Treating (advanced) cancers successfully requires understanding the specifics of cancer biology. Without that knowledge, the targeting of tumors and metastases and minimizing “bystander effects” is not possible. During the last decades, the community of cancer researchers has discovered that tumors are not just a growing mass of cells, but highly differentiated and often behave in many ways like another organ in the body, consisting of complex tissues that interface with the entire host organism. Cancer stem cells are often able to escape during classic tumor therapies that target fast growing cells, ultimately causing cancer relapse. The researchers in our department work toward understanding what makes cancers different from healthy tissue and how to take advantage of this therapeutically. We are the basic research department of KUMC with an emphasis on translating our results into the clinic and the lives of cancer patients.
Cancer Biology Seminar Series: Spring 2025 Speaker Schedule
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All Cancer Biology Seminars are on Wednesdays at 12 pm in the 1006 Cates Hall West Auditorium February 12 Raul Neri-Sierra, Ph.D. - Post Doctoral Fellow and MedChem Lab Director, KU Medical Center February 26 Monica Stratham - Training Specialist, Sponsored Programs Administration within Research Administration, KU Medical Center March 12 Scott Weir PharmD, Ph.D. - Professor, Cancer Biology, Director, IAMI, Associate Director - Translational Research, KU Medical Center March 26 Chrystal Paulos, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine April 9 Celeste Simon, Ph.D. - Scientific Director/Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania April 23 Luis Batista, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine May 7 Prasad Dandawate, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology, KU Medical Center May 21 Christina Payne - Ph.D. Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas Medical Branch |