2022 UCI Campus-Wide Symposium On Basic Cancer Research

2022 Schedule

11:00 – 11:05            Welcome – David Fruman, Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Director, UCI Cancer Research Institute

KEYNOTE LECTURE

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11:05 – 11:55            Heather Christofk, PhD

Associate Director of Basic and Translational Research, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

For more information: https://www.christofklab.com/home

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12:00 – 1:30             Lunch – Poster Session

All attendees are invited to present posters

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1:30 –2:00                 Lauren Albrecht, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences,

“The Emerging Roles of Protein Methylation as a Regulator of Proteostasis and Cancer Cell Metabolism”

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2:00 – 2:30                Thomas Martinez, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences,

“Exploring the Microproteome of Cancer”

2:30 – 3:00                Charles Limoli, Professor & Vice Chair, Radiation Oncology

“A new treatment modality for all cancer: FLASH Radiotherapy”

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3:00 – 3:15                Coffee Break  •  Sprague Hall Atrium

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3:15 – 3:45                Selma Masri, Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry

“Colorectal cancer, Wnt Signaling and the Circadian Clock”

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3:45 – 4:15                Christopher Hughes, Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

“Validation of an MPS Human Tumor Model: Vascularized colon cancer micro-tumors recapitulate patient drug responses”

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4:30 – 6:00                Special Reception Honoring Former CRI Director, Marian Waterman

Sponsored by: The University of California, Irvine Cancer Research Institute