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| Dr. Steve Patrick receives OCRA Discover award |
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The Ohio Cancer Research Associates recently honored Dr. Steve Patrick with their Discover Award at the Grand Illusions Sauté on October 13, 2011. The event was to honor City of Toledo Mayor, Michael Bell, and raise money to fund seed grants which support basic cancer research. In the photo, Dr. Patrick is receiving the award which was presented by Associate Executive Director, Thomas Lamb. |
| Biochemistry & Cancer Biology department research highlighted A recent Rocket Science publication highlights research by several members of the Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology. This includes articles describing the research of Dr. Kam Yeung on the function of the RKIP protein in slowing the growth and spread of cancer cells; Dr. Ivana de la Serna on the role of modifications of chromatin structure for cancer treatment; Drs. Kandace Williams and Steve Patrick exploring how DNA repair pathways may be exploited to boost effectiveness of cancer therapies; Dr. Manohar Ratnam on development of new therapies for breast and prostate cancers; and that of department chair, Dr. William Maltese, on gene-based strategies to kill glioblastoma cells. |
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| 13th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium hosted by Dr. Kandace Williams and Dr. Steve
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The 13th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium (AMDRS) was held on May 14-15, 2011, on the UT Health Science Campus. It was the first time the University hosted the event which was chaired by Dr. Steve Patrick, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, and Dr. Kandace Williams, Professor of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, who posed for a photo with keynote speakers: from left, Dr. Williams, Dr. Lawrence Loeb of the University of Washington, Dr. Patrick, Dr. Bernard Strauss of the University of Chicago, Dr. Laura Niedernhofer of the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Graham Walker of MIT. At the symposium, Sanjeevani Arora, a predoctoral student in cancer biology won best poster presentation for "Identification of small molecules that target ERCCI-XPF and potentiate cisplatin cytoxicity," which she completed with Vivian Kalman-Maltese, lab supervisor technologist, and Patrick who is the PI on a NIH grant that supported the work presented in the poster. |
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Congratulations to Cancer Biology students
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Jessica Arden, Dr. Kathryn Eisenmann's lab, has received the 2011/2012 Satellites and Retirees Scholarship award for the Cancer Biology track of the Biomedical Sciences program. Jessica is a MD/PhD student and has completed her first two years of medical school and recently passed her Step 1 exams. She is currently a full-time student in the Eisenmann lab investigating the role formins play in directing the aggressive type of brain cancer cells, glioblastoma, to spread within the normal brain tissue. Congratulations Jess! |
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Srinivas Vinod Saladi, Dr. Ivana de la Serna's lab, was recently named the winner of 2010/2011 award for outstanding graduating Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Sciences Program. Congratulations Vinod! |
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Sanjeevani Arora, Dr. Steve Patrick's lab, won the prize for best poster presentation at the 13th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium held at the University of Toledo Health Science campus, May 14-15, 2011. The poster, co-authored with Vivian Kalman-Maltese and Dr. Patrick was entitled "Identification of small molecules that target ERCC1-XPF and potentiate cisplatin cytotoxicity." The meeting was attended by faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students from throughout the midwest region and posters were judged by scientists from universities other than those associated with the presenter. |
| 13th Golden Apple Award | |
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Congratulations to Dr. Manning for receiving his 12th Golden Apple award for teaching excellence in basic science! Both basic scientists and clinicians are selected for the honor each year by members of the graduating class of medical students. Previous years Dr. Manning received the Golden Apple honors: 1973, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. |
Congratulations Dr. Ruch
Congratulations to Dr. Randall Ruch for his promotion to Associate Dean of Biomedical
Graduate Admissions!
| Dr. Cynthia Smas named to editorial boards |  |
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Dr. Cynthia Smas, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, has been appointed to the
editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology & Metabolism,
effective July 1, 2011. She currently serves as an ad hoc reviewer. |
| Dr. Manning Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Peptide Chemistry | |
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| College of Medicine Faculty Recognition |
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ivana de la Serna, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, on receiving the 2010 College
of Medicine New Investigator Research Award and Dr. Maurice Manning, UT Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, on 40 years of service
to our institution. |
| 2010 - 2011 Thesis Defense |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Haymanti Bhanot! Haymanti successfully defended her dissertation on August 29, 2011, entitled "Mechanisms Underlying Ras Induced Methuosis in Human Glioblastoma Cells." She was awarded her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Biology). Dr. Bhanot mentored by Dr. William Maltese and has accepted a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Tufts |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Srinivasvinod Saladi! Vinod successfully defended his dissertation on June 30, 2011, entitled "SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Enzymes: Epigenetic Modulators in Melanoma Invasiveness and Survival." He has been awarded his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Biology) and was mentored by Dr. Ivana de la Serna. Dr. Saladi has accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship at Harvard. |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Mesfin Gonit! |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kristen Koterba! |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kun Liu! Kun successfully defended his dissertation on June 14, 2010, entitled "Defining the Roles of FSP27 in Lipid Droplet Formation and Apoptosis." He was awarded his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Biology). Dr. Liu was mentored by Dr. Cynthia Smas and has accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Mark Czaja, Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. |
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Marcela d'Alincourt Salazar! Marcela defended her dissertation on June 28, 2010, entitled "Genomic Effects of Hormonal Adjuvant Therapies that Could Support the Emergence of Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer." She has been awarded her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (Cancer Biology) and was mentored by Dr. Manohar Ratnam. Dr. Salazar will hold the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toledo Cancer Center in translational research. |
