CEND Minisymposium: The Roles of Non-Coding RNAs in Tumorigenesis
When:
Monday, December 19, 2016
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Mark Tortoriello
Group: Lurie Cancer Center Basic Science Programs
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
Featuring:
K V Prasanth, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
“Role of long noncoding RNAs in cell cycle progression and cancer”
Marcus Peter, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“Cell Death-Inducing Sequences with RNAi Activity Embedded in the Genes of CD95 and CD95L“
JingyiFei, PhD
Assistant Professor in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago
“Quantitative imaging of bacterial small RNA-mediated gene regulation”
Shi-Yuan Cheng, PhD
Professor of Neurology (Neuro-oncology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“Dysregulated microRNA and Wntsignaling in Brain Glioblastoma”
Richard Carthew, PhD
CEND Program Leader
Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“MicroRNAs and their roles in suppressing cellular heterogeneity”
Light lunch provided.
Image source: National Cancer Institute