Hollings Cancer Center Research Retreat Agenda

Hollings Cancer Center Research Retreat Agenda
8:15 – 8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45
J. Alan Diehl, PhD
Associate Director of Basic Sciences
Welcome
8:45 – 9:45
Professor C. Roland Wolfe, PhD, FRSE,
FMedSci, OBE
“The application of mouse models
humanized for pathways of drug metabolism
and stress responses to the development and
use of anticancer drugs”
9:45 – 9:50
Kenneth D. Tew, PhD &
Carolyn D. Britten, MD
Co-Leaders, Development Cancer
Therapeutics Program
Introduction
9:50 – 10:05
Christopher Xiao, Pre-doctoral Student
Mentor: Dr. Terry Day
“Racial disparities in head and neck
squamous cell cancer survival: The C.A.S.E.
Study”
10:05 – 10:20
Zhi-wei Ye, PhD, Post-doctoral Trainee
Mentors: Drs. Danyelle Townsend
& Ken Tew
“Glutathione S-Transferase P (GSTP)
mediated protein S-Glutathionylation
regulates endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
stress and the unfolded protein response”
10:20 – 10:35
Ryan De Palma, Pre-doctoral Student
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
“Regulation of tumor suppressor PP2A and
its inhibitor SET oncoprotein interaction by
sphingolipids”
10:35 – 10:40
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD
Leader, Cancer Control Program
Introduction
10:40 – 10:55
S. Lewis Cooper, MD
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Mentor: Dr. Katherine Hoover
“Standardizing tobacco assessments for
patients seen at the Hollings Cancer
Center”
10:55 – 11:10
Brett Froeliger, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurosciences and Psychiatry
“The effects of N-acetylcysteine on
corticostriatal circuitry function may help
smokers to remain smoke free”
11:10 – 12:10
Poster Session 1
Posters assigned “A” will be reviewed
12:10 – 12:50
Lunch
12:50 – 12:55
Philip Howe, PhD, Interim Leader
Cancer Genes & Molecular Regulation
Program
Introduction
12:55 – 1:10
Dayvia A. Laws, Pre-doctoral Student
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda LaRue
“Soft tissue sarcoma-determining the role
of circulating fibroblast precursors in
promoting metastasis”
1:10 – 1:25
Akihiro Yoshida, PhD, Post-doctoral
Trainee
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alan Diehl
“The efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibition in
melanoma”
1:25 – 1:30
Zihai Li, MD, PhD
Leader, Cancer Immunology Program
Introduction
1:30 – 1:45
Yongxia Wu, Pre-doctoral Student
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xue-Zhong Yu
“MicroRNA-17-92 cluster: Novel target for
controlling GVHD while preserving GVL
effect”
1:45 – 2:00
Melissa Scheiber, PhD, Post-doctoral
Trainee
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Tomlinson
“Complement dependent modulation of
anti-tumor immunity following radiation
therapy”
2:00 – 3:00
Poster Session 2
Posters assigned to “B” will be reviewed
3:00 – 4:00
John Condeelis, PhD
“Understanding how tumors spread and
how to stop them”
4:00 – 4:10
Dennis Watson, PhD
Associate Director of Education &
Training
Presentation of Edith H. Peng Excellence in
Research Awards