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                                      Molecular and Cellular Oncology seminar series
                                  Organizer: Dr. Michael Hendzel and Dr. Gordon Chan

                                                              2008 Future speakers:

• Dr. Greg Matera, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
• Dr. Jackie Vogel, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
• Dr. Craig Mizzen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
• Dr. Jeff Hayes, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
• Dr. Sachin Katyal, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
• Apr 25, 2008  Dr. Kirk McManus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Seminar title: "Cross species candidate approaches to identify genes mutated in colon cancer and identify novel therapeutic targets"

                                          Molecular and Cellular Oncology seminar series 2008

1. March 14, 2008 Dr. Kyung Lee, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Seminar title: "Self-Regulated Plk1 Recruitment to Kinetochores by the Plk1-PBIP1 Interaction Is Critical for Proper Chromosome Segregation." Visit supported by AHFMR.

2. February 15, 2008 Dr. Andy Belmont, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA; Seminar title: “Large-scale chromatin structure and dynamics.” Visit supported by AHFMR.

3. February 1, 2008 Dr. Roy Golsteyn, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta; Seminar title: “Mitotic catastrophe and its role in the cellular response to DNA damage.” Visit supported by the ACB.

4. January 18, 2008 Dr. Luc Gaudreau, Universitι de Sherbrooke, Quebec; Seminar title: “Role of histone H2A.Z in gene expression, cellular senescence, and cancer.” Visit supported by AHFMR.

                                                   Molecular and Cellular Oncology seminar series 2007

1. November 2, 2007 Dr. Hong Yan, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philaldelphia, PA, USA; Seminar title: “Werner Syndrome Protein, DNA Double-Double Strand Break Repair, and Replication Restart.” Visit supported by AHFMR.

2. October 12, 2007 Dr. Li-Yuen Yu-Lee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Seminar title: “Getting in and out of mitosis with NudC.” Visit supported by AHFMR.

3. Sept 28, 2007 Dr. Josie Ursini-Siegel, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Seminar title: "Tumor cell autonomous and stromal effects of Shc during mammory tumor development."

4. June 7, 2007 Dr. Michael Kruhlak, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Seminar title: “Changes in Chromatin Structure at Sites of DNA Breaks in Living Cells.”

5. May 25, 2007 Dr. Jonathan Keats, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; Seminar title: “Translating high-content genetics into novel therapies and biological interpretations: The Mayo-TGEN Experience."

6. May 17, 2007 Dr. Hyeseong Cho, Department of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea; Seminar title: "Mitotic control of hepatitis B virus X protein in hepatocarcinogenesis." Visit supported by AHFMR.

7. Apr 27, 2007 Dr. Jeffrey Hansen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Seminar title: “Intrinsic Disorder in MeCP2 and other Nuclear Regulatory Proteins: an at times mind-boggling journey along the cutting edge of structural biology.”

8. Mar 30, 2007 Dr. Gary Gorbsky, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Seminar title: “Backpedaling the cell cycle: the reversibility of mitotic exit in vertebrate cells." Visit supported by AHFMR.

9. Mar 19, 2007 Dr. Andrew Maniotis, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA; Seminar title: “Diagnostic and therapeutic insights into melanoma, breast cancer and cancer resistance through identification and disruption of tumor biofilms.”

10. Jan 26, 2007 Dr. Peter Adams, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Seminar title: "Regulation of oncogene-induced senescence by Wnt-signaling: implications for tumor progression." Visit supported by AHFMR.

                                                  Molecular and Cellular Oncology seminar series 2006

1. Oct 27, 2006 Dr. Jonathan Chernoff, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Seminar title: "A Tale of Two Paks ." Visit supported by AHFMR.

2. Nov 17, 2006 Dr. Roger Leng, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; Seminar title: “Life or Death, the p53 Pathway in Cancer.”

3. Dec 1, 2006 Dr. Judd Rice, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Seminar title: "Histone methylation: new insights into epigenetic gene silencing."