Seminars & Symposia
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. Unless indicated otherwise, all seminars will be held virtually over ZOOM from Noon to 1:00 pm (EST). For more information, please contact Pilar Ramos-Richey at ccbprogrammanager@uc.edu.
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January 14th | Vivienne Woo, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Theresa Alenghat’s Lab Title: “Commensal bacterial-derived retinoic acid primes host defense to intestinal infection” Chunmiao “Lance” Cai, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Xiaoting Zhang’s Lab Title: “Phase separated ArGlu1 and MED1 regulates transcription in ER positive breast cancer” Moderator: Stan DeVore |
January 21st | Chanel Alford, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Tom Cunningham’s Lab Title: “Develop Synergistic Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Deregulated Nucleotide Metabolism in MYC-driven lymphomas” Gregory Bick, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Xiaoting Zhang’s lab Title: “Novel function of MED1 in Ovarian Cancer” Moderator: Chrystelle Vilfranc |
January 28th | Ian Mersich, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Biplab Dasgupta’s Lab Title: “Therapeutic targeting of purine metabolism in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma” Moderator: Ayusman Dash |
| February 4th | Chen Wang, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Yi Zheng’s lab Title: “Inducible correction of a driver Runx1 mutation in AML caused a disease switch to B-ALL” Lixiao Che, PhD, Post-Doc, Dr. Chunying Du’s Lab Title: “Mechanism of Liver Disease” Moderator: Kyle Ferchen |
| February 11th | Jingshi Shen, PhD Professor, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder Title: “New regulators of tumor killing mediated by cytotoxic lymphocytes” Moderator: Tanner Wherley |
| February 18th | Bidisha Pal, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Susa Wells’ Lab Title: “Modeling the HPV life cycle in FA deficient epidermis” Xin Tang, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Chenran Wang’s Lab Title: “Functions of different autophagy genes in microglia in postnatal neural stem cells” Moderator: Austin MacMillan |
February 25th | James Bartram, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Marie-Dominique Filippi’s lab Title: “Mitochondrial Metabolism Links HSC Divisional History and Cell Fate” Brian Hunt, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Susan Waltz’s lab Title: “Targeting Metabolic Vulnerabilities Driven by RON Expression in Progressive/Recurrent Breast Cancer” Moderator: Juliana Korns |
March 4th | Dongping Zhong Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Ohio State University Title: "Dynamics and mechanism of sun-induced DNA damage by photolyase" Moderator: Anusha Acharya |
March 11th 12:15 – 12:45pm | Ayusman Dash, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Tom Cunningham’s lab Title: “A novel PRPS1 5’uORF element regulates PRPS1 translation and maintains cellular homeostasis” Moderator: Chen Wang |
| March 18th | Minglei Zhao, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago Title: “Mechanistic Insights into Translocation and Inhibition of Human p97” Moderator: Josh Bennett |
| March 25th | William J. Larsen Distinguished Lecture Series - Lew Cantley, PhD Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine Medicine/Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine Title: "PI 3-Kinase and Cancer Metabolism" Moderator: Brian Hunt |
| April 1st | Jihong Bai, PhD Associate Professor, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Title: “Molecular control of synaptic vesicle endocytosis” Moderator: Ian Mersich |
| April 8th | Elisa Boscolo, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Member, Division of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology Title: "Cellular and molecular Mechanisms of Pathological Vascular Lumen Expansion in Venous Malformation" Moderator: Megan Bischoff |
| April 15th | Mario L. Suva, MD, PhD – DF/HCC Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Molecular Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Title: "Dissecting brain tumors by single-cell genomics" Moderator: Dina Secic |
April 22nd 12:00 – 12:30pm | Laurel Romano, CCB Graduate Student, Dr.Theodosia Kalfa’s lab Title: “The Effects of Erythropoietin on Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Supporting Erythropoiesis” Moderator: Chiharu Ishikawa |
| April 29th | Anusha Acharya, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Tanya Kalin’s lab Title: “Role of pericytes in lung cancer” Lu Ren, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Yanbo Fan’s Lab Title: “The role of Coiled-coil domain 92 in type 2 diabetes” Moderator: Timothy Nixon |
| May 6th | Kay Macleod, PhD Associate Professor, The Ben May Department for Cancer Research; Director, Multi-disciplinary Training grant in Cancer Research (MTCR); Program Leader, The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Title: “Autophagy and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cancer” Moderator: James Bartram |
| May 13th | Johnny Donovan, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Tanya Kalin’s lab Title: “Novel Combination Therapy Leads to Tumor Reduction in Phabdomyosarcoma” Raju Manupati, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan’s Lab Title: “Unravel of autophagy in breast cancer subtypes for identification of common crosstalk molecule in heterogenous populations” Moderator: Camille Stevenson |
| May 20th | Kyle Ferchen, CCB Graduate Student, Dr. Lee Grime’s lab Title: “Gene Regulatory Networks in Granulopoiesis” Fei Yi, PhD Post-Doc, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan’s Lab Title: “Exploring the role of FIP200 acetylation in breast cancer” Moderator: Makenzie Fourman |
May 27th | Brain Tumor Center Visiting Professors: Maria Castro, PhD and Pedro Lowenstein, MD, PhD Moderator: James Davis |
- Vontz Center Seminar Schedule Spring 2021 (Jan. 14-Mar. 18)
- Vontz Center Seminar Schedule Spring 2021 (Mar. 25-May 27)
- Vontz Center Cancer Seminar Series Fall 2020
- Vontz Center Seminar Schedule Fall 2019-Spring 2020
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2017-Spring 2018
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2016-Spring 2017
- Seminar Schedule Fall 2015-Spring 2016
- Seminar Schedule Spring 2015
The William J. Larsen Distinguished Lecture Series
This is an annual seminar to honor the memory of William J. Larsen, PhD. Each year, the invited speaker is a leader in the field of developmental biology. The William J. Larsen Distinguished Lecture Series page.
The Cincinnati Cancer Symposium Series
This annual symposium features an international panel of renowned experts in a specific, timely topic in cancer research.
CCB Faculty Seminar Series
This seminar series provides an opportunity for CCB faculty members to share their research and receive feedback from their colleagues. It meets twice a month and attendance is limited to CCB faculty and selected senior postdocs.
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