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UFHCC Events
UFHCC Cheers to the New Year!
When: Jan. 9, 2019 | 5 PM
Where: UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex atrium (map)
What: UF Health Cancer Center faculty and staff are invited to our third annual “Cheers to the New Year” party. We will celebrate our myriad achievements in 2018 and to toast to the opportunities and doubtless numerous successes of the upcoming year. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. There were also be a brief awards presentation to highlight a few recent exemplary accomplishments, including peer-nominated awards.
PLEASE RSVP HERE
BIOSTATISTICS & BIOINFORMATICS Walk-In Clinic (BB WINC)
About: The University of Florida Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Division of Quantitative Sciences & Biostatistics Shared Resource provides biostatistical leadership and quantitative analytic collaborative support to members of the UFHCC. They are here to help you conduct statistically sound research.
Possible topics include:
- Study Design
- Sample Size Calculation
- Optimal Data Management
- Data Analysis Plan
- R Programming Tutorial
- State-of-the-Art Graphical Illustration
Where: Cancer and Genetics Research Complex Lobby
When: Tuesdays starting Dec. 4 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Contact: Donna Johnson | johnsodm@ufl.edu | 352-273-7137
More Info: For more info, CLICK HERE
UFHCC Topics in Cancer Seminar Series
Location: Cancer and Genetics Research Complex
Room Number: CGRC-451
Time: 9 a.m.
Dec. 7
Nathanael Gray, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School & Cancer Biology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Lecture Title: “Targeted Protein Degradation as a New Anti-Cancer Drug Strategy”
Dec. 14
Thomas Schmittgen, Ph.D.
Professor; Department of Pharmaceutics
College of Pharmacy, University of Florida
Lecture Title: Altered noncoding RNA expression in the pancreas: Cause or consequence of cancer?
Jan. 11
Lizi Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
College of Medicine, University of Florida
Lecture Title: TBD
UFHCC Grand Rounds
Location: Communicore
Room Number: C1-004
Time: 12 p.m.
Dec. 5
Carla L. Fisher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Advertising
Affiliate Faculty, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine
College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida
Lecture Title: “The Centrality of Family Communication to Cancer Coping and Risk Reduction in Familial and Clinical Settings: Mothers, Daughters and Breast Cancer”
Dec. 12
Peter Jones, Ph.D., DSc
Chief Scientific Officer
Director of the Center for Epigenetics
Van Andel Research Institute
Lecture Title: “Epigenetic Therapies”
Jan. 9
Edward Chu, M.D.
Professor of Medicine; Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Chief, Division of Hematology /Oncology
Associate Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Associate Director, Drug Discovery Institute
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Lecture Title: “Chinese herbal medicine as modulators of chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic colorectal”
Event Recaps
UFHCC CANCER RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2018
On Nov. 15-16, the UF Health Cancer Center is hosted the 2nd Annual Cancer Research Showcase. We hosted 10 K-awardees from across the nation. This was a unique opportunity to meet some very promising early stage cancer researchers, and show them how great it is to live and work in North Central Florida. The invitees gave brief talks about their work, attended presentations by UF faculty, toured the ICBR, and learned about the excellent faculty development opportunities at the University of Florida. The keynote speaker was Dr. Christian Jobin, PhD., who presented on “Microbiota: A new front in Cancer Research?”
Thank you to our UF faculty who agreed to act as sponsors for this year’s attendees: Drs. Avram, Fisher, Guryanova, Jobin, Krieger, Law, Leeuwenburgh, Wilkie, and Xie. Moreover, we would like to thank Drs. Guryanova, Xie, and Madore for giving up some of their weekend by joining our ICBR tour and butterfly museum event. The event ended with a wonderful pizza lunch at Satchels. We would also like to thank the students and postdocs in Renne and Guryanova labs for providing transportation and manning the registration desk, as well as the UFHCC staff that helped with day-of-event logistics.
It is only through great faculty participation that this event can leave a lasting impression on our attendees, and we have already received many kind words of thanks from this year’s group.
Annual Research Program Meetings | CANCER THERAPEUTICS AND HOST RESPONSE RETREAT
This year the UF Health Cancer Center held their first annual research program meetings. These retreats celebrate the research program’s previous year’s accomplishments, such as publications, grants and honors. These meetings also provide a space for leaders of the program to collaborate and stimulate transdisciplinary research opportunities and discuss the productivity and quality of cancer research within the programs. In addition, speakers at each event promote exciting research education and training activities.
The Cancer Therapeutics and Host Response retreat was held on Oct. 23 at the Harn Museum of Art.
Learn more about the previous Cancer Population Sciences & Mechanisms of Oncogenesis retreats HERE.