This interdisciplinary colloquium presents talks on current cancer research, focusing on dynamics and evolution. The colloquium brings world-leading cancer researchers from the National Cancer Institute and other institutions from the Metropolitan DC to the University of Maryland at College Park. They present their current research programs, emphasizing the most pressing problems that require quantitative approaches.
This colloquium is part of an initiative to encourage a dialogue between cancer researchers from the National Cancer Institute and scientists and engineers from the University of Maryland, College Park.
SCHEDULE: FALL 2008
9/10/08 Organizational meeting
9/17/08 No meeting
9/24/08 Dr. David Levens (Head, Gene Regulation Section, Center for Cancer Research)
10/1/08 Informal presentation: what is cancer?
10/8/08 No meeting
10/15/08 Dr. Petr Kalab (Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NCI/NIH)
10/22/08 Dr. Jim McNally (Director, Flourescence Imaging Facility, NCI/NIH)
Toward an in vivo biochemistry by quantitative light microscopy
11/5/08 Informal presentation (Melanie Freed, BioEng): Cancer detection in images.
11/12/08 Continuation of the "cancer detection" presentation
11/19/08 Dr. Wolfgang Losert "Controlling Cell Fate - a Complex Systems Perspective"
11/26/08 Thanksgiving - no meeting
12/3/08 Informal presentations on Cancer Stem Cells and Mutations
12/10/08 Dr. Lee J Helman (Head, Molecular Oncology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, NCI/NIH). This talk will be held in MATH 3206
Room: Most of the Activities will be held in CSCAMM's seminar room which is in the CSIC building (#406), room 4122.
Time: All talks are being held at 4pm.
To get to CSCAMM, see the visitor's information.
Information about the A/V facilities is provided in the following link.