Date & Time
Friday, June 3, 2016
8:30am to 6:00pm
Location
Auditorium and Young Pavilion
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Ave.
Registration Information
Registration is mandatory for lunch, but not for attendance.
If you have any questions about the event, contact Neil Johnson, Steve Sykes or Lori Rink. To register, please contact Pat Bateman (patricia.bateman@fccc.edu) by May 25th. If you’re vegetarian, please indicate so while registering.
The 21st Annual Trainee Research Conference provides the Center's trainee community with an opportunity to present their work as oral and poster presentations.
Agenda and Presentations [PDF, 3.8MB]
Please see attached for the conference schedule. Registration is required for free lunch.
In addition to our outstanding Fox Chase Cancer Center speakers, the Keynote Address will be presented by:
Rugang Zhang, PhD
Professor and Co-Program Leader, Gene Expression and Regulation Program
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
“Metabolism, Chromatin Structure and Senescence Phenotypes.”
8:30-9:00 | Continental Breakfast | FCCC Auditorium Lobby |
9:00-9:05 | Welcome
J. Robert Beck, MD, PhD
Chief Academic and Administrative Officer | FCCC Auditorium |
9:05-10:30 | Oral Presentations I - Emily A. Arturo: “Mammalian Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Assembles to Two Architecturally Distinct Tetramers”
- Jimson D’Souza: “Identification of Kinome Signatures in Genetically Defined Subgroups of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor”
- Anna Nikonova: “Repurposing of Targeted Cancer Therapies for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)”
- Yifan Wang: “BRCA1 N-Terminal Deficient Protein Promotes PARP Inhibitor and Platinum Resistance”
- Pengtao Jiang: “The Candidate Breast Cancer Gene CCDC170 Regulates Golgi- Derived Microtubule (MT) Dynamics”
| FCCC Auditorium |
10:30 - 11:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Session I | 2nd Floor Mezzanine
Women’s Center |
11:30 - 12:30 | Keynote Presentation
Dr. Rugang Zhang, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia
“Metabolism, Chromatin Structure and Senescence Phenotypes” | FCCC Auditorium |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
1:30 - 3:00 | Oral Presentations II - Oxana Dmitrieva: “The Role of IL-1R-Signaling in Tumor Elicited Inflammation in Colon Cancer”
- Rossella Tricarico: “TET-TDG Inactivation Enhances Intestinal Tumorigenesis by Modifying the Epigenome in the APCMIN Mouse Model”
- Shengliang Zhang: “Reactive Oxygen Species and ERK2 Phosphorylation are required for NSC59984 to Induce Mutant P53 Protein Degradation and Restore P53 Signaling”
- Bryan Harris: “Reduced RPL22 Expression is seen in MDS/AML and Predisposes Hematopoietic Cells to Leukemogenesis”
- Daniela Di Marcantonio: “PKCε Regulates Redox Biology to Support AcuteMyeloid Leukemia Survival”
| FCCC Auditorium |
3:00-4:00 | Poster Session II | 2nd Floor Mezzanine
Women’s Center |
3:00 - 5:00 | Edward David Lustbader Reception | 2nd Floor Mezzanine
Women’s Center |
5:00 | Baruch and Jean Blumberg Award Ceremony | |
