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 or live streamed in MCRB 450.
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 10, 2024 | Adam de Smith, PhD University of Southern California | The Genetic Epidemiology and Early-Life Origins of Childhood Leukemia | View the recording |
September 17, 2024 | Eric Rahrmann, PhD The Hormel Institute | Metastasis is NOT a phenomenon of cancer | Recording is unavailable |
September 24, 2024 | Giedre Krenciute, PhD St. Jude | What will it take to make CAR T cells effective for brain tumors? | View the recording |
October 1, 2024 | Justin Drake, PhD University of Minnesota | Proteomic approaches to nominate drug targets and assess biomarkers in prostate cancer | View the recording |
October 8, 2024 | Noha Sharafeldin, DrPH, MBBS University of Alabama at Birmingham | Strategies to mitigate cognitive impairment in cancer survivors | Recording is unavailable |
October 15, 2024 | Craig Byersdorfer, MD, PhD University of Minnesota | Metabolic modulation to prevent graft-versus -host disease and promote anti-cancer immune responses | View the recording |
October 22, 2024 | Nelson Rhodus, DMD, MPH, Frank Ondrey, MD, MPH, FACS University of Minnesota | Translational Research in Oral Precancerous Conditions: Innovations in Screening, Cohort Building, and Specimen Collection | View the recording |
October 29, 2024 | Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS UChicago | Data Commons to Support Pediatric Cancer Research | View the recording |
November 5, 2024 | Lai Guan Ng Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Neutrophil: One Trick Leukocyte? | View the recording |
November 12, 2024 | Mark Headley, PhD Fred Hutch Cancer Center | Immune Regulation of Pulmonary Metastasis | View the recording |
November 19, 2024 | MCC Trainee Flash Talks University of Minnesota | MCC Trainee Flash Talks (Part of the Trainee Symposium) | Recording is unavailable |
November 26, 2024 | No Seminar this week - Happy Thanksgiving! | ||
December 3, 2024 | Abby Girard, PsyD, LMFT University of Minnesota | Exploring gynecologic cancer survivor sexual health: A qualitative look at provider communication and patient experience. | View the recording |
December 10, 2024 | Cindy Im, PhD University of Minnesota | Late effects of therapy among survivors of childhood cancer: leveraging “big data” to stratify risk | Recording is unavailable |
December 17, 2024 | Justin Hwang, PhD University of Minnesota | Examining our patients through MAGIC (Minnesota Annotated Genomics In Cancer) | View the recording |
January 7, 2025 | Kenny Beckman, PhD University of Minnesota | What would you do if DNA sequencing were free? It's time to start planning: The Ultima UG 100 and the future of arbitrarily-deep NGS. | View the recording |
January 14, 2025 | Robert Gruener, PhD Noelle Gillis, PhD | Using Omics to Predict Drug Sensitvities in Cancer Regulation of Super Enhancers by Phosphorylated Progesterone Receptors Drives Breast Cancer Stem Cell Expansion. | Recording is unavailable |
January 21, 2025 | Katherine Tossas, PhD (Zoom only) | Community-omics - Using data to make sense of communities and communities to make sense of the data (Using data to address community concerns) | View the recording |
January 28, 2025 | Alexander Khoruts, MD University of Minnesota | The pharmacology of live biotherapeutic products targeting the gut microbiome | View the recording |
Februaruy 4, 2025 | Alessio Giubellino, MD, PhD University of Minnesota | Melanoma Biomarkers through the Lenses of a Pathologist | Recording is unavailable |
February 11, 2025 | Eileen Dolan, PhD University of Chicago | Genetic and Modifiable Risk Factors for Chemotherapeutic-Induced Neurotoxicities | View the recording |
February 18, 2025 | Hai Dang Nguyen, PhD University of Minnesota | Mechanistic and therapeutic targeting RNA splicing factor mutant cancers | |
February 25, 2025 | Kristi Roybal, PhD, MSW, MA Providence Health | Engaging Patients and Community Members in Qualitative Research to Advance Health Equity in Multi-Cancer Early Detection: Perspectives from a Large and Diverse Healthcare System | |
March 4, 2025 | Theresa Keegan, PhD, MS UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center | TBD | |
March 11, 2025 | No Seminar this week — Spring Break | ||
March 18, 2025 | Meng Wang, MA Cantab, MD, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath Cornell University | TBD | |
March 25, 2025 | Soheil Meshinchi, MD, PhD Fred Hutch Cancer Center | TBD | |
April 1, 2025 | James DeGregori, PhD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Somatic evolution, cancer, and our inevitable decline with age – inextricably linked | |
April 8, 2025 | Brittany Jenkins-Lord, PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | Biomarkers of Inequity: Assessing the role of LRIG1 in breast cancer disparities | |
April 15, 2025 | TBD | TBD | |
April 22, 2024 | MCC Research Symposium | ||
April 29, 2025 | Jessica Hawley, MD, MS Fred Hutch Cancer Center | TBD | |
May 6, 2025 | TBD | ||
May 13, 2025 | Ivan Wu, PhD University of Minnesota | TBD | |
May 20, 2025 | Heide Ford, PhD University of Colorado Denver | TBD |
Seminar presentations are recorded when possible and available to view on the MCC YouTube page. For more information: [email protected]