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 Rieveschl Auditorium (VONTZ 1100) at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.
Should the seminar be listed as a virtual event, please use the Zoom link below.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/92246219275?pwd=dTlaNllyUFRhZS9wMlNyRFd5anFyZz09
Meeting ID: 922 4621 9275
Passcode: 575321
For more information, please contact Pilar Ramos-Richey at CCBProgramManager@uc.edu.
| May 26th | Johnny Donovan, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Tatiana Kalin's Lab Title: "Novel Combination Therapy Reduces Tumor Burden in Rhabomyosarcoma" Lei Wang, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Jiajie Diao's Lab Title: "A Constant Conversion Rate of Endolysosomes Revealed by a Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe" Moderators: Julianna Korns & Charlie Nims |
| September 1st | Mackenzie Fourman, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Chunyue Yin's Lab Title: "MDR1 as a promising target for treating progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type II in children." Caterina Bartolacci, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Pier Paolo Scaglioni's Lab Title: "Targeting lipid metabolism of mutant KRAS Lung Cancer: a promising therapeutic strategy.” Moderators: Kyle Ferchen & Ayushman Dash |
| September 8th | Xiang H. F. Zhang, PhD ("Shawn") Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology; The William T. Butler, M.D., Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty |
| September 15th | Scott J. Dixon, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University Title: TBD Host: Dr. Pier Paolo Scaglioni Moderators: Bianca Ruffolo & James Bartram |
| September 22nd | Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, PhD Hubert L. Olive Stringer Distinguished Chair in Oncology in Honor of Sue Gribble Stringer; Professor and Chair Department of Genetics; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Title: TBD Host: Dr. Amanda Wasylishen Moderators: Joshua Bennett & Stan DeVore |
| September 29th | Harmeet Malhi, MBBS Professor Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Title: TBD Host: Dr. Chunying Du Moderators: Chiharu Ishikawa & Zhixin Lu |
| October 6th | Julianna Korns, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Vinita Takiar's Lab Title: "Defining the Role of GABA Signaling in Head and Neck Cancer." Kangqiang Qiu, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Jiajie Diao's Lab Title: "Ultra-Long-Term Super-Resolution Tracking of Lysosomes in Brain Organoids by Near-Infrared Noble Metal Nanoclusters." Moderators: Devyani Sharma & Johnny Donovan |
| October 20th | Christopher Charles Oakes, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University Title: TBD Host: Dr. Erin Hertlein (HEM/ONC) Moderators: James Davis & Bibek Raj Karki |
| October 27th | Qian Cai, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Title: "Mitophagy Regulation in Alzheimer's disease." Host: Dr. Chenran Wang Moderators: Philip Witcher & Emma Uible |
| November 3rd | Kelly Monk, PhD Professor, Co-Director and Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute Oregon Health & Science University, Director Neuroscience Grad. Program Title: TBD Host: Dr. Chenran Wang Moderators: Grant Hagedorn & Juliana Korns |
| November 10th | Mary Bedard, MSTP/CCB Student, Dr. Susa Wells’ Lab Title: "Translational Studies of Human Papillomavirus." Gregory Bick, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Xiaoting Zhang’s Lab |
| November 17th | Stan DeVore, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Gurjit Khurana Hershey’s Lab Title: "The Role of CARD14 in Atopic Dermatitis." Mingang Hao, PhD, Research Scientist, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan’s Lab Title: "In vivo CRISPR knockout screen of autophagy-related genes for factors regulating breast cancer lung metastasis." Moderators: Xiaoqin Zhu & Zhiqi Tian |
| December 1st | Josh Bennett, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Daniel Starczynowski Lab Title: TBD Aarti Nagayach, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Chenran Wang’s Lab Title: TBD Moderators: Timothy Nixon & Levi Fox |
| December 8th | Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD Professor, Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology; Co-Leader Cellular Mechanisms Program, Masonic Cancer Center, Center for Immunology; University of Minnesota Title: "Macrophage heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment." Host: Dr. Yanbo Fan Moderators: Ian Mersich & Taylor Lange |
| December 15th | Chiharu Ishikawa, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. D Starczynowski's Lab Title: "Targeting an E2 conjugating enzyme, UBE2N in Acute Myeloid Leukemia." Xin Tang, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Chenran Wang’s Lab Title: "Functions of different autophagy genes in disease-associated microglia (DAM) to regulate postnatal neural stem cells maintenance." Moderators: Román Cáceres & Mary Nguyen |
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Series Fall 2022 (Sept 1 - Dec 15)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Series Spring 2022 (Jan 23 - Mar 24)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Series Spring 2022 (Mar 31 - May 26)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Schedule Fall 2021 (Sept 9 - Dec 16)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Schedule Spring 2021 (Jan. 14-Mar. 18)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Schedule Spring 2021 (Mar. 25-May 27)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Schedule Fall 2020
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Schedule Fall 2019-Spring 2020
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2017-Spring 2018
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2016-Spring 2017
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2015-Spring 2016
- Seminar Schedule Spring 2015
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