Home | Back to newsletter main page
 |
|
October 4, 2010 |
|
CANCER CENTER SEMINAR SERIESEvolutionary Dynamics in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Treatment
This week's Cancer Center Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the CWRU Institute for Science of Origins. Please join us Friday, October 8 to hear guest speaker Robert A. Gatenby, MD present Evolutionary Dynamics in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Treatment. Robert A. Gatenby, MD is the Chairman of the departments of Radiology and codirector of the Integrated Mathematical Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. He joined Moffitt in 2008 from the University of Arizona where he was Professor, Department Radiology and Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics since 2000. He received a BSE in Bioengineering and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University and an MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. He completed his residency in radiology at the University of Pennsylvania where he served as chief resident. Dr. Gatenby remains an active clinical radiologist specializing in body imaging. While working at the Fox Chase Cancer Center after residency, Dr. Gatenby perceived that cancer biology and oncology were awash in data but lacked coherent frameworks of understanding to organize this information and integrate new results. Since 1990, most of Dr. Gatenby's research has focused on exploring mathematical methods to generate theoretical models for cancer biology and oncology. His current modeling interests include: 1. the tumor microenvironment and its role in tumor biology. 2. evolutionary dynamics in carcinogenesis, tumor progression and therapy. 3. information flow in living systems and its role in maintaining thermodynamic stability. Please join us for this important seminar Friday, October 8 at 12 pm in BRB 105. Refreshments will be served. CASE CCC IN THE NEWSGenes Correlate with RCC Recurrence Risk Cleveland Physicians and Scientists Focus on Skin Cancer Research, Treatment Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Researcher Discovers New "Anti-pathogenic" Drugs to Treat MRSA New Dual Recognition Mechanism Discovered in Tuberculosis NEW MEMBERS CORNERPlease join us in welcoming the newest members of the Case CCC: Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD Kimberly Resnick, MD ANNOUNCEMENTSPatrick Ma Receives DOD AwardPatrick Ma, MD recently received the Department of Defense CDMRP - Lung Cancer Research Program, Lung Cancer Promising Clinician Research Grant Award (2010-13) for his project: "Optimizing MET-Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer Personalized Treatment". CALL FOR NOMINATIONSAACR GHA Clowes Memorial AwardNominations are being accepted for the AACR GHA Clowes Memorial Award, which recognizes an individual with outstanding recent accomplishments in basic cancer research. The winner of thsi award will receive a $10,000 honorarium, give a 50-minute lecture during the AACR Annual Meeting 2011 in Orlando, FL, and be given support for the winner and a guest to attend the Annual Meeting. The winner will also speak at the Eli Lilly and Company headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the invitation of the company later in 2011. Deadline: October 15 MARK YOUR CALENDARSSurvivorship WorkshopThe Gathering Place is presenting a special program, The Cancer is Over, Now What, scheduled for Thursday, October 7 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at The Gathering Place East. Speaker Kevin Oeffinger, MD, a nationally known expert on cancer survivorship and the Director of the Adult Long-Term Follow-Up Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York. Dr. Oeffinger will be speaking about late effects and risks following cancer treatment and the benefits of having a survivorship health care plan. Program includes a panel of cancer survivors sharing strategies they used to cope. Advance registration is required. UCSC Genome Browser Hands-On Tutorial and User WorkshopThe Center for Human Genetics Laboratory, UH, Department of Genetics, and CWRU welcome Robert Kuhn, PhD, Associate Director of the Genome Browser Project, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering at University of California, Santa Cruz for a UCSC Genome Browser Hands-On Tutorial and User Workshop, Wednesday, October 13 from 1-4 pm in SOM E401. Bring your laptop for real-time practice. Cancer Survivorship: Bridging the Gap Between Primary Care and OncologyTaussig Cancer Institute is presenting Cancer Survivorship: Bridging the Gap Between Primary Care and Oncology on Friday, October 8 from 7:30 am - 4 pm. This program will provide intensive multidisciplinary review of cutting-edge topics on providing care for cancer survivors. visit the Cleveland Clinic website for registration information and to view the agenda. 2010 Regional RNA Meeting of the MidwestThe Center for RNA Molecular Biology in Cleveland is hosting the 2010 Regional RNA Meeting of the Midwest, aka the Rustbelt Meeting, in Cleveland on October 22-23. The meeting provides an excellent opportunity to meet the RNA scientists from Ohio and neighboring states, start new collaborations and also for our student and postdoctoral scientist colleagues to hone their presentation skills. The registration deadline for Cleveland area scientists is extended to October 1. Please contact the organizers of the meeting, Saba Valadkhan and David Rueda if you have any questions. 2010 Cleveland Nanomedicine SummitRegistration is open for the 2010 Cleveland NanoMedicine Summit, October 18-19 at the InterContinental Hotel. Co-hosted by the Cleveland Clinic and CWRU, this event will continue its incredibly successful format that brings together scientists, clinicians, business professionals, investors, and others to investigate sustainable solutions of multidisciplinary methodologies to further advance the use of nanomedicine in clinical practice. Clinical and research abstracts on the topic of nanoparticles for diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutics will be accepted through October 1. Cancer Center members Drs. Vinod Labhasetwar, James Basilion and Maciej Zborowski are on the Organizing Committee. Graft versus Host Disease ConferenceTogether with the Case CCC, the Meredith A. Cowden Foundation presents the 2010 National GVHD Symposium to be held at Corporate College East on Thursday, November 4. This unique one-day program will be a two-track conference (one for physicians and one for patients) focusing on cutting edge research and new treatments. Continuing medical education credits will be offered for attending and participating medical providers. Featured Case CCC presenters include: Drs. Stan Gerson, Ken Cooke, Matt Kalaycio and Jeff Auletta. |
EVENTS
**All events are open to anyone interested in attending October 4Pathology Research Seminar Physiology and Biophysics Seminar October 5Immunology Seminar Taussig Cancer Institute Core Curriculum Series Cleveland Clinic Seminar October 6ICC Grand Rounds Cleveland Clinic Seminar October 7Neurosciences Seminar Special Seminar October 8Hematology and Oncology Fellows Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds Cancer Center Seminar Series Cancer Center Research in Progress Seminar
UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTSCancer Center Scientific Series ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTSScience Café Cleveland Third Annual Personalized Health Care National Conference Oncology Congress 2010 Cleveland Nanomedicine Summit International Symposium on Breast Cancer Prevention: Nutrition, Communication and Public Policy ASCO-NCI-EORTC Annual Meeting on Molecular Markers in Cancer Conference on Clinical Cancer Research 2010 Regional RNA Meeting of the Midwest (aka Rustbelt Meeting) 2010 International Conference of RNA Nanotechnology and Therapeutics Graft versus Host Disease Conference Active Living Research Annual Conference Multilevel Interventions in Health Care: Building the Foundation for Future Research Goals 4th Annual Biospecimen Research Network (BRN) Symposium: Advancing Cancer Research Through Biospecimen Science Call for Abstracts: 2011 Clinical and Translational Research and Education Meeting: ACRT/SCTS Joint Annual Meeting |
|
|
|
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
|
|
ACS Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families: |
International Clinical Research Fellows (ICRF) Program |
NIH BULLETIN – Notices and Funding OpportunitiesNew Time Limit for NIH Resubmission Applications (NOT-OD-10-140) Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS (R01) (PA-10-290) Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS (R21) (PA-10-291) Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40) (PAR-11-001) |
|
| Produced by: Gillian Irwin Todd 11100 Euclid Avenue, Wearn 149 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065 216-844-8317 phone 216-844-7832 fax gillian.irwin@case.edu |
HELP US HELP YOU!If you have a new grant, recently won an award, or have other newsworthy items, please let us know so we can publicize them in the newsletter and other media outlets. You deserve the accolades! Send items to gillian.irwin@case.edu. |
|
|