Noon Scientific Lecture Series

Noon Scientific Lectures are held monthly (third Friday of the month) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Faculty Club, MTF 175 conference room, on the UC San Diego campus (map and directions).

RSVP to Zoya Vigalok, (858) 822-2655.

Lecture series hosts

David Cheresh, PhD
Co-Leader, Tumor Growth, Invasion and Metastasis Program
Professor, Dept. of Pathology

Kun-Liang-Guan, PhD
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology

Dong-Er Zhang, PhD
Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
Professor, Depts. of Biological Sciences and Pathology

2012-13 dates and topics

Date

Speaker

Title

Nov. 16, 2012

Vineet Bafna, PhD
Professor Computer Science & Engineering

Algorithmic strategies for discovering genomic aberrations in cancer

Dec. 14, 2012

David Schlaepfer, PhD
Professor Dept of Reproductive Medicine

New strategies of targeting endothelial FAK activity to block tumor spread

Jan. 25, 2013

Jing Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor Dept of Pharmacology & Pediatrics

Exploring a New Twist on Tumor Metastasis

Feb. 15, 2013

Kunliang Guan, PhD
Professor Dept of Pharmacology

The Hippo-YAP pathway in GPCR signaling, organ size control, and tumorigenesis

March 15, 2013

Dwayne Stupack, PhD
Associate Professor Dept of Reproductive Medicine

TBA

April 19, 2013

Frank Furnari, PhD
Professor Dept of Pathology

PI3K/Akt pathway-dependent and -independent mechanisms of resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in glioblastoma

May 17, 2013

Willis X. Li, PhD
Professor Dept of Medicine

STAT and heterochromatin in tumor suppression

June 21, 2013

David Cheresh, PhD
Professor Dept of Pathology

TBA