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June 21, 2010
CASE CCC IN THE NEWS Cancer Patients Learn About 'Brain Mets' ABC2 News - Jun 21, 2010 "People who have breast, lung, kidney and other types of cancer have up to a 33 percent chance to have that tumor go to the brain," said Dr. Gene Barnett ... The Treatment Option You May Be Missing Curetoday.com - Jun 17, 2010 "Another misconception is that clinical trials are for people on death's door," says Neal Meropol, MD, of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western ... MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Tissue and Blood-Based Research Survey We are building the infrastructure to facilitate tissue and blood-based research using patients with cancer or high risk populations. To better assist you, we need your advice on what you want - tissue, clinical information, PHI, etc - so we can build the proper web-based access and request forms. Please take the time to fill out a short questionnaire, even if you currently have an IRB approved tissue-based research project. The survey is available at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AS2MTPW34. We would like greater than 70% of Cancer Center members to respond, so if you don't you might find yourself receiving a few more emails on this topic! See you at the retreat, where the results of the survey will be presented! Thank you for your time, Stan Gerson, MD Director, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center ANNOUNCEMENTS Case CCC Scientific Retreat 2010: Thinking of Cancer as a Disease, Not a Cell Line If you have not yet registered to attend the the Case CCC Scientific Retreat, July 9-10 at Sawmill Creek Resort and Conference Center in Huron, please do so today. We had an overwhelming response from planned attendees, and are just about at capacity. We look forward to seeing you all there! The Retreat agenda and further details are available on the Cancer Center website: http://cancer.case.edu. NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation The William Lawrence and Blanche Hughes Foundation is accepting applications from researchers in pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia. Applicants must either be an established investigator with an association with an academic institution or must be part of a lab working with an established investigator. Priority will be given to those grants that have a translational bent getting new therapies to children with leukemias. Further areas of studies would be to identify new targets that could be utilized for therapy. Deadline: September 16 American Cancer Society-Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Pilot Project Funding Opportunity Pilot funding is available for cancer-related research in basic, clinical, prevention & control, behavioral, health services and epidemiology. Instructions, frequently asked questions, and applications available at http://cancer.case.edu. For more information, please contact Terri Daso, Cancer Center Administration, 844-7252, tld6@case.edu. Eligibility: IRG pilot project grants are intended to support independent, self-directed investigators early in their careers (assistant professor or equivalent). Applicants for the pilot project grants should be within 6 years of their first independent research or faculty appointment and eligible to apply for an independent national competitive research grant, but may not currently hold such a grant. Recipients of IRG pilot project grants must be, at the time of the application, citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or its possessions and territories, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the time of application. Letter of Intent Deadline: Monday, July 26 Application Deadline: Monday, August 9	EVENTS All events are open to anyone interested in attending June 21 CSCRM and Pediatric Hem/Onc Joint Seminar Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD Staff Physician, Children's Hospital Boston Staff Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard University Topic:** Differential Roles for Sall4 Isoforms in ES Cell Pluripotency 4 pm WRB 2-136 June 22 June 23 Grand Rounds canceled June 24 Tumor Signaling Metastasis Focus Group 2 pm WRB 3-136 June 25 Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds Sergio Giralt, MD Professor, Lymphoma/Myeloma, Div. of Cancer Medicine The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Topic: Transplant for Myeloma: End of an Era? 8 am R3-002/003 Cleveland Clinic CSCRM Lunch and Learn Emilio Barbera, PhD Celartia, Ltd. Topic: Unique Cell Culture Device 12-1:30 pm BRB 105 Cancer Center Research in Progress Seminar Michael Wendt Schiemann Lab, Cancer Center CWRU/ UH Topic: TGF-β-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Facilitates EGF-Dependent Breast Cancer Progression 4 pm WRB 3-136 For a complete listing of LRI seminars click here. UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTS ASCO Review 2010 June 30 InterContinental Hotel Details Case CCC Scientific Retreat July 9-10 The Lodge at Sawmill Creek Resort Details Cancer Center Scientific Series August 30 4-7 pm WRB 1-413 Cancer Center Scientific Series November 8 4-7 pm WRB 1-413 ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTS Business Education Course: "The Business of Regenerative Medicine: From Stem Cells to the Market Place" July 12-15 Dively Building Details Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory July 25-August 1 Madison, WI Details 2010 caBIG Annual Meeting: Building a Collaborative Biomedical Network September 13-15 Washington, DC Details Oncology Congress October 15-17 San Francisco, CA Details International Symposium on Breast Cancer Prevention: Nutrition, Communication and Public Policy October 18-19 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Details ASCO-NCI-EORTC Annual Meeting on Molecular Markers in Cancer October 18-20 Hollywood, FL Call for Abstracts (Deadline: June 22)

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Frontier Community Health Integration Demonstration Program Deadline: June 22 DOD BCRP Inter-Institutional Training Award Application Deadline: June 23 DOD BCRP Multi-Team Award Application Deadline: June 23 DOD BCRP Transformative Vision Award Application Deadline: June 23 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR) Pre Application Deadline: June 25 Full Application Deadline: November 2 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants Pre Application Deadline: June 25 Full Application Deadline: November 2 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Program Project Development Grants Application Deadline: June 25 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Liz Tilberis Scholars Awards Application Deadline: June 25 Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Ovarian Cancer Research Training Programs of Excellence grant Application Deadline: June 25 Doctors Cancer Foundation Deadline: June 30 DOD PRCRP Idea Awards Pre-application Deadline: July 14 Application Deadline: October 20 DOD PRCRP Translational New Investigator Awards Pre-application Deadline: July 14 Application Deadline: October 20 CTSC Pilot Funding for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Infrastructure Deadline: July 15 Administrative Supplements to Advance Special Translational Research Acceleration Projects on Immune Response Modifiers Currently Funded by NCI (NOT-CA-10-025) Deadline: July 15	Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grants Pre Application Deadline: July 26 Full Application Deadline: December 1 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Pilot Research Award Application Deadline: July 30 DOD PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award Application Deadline: August 5 Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Deadline: August 11 IOTF Cancer Prevention Fellows Application Deadline: September 1 DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Idea Awards Application Deadline: October 20 DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Translational New Investigator Awards Application Deadline: October 20 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR) Full Application Deadline: November 2 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants Full Application Deadline: November 2 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grants Full Application Deadline: December 1 AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards - Special Conferences Application Deadline varies International Union Against Cancer (UICC) International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships Application Deadline: Open NCI Short-Term Scientist Exchange Program Application Deadline: Open James S. McDonnell Foundation Application Deadline: Open
NIH BULLETIN – Notices and Funding Opportunities AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) (D43) (PAR-10-219)
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