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Frontiers in Oncology Seminars

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2009 - 2010 Frontiers in Oncology Seminars

The Frontiers in Oncology lecture series brings outstanding investigators involved in cancer research to the UMGCC campus each month. The series is designed to educate and provide exposure to the latest developments in cancer biology, treatment and diagnosis. It will be of interest to faculty members, oncologists, medical interns, nurses, pharmacologists, and research fellows.

When:	3rd Wednesday of every month, 8:00 a.m.
Where:	University of Maryland Health Science Facility II (HSF II) Auditorium 20 S. Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (except November in Hosick Hall)
CME Credit:	One (1)
Contact:	410-328-7516 Note: If you would like to meet with the speaker, please contact Florence Wade.

2009-2010 Seminar Schedule
*September 16, 2009*	Marius Sudol, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor Staff Scientist Weis Center for Research Danville, PA "From Src Oncogene to WW Domain: Deciphering the HIPPO Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Mammals" *At right: Dr. Antonio Passaniti (sponsor), Dr. Marius Sudol, and Dr. Kevin Cullen*
*October 21*	Yang-Xin Fu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pathology The University of Chicago Chicago, IL Dr. Fu's presentation was entitled "The Therapeutic Effect of anti-HER2/neu Antibody Depends on Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity" and he presented on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. *At right: Dr. Scott Strome, and Dr. Yan-Xin Fu*
*November 18*	Merrill J. Egorin, M.D., FACP Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Room G27E, Hillman Research Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA "Oral Chemotherapy: Issues That My Generation of Oncologists Never Had to Think About"
*December 16*	Danny R. Welch, Ph.D. Leonard H. Robinson Professor of Pathology Cell Biology and Pharmacology/Toxicology Director, UAB Howard Hughes Med-to-Grad Graduate Program and UAB Cancer Biology Graduate Program University of Alabama at Birmingham
*January 20, 2010*	Jack Keene, Ph.D. James B. Duke Professor Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC "Coordinated RNA Dynamics in Cancer Cells"
February 17	TBN
March 17	Larry Norton M.D. Deputy, Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
*April 21*	Carl H. June, M.D. Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
*May 19*	Richard A. Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Molecular Oncology Research Institute Division of Hematology/Oncology Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA
*June 16*	Vishva M. Dixit, M.D. Vice President, Early Discovery Research Genentech, Inc. South San Francisco, CA

This page was last updated on: November 11, 2009.