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Location |
Speaker |
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Jan 11 |
LSU |
Martin J. Cannon, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences |
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"Immunotherapy for Ovarian Cancer: Pipedream or Reality?" |
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Jan 18 |
LSU |
Louis M. Weiner, MD, PhD
Vice President, Translational Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center |
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"Cancer Therapy Using Unconjugated Monoclonal Antibodies: Emerging Concepts |
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Jan 25 |
LSU |
James, J. Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
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"Extravasation of Leukocytes from Circulation is Controlled by Gα12 Signaling Events in the Endothelium" |
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Feb 1 |
LSU |
Leland W.K. Chung, PhD
Professor & Director
Molecular Urology & Therapeutics
Department of Urology
Emory University School of Medicine |
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"The Biology and Targeting of Osteomimicry: Relevance to Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis" |
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Feb 15 |
LSU |
Stephen P. Schoenberger, PhD
Associate Member, Laboratory
of Cellular Immunology
La Jolla Inst. of Allergy & Immunology |
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"Programming of CD8+ T cell responses" |
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Mar 1 |
LSU |
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD
The Dana & Albert Broccoli Professor
of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins |
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"Genes, Vaccines, and Immune Checkpoints: An All Out Attack on Pancreatic Cancer" |
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Mar 8 |
LSU |
Martin A. "Mac" Cheever, MD
Member & Director
Solid Tumor Research
Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center
Professor of Medicine/Oncology
University of Washington |
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"Challenges of Cancer Vaccine Development in the Academic and Commercial Sectors" |
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Mar 15 |
LSU |
Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, MD, PhD
Professor, Oncology and Molecular Medicine; Member, H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center, University of
South Florida |
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"Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells and Tumor-associated T-cell Tolerance" |
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Mar 22 |
Tulane |
William Redd, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Dept of Oncological Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
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"Behavioral Strategies in Cancer Prevention and Symptom Control: Research and Practice" |
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Apr 5 |
LSU |
Larry R. Pease, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Immunology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
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"Mechanisms of a Potent Immune Modulator: B7-DC Cross-Linking Antibody" |
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Apr 12 |
Tulane |
Xiao-Fan Wang, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
and Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center |
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"Extracellular Proteins and Tumor Metastasis" |
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May 10 |
LSU |
Judah Folkman, MD
Professor, Pediatric Surgery
and Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School |
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"Principles of Anti-Angiogenic Therapy for Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic Diseases" |
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May 17 |
Tulane |
Tso Pang Yao, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Duke University |
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"HDAC and Protein Acetylation in Signaling and Disease" |
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May 24 |
LSU |
Cornelia M Weyand, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Emory University |
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"T-Cell Senescence in Rheumatoid Arthritis" |
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May 31 |
Tulane |
Priscilla Furth, MD
Professor
Lombardi Cancer Center
Georgetown University |
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"Interactions Between ERα, Cyclin D1 and Stat5a in Mammary Gland Development and Neoplasia" |
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Jun 7 |
LSU |
Emmanuel T. Akporiaye, PhD
Professor and Chair Microbiology/Immunology
University of Arizona |
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"Pro-Apoptotic Vitamin E Derivatives as Immune Modulators for Enhancing Anti-Tumor Responses" |
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Jun 21 |
Tulane |
Mien Chie Hung, PhD
Professor and Chair
Molecular and Cellular Oncology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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"Novel Signaling Pathways in Cancer Cell and Targeted Cancer Therapy" |
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Jul 19 |
LSU |
Robert H. Wiltrout, PhD
Dir Center for Cancer Research
Associate Director NCI, NIH |
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"Immunotherapy of Cancer by IL 12 based Cytokine Combinations" |
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Jul 26 |
LSU |
Prof. A Jagannadha Rao
FASc, FNA, FNASc
Rajaramanna Fellow; DST,
Department of Biochemistry
Indian Institute of Science |
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"Insights Into the Differential Action of Hormones: Implications for Progression of Cancers" |
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Aug 2 |
Tulane |
Marc Hurlbert, PhD
Senior Consultant,
Grants and Partnerships
Avon Foundation Breast
Cancer Crusade |
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"Cancer Screening Initiatives and National Data from the AVON Foundation Program" |
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Sep 6 |
LSU |
Don E. Detmer, MD, MA
President and Chief
Executive Officer
American Medical
Informatics Association |
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"Error Reduction and Patient Safety through Electronic Health Records: Fact and Fiction" |
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Sep 20 |
Tulane |
Ari Melnick, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Developmental
and Molecular Biology
Albert Einstein Cancer Center |
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"Targeting Transcriptional Repression for the Therapy of B-cell Lymphomas" |
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Sep 27 |
Tulane |
Helmut Zarbl, PhD
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Institute |
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"Application of Toxicogenetics and Toxicogenomics to Breast Cancer Research" |
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Oct 11 |
Tulane |
Maura Gillison, MD, PhD
Asst Professor of Oncology,
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine |
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"HPV and an Epidemic(?) of Oropharyngeal Cancer" |
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Oct 18 |
LSU |
Steven M. Dubinett, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Lung Cancer Research Prog.
University of CA, Los Angeles |
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"Lung Cancer: The Intersection of Stem Cells, EMT, and Inflammation" |
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Nov 1 |
LSU |
Philippa Marrack, PhD
Professor, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center |
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"The Function of the Adjuvant Alum" |
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Nov 7 |
LSU |
Valerie Marie Weaver, PhD
Associate Professor Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration
Department of Surgery
University of California
San Francisco |
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"Forcing Tumor Metastasis" |
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Nov 8 |
Tulane |
Joseph Rosenblatt, MD
Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Associate Director for Clinical and
Translational Research
University of Miami |
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"Antibody Fusion Proteins for Breast Cancer and Other Solid Tumors" |
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Nov 15 |
LSU |
Mary Bedell, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
University of Georgia |
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"The Roles of Kit Ligand/Stem Cell Factor in Development of Multiple Cell Types: The Legacy of Spotted Mice" |
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Dec 6 |
LSU |
Filippo G. Giancotti, MD, PhD
Professor, Cell Biology
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer |
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"Cancer Cell Addiction to Integrin Signaling" |
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Dec 13 |
Tulane |
Susan B. Horwitz, PhD
Distinguished University Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Pharmacology |
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"Taxol, Tubulin, and Tumors: Challenges in the New Era of Cancer Therapies" |
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2006 |
Location |
Speaker |
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Title |
Apr 20 |
Tulane |
Nancy Zeleznik-Le, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine
Loyola University, Chicago |
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"MLL: An Epigenetic Regulator Involved in Leukemogenesis" |
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Jul 1 |
LSU |
Olivera J. Finn, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Immunology
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine |
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"Successful Tumor Immunosurveillance: Support for Prophylactic Cancer Vaccines" |
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Jul 6 |
LSU |
Flora A.M. Ukoli, MBBS,
DPH, MPH
Associate Professor,
Department of Surgery
Meharry Medical College |
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"Dietary Fatty-acid Risk Factors of Prostate Cancer Among African-Americans and Africans" |
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Aug 3 |
LSU |
Scott M. Williams, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University |
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"Linking Genetic Polymorphism to Complex Disease" |
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Aug 17 |
LSU |
Robert G. Bast, MD
Vice President of
Translational Research,
MD Anderson Cancer Center,
University of Texas |
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"Translational Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center" |
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Sep 7 |
LSU |
Cornelia Bargmann, PhD
Professor
Rockefeller University |
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"Unconventional Signaling: Networks in the Nervous System" |
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Sep 21 |
LSU |
James H. Finke, PhD
Staff, Department of Immunology
The Cleveland Clinic |
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"The Role of Gangliosides, B7-H1/B7-H2 and T-Regulatory Cells in Promoting Immune Dysfunction in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma" |
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Oct 5 |
LSU |
Jeffrey Schlom, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Tumor
Immunology & Biology
National Cancer Institute-NIH |
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"The Development of Vaccines for Cancer Therapy" |
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Oct 19 |
Tulane |
Dominique Broccoli, PhD
Member, Medical Science Division
Fox Chase Cancer Center |
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"Telomere Maintenance, Genome Instability and Drug Resistance in Human Cancer" |
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Nov 2 |
LSU |
Jeffrey L. Benovic, PhD
Professor and Chairman,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Jefferson University |
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"Arresting Development in Receptor Signaling" |
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Nov 16 |
LSU |
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology, Pharmacology
& Experimental Therapeutics
Loyola University Medical Center |
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"Targeting Notch Signaling in Cancer" |
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Dec 7 |
LSU |
Judith Campisi, PhD
Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology
Buck Institute for Age Research |
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"Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons?" |
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Dec 8 |
LSU |
Meenhard Herlyn, DVM, DSc
Professor and Program Leader,
Wistar Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Medical School |
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"Understanding the Biology of Melanoma for the Development of New Therapies" |
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Dec 14 |
Tulane |
Maureen Shuh, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University, New Orleans |
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"The Deregulation of MAPKs Activities by Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1)" |
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