Rolf Brekken, PhD, Effie Marie Cain Research Scholar in Angiogenesis Research, Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Deputy Director of the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Director of the Cancer Biology Graduate Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Title: Growth factor pathways that drive immune evasion and metastasis
Host: Dr. Pier Paolo Scaglioni
Moderators: Bidisha Pal & William Elaban

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Tanner Wherley, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Doug Millay's Lab
Title: Deciphering the Biochemical Function of Myomaker in Myoblast Fusion

Wa Du, PhD, Dr. Yanbo Fan's Lab
Title: The Role of Endothelial Transcription factor EB in Cardio-Oncology
Moderators: Anusha Acharya & Isaac Choi

Zhiqiang An, PhD, Professor & Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry, Director, Texas Therapeutics Institute at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas

Title: Academic Drug Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities
Host: Dr. Chenran Wang
Moderators: Sara Alharbi & Makenzie Fourman

Timothy Nixon, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Andrew Volk's Lab
Title: The nuclear localization of OLA1 drives leukemogenesis in AML

Kangqiang Qiu, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Jiajie Diao's Lab
Title: Single endolysosome optical profiling by an ESIPT viscosity probe
Moderators: Charlie Nims & Jacob Kurek

Angelle Jones, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susan Waltz's Lab
Title: Understanding the role RON receptor plays in the development of prostate cancer

Aarti Nagayach, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Chenran Wang's Lab
Title: Microglia heterogeneity in the neurodevelopmental disorder of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Moderators: Camille Stevenson & Paula Saez Raez

Cancer Research Symposium - CANCER METASTASIS RESEARCH

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James Davis, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susan Waltz's Lab
Title: RON expression in breast cancer promotes radiation resistance via NUCKS1 and RAD51 overexpression

Mahendra Jadhao, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Xiaoting Zhang's Lab
Title: MED1 and tumor-secreted exosomes in breast cancer immune evasion and progression
Moderators: Angelle Jones & Kate Von Handorf

Yi Fan, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania
Title: Targeting lipid metabolism of mutant KRAS Lung Cancer: a promising therapeutic strategy

Host: Dr. Yanbo Fan
Moderators: Julianna Korns & Lindsay Bischoff

SPECIAL SEMINAR 

Chenran Wang, PhD 

Assistant Professor, UC College of Medicine, Department of Cancer Biology
Title: TBD
Moderators: Zhixin Lu & Zhiqi Tian

Edwin R. Chapman, PhD, Professor and Investigator, HHMI & Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin

Title: Synaptic vesicle dynamics and fusion: unexpected interplay between Ca²⁺ sensing proteins
Host: Dr. Jiajie Diao
Moderators: Megan Bischoff & Sam Zumwalde

Duc Nguyen, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Theodosia Kalfa's Lab
Title: CRISPR/Cas9 to create novel human cellular models of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA)

Sajad Wani, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Amanda Wasylishen's Lab
Title: Physiological functions of the Daxx/Atrx/H3.3 histone chaperone complex and potential implications in tumor development
Moderators: Grant Hagedorn & Taylor Lange