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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 Rievesch l Auditorium (VONTZ 1100) at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.

Refer to the schedule below. For more information, please contact Aimee Bollmer at aimee.bollmer@uc.edu.

09/12
Moderators: Julianna Korns & Julie Fisher
Bo Wang, PhD Host: Jiajie Diao, PhD
Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, Developmental Biology
“Learning the super power of animal diversity one cell type at a time”
09/19
Moderators: Angelle Jones & Haley Todd
Grant Hagedorn, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Krushna Patra Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology 
“Branched-chain amino acid metabolism drives cell growth and mitochondria morphology in mutant GNAS pancreatic cancer”
Charlie Nims, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Nicolas Nassar Lab, CCHMC
“A functional genomics approach to uncover the mechanism of action and mechanisms of resistance to IODVA1”
09/26
Moderators: Timoty Nixon & Mindy Chen
Bianca Ruffolo, MSTP/CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susanne Wells Lab, CCHMC
“Metabolic reprogramming in Fanconi Anemia-deficient head and neck squamous cell carcinoma”
Mingang Hao, PhD, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
“NSFL1 cofactor p47, a cofactor for AAA ATPase VCP/p97, regulates lysosomal membrane repair”
10/03
Moderators: Makenzie Fourman & Gabby Angst
Jarek Meller, PhD Host: Seminar Committee 
University of Cincinnati, Professor, Environmental & Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine
Accelerating Drug Discovery and Repurposing by Combining Transcriptional Signature Connectivity with Docking”
10/17
Moderators: Grant Hagedorn & Robby Beal
Camille Stevenson, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Chunying Du Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
“Elucidating the role of BRUCE in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)”
Tanner Wherley, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Douglas Millay Lab, CCHMC 
"Deciphering the biochemical function of Myomaker in membrane fusion”
10/24
Moderators: Bibek Karki & TJ Deere
Angelle Jones, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susan Waltz Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
“Understanding the role of the RON receptor tyrosine kinase within Prostate Cancer”
Aditya Yadav, PhD, Dr. Jiajie Diao Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
“Unraveling Nanotoxicity: Carbon Nanotubes' Impact on Endoplasmic Reticulum Integrity”
10/31
Moderators: Dina Secic & Grace Goodhart
Dan Starczynowski, PhD  Host: Seminar Committee
University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor-Affiliate, Pediatrics, College of Medicine
“Behind the Scenes, Drug Discovery/approval process – experience with IRAK4 inhibitor”
11/07
Moderators: Austin MacMillan & Yuki Sato
Marina Pasca Di Magliano, PhD Host: Krushna Patra, PhD
University of Michigan, Professor, Surgical Immunology, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Cell & Developmental Biology
"Oncogenic KRAS as a regulator of the local and systemic pancreatic cancer microenvironment"
11/14
Moderators: Camille Stevenson & Josh Jones
Channing Der, PhD Host: Andrew Waters, PhD
UNC at Chapel Hill, Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor, Molecular Therapeutics
“Targeting RAS for cancer treatment: is it over now?”
11/21
Moderators: Emma Uible & Taylor Joseph
Timothy Nixon, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Andrew Volk Lab, CCHMC   
“The role of OLA1 in normal and malignant hematopoiesis”
Kangqiang Qiu, PhD, Dr. Jiajie Diao Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
“Optogenetic clustering of mitochondria restores lifespan following damage”
12/05
Moderators: Tanner Wherley & Atharva Mahale
Lydia Finley, PhD Host: Dave Plas, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Stem Cell Foundation – Robertson Investigator, Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair, Associate Member, Cell Biology Program
“Identifying and exploiting cell-state dependent metabolic networks”

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