When:
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Cynthia Naugles
(312) 503-0489
Group: Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminars/Events
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Title: Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Tales from the Dark Side
Topic:
Approximately 5% of all human cancers are attributed to infections by Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs). The HPV E6 and E7 proteins are the major carcinogenic drivers, and they function by subverting key signaling pathways including those governed by the p53, PTPN14, and retinoblastoma (Rb) tumor suppressor proteins. This lecture will focus on long non-coding RNAs as potential regulators of the viral life cycle and modulators of the oncogenic activities of the HPV E6 and E7 proteins
Speaker: Karl Munger, PhD, Professor and Chair, Tufts University
Host: M-I Dept. Virology Students and Postdocs/Arushi Vats, PhD, Coordinating Host