2008 Cancer Biology Chair and Directors Retreat and CABTRAC Annual Meeting

The Lodges at Deer Valley, Park City, Utah       October 17-19

ATTENDEES

Sunita Chaudhary, Ph.D. - Cancer Institute of New Jersey  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Edmund C. Lattime, Ph.D. - Cancer Institute of New Jersey  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, Ph.D. - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dawn Eastmond, Ph.D. - City of Hope  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
F. Andrew Ray, Ph.D.- Colorado State University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Christopher Counter, Ph.D. - Duke University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Frank M. Torti, M.D. - Food & Drug Administration
Stephen Byers, Ph.D. - Georgetown University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ann Roman, Ph.D. - Indiana University School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Wade Gibson, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Steven A. Rosenzweig, Ph.D. - Medical University of South Carolina  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
James Manfredi, Ph.D. - Mount Sinai School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Lynn M. Amende, Ph.D. - National Cancer Institute
Jonathan S. Wiest, Ph.D. - National Cancer Institute
Nancy C. Lohrey, M.S., M.T.-A.S.C.P. - National Cancer Institute
Gwendolyn M. Mahon, Ph.D. - New Jersey Medical School  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Kathleen Rundell, Ph.D. - Northwestern University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
James Broach, Ph.D. - Princeton University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Amato Giaccia, Ph.D. - Stanford University School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Marja T. Nevalainen, M.D., Ph.D. - Thomas Jefferson University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Danny  R. Welch, Ph.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jesse D. Martinez, Ph.D. - University of Arizona Cancer Center  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Michelle M. Le Beau, Ph.D. - University of Chicago  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Steven K. Nordeen, Ph.D. - University of Colorado-Denver  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
W. Stratford May, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. - University of Florida  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Douglas Spitz, Ph.D. - University of Iowa  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jim Alwine, Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Kenneth L. Wright, Ph.D. - University of South Florida  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Don Ayer, Ph.D. - University of Utah  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Barbara Graves, Ph.D. - University of Utah  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jin Chen, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Steven Akman, M.D. - Wake Forest University School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Karin Scarpinato, Ph.D. - Wake Forest University School of Medicine  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Robert J. Pauley, Ph.D. - Wayne State University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Scott A. Weed, Ph.D. - West Virginia University  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Adam Burgoyne This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Receptor Tyrosine Phosphatase PTPmu Suppresses Glioma Cell Dispersal
Sarah Swerdlow This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Apoptosis Inhibition by Bcl-2 Gives Way to Autophagy in Glucocorticoid-Treated Lymphocytes

Duke University
Sameer Issaq This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ral Effectors Play a Critical Role in Ras-Mediated Tumorigenesis

Georgetown University
Krissa Gibby This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Fibroblast Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 (FGFBP1) Induces Apoptosis and Leads to
Decreased Mammary Gland Branching in Adult Mice

Indiana University School of Medicine
Sara Rohrabaugh This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Mad2 Haploinsufficiency Protects Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells from Ara-C Mediated Cytotoxicity
Ryan Widau This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Negative Regulation of DAPK Protein Levels by PP2A

Johns Hopkins University
Katie Herbst This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A Bimolecular Reporting System of Kinase Activity in Living Cells

Princeton University
Mario Andres Blanco This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Genomic Gain of 8q22 Activates Metadherin and Promotes Chemoresistant Metastasis
of Poor-prognosis Breast Cancer
Soyeon Lippman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Coordination of Nutrient Availability and Cell Growth: How Do Yeast Cells Do It?

Stanford University School of Medicine
Emily Piccione This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A Novel Variant of the GFf Receptor Induces Transcription of GRP78 and GRP94
via the ER Stress Response Element

Thomas Jefferson University
Lei Gu, M.D. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
STAT5a/b Promotes Metastatic Behavior of Human Prostate Cancer Cells

University of Arizona Cancer Center
Ben Bitler This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Inhibiting Breast Cancer Progression with a MUC1 Mimetic Peptide

University of Chicago
Colleen Jones This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Functional Characterization of the Novel Nucleolar Protein NOL7
Mrinal Shah This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
DNMT3B7, a Truncated DNMT3B Protein Eexpressed in Cancer Cells, Alters DNA Methylation and Embryonic Development inTransgenic Mice

University of Iowa
Peter Scarbrough This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
2-Deoxy-D-Glucose and 17-Allylamino-17-Demethoxygeldanamycin Enhances Toxicity as well
as Increases Parameters Indicative of Oxidative Stress

University of South Florida
Brittany Cross This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Regulation of p53 by MDMX

University of Utah
Michelle Kinsey This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Reid Phelps This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A MEK-Independent Role for KRAS and RAF1 in the Nuclear Accumulation of ß-catenin
Following Homozygous Loss of APC

Vanderbilt University
Sarah Kurley This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Effect of p120 Ablation in Normal and Transformed Mammary Epithelium
David Vaught This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Role of EphA2 in Breast Cancer Induced Osteolysis of the Bone

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Andrew Burke This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
A Multi-functional Nanomaterial for the Thermal Treatment of Cancer
Sophia Maund This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Elucidating a Mechanism of Vitamin D-mediated Differentiation of Prostatic Progenitor Cells

Wayne State University
Amanda Larson-Gedman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
NOTCH1 signaling in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

West Virginia University
Laura Kelley This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Role of Cortactin and Src Kinase in Invadopodia Maturation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Heather O’Leary This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
HIF-2a and VE-cadherin regulate Ph+ ALL sensitivity to apoptosis

AGENDA  

Friday, October 17
Arrivals and Receptiopn
7:00 PM    Dinner - Guest Speaker:  Frank M. Torti, M.D. , Principal Deputy Commissioner & Chief Scientist, FDA  “Fellowship Training at the FDA: Opportunities for Careers in Regulatory Science”    www.fda.gov/commissionersfellowships

Saturday, October 18
8:00 AM    Welcome
8:15 AM    Concurrent Sessions:
Student Group Sessions
Training Program White Paper Review and Discussion - Facilitator:  Kathleen Rundell
Discussions with Karen Heichman, PhD. - Facilitator:  Don Ayer
Future Career Aspirations - Facilitator:  Douglas Spitz
Faculty Group Session
Applying for New Grants in CB Training - Facilitator:  Lynn Matrisian
Minority Recruiting - Facilitator:  Ann Roman
Medical School Training - Facilitator:  James Manfredi
CABTRAC Website – program overview development - Facilitator:  Sheridan Wilder
Engaging Undergraduates - Facilitator:  Jim Broach
12:00 PM   Working Lunch:  NCI Presentation and Q&A      
8:00 PM     Poster Session

Sunday, October 19
8:00 AM    Business Meeting 
8:30 AM    The Generational Gap: how does it  influence Cancer Biology training? - Facilitator:  Lynn Matrisian   
9:15 AM    Opportunities and Challenges: Cancer Biology in Cancer Centers - Facilitator:  Amato Giaccia
10:10 AM  Report from Student Group -  White Paper Review
Report from Student Group -  Career Aspirations Discussion
Report from Faculty Group -  Minority Recruiting
Report from Faculty Group -  Medical School Training
Report from Faculty Group -  CABTRAC website development (Danny Welch)
Report from Faculty Group -  Engaging Undergraduates
11:30 AM  Adjourn and Lunch

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Business Meeting Minutes and Retreat Group Reports

Giaccia - Cancer Centers presentation

CABTRAC Organization Update presentation