2014 ICR Seminar Schedule
ICR Seminar Schedule 2014:
Institute for Cancer Research Seminars
Director: Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D.
Seminar Coordinator: Riyaz Basha, Ph.D.
ICR Secretary: Jacklyn Crisp
Seminar Location: LIB-110
Noon to 1:00 pm
University of North Texas Health Science Center 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107 Seminar Information:Date: January 1 (None)Date: February 5Speaker: Anish Ray, M.D.
Position and Location: Attending Physician, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology Cook Children’s Medical Center,
Fort Worth, TX
Title of Seminar: “Challenges at the Besdside in Pediatric Cancers”
Confirmed by: Riyaz Basha, Ph.D.
Date: March 5
Speaker: Deepak Kumar, Ph.D.
Position and Location: Associate Professor & Chair, Department of
Biology, Chemistry & Physics, University of the District of Columbia,
Washington, DC.
Title of Seminar: “Small noncoding microRNAs as emerging mediators of tumor hallmarks and cancer biomarkers”
Confirmed by: Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D.
Date: April 2
Speaker: YiQiang Cheng, Ph.D.
Position and Location: Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North
Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX
Title of Seminar: “Genomics-Guided Discovery of Potent Anticancer National Products from Exotic Bacterial Species”
Confirmed by: Riyaz Basha, Ph.D.
Date: May 7 (None)
Date: June 4 (None)
Date: July 2 (None)
Date: August 6
Speaker: Mohan C. Vemuri, Ph.D.
Position and Location: Director, Research & Development Cell
Biology and Stem Cell Sciences, Life Technologies, Frederick, MD.
Title of Seminar: “Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC): Approaches to Cancer Immunotherapy”
Confirmed by: Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D.
Date: September 3
Speaker: Maurizio Ghisoli, M.D.
Position and Location: Physician and Researcher, Mary Crowley
Cancer Research Center, Department of Pediatric Hematology
Oncology, Medical City Children’s Hospital, Texas Oncology,
Dallas, TX
Title of Seminar: “Ewing Sarcoma: One, Two Punch”
Confirmed by: Paul Bowman, M.D.
Date: October 1
Speaker: Richard L. Eckert, Ph.D.
Position and Location: Chair, John F.B. Weaver Professorship,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of
Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Title of Seminar: “Making Sense of Skin-Cancer Stem Cells in Development of Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Confirmed by: Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D.
Date: November 5
Speaker: Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D.
Position and Location: Associate Professor, Department of
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, TN.
Title of Seminar: “From bowl to bowel: Benzo(a)pyrene and Colon Carcinogenesis”
Confirmed by: Riyaz Basha, Ph.D.
Date: December 3
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