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Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology

The 2024 course is scheduled for June 27-28 and will focus on Cancer Glycoimmunolgy.

This annual course brings together leading scientists to address important topics in cancer research.

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Featured Speakers

Hans Wandall, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Copenhagen

Richard Cummings, PhD

S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Surgery

in the Field of Nutrition Medicine

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Mass.

Susan Bellis, PhD

Professor of cell, developmental and integrative biology

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Yvette Kooyk, PhD

Professor

Department Molecular Cell Biology, and Immunology

Amsterdam UMC

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

2024 Faculty Host

The 2024 faculty host is Prakash Radhakrishnan, PhD, an associate professor at Eppley Institute whose research focus is glycobiology of pancreatic cancer, autocrine and paracrine cell signaling mechanisms, and pancreatic cancer therapeutics.

About Henry M. Lemon

After graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1940, Dr. Henry Lemon held positions at the University of Chicago Clinics and Boston University School of Medicine before being appointed the first director of the Eugene C. Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He served as director of the institute from 1961 to 1968. He was a professor of Internal Medicine, and served as the Assistant Dean, Research Affairs at UNMC from 1961-1965.

Dr. Lemon was instrumental in establishing UNMC as a major cancer research and treatment center. He warned of the cancer-causing effects of cigarette smoking in the mid 1960s, developed better methods of administering chemotherapy and contributed to a program that improved the teaching of cancer in medical schools. Dr. Lemon’s research focused on estrogen metabolism and breast cancer.

Dr. Lemon trained numerous students and fellows in his laboratories in both Boston and Omaha, and was author or co-author of over 170 publications during his career. He died in 1997.

2024 Schedule

Thursday, June 27

Friday, June 28

8 a.m.: Welcome address by Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute.

8:10 a.m.: Opening remarks by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
8:20 a.m.: Speaker introduction by student host.
8:25 a.m.: First lecture by Dr. Wandall, via Zoom.
9:25 a.m.: Panel discussion.
10:10 a.m.: 15-minute break
10:25 a.m.: Second lecture by Dr. Wandall.
11:25 a.m.: Panel discussion.
Noon to 1:30: Break.
1:30 p.m.: Speaker introduction by student host.
1:35 p.m.: First lecture by Dr. Cummings.
2:35 p.m.: Panel discussion.
3:20 p.m.: Ten-minute break.
3:30 p.m.: Second lecture by Dr. Cummings.
4:30 p.m.: Panel discussion.

8 a.m.: Speaker introduction by student host.
8:05 a.m.: First lecture by Dr. Bellis.
8:55 a.m.: Panel discussion.
9:40 a.m.: Ten-minute break.
9:50 a.m.: Second lecture by Dr. Bellis.
10:50 a.m.: Panel discussion.
11:35 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Break.
1 p.m.: Speaker introduction by student host.
1:05 p.m.: First lecture by Dr. Kooyk.
2:05 p.m.: Panel discussion.
2:50 p.m.: 15-minute break.
3:05 p.m.: Second lecture by Dr. Kooyk.
4:05 p.m.: Panel discussion.
4:50 p.m.: Closing remarks by Dr. Radhakrishnan.