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 occur on Tuesdays, 9-10 a.m. in CCRB 1-125.

Also available via Zoom.
Please use this URL to join virtually: https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/98692713230
Meeting ID: 986 9271 3230

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Seminar Series Schedule

Seminar DateSpeakerSeminar TitleRecording Link
September 9, 2025Susan Arnold, DVM, DACVIM
University of Minnesota		Breed-specific canine high-grade glioma and systemic immune transcriptomesView the recording.
September 16, 2025Catherine Bollard, MBChB, MD
Children's National Hospital		Next Generation Cell Therapies for Cancer – From Blood Cancers to Solid TumorsNo recording available.
September 23, 2025Adam Sharp, MD, PhD
Institute of Cancer Research		Targeting the intrinsic apoptosis pathway in lethal prostate cancerView the recording.
September 30, 2025Pippa Kennedy, PhD
University of Minnesota 		Therapeutic natural killer cells in space and timeNo recording available.
October 7, 2025Heide Ford, PhD
University of Colorado Denver		Enhancing Natural Killer Cell Function to Combat Breast Cancer MetastasisView the recording.
October 14, 2025No Seminar this week  
October 21, 2025Eimear Dolan, PhD
University of Galway		Enhancing long-term function of therapeutic implants for cancer and diabetesView the recording.
October 28, 2025Jaime Modiano, VMD, PhD
University of Minnesota		The Tumor Microenvironment in Osteosarcoma. Are there Ghosts in the Machine?View the recording.
November 4, 2025No Seminar this week - Kersey Lecture  
November 11, 2025Yi Zhang, MD, PhD Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI)Epigenetic regulation of T cell alloimmunity and tumor immunity.View the recording.
November 18, 2025Kenneth Resnicow, PhD
University of Minnesota		Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Lessons from 10 Years of AD for COEView the recording.
November 25, 2025No Seminar this week - Happy Thanksgiving!  
December 2, 2025Kristina Thiel, PhD
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center		Hormone Therapy for Endometrial CancerView the recording.
December 9, 2025Brittany Hartwell, PhD
University of Minnesota		Training anti-cancer immunity against pancreatic cancer using albumin-hitchhiking vaccines to recall ancient immune memoriesView the recording.
December 16, 2025Darko Bosnakovski, DVM, PhD
University of Minnesota		How Small Round Blue Cell Sarcomas Bypass Cellular Senescence and Escape Immune SurveillanceNo recording available.
December 23, 2025No Seminar this week - Happy Holidays!  
December 30, 2025No Seminar this week - Happy Holidays!  
January 6, 2026Leena Hilakivi Clarke, PhD
University of Minnesota		Dietary intervention studies at the Hormel Institute targeting the gut microbiome and breast cancerNo recording available.
January 13, 2026Robin Williams, MD, MS
University of Minnesota		Targeting the Surrogate Light Chain to Treat B-ALL: Mechanisms of Action and Resistance for a Novel VpreB1-Directed Antibody-Drug ConjugateView the recording.
January 20, 2026Jason Jones, PhD, and 
Alex Tsai, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota 		TCTP T32 Postdoctoral Fellow PresentationsView the recording.
January 27, 2026 Scott Dehm, PhD
University of Minnesota		Therapeutic Targets in Advanced Prostate CancersNo recording available.
February 3, 2026CancelledNo seminar this week. 
February 10, 2026Masato Yamamoto, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota		Development of Oncolytic Adenovirus for Advanced GI CancersView the recording.
February 17, 2026Doris M Benbrook, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences		Small Molecule Drug Disruption of HSP70 Complexes: Mechanisms Leading to Cancer Cell Death, Non-Cancer Cell Resistance and Phase 1/1b Clinical TrialsView the recording.
February 24, 2026Malachi Griffith, PhD
WashU Medicine		Basic and translational applications of neoantigen discovery resourcesView the recording.
March 3, 2026Ruping Sun, PhD
University of Minnesota		Evolutionary Timing and Fitness Consequences of Aneuploidy and Whole-Genome Duplication in Cancer 
March 10, 2026No Seminar this week - Spring Break  
March 17, 2026Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
University of Chicago		Reprogramming Tumor Metabolism to Overcome Immune Suppression in Ovarian Cancer 
March 24, 2026Rana R. McKay, MD
University of California, San Diego		Advances in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Decades of Progress 
March 31, 2026Erin E. Hahn, PhD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente		Real-world challenges and successes of embedded implementation-focused cancer care delivery research. 
April 7, 2026No Seminar this week - 
MCC Research Symposium		  
April 14, 2026Wendy Gordon, PhD
University of Minnesota		Measuring and manipulating mechanotransduction pathways 
April 21, 2026 No Seminar this week  
April 28, 2026Pamela Hull, PhD
University of Kentucky		Community Co-Design Approaches in Tobacco and Cancer Survivorship Research 
May 5, 2026Marina Sharifi, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Carbone Cancer Center		Leveraging multiomic liquid biopsies to interrogate molecular evolution in hormone driven cancers 
May 12, 2026Munjireen Sifat, PhD, MPH
Thomas Jefferson University		Cancer Prevention Insights from Community-Based Research in Philadelphia, PA 

 

Seminar presentations are recorded when possible and available to view on the MCC YouTube page. For more information: [email protected]
 

View past seminar series recordings here