RNA Center Seminars & Events
The RNA Center hosts various events throughout the year where internal and external research scientists are invited to give presentations on their latest research related to interfering RNA (RNAi), microRNAs (miRNAs), and other non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs).
Upcoming Events
RNA Center hosts Advances in Oncology Institutional Grand Rounds
Friday, April 19, 2013, 12:00PM-1:00PM, Hickey Auditorium, Main Building, Floor 11 (R11.1400)
For additional information and to add this event to your calendar, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Previous Events
Chun Li, Ph.D., Professor, Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, MD Anderson
Topic: "Imaging EphB4 Expression and its therapeutic modulation"
Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 8:30AM-9:30AM, South Campus Research Building, Room 3 (2SCR1.4023).
For additional information and to add this event to your calendar, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Abhinav K. Jain, Ph.D., Instructor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, MD Anderson
Topic: "Mining a p53-regulated transcription program during differentiation versus damage of human ES cells"
Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 8:30AM-9:30AM, South Campus Research Building, Room 3 (2SCR1.4023).
For additional information and to add this event to your calendar, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Leaf Huang, Ph.D., Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC at Chapel Hill
Topic: "Nanoparticle delivery of genes and siRNA to tumor and liver "
Monday, November 19, 2012, 8:30- 9:30 a.m., South Campus Research Building, Room 6 (2SCR1.4070).
For additional information and to add this event to your calendar, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Terry O'Halloran, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Topic: "At the Crossroads: Intersection between Coated Vesicles and the Actin Cytoskeleton during Endocytosis"
Friday, July 27, 2012, 11:00 a.m.- noon, Cancer Prevention Building Floor 8, Rooms 6-8 (CPB8, Rms 6-8).
For additional information and to add this event to your calendar, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Joseph DeSimone, Ph.D., Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Topic: "Co-Opting Moore’s Law to Design Better Therapeutics and Vaccines"
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., South Campus Research Building (SCRB) II, Rooms 1-3.
For additional information, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Marcel Dinger, Ph.D., NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Queensland
Topic: "Through a transcriptome, darkly: emerging roles for long noncoding RNAs in disease and development"
Monday, September 26, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., AT&T Auditorium (B2.4750).
For additional information, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Frank Slack, Ph.D., Professor, Yale University
Topic: "A functional SNP in a microRNA complementary site in the KRAS 3’UTR affects cancer risk and outcome"
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., AT&T Auditorium (B2.4750).
For additional information, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.
Eric Olson, Ph.D., Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Topic: "microRNAs Connect Cardiomyopathy and Cancer"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., AT&T Auditorium (B2.4750).
For additional information, visit the MD Anderson Calendar entry for this event.