Past Short Courses in Cancer Biology for Graduate Students
2010 - Metastasis and the Tumor Microenvironment
- Joan Massague
- Lisa Coussens
- Raghu Kalluri
- Scott Hammond - MicroRNAs in Development and Disease
- Chang-Zheng Chen - Micromanaging Immune Systems by miRNA Genes: Mechanism and Function
- George Calin - Non-codingRNA Paradigms in Medical Practice
- Judy Lieberman - Micromanipulating Cell Proliferation and Cancer
- John Cleveland - Metabolic Checkpoints in MYC-driven Tumorigenesis
- Chi Dang - The Interplay between MYC and HIF in Cancer Metabolism
- M. Celeste Simon - O2 Availability and Cellular Metabolism
- Craig Thompson - Cancer Metabolism: PET Scans and the Warburg Effect
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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: Signaling 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
- 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
- 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
- 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