MONDAY, AUGUST 10 |
11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Shrikant Anant, PhD |
11:10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
Review of Program and Announcements by Sufi Thomas, PhD |
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Oral Presentations: Session I Presentation time: 10 min Discussion time: 5 min
Moderator: Amy Whitaker, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center
Presenters:
- Danny Welch, PhD, Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center: Effects of
mitochondrial genetics on tumor cells, the microenvironment and metastasis
- Andrean L. Simons-Burnett, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, University
of Iowa: Localized TLR9 Therapy in Head and Neck Cancers
- Komal Raina, PhD, Associate Professor/Haarberg Chair in Cancer Research, South Dakota State University:
Differential Benefits of Inducing Autophagic Machinery in Cancer-initiating Cells and the Initiated ones
- Guangfu Li, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri:
Gut microbiota-mediated modulation of antitumor immune response in hepatocellular cancer
- Rex Gaskins, PhD, Professor of Immunophysiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
Host-microbiota bile acid co-metabolism and its immunological impact in colorectal cancer
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12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Roy Jensen, MD, Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center |
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Plenary Presentation: Keynote address by David Tuveson, MD, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY |
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m. |
Young Investigator Presentations Presentation time: 10 min Discussion time: 5 min
Moderator: Atul Ranjan, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
Presenters:
- Erin Kischuk, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Purdue University: Modulation of Suppressive Myeloid
Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment via Novel Small Molecules Identified Using Machine Learning
- Ankur Saxena, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago:
Neuroblastoma Differentiation In Vivo Excludes Cranial Tumors
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2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Blitz presentations Presentation time: 5 min
Moderator: Jennifer Crow, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center
Presenters:
- Gayatri Sharma, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin: Endothelial DII4-Notch
Signaling in Breast Tumor Microenvironment Influences Response to Photothermal Therapy
- Maria Cristina Miranda Vergara, Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame: Microenvironmental
Changes by Stromal MMP3 Inhibit Primary Tumor Growth but Increase Lung Metastasis
- Milan Chheda, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University: Leveraging Zika
Virus (ZIKV) and the Immune System to Treat Glioblastoma (GBM)
- Nadia Alissa, Graduate Student, University of Kansas Medical Center: Investigating the Role of
CCL2 Chemokine Signaling in Skeletal Muscle Wasting Associated with Breast Cancer
- Rebecca Dodd, PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa: Genetic Depletion
of Mast Cells is Sufficient to Attenuate Growth of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPSNT's)
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3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Oral Presentations: Session II Presentation time: 10 min Discussion time: 5 min
Moderator: Alejandro Parrales, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
Presenters:
- Gina Sizemore, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics, The Ohio State
University: Intricacies of mesenchymal PDGFR signaling in the brain metastatic microenvironment
- Sarki A Abdulkadir, MD, PhD, Professor of Urological Research, Northwestern University: Therapeutic
Targeting of the MYC Oncogene
- Kamiya Mehla, PhD, Assistant Professor, Nebraska Medical Center: A novel IgE-FcER1α targeted
therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer.
- Frank Ondrey, MD, PhD, FACS, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota:
Activator protein 1 and NF-kappa B in oral carcinogenesis
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks by Shrikant Anant, PhD |