April 6, 2010 : Fluno Center, Madison, WI
The eighth annual signal transduction research training symposium will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the Fluno Center. It will be a full day that includes a Keynote address by Dr. Robert A, Weinberg, PhD, MIT. Dr. Weinberg is is a Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Weinberg lab is known for its discoveries of the first human oncogene – the ras oncogene that causes normal cells to form tumors, and the isolation of the first known tumor suppressor gene – the Rb gene.
There will be 8 short talks (25 minutes) by students and postdocs, two poster sessions and a reception. The day will include a continental breakfast, lunch and an afternoon break.
Speakers
Morning:
- Jessica Heck, MCP, Keely Lab
The Rho GEF, GEF-H1, is Regulated by and Activates Rho in Response to 3D Collagen Matrix Density in Breast Epithelial Cells. - Christa Cortesio, BMC, Huttenlocher Lab
Calpain-Mediated Cleavage of Paxillin Negatively Regulates Invasive Cancer Cell Migration - Matt Wagoner, MCP, Roopra Lab
The Tumor Suppressor REST is Lost in Aggressive Breast Cancer - Kyung Eun Sung, Postdoc, Beebe Lab
Transition to invasion in breast cancer: a microfluidic in vitro model
Keynote:
- Robert A. Weinberg, MIT & Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Malignant Progression and Cancer Stem Cells
Afternoon:
- Dominique Fontanilla, MCP, Ruoho Lab
Pharmacology & Functional Characterization of the Sigma-1 Receptor: A Study Utilizing Sigma-1 Receptor Photoprobes & the Sigma-1 Knockout Mouse - Rita Buresh, Pharm Science, Marker Lab
Sulfatase 1 is an Inhibitor of Ductal Morphogenesis and Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling with Sexually Dimorphic Expression in the Urogenital Sinus - Stephanie Maiden, MCP, Hardin Lab
HMP-1/±-catenin mediates morphogenesis through actin binding independent of dimerization - Christy Barlow, Postdoc, Anderson Lab
A Poly (A) Polymerase Switch at the 3′ end of mRNA mediates the Expression of Star-PAP Target Genes