Posts Tagged ‘cancer’

If you don’t already follow the Knight Cancer Institute’s Knight News, here’s a brief update on what OHSU cancer researchers have been to up this month. Joshi Alumkal, M.D., receives award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation Joshi Alumkal, M.D., Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology, was one of 24 researchers internationally to be awarded the 2011 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award. Dr. Alumkal’s project will focus on inhibiting LSD1 (Lysine-specific demethylase 1), a protein … Read More

The OHSU Research Integrity Office is now holding monthly brown bag sessions led by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) analysts to address topics of interest to human subjects researchers. December’s brown bag session is jointly sponsored by the Knight Cancer Institute and the OHSU IRB.  Sarah Ward, Denise Mathes, and Susan Aust of the Knight Cancer Institute and Andrea Johnson of the IRB will cover the following topics: New IND/IDE management services for investigator initiated … Read More

You’re invited to a seminar by Alexander Gimelbrant, Ph.D., assistant professor of cancer biology and genetics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gimelbrant’s talk, “Autosomal Analog of X-Inactivation,” will take place Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 4 to 5 p.m. in OHSU main hospital room 8B60. Can’t make it? Live stream the seminar from your computer. The Knight Cancer Institute Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Pediatric Cancer Biology program, brings leading … Read More

The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) is seeking applicants for its one-year Translational Cancer Research Fellowship. The award provides $50,000 in additional support for fellows who are engaged in any area of clinical or translational research related to cancer. The goal is to assist the trainee in becoming a high-caliber, productive independent researcher with an enduring focus on the importance of translational research relevant to cancer. To be eligible, applicants must be in the … Read More

You’re invited to a seminar by Ranadip Pal, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Texas Tech, on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 4 to 5 p.m. in OHSU main hospital room 8B60. Dr. Pal’s talk will be on “Modeling Cancer Pathways: How Mathematical Modeling can Assist in Selecting and Predicting the Effectiveness of Targeted Drug Combinations.” It’s free and open to the public. Can’t make it? Live stream the seminar from your … Read More

This fall’s Knight Cancer Institute seminar series kicks off on Tuesday, October 4 with Paul Spellman, Ph.D., associate professor of Molecular & Medical Genetics at OHSU. Dr. Spellman’s talk, “Systems Approaches to Understanding Cancer Biology & Treatment”  will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in OHSU main hospital room 8B60. It’s free and open to the public. Other upcoming speakers include: October 18 – Ranadip Pal, PhD, Texas Tech November 15 – Alexander A. Gimelbrant, … Read More

OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute is offering funding for cancer researchers that will assist them in generating preliminary data for peer-reviewed national funding and career development proposals. Multiple awards worth $50,000 per year for two years will be given to Knight investigators at the rank of assistant professor or higher. This mechanism is intended to support clinical, basic, or population-based research that is cancer focused. Priority will be given to those proposals including investigators from two … Read More

Why don’t more people alter behaviors known to increase the risk of cancers? Why do certain mutational events promote cancer phenotypes in some tissues and not in others? Given the difficulty of studying metastasis, can we develop new approaches, such as engineered tissue grafts, to investigate the biology of tumor spread? These three questions are just a sampling of the National Cancer Institute’s recently released “provocative questions,” meant to inspire scientists to think outside the … Read More

The American Association for Cancer Research Pancreatic Cancer Action Network program is designed to help incubate innovative research, grow the number of scientists directly working on pancreatic cancer, nurture collaborations across disciplines and institutions, and expedite scientific progress for patient benefit. Grantees participate in a mentorship program that connects them with leading scientists in the field. Available opportunities include: Innovative Grants – Provides $100,000 per year for two years to support creative and cutting edge … Read More

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has asked OHSU researchers to nominate deserving colleagues for their annual research awards. Awards with an upcoming October 11, 2011 deadline include: Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award − Recognizes outstanding achievements in clinical cancer research. Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Memorial Award – Recognizes research that has made, or promises to soon make, a notable contribution to improved clinical care in the field of cancer.  This award is intended … Read More