Cancer Center Seminar Series
Presented by Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota this interdisciplinary seminar series provides a venue for basic-science and clinical researchers to hear about cutting-edge work in all areas of cancer. The series features invited speakers and MCC faculty with expertise in selected topics related to cancer.
Seminars take place in room 1-125 CCRB (unless otherwise stated), Tuesdays 9-10am
Also available via zoom.
Please use this URL to join virtually: https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/98692713230
Meeting ID: 986 9271 3230
Seminar Series Schedule
Seminar Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Recording Link |
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September 12, 2023 | Carol Lange, PhD University of Minnesota | Mechanisms of Integrated ER/PR Signaling in Luminal Breast Cancer Models: Should we target PR? | View the recording |
September 19, 2023 | TCTP T32 Trainees University of Minnesota | Targets of Cancer Training Program Trainee Flash Talks | View the recording |
September 26, 2023 | Tiffany Seagroves, MBA, PhD University of Tennessee | Targeting Metastasis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer | No recording available |
October 3, 2023 | Christopher Meiers University of Minnesota | GESR: An Affordable Resource for Genome Edited Cell Lines, iPSC, and Mice | View the recording |
October 10, 2023 | R. Stephanie Huang, PhD University of Minnesota | Inferring therapeutic vulnerability within tumors through integration of pan-cancer cell line and single-cell transcriptomic profiles | View the recording |
October 17, 2023 | Gensheng Feng, PhD University of California San Diego | Mechanistic Dissection and Immunotherapy of Liver Cancer | View the recording |
October 24, 2023 | John Dipersio, MD, PhD Washington University | CART for the Treatment of Tcell Malignancies | No recording available |
October 31, 2023 | No Seminar this week - MCC Research Symposium | ||
November 7, 2023 | Helen Parsons, PhD, MPH University of Minnesota | Improving Care and Outcomes and Adolescent and Young Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | No recording available |
November 14, 2023 | Bevin Engelward, ScD MIT | DNA Damage, Repair, and Mutations in the Context of Environmental Health | No recording available |
November 21, 2023 | No Seminar this week - Happy Thanksgiving! | ||
November 28, 2023 | David Largaespada, PhD University of Minnesota | Drug Targets and Synthetic Vulnerabilities in Sarcoma: Our experience in NF1 | View the recording |
December 5, 2023 | Rachel Vogel, PhD University of Minnesota | CMV and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Ovarian Cancer | View the recording |
December 12, 2023 | Rajaram Gopalakrishnan, BDS, PhD University of Minnesota | Investigating Mechanisms of Invasion in Oral Cancer | No recording available |
December 19, 2023 | Sean Tracy, MD, PhD University of Minnesota | T-cell responses in acute lymphoblastic leukemia | View the recording |
December 26, 2023 | No Seminar this week - Happy Holidays! | ||
January 2, 2024 | No Seminar this week - Happy Holidays! | ||
January 9, 2024 | John Blenis Weill Cornell | Signaling and Metabolic Plasticity During Cancer Progression, Links to Aging | No recording available |
January 16, 2024 | Proteogenomics Shared Resource UMN | The Proteogenomics Shared Resource: From novel proteoforms to microbiome functions in cancer using customized multi-omic tools | View the recording |
January 23, 2024 | Joshua Lang, MD, MS University of Wisconsin, Madison | Biomarkers and Biology: Treatment Resistance in Advanced Prostate Cancer | View the recording |
January 30, 2024 | KERSEY LECTURE - Michael Calguiri | View the recording | |
February 6, 2024 | Kyle Hill, PhD, MPH University of Minnesota | Climate Change and Cancer Risk in Indigenous Communities: Opportunities for Reconciliation and Prevention | No recording available |
February 13, 2024 | Logan Spector, PhD University of Minnesota | From rare to well-done: The epidemiology of Ewing sarcoma | View the recording |
February 20, 2024 | Kiri Ness, PT, PhD, FAPTA St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Remediating Aging Phenotypes in Cancer Survivors | View the recording |
February 27, 2024 | Matt Sikora, PhD University of Colorado, Denver | MDC1 Bridges Endocrine Response and DNA Damage Response in Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast | View the recording |
March 5, 2024 | No Seminar this week - Spring Break! | ||
March 12, 2024 | Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD University of Minnesota | Bipolar Androgen Therapy: An Iconoclastic Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer | View the recording |
March 19, 2024 | Barbara Stranger, PhD Northwestern University | The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues and cancers | No recording available |
March 26, 2024 Zoom Only | Leslie Carnahan Linda Kasebier, MPH, MHS | Community conversations on cancer: Creating and implementing a community engagement strategy for the 2022-2027 Illinois Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan through an academic – state public health department partnership | No recording available |
April 2, 2024 | Nasra Giama, DNP, RN, PHN | Community engagement: partnering with immigrant/refugee communities to improve Liver Care. | View the recording |
April 9, 2024 | Beshay Zordosky, MSc, PhD University of Minnesota | Therapy-induced Immunosenescence: Mechanisms, Implications, and Potential Interventions | View the recording |
April 16, 2024 | No seminar this week. | ||
April 23, 2024 | Nicholas Zorko, MD, PhD University of Minnesota | (Don't) Transplant Like It's 1999: The Role of Autologous Transplant and Cellular Therapy for Solid Tumors in 2024. | View the recording |
April 30, 2024 | Crystal Lumpkins, PhD, MA Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah | Advancing Health Equity through Community-Engaged Health Communication Scholarship: Research that Speaks the Language. | No recording available |
May 7, 2024 | Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD University of Pitsburgh | Understanding variations in risk of lung cancer among smokers | |
May 14, 2024 | MCC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team | Panel discussion on expanding health disparities research and the cancer research workforce | |
May 21, 2024 | Arjun Singh, MDS, MFDS, RCPS Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai | Surgeon - Scientist? |
Seminar presentations are recorded when possible and available to view on the MCC YouTube page. For more information: mccrd@umn.edu