Cancer Biology Pathway
Introduction
L41-5196 SPECIAL EMPHASIS PATHWAY IN CANCER BIOLOGY
Coursemaster: Jeffrey Magee, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
This course is designed to present pre and post doctoral trainees with an organized educational format to explore major contemporary topics in cancer biology. The elective will provide an integrated view of cancer research including basic science, translational science and clinical investigation. Approximately 50 minutes will be devoted to a didactic presentation by a faculty member with interaction by the participants. The remaining 30 minutes will be used to discuss a pivotal research paper from this field, preselected by the faculty member. Outside reading will be required (30-60 minutes per week).
Email scc.research.training@gowustl.onmicrosoft.com if you would like a link to join any of the following sessions.
Schedule
Tuesday, Noon-1:30 PM
2020-2021 Academic Year
| Date | Speaker | Title | |
| Jan 12, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Lee Ratner | Introduction | |
| Jan 19, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Brian Van Tine | Osteosarcoma Tumor Metabolism | |
| Jan 26, 2021 Zoom meeting |
David Wilson | Fanconi Anemia | |
| Feb 2, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Jacqueline Payton | Discoveries in Epigenomics Drive Precision Medicine Approaches in Lymphoma | |
| Feb 9, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Sima Bhatt | Immunotherapies for Pediatric Pre-B ALL | |
| Feb 16, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Grant Challen | Clonal Evolution of Blood Cancers | |
| Feb 23, 2021 Tue, 12:30 PM Zoom meeting |
Charles Kaufman | Using Zebrafish Melanoma Models to Study Cancer Initiation | |
| Mar 2, 2021 Zoom meeting |
David Gutmann | Microenvironment Control of Pediatric Brain Tumor Formation and Growth | |
| Mar 9, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Luis Batista | Mutations in Telomerase and Telomere Dysfunction as Initiating Events in Pediatric Cancer Prone Syndromes | |
| Mar 16, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Jeffrey Bednarski | DNA Damage Signaling in B Cell Development and Leukemogenesis | |
| Mar 30, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Laura Schuettpelz | Inflammation and Cancer | |
| Apr 6, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Josh Rubin | The Biology of Sex Differences in Cancer | |
| Apr 13, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Jeffrey Magee | Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | |
| May 4, 2021 Zoom meeting |
Erin Gibson, PhD Stanford University |
Invited Faculty Lecture Glia-Mediated Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment |
