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The Cancer Biology Seminar Series

This weekly seminar series features lectures by local, national, and international cancer researchers invited by the Department of Cancer Biology. All seminars will be held in person (unless otherwise noted) from Noon to 1:00 pm (EST) in the Rievesch l Auditorium (VONTZ 1100) at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.

Refer to the schedule below. For more information, please contact Aimee Bollmer at aimee.bollmer@uc.edu.

1/15	Moderator: Dave Plas Special Seminar Children’s medical Center, UT Southwestern "Purine Metabolism at the Crossroads of Metabolic Plasticity and Cancer Vulnerability"
1/22	Moderators: Makenzie Fourman & Griffin Chadwick Sam Zumwalde, CCB PhD Student Amanda Wasylishen Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology "Dissecting the Daxx/Atrx/H3.3 Epigenetic Regulatory Complex" Levi Fox, CCB PhD Student Susan Waltz Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology "The RON receptor tyrosine kinase drives aggressive mammary tumorigenesis through TREX1 mediated IFN-I suppression"
1/29	Moderator: Dave Plas Lijuan Sun, PhD Special Seminar Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine "Modulating Microenvironment Plasticity to Control Tumor Progression"
2/5	Moderators: Angelle Jones & Elizabeth Shockney Megan Bones, CCB PhD Student Linde Miles Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology "Dissecting co-mutational synergies on clonal fitness in acute myeloid leukemia" Sara Alharbi, CCB PhD Student Tim Le Cras Lab, CCHMC Div. of Pulmonary Biology "MEK Inhibition Reduces Vascular Malformations and Gene Dysregulation in NRASQ61R Human Endothelial Cells"
2/12	Moderators: Charlie Nims & Toni Olkey Lindsay Bischoff, CCB PhD Student Elisa Boscolo Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology “In-vivo investigation of the mechanisms driving venous malformation downstream of mutant TIE2 “ Julie Fisher, CCB PhD Student Tim Chlon Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology “Structure-function analysis of DDX41’s role in hematopoiesis”
2/19	Moderators: Devyani Sharma & Logan Schneider Haley Todd, CCB PhD Student Andrew Waters Lab, UC Department of Surgery Oncology "Determining the role of MRAS in driving resistance to KRASi in PDAC" Kate Von Handorf, CCB PhD Student Dave Plas Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology “Tumor microenvironment-conscious kinase targeting and stress responses in glioblastoma”
2/26	Moderators: Megan Bones & Vidushi Trivedi Shreya Shyamsunder, CCB PhD Student Vinita Takiar Lab, Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Health "Valproic Acid Enhances the Therapeutic Efficacy of Ionizing Radiation in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma" Jacob Kurek, CCB PhD Student Andrew Volk Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology "Chromatin assembly defects drive erythropoietic dysplasia"
3/5	Moderators: Grant Hagedorn & Lindsay Bischoff Annual William J. Larsen Distinguished Lecture Series Edward T. Chouchani, PhD Professor of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Profess of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Blavatinik Institute, Cambridge, MA Seminar Title: TBD
3/12	Moderators: Julie Fisher & Isaac Choi Taylor Lange, CCB PhD Student, Cardell Fellow Susanne Wells Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology "Integrative multi-omics reveals HPV-driven ganglioside metabolism as a candidate for drug repurposing"
3/26	Moderators: Kate Von Handorf & Taylor Joseph Joseph Ungvary, CCB PhD Student Tom Seegar Lab, UC Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology "Structural Basis for ADAM17 Activation by the iRhom1 Pseudoprotease" Devyani Sharma, CCB PhD Student Marie-Dominique Filippi Lab, CCHMC Div. of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology "Lipid deregulation impacts HSC functions during aging"
4/2	Moderators: Tanner Wherley & Hailey Faulkner Dr. Mara Sherman Host: Seminar Committee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Seminar Title: TBD
4/9	Moderators: Joe Ungvary & Grace Goodhart Dr. Donita Brady Host: Seminar Committee University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Seminar Title: TBD
4/16	Moderators: Xiaoqin Zhu & Bibek Karki Dr. Gerta Hoxhaj Host: Seminar Committee Assistant Professor, Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas Seminar Title: TBD
4/23	Moderators: Camille Stevenson & Zhixin Lu Dr. Wen-Xing Ding Host: Dr. Chunying Du, UC Department of Cancer Biology William Warner Abercrombie Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS “Autophagy in liver diseases: too much is as bad as too little”