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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. All seminars will be held in person (unless otherwise noted) from Noon to 1:00 pm (EST) in the Rievesch l Auditorium (VONTZ 1100) at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.

Refer to the schedule below. For more information, please contact Aimee Bollmer at aimee.bollmer@uc.edu.

01/23Moderators: Devyani Sharma & Zhiqi Tian
Emma Uible, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Daniel Starczynowski Lab, CCHMC
“The zymogen form of Caspase-1 is required to fine tune excessive cell-intrinsic inflammation in MDS/AML”
Levi Fox, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susan Waltz Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
01/30Moderators: Xiaoqin Zhu & Sara Alharbi
Peng Wu, MD, PhD          Host: Seminar Committee, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Seminar Title: TBD
02/06Moderators: Emma Uible & Taylor Joseph
Annual William J. Larsen Distinguished Lecture Series
Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD                  
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor, Children’s Research Institute, Robert L. Moody, Sr. Faculty Scholar, Joel B. Steinberg, MD Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Seminar Title: TBD
02/13Moderators: Paula Saez Raez & Zhixin Lu
Taylor Lange, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Susanne Wells Lab, CCHMC
Seminar Title: TBD
Zhiqi Tian, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
02/20Moderators: Taylor Lange & Kate Von Handorf
Christina Towers, PhD          Host: Seminar Committee 
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA
“Targeting Autophagy in Cancer”
02/27Moderators: Megan Bones & Haley Todd
Roman Caceres, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Biplab Dasgupta Lab, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Seminar Title: TBD
Sajad Wani, PhD, Dr. Amanda Wasylishen Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
03/06Moderators: Issac Choi & Jacob Kurek
Wen-Xing Ding, PhD, FAASLD          Host:  Dr. Chunying Du, UC Department of Cancer Biology
William Warner Abercrombie Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Seminar Title: TBD
03/13Moderators: Shreya Shyamsunder & Robby Beal
Szu-Aun Long, MD, Dr. Andrew Waters Lab, UC Department of Surgery-Oncology 
Seminar Title: TBD
Banzhan Ruan, PhD, Dr. Jun-Lin Guan Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology 
Seminar Title: TBD
03/27Moderators: Joe Ungvary & Emily Wachter
Jacob Kurek, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Andrew Volk Lab, CCHMC
Seminar Title: TBD
Devyani Sharma, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Marie-Dominique Filippi Lab, CCHMC
Seminar Title: TBD
04/03Moderators: Sam Zumwalde & Sreelakshmi Sanam
Kate Von Handorf, CCB PhD Student, Dr. David Plas Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
Dina Secic, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
04/10Moderators: Evan Peters & Julie Fisher
Sara Alharbi, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Tim Le Cras Lab, CCHMC
Seminar Title: TBD
Bibek Karki, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Tom Cunningham Lab, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Seminar Title: TBD
04/17Moderators: Charlie Nims & Grace Goodhart
Lindsay Bischoff, CCB PhD Student, Dr. Elisa Boscolo Lab, CCHMC
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“In-vivo investigation of the mechanisms driving venous malformation downstream of mutant TIE2”
04/24Moderators: Josh Jones & Angelle Jones
Dr. Antonio Barrientos          Host:  Dr. Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska, UC Department of Cancer Biology
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Seminar Title: TBD

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All Seminars will be held IN PERSON.
Should the seminar be listed as a virtual event, please use the Zoom link below.

Meeting ID: 922 4621 9275
Passcode: 575321

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