2021 Cancer Biology Seminar Series
2020 Seminar Series
January 21, 2021
"Exploring DNA Repair Pathway for Cancer Therapy"
Zhenkun Lou, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
February 18, 2020
"Pancreatic Tumorigenesis: Oncogenic KRAS and the Vulnerability of the Pancreas to
Obesity"
Weiqin Lu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterolgy and Hepatology, Renaissance
School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
February 25, 2021
"Targeting the DNA Damage Response for Cancer Therapy"
John J. Turchi, Ph.D., Tom and Julie Wood Family Foundation Professor of Lung Cancer Research, Professor
of Medicine, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School
of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
March 11, 2021
"Hydrophobically Modified Fluorophores and Lipid/Polymer Based Carriers for Enhanced
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT"
Anju R. Gupta, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers, The University
of Toledo
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
March 18, 2021
"Microvascular Network On-a-Chip for the Assessment of Inflammatory Response and Tumor
Microenvironment"
Yuan Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bio-Engineering, The University of Toledo
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
March 25, 2021
University of Toledo Graduate Research Forum
Keynote speaker: Lynn Matrisian, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, PanCAN
"Blind Men and Elephants: Biomedical Research from Many Perspectives"
3:00 pm, Webex webinar
April 1, 2021
"Novel Bone-Targeted Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide Antagonists Inhibit Breast
Cancer Bone Metastases"
Brian Rowan , Ph.D., Professor and Chairman of Structural & Cellular Biology, Gerald & Flora Jo Mansfield
Piltz Endowed Professor of Cancer Research, Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
April 8, 2021
"p53 vs Cancer: Mutations and No Mutations"
Hua Lu, Ph.D., MB, Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Reynolds and Ryan
Families Chair in Translational Cancer, Tulane University School of Medicine, New
Orleans, LA
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
April 15, 2021
"Biomimetic Design in Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration and Immunomodulation"
Eda Yildirim-Ayan, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Biochemistry,
The University of Toledo
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
April 22, 2021
"Targeting Nuclear Protein Transport in Cancer"
Asfar Azmi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Oncology; Co-Leader, Tumor Biology & Microenvironment
Program; Director, Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
April 29, 2021
"Molecular Mechanisms of Obesity-Driven Pancreatic Cancer"
Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology,
and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
May 6, 2021
"Targeted Immunotherapy for Human Cancers with Heterozygous Loss of Chromosome 17p"
Xiongbin Liu, Ph.D., Vera Bradley Foundation Professor of Breast Cancer Innovation, Strategic Research
Initiative Distinguished Investigator, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer
Center, Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
August 12, 2021
"Immunosuppression and Combination Immunotherapy in Genitourinary Malignancies"
Xin Lu, Ph.D., John M. and Mary Jo Boler Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,
Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Harper Cancer Research Institute, University
of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
August 26, 2021
"Tumor Chemokines Emerge as Critical Players in Anti-Tumor Immunity and Immunotherapy
Response"
Anna Vilgelm, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Translational
Therapeutics Program Member, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Columbus, OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
September 9, 2021
"Patient Derived Cell Models for Basic and Translational Cancer Research"
Xuefeng Liu, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Dept. of Urology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive
Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
September 16, 2021
"The Role of Rho/ROCK Signal Pathway in Cellular Reprogramming and Cytoskeleton Regulation
in Glioblastoma"
Nilajana Saferin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences - Cell and Cancer Biology Track (laboratory of
Dr. Yue Zou), The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo,
OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
October 7, 2021
"Regulation of tumor Development by miRNAs from Tumor Extracellular Vesicles (EV):
Focus on Angiogenesis and Invasion"
Shruti Ghai, B.Tech., M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences - Cell and Cancer Biology Track (laboratory
of Dr. Qin Yang), The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo,
OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
October 14, 2021
"Poly(ADP-birose)- and NAD+-driven temporal dynamics of base excision repair complex
formation"
Robert W. Sobol, Ph.D., Point Clear Charities Professor, Chief, Molecular & Metabolic Oncology Program,
Abraham A. Mitchell Distinguished Investigator, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University
of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
4:00 pm, Webex webina
October 28, 2021
“Defining the Oncogenic Chromatin State as a Key Driver Event in Squamous Cancers”
Srinivas Vinod Saladi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Assistant
Scientist, Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute, Member, Cancer Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
November 4, 2021
"Targeting Dynamics of 14-3-3-sigma for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer"
Deepti Gurung, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences - Cell and Cancer Biology Track (laboratory
of Dr. Jasmine JingYuan Liu), The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life
Sciences, Toledo, OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
November 18, 2021
"Targeting the Thioesterase of FASN using Lansoprazole Derivatives in Triple-Negative
Breast Cancer Cells"
Shreya Ganguly, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences - Cell and Cancer Biology Track (laboratory
of Dr. JianTing Zhang), The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences,
Toledo, OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
December 2, 2021
"The Mitotic Regulatory Activity of RKIP is T42 Site Phosphorylation Dependent"
Christopher Figy, B.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences - Cell and Cancer Biology Track (laboratory
of Dr. Kam Yeung), The University of Toledo College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Toledo,
OH
4:00 pm, Webex webinar
December 9, 2021
"New Insights into Metastasis and Cancer Therapy Resistance"
Li Ma, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation
Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
4:00 pm, Webex webinar