Health Potential role for peptidylarginine deiminase enzymes in mammary tumor progression Claudia Fischbach, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Engineering approaches for the study of cancer biology |
Thaw Lecture Hall |
| 11-12 p.m. | Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey E. Green, Transgenic Oncogenesis and Genomics Section Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Our Inner Mouse: applying genetically-engineered mouse models for potential target identification and pre-clinical testing |
Thaw Lecture Hall |
| 12-1 p.m. | Lunch | Lobby and Main Conference Room |
| 1-2 p.m. | Breakout Sessions: Trainee Presentation: Jeff Ecsedy, Department of Oncology at Millenium, The Takeda Oncology Company Development of an Aurora A kinase inhibitor MLN8237 as a case study of translational oncology in industry Faculty planning session |
Thaw Lecture Hall for trainees and West Wing 124 for faculty |
| 2-3 p.m. | Trainee Talks: Xuesen Zhang, Research Associate, Baker Institute for Animal Health: The novel role of histone H3 Arg26 citrullination in mediating the activation of estrogen receptor target genes Hannah Bender, Veterinary Resident, Anatomic Pathology: Evidence for cellular transmission of Devil Facial Tumor Disease Ian Welsh, Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Medicine: Identifying Pitx2 targets mediating the integrated regulation of cellular behavior in the dorsal mesentery Jingwen Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Medicine: Tissue Transglutaminase's Role In Brain Tumor Progression |
Thaw Lecture Hall |
| 3-3:20 p.m. | Coffee break | Lobby and Main Conference Room |
| 3:20-4:20 p.m. | Faculty Lectures Tracy Stokol, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University Tissue factor in canine cancer Xin-Yun Huang, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College Developing fascin inhibitors to block tumor metastasis |
Thaw Lecture Hall |
