University at Buffalo (UB)
UB Cancer Research Consortium Symposium
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Murphy’s Family Conference Rooms A&B, 5TH floor
Clinical Translational Research Center (CTRC)
875 Ellicott St.
ZOOM will be available and lunch will be provided to those attending in person.
Agenda
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:25 a.m. | Breakfast and poster session |
| 8:25 - 8:35 a.m. | Welcome remarks Allison Brashear, MD Vice President for Health Sciences Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo
Timothy Murphy MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Director, UB CTSI Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | “The UB Cancer Research Consortium” Roberto Pili, MD Associate Dean for Cancer Research and Integrative Oncology Division of Hematology and Oncology/Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 8:45 - 9:10 a.m. | “Diet and alcohol: associations with mortality after breast cancer” Jo L. Freudenheim, PhD SUNY Distinguished Professor Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health School of Public Health and Health Professions |
| 9:10 - 9:35 a.m. | “Community-level implementation to promote health equity: adaptation of cancer screening communication strategies to low-resource settings” Katia Noyes, PhD MPH Professor Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health School of Public Health and Health Professions |
| 9:35 - 10:00 a.m. | “Benefits and harms of cannabis for symptom management in cancer" Rebecca Ashare, PhD Associate Professor Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences |
| 10:25 - 10:40 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 - 11:05 a.m. | “Advanced computational approaches to cancer progression modeling and cancer driver gene detection” Yijun Sun, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 11:05 - 11:30 a.m. | “Micro-scaffold Assisted Spatial Proteomics (MASP) to Quantitatively Map the Distribution of > 5000 Proteins Across Whole Tissues” Jun Qu, PhD Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 11:30 - 11:55 p.m. | “Visible light-controlled combination strategy to treat non-muscle invasive bladder cancer” Youngjae You, PhD SUNY Empire Professor Department of Pharmaceuticals Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 11:55 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | GRAND ROUND
Keynote speaker “CARs and armored CARs: Moving cellular therapy forward” Renier Brentjens, MD PhD Deputy Director Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Poster session |
| 1:45 - 2:10 p.m. | “Short Peptide Nanoparticles for Potent Induction of Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells"” Jonathan Lovell, PhD SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| 2:10 - 2:35 p.m. | “Photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging of breast cancer” Jun Xia, PhD Associate professor Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| 2:35 - 3:00 p.m. | “Hindering myeloid-derived suppressor cell biogenesis to augment immunotherapy response” Scott Abrams, PhD Distinguished Member and Professor of Oncology Department of Immunology Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 3:00 - 3:25 p.m. | “Structure and design of inhibitors targeting mutant EGFR: Insights for improving drug development in cancer therapy” David Heppner, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry College of Arts and Sciences |
| 3:25 - 3:50 p.m. | “Dynamic reprogramming of AR/GR cistrome in treatment-resistant prostate cancers” Remi Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Hematology and Oncology/Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 3:50 - 4:15 p.m. | “Pioneer factors in cancer” Michael Buck, PhD Professor, Director Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Department of Biochemistry Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 4:15 - 4:30 p.m. | Poster awards and closing remarks Roberto Pili, MD |
