PCP Seminars

"Screening Strategies to Identify Hits with Potential for the Development of Novel Prostate Cancer Therapeutics"
29 Apr 2013
Paul A. Johnston, Ph.D., Research Associate
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SSY
"Implications of the ABCG2 Q141K variant in prostate cancer"
06 May 2013
Katy Sobek, B.S.
GSR, O'Keefe Lab/Department of Urology
Postponed until June 24, 2013 (due to AUA meeting schedule conflict)
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SSY
"Dual-Functional Delivery Systems for Synergistic Targeting of Cancers"
13 May 2013
Song Li, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Center for Pharmacogenetics
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Director, Smart Drug Development Core, NIAID Center for Countermeasures Against Radiation
Postponed until Fall 2013
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SSY
"Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen, the Mitochondria, and Prostate Cancer." (Ben Ristau) and "Clinical Implications for Folate Homeostasis and Nuclear Localization of Fatty Acid Synthase in Prostate Cancer." (Kevin Rycyna)
20 May 2013
Ben Ristau, MD and Kevin Rycyna, MD
Medical Residents / Bacich and O'Keefe Labs, Department of Urology
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SSY
"Modulation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell-Supported Vasculogenesis by TNFSF15"
22 May 2013
Luyuan Li, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Nimick Conference Room, 1st floor, Hillman Cancer Center Research Pavilion
No Seminars during the summer months
27 May 2013 - 02 Sep 2013
Seminars will resume on Monday, September 9th
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SSY
"DHT Synthesis in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Which Way and How Fast?"
09 Sep 2013
Nima Sharifi, M.D.
Kendrick Family Endowed Chair for Prostate Cancer Research
Associate Staff, Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute
Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute
Department of Urology, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SHMC
"Obesity-enhanced carcinogenesis in animals and humans: mediation through inflammatory pathways"
16 Sep 2013
Joel B. Mason, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Nutrition
Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, Boston
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SHMC
Overview of pre-clinical imaging capabilities of the In Vivo Imaging Facility, followed by "Imaging PSMA in mouse models of prostate cancer"
23 Sep 2013
overview by: Carolyn J. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
Director, Molecular Imaging Laboratory
Professor of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology and of Bioengineering
presentation by: Jessie R. Nedrow, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Anderson Lab
West Wing Auditorium/SHY
“EAF2 associates with FOXA1 and alters FOZA1-mediated repression of androgen receptor transactivation”
30 Sep 2013
Anne [Lipton] Keener, B.A.
GSR, Wang Lab
West Wing Conference Center, West Wing Auditorium SHMC