Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research

Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research

5th Symposium

Transformational Discoveries in Cancer

Monday 11/10/08
8:00 /

Registration opens

Continental Breakfast Lobby - BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding
10th & Locust Streets
9:00 /

Welcoming remarks

James H. Keen PhD, Dean
JeffersonCollege of Graduate Studies
Vice President of International Affairs
Richard Pestell,MD, PhD, Director, Vice President,
Chair, Cancer Biology
Associate Dean, Cancer Programs
KimmelCancerCenter
Chairman Lennox K. Black Symposium
Hallgeir Rui, MD, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology
Co-ChairLennox K. Black Symposium
9:10 /

Session 1: Breast Cancer – Mandeville Conference Hall

Room 101 BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding
10th & Locust Streets
Session Chair: Hallgeir Rui, MD, PhD
Professor, Cancer Biology
Co-Chair Lennox K. Black Symposium
Session Speakers:
Dr. Larry Norton- Breast Cancer as a Disease of Self-Seeding
Dr. Thea Tlsty- Biological Clues Identify Pre-Malignancies at High Risk for Future Tumor Formation
Dr.Richard Pestell - Acetylation of Hormone-Regulated Nuclear Receptors Controls Cellular Growth
10:40 /

Break

11:00 / Session 2:Cancer Cell Growth Mechanisms - Mandeville Conference Hall
Room 101 BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding
10th & Locust Streets
Session Chair: Renato Baserga, MD
Professor, Cancer Biology
Session Speakers:
Dr. Ronald DePinho- Mining and Modeling Cancer Genomes
Dr. Craig Thompson - Oncogenes That Control Metabolism
Dr. Victor Velculescu - Genomic Analyses of Human Cancer
12:30 / Lunch (provided--preregistration required)
Dining Area of Jefferson Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street
1:45 / Awarding of the Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellencein Medicine

Mandeville Conference Hall

Room 101 BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding
Robert L. Barchi, MD, PhD, President, TJU
James H. Keen PhD, Dean
JeffersonCollege of Graduate Studies
Vice President of International Affairs

Introduction of Prize Winner

Richard Pestell,MD, PhD, Director, Vice President,
Chair, Cancer Biology
Associate Dean, Cancer Programs
KimmelCancerCenter
Chairman Lennox K. Black Symposium
2:00 /

Keynote Speaker - Barry J. Marshall, AC, Nobel Laureate -

Man vs. Helicobacter: The Last 50,000 years and the next 50
3:00 /

Break

3:30 /

Session 3: Prostate Cancer - Mandeville Conference Hall

Room 101 BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding
10th & Locust Streets
Session Chair: Marja Nevalainen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology
Session Speakers:
Dr. Don S. Coffey- Using Evolution to Treat Cancer
Dr. Donald Tindall- Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Survival in Castration-Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Dr. Karen Knudsen- Androgen Receptor-Cell Cycle Crosstalk in Prostate Cancer: Implications for Disease
Progression and Management
5:00 - 6:00 /

Poster Session and Reception - BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding

6:30 / Room 105 – 107
10th & Locust Streets
Dinner for honored speakers and planning committee members
Tuesday / 11/11/08
8:00 / Registration Open
Continental Breakfast – BluemleLifeSciencesBuilding Lobby
10th and Locust Streets
9:00 /

Session 4: GI Cancer

Session Chair: Brian Carr, MD, FRCP, PhD
Professor, Medical Oncology
Session Speakers:
Dr. Leonard Augenlicht- Nutritional-Genetic Interactions in Colon Tumorigenesis

Dr. Scott Waldman- TheParacrine Hormone Hypothesis of Colorectal Cancer

Break
10:10
10:30 /

Session 5: Stem cells and cancer

Session Chair: Richard Pestell,MD, PhD, Director, Vice President,
Chair, Cancer Biology
Associate Dean, Cancer Programs
KimmelCancerCenter
Chairman Lennox K. Black Symposium
Session Speakers
Dr. Ron McKay - Controlling Stem Cells in Health and Disease
Dr.Steve McMahon -Control of the Epigenetic Landscape of Stem Cells by Polycomb and Friends
Dr. Michael Lisanti - Caveolin-1 in Signaling, Cancer, and Stem Cell Biology
12:00 / Closing Comments and Adjournment

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