Description:

The Cancer Biology Cluster directors, Jindan Yu, MD, PhD and Kathy Green, PhD, and the associate director for Education and Training in the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, John Crispino, PhD, invite all PhD students interested in Cancer Biology to a Fall welcome reception. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet current trainees and preceptors, learn about a current trainee’s research, and discover training activities available to students from T32 leaders and a student Cancer Biology Cluster leader. 

Agenda:
12:00 – 12:05 PM: Welcome
John Crispino, PhD
Robert I. Lurie, MD, and Lora S. Lurie Professor
Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Associate Director, Education and Training, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

12:05 – 12:20 PM: Introduction to Cancer Biology Track
Jindan Yu, MD/PhD
Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Director, Cancer Biology Cluster

Invitation to Cancer Research Club
Ashley Haluck-Kangas, Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Kevin Park, Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

12:20 – 12:35 PM: T32 Training Grant Overview
Kathy Green, PhD
Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
Professor in Pathology and Dermatology
Associate Director of Basic Sciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Cluster

12:35 – 1:05 PM: Student Presentation
Greg McElroy (Chandel Lab) | “Unraveling the Consequences of Mammalian Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibition Using a Yeast NADH Dehydrogenase”

1:05 – 1:30 PM: Networking
Light refreshments will be provided.

About the Carcinogenesis T32 Training Program:
The Carcinogenesis Training Program, funded by an Institutional National Research Award (NRSA) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI T32 CA009560), provides comprehensive research training to 9 predoctoral students per year in cancer biology. The program serves as a focus for interdisciplinary interactions among students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty in tumor biology with special strengths in signal transduction, adhesion, motility and angiogenesis, viral carcinogenesis, tumor therapy, translational studies, chemoprevention and a growing program in cancer genetics. Candidates for funding in this Training Program come from the pool of second year graduate students matriculated into either the Driskill Graduate Program (DGP) at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine or the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program (IBiS) in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Applications should include: of a letter of nomination from thesis advisor, graduate school performance evaluations, undergraduate academic transcript and an essay describing the applicant’s interest in cancer biology, lab project, career goals and potential contributions to the program. Applications are reviewed by the Program's Steering Committee in the fall of each year for admission the following year. Students from diverse racial/ethnic, economic and other disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. Graduates of the program go on to pursue outstanding postdoctoral positions, independent research funding and positions in cancer research, both in academia and the commercial sector.