When:
Thursday, April 18, 2019
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Vanessa Hughes
(312) 503-5229
Group: Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Seminar Series
Category: Lectures & Meetings
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Departmental Seminar Series presents:
Aneuploidy is a hallmark of cancer. 90% of solid tumors harbor chromosome gains and losses. Paradoxically, however, aneuploidy causes cellular stress in primary cells that leads to their elimination by the immune system. I will discuss our recent work on how aneuploidy, despite its adverse effects on cell physiology, promotes tumorigenesis by facilitating adaptation to oncogenic stress and tumor evolution.
Angelika Amon, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor of Cancer Research
David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology