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Conferences & Events
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
Each week from September through May, an internationally recognized scientist is invited to speak and present his or her latest results. Students have the opportunity to meet and interact with these distinguished scientists. Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., is the chair and coordinator of the Blaffer Lecture Series. For further information, please contact Elva Lopez at eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m.
Onstead Auditorium
Onstead Auditorium is accessible from the main MD Anderson building via the 3rd/4th floor Tan Zone skybridges and the front entrance to the Mitchel Basic Science and Research Building (BSRB) at 6767 Bertner, Houston, TX 77030.
Research Exchange Series
Each week from September through May, this series alternates faculty from across the Texas Medical Center (TMC) with senior trainees from Genetics to discuss their research. This series highlights the breadth and depth of science in the Texas Medical Center and provides an opportunity to establish collaborations across the numerous institutions in the TMC. It is also a forum for senior students and post-doctoral trainees to present their studies. George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D., and Michael Galko, Ph.D., will host this series. For further information, please contact Lisa Watson at LMWatson@mdanderson.org.
Wednesdays, 12 p.m.-1 p.m.
14th Floor Conference Room, Mitchell BSRB, S14.8336
Spring 2018 Blaffer Schedule
February 13, 2018
Speaker: Laura Attardi, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Title: “Deconstructing p53 Pathways in Tumor Suppression”
Host: Ralf Krahe, Ph.D.
February 20, 2018
Speaker: Roger Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Title: “Mitotic Progression as a Gatekeeper of Genome Stability and Anti-Tumor Immune Response”
Host: Junjie Chen, Ph.D.
February 27, 2018
Speaker: Wei Gu, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY
Title: “Non-Canonical Tumor Suppression of p53 Through Metabolic Regulation”
Host: Shelly Barton, Ph.D.
March 20, 2018
Speaker: Benjamin Neel, Ph.D., NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Title: “New Twists on Old PTP’s”
Host: Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D.
March 27, 2018
Speaker: Christina Curtis, Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Title: “Delineating the Dynamics and Routes of Metastasis”
Host: Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
April 3, 2018
Speaker: Denise Montell, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Title: “Collective Cell Migration and Anastasis: Mechanisms and Implications for Metastasis”
Host: Pierre McCrea, Ph.D.
April 10, 2018
Speaker: Frank McKeon, Ph.D., University of Houston, Houston, TX
Title: “Heart of Darkness: Clonogenic Stem Cells of Cancers and Their Precursors”
Host: George Eisenhoffer, Ph.D.
April 24, 2018
Speaker: Diego Castrillon, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Title: “Uterine Cancer: Models and Translational Studies”
Host: Russell Broaddus, M.D., Ph.D.
May 8, 2018
Speaker: Itai Yanai, Ph.D., NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Title: “Single-Cell and Spatial Gene Expression Analysis of Tumorigenesis”
Host: Swathi Arur, Ph.D.
May 15, 2018
Speaker: Brent Stockwell, Ph.D., (HHMI) Columbia University, New York, NY
Title: “Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology and Disease”
Host: Boyi Gan, Ph.D.
For further information please contact Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., Blaffer Committee Chair: nnavin@mdanderson.org or Elva Lopez, Program Coordinator: eplopez@mdanderson.org.
Spring 2018 Research Exchange Schedule
February 14, 2018
Richard Meisel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
February 21, 2018
Rachel Mullen, Ph.D., Instructor (Behringer Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
February 28, 2018
KevinMcBride, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, MD Anderson
March 7, 2018
Naveen Ramesh, Graduate Student (Navin Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
March 14, 2018
Hyun-Kyoung Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
March 21, 2018
Vinod Pant, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Lozano Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
March 28, 2018
Rosa Uribe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biosciences, Rice University
April 4, 2018
Erik Griffin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College
April 11, 2018
Aaron Foster, Vice President of Product Development
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals
April 18, 2018
Shengfeng Xu, Ph.D., Post Doc (Wang Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson
April 25, 2018
Bonnie Bartel, Ph.D., Professor
Department of BioSciences, Rice University
May 2, 2018
Ryan Baumert, Graduate Student (McCrea Lab)
Department of Genetics, MD Anderson