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
Seminar Series Schedule
| Seminar Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Recording Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2026 | Dan Savic, PhD St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital | Gene regulatory networks as drivers of therapeutic response and resistance in childhood leukemia | No recording available. |
| September 22, 2026 | Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP University of Minnesota | Successes of comparative pathology in discovery, pre-clinical, and regulatory science | View the recording. |
| September 29, 2026 | Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD City of Hope Los Angeles & City of Hope National Medical Center | Targeting the intestinal microbiome and thymic function to enhance cancer immunotherapy | View the recording. |
| October 6, 2026 | Cristina Sanchez de Diego, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison | Engineering organ-specific MPS to understand prostate cancer metastatic niches in liver, bone, and lymph node | No recording available. |
| October 13, 2026 | Vivek Verma, PhD University of Minnesota | Mitochondria as differential targets for immune enhancement and tumor suppression (Targeting PKM2 to remodel immune- and tumor-cell metabolism) | View the recording. |
| October 20, 2026 | Schelomo Marmor, PhD, MPH University of Minnesota | From notes to numbers: Data science pipelines for real-world cancer data | No recording available. |
| October 27, 2026 | Community Advocates Program Panel | The Power of community voice: Inside the MCC Community Advocates Program | View the recording. |
| November 3, 2026 | John Blenis, PhD Weill Cornell Medicine | How What We Eat Regulates Cancer Progression, Metastasis and Escape from Dormancy | |
| November 10, 2026 | Camila Dos Santos, PhD St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital | Exploring systemic physiological shifts to understand breast cancer risk in young women | |
| November 17, 2026 | No Seminar - Kersey Lecture | ||
| November 24, 2026 | No Seminar - Happy Thanksgiving! | ||
| December 1, 2026 | Gaelen Hess, PhD University of Wisconsin - Madison | High-throughput genomics for precision medicine | |
| December 8, 2026 | Frank Duca, PhD University of Minnesota | Role of the gut microbiome-brain axis in cardiometabolic disease and intestinal cancer | |
| December 15, 2026 | Dawid Nowak, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College | ||
| December 22, 2026 | No Seminar - Happy Holidays! | ||
| December 29, 2026 | No Seminar - Happy Holidays! | ||
| January 5, 2027 | TBD | ||
| January 12, 2027 | Lindsey Sloan, MD, PhD University of Minnesota | ||
| January 26, 2026 | David Brauer, MD, MPHS, FACS University of Minnesota | Using Data to Improve Care for Patients with Advanced and Metastatic Cancers | |
| February 2, 2027 | Meghan Driscoll, PhD University of Minnesota | Quantifying 3D cancer cell morphology and dynamics | |
| February 9, 2027 | Steven Kregel, PhD Stritch School of Medicine & Loyola University of Chicago | METTLing around with the androgen receptor in prostate cancer | |
| February 16, 2027 | Joseph Skeates, PhD University of Minnesota | ||
| February 23, 2026 | R. Stephanie Hwang, PhD College of Pharmacy | Tissue-Specific Toxicity Index (TSTI) for Human-Centric Drug Toxicity Prediction | |
| March 2, 2027 | Mina Sedrak, MD, MS UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | The dynamic interplay between cancer and aging: From mechanisms to clinical impact | |
| March 9, 2027 | No Seminar - Happy Spring Break! | ||
| March 16, 2027 | Robert Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH University of Minnesota | ||
| March 23, 2027 | Gregoire Altan-Bonnet, PhD National Cancer Institute | ||
| March 30, 2027 | Carla Rothlin, PhD University of Minnesota | ||
| April 6, 2027 | No Seminar - AACR | ||
| April 13, 2027 | Himisha Beltran, MD Dana-Faber Cancer Institute | ||
| April 20, 2027 | No Seminar - MCC Symposium | ||
| April 27, 2027 | Michelle Howard, PhD University of Iowa | Exploiting Redox Vulnerabilities to Improve Radiation Response in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | |
| May 4, 2027 | Rachel M. Ceballos, PhD University of Utah | ||
| May 11, 2027 | Christina Camell, PhD University of Minnesota |
Seminar presentations are recorded when possible and available to view on the MCC YouTube page. For more information: [email protected]