The Connect Science Seminars seek to connect basic and translational cancer researchers in Houston, Texas, and the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative showcases remote seminars by outstanding scientists at major institutions in the U.S. and elsewhere and is open to all.
The series will begin on May 14 and will be held every Thursday at 11 a.m. CST.
For questions or more information, please contact LTAbrahams@mdanderson.org.
Event Sponsors:
- MD Anderson's Department of Cancer Biology
- R.E. "Bob" and Vivian L. Smith Educational Program
- Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation
Organized by
Filippo G. Giancotti, M.D., Ph.D.
Olla S. Stribling Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D.
R.E. Bob Smith Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research
Professor and Chair, Department of Cancer Biology
Upcoming Lectures
To facilitate exchange and dissemination of unpublished results, seminars will not be recorded.
May 14
"Stem Cells: Coping with Stress"
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Rockefeller University
May 21
"New Signal Transduction Targets for Cancer Therapy"
Tony Hunter, Ph.D.
Professor and Renato Dulbecco Chair in Cancer Research
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
May 28
"Of Mice and Men: Learning About Human Prostate Cancer by Studying Mouse Models"
Cory Abate-Shen, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
June 4
"TBD"
Frederic Geissmann, M.D., Ph.D.
William E. Snee Chair of Immunology
Sloan Kettering Institute
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
June 11
"Linking Cancer Metabolism to Neurodegeneration"
Navdeep S. Chandel, Ph.D.
David W. Cugell Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
June 18
"Innate Immune Defense Against Bacterial Pathogens by Inflammasomes"
Russell Vance, Ph.D.
Professor and HHMI Investigator
University of California,
Berkeley
June 25
"Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanisms of Hematopoietic
Stem Cell Aging"
Emmanuelle Passegué, Ph.D.
Alumni Professor of Genetics & Development
Director, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
Columbia University
Irving Medical Center
July 2
"Synthetic Lethal and Resistance Interactions with BET Bromodomain Inhibitors in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer"
Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
July 9
"TBD"
Aviv Regev, Ph.D.
Chair of Faculty and Core Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
July 16
"TBD"
Robert Schreiber, Ph.D.
AM Bursky & JM Bursky Distinguished Professor
Departments of Pathology & Immunology
Director, Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs
Washington University School of Medicine