Short Course in Cancer Biology
for Graduate Students
Past Short Courses in Cancer Biology
2007 - Ubiquitin and Cancer
Alan D’Andrea - The
Fanconi Anemia Pathway and the DNA Damage Response
Peter Jackson -
Protein Destruction in Mitosis: Cyclins, Spindles and Chromosome
Segregation
Zhijian (James) Chen - Ubiquitin-Mediated Activation of
NF-kappaB and its Role in Cancer
William Kaelin - The von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor
Protein: Oxygen Sensing and Cancer
2006 - Stem Cells in Cancer and Development
Michael McBurney, Ph.D. - Pluripotent Cells
from Teratocarcinomas and Embryos
Gilbert Smith, Ph.D. - Stem Cells and
Mammary Cancer
Jan A. Nolta, Ph.D. - Stem Mediated Repair
of Damaged Tissues
Darryl Shibata, M.D. - Tracing Cell
Lineages Using Epigenetic Molecular Clocks
2005 - Cellular Responses to DNA Damage and Cancer
Thomas
Kunkel, Ph.D. - DNA Replication (IN) Fidelity-Causes and Consequences
Jean Wang, Ph.D. - Coordination of DNA Repair and Cell Death Response
Wei Yang, Ph.D. - Making and Breaking DNA: Lessons From Structural
Studies
Jan Hoeijmakers, Ph.D. - DNA Damage and Repair: At the Crossroads of
Cancer and Aging
2004 - Metastasis: Biology and Therapeutic Strategies
Lynn
Matrisian, Ph.D. - What We’ve Learned from the matrix Metalloproteinase
Inhibitor Clinical Trials
Danny Welch, Ph.D. - Metastasis Controlling Genes
Ruth Muschel, M.D., Ph.D. - Mechanisms of Metastasis
Patricia Steeg, Ph.D. - Translational Leads in Breast Cancer Metastasis
2003 - Cell Biology of Breast Cancer
Jeffrey T.
Holt, M.D. - Pathobiology and Genetics of Breast Cancer
Nita Maihle, Ph.D. - Growth Factor Regulation of Breast Cancer
William Muller, Ph.D. - Transgenic Models of Breast Cancer
Nora Disis, M.D. - Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
2002 - Cancer Genetics
Gerard I.
Evan, Ph.D. - Genetic control of apoptosis, cancer, oncogenes
Donna G. Albertson, Ph.D. - Breast cancer genetics, genome scanning with
comparative genomic hybridization
William G. Kaelin, M.D. - Tumor suppressor genes, p53, von Hippel-Lindau,
genetic-based therapies
William P. Bennett, M.D. - Genetic susceptibility to lung cancer,
genetic epidemiology
2001 - Tumor Immunology
Matthew
Mescher, Ph.D. - T Lymphocyte Responses to Tumors
James Mulé, Ph.D. - Tumor Vaccines
Jeffrey Weber, M.D., Ph.D. - Clinical Immunotherapy Trials
Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D. - Monoclonal Antibody Therapies For Cancer
2000 - Angiogenesis
Robert Kerbel, Ph.D. - Tumor Angiogenesis: Underlying Principles and
Potential as a Therapeutic Target
Rakesh Jain, Ph.D - Tumor Angiogenesis and Microcirculation: Lessons
From In Vivo Microscopy of Gene Expression and Function
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D - Molecular Anatomy of Blood Vessels
David Shalinsky, Ph.D. - Matrix Metalloprotease (MMPs) in Neoplastic
Progression: Therapeutic Strategies Aimed at Inhibiting Angiogenesis,
Invasion and Metastasis Using MMP Inhibitors
1999 - Telomeres
Jerry W. Shay, Ph.D. - Aging & Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the
Connection?
Lea Harrington, Ph.D. - Form & Function of Mammalian Telomerase
Peter Lansdorp, MD, Ph.D. - Telomeres & Chromosomal Stability in
Mammalian Cells
Julia Promisel Cooper, Ph.D. - Telomere Function During Mitosis and
Meiosis in Fission Yeast
1998 - Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression
C. David Allis, Ph.D. - Linking Histone Acetylation and Phosphorylation
to Gene Activation
Craig Peterson, Ph.D. - Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin
Remodeling Machines
Marc Montminy, M.D., Ph.D. - CBP and p300: General Mediators of Cell
Signaling
Michelle Barton, Ph.D. - In Vitro Reconstitution of Gene Regulation
Using Chromatin Structure and Synthetic Nuclei Templates
1997 - Apoptosis: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical
Implications
Stan Korsmeyer, M.D. - BCL-2 Family and the Regulation of Cell Death
Michael Hengartner, Ph.D. - Apoptosis and Development
Junying Yuan, Ph.D. - Control of Apoptosis by the Caspase Family
David Fisher, M.D. - Apoptosis in Tumorigenesis and Cancer Therapy
1996 - Characterization and Therapy of Genetic Disorders
Jim Sikela, Ph.D. - Progress Toward a Human Gene Map
Webster Cavenee, Ph.D. - Genetics of Tumor Progression
John Engelhardt, Ph.D. - Vectors for Gene Therapy of Inherited and
Acquired Diseases
Stephen Eck, M.D., Ph.D. - Laboratory and Clinical Approaches to Cancer
Gene Therapy
1995 - Genetics of Development
Paul W. Sternberg, Ph.D. - Intercellular Signaling and Signal
Transduction During C. Elegans Development
Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D. - Signal Transduction and Neuronal Development in
the Drosophila Eye
Michael S. Levine, Ph.D. - Transcriptional Control of Drosophila
Embryogenesis
Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D. - The Role of Hox Genes in Establishing the
Mammalian Body Plan
1994 - Transcription factors as Effectors of Signal
Transduction
Nancy H. Colburn, Ph.D. - Induced AP-1 as a Possible Target for
Prevention of Carcinogenesis
Gail Sonenshein, Ph.D. - Regulation of c-myc Expression and the Role of
NF-kB Rel-related Family of Factors
Lorraine Gudas, Ph.D. - Retinoids: Signalling Molecules for Cell Growth
and Differentiation
Frank Rauscher, III, Ph.D. - Transcription Factors as Negative
Regulators of Cell Growth: Studies on WT-1 and P53
1993 - Cell Cycle Regulation
Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D. - Mitotic Instability and Cancer
Andrew Murray, Ph.D. - Mitotic Feedback Controls: How Cells Know When to
Leave Mitosis
Patrick O'Farrell, Ph.D. - Formation of Embryonic Pattern and the
Developmental Controls of Cell Proliferation
Thea Tltsy, Ph.D. - The Genetic Regulation of Genomic Instability in
Normal and Neoplastic Cells
1992 - DNA Replication, DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
Lawrence A. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D. - Endogenous Mutagenesis and Cancer
Thomas Kunkel, Ph.D. - Studies of the Fidelity of Eukaryotic DNA
Replication
Michael Cox, Ph.D. - Recombinational DNA Repair Mediated by the RecA
System
Philip Hanawalt, Ph.D. - Intragenomic Fine Structure of DNA Repair
1991 - Tumor Suppressor Genes and Transcription Regulatory
Factors
Edward Harlow, Ph.D. - Proteins that are Cellular Targets for
Transformation of DNA Tumor Viruses
W. Edward Mercer, Ph.D. - Tumor Suppressor Genes and Transcription
Regulatory Factors
Edward Ziff, Ph.D. - Gene Regulation by Growth Factors
Steven Friend, M.D., Ph.D. - Germ Line Tumor Suppressor Genes - Risks
for Cancer
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