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The focus of the Journal Club is to discuss the most exciting findings in women’s cancer research, report on related topics, and to stimulate interactions between basic, translational, and clinical researchers. The general theme will be translational research, discussing papers that give biological and mechanistic insight into clinical observations, with the goal of stimulating new thoughts on research programs in the WCRC.
Event: WCRC Journal Club
Date: May 1, 2013
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Hemingway's Cafe in Oakland at 3911 Forbes Avenue. I encourage everyone to stay after the discussion for happy hour!
Format: will be a 'round table discussion' with no slides...'presenters' will be more like discussion leaders giving a summary of the paper, explaining key points, and bringing prepared discussion points/questions to stimulate groups discussion
This month, Myriam Attar of Carola Neumann's lab will present a paper examining EMT in circulating tumor cells.
This month's paper:
Circulating Breast Tumor Cells Exhibit Dynamic Changes in Epithelial and Mesenchymal Composition Journal: 1 Feb 2013, Science, Vol 339
The WCRC hopes you can join our discussion.
External Work-in-progress (WIP)
The goal of WIP is to provide a forum for investigators (trainees, students, fellows, junior faculty) to discuss their research in a multi-disciplinary setting. The meeting occurs weekly at MWRI include link to speakers
| Past Speakers | Affiliation | Seminar | Date of Seminar |
| Orla Conneely | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX | 11/6/2012 | |
| Suzanne Conzen | University of Chicago | 11/14/2012 | |
| Jennifer K. Richer, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
The Androgen Receptor in Breast Cancer - Novel Insights | 10/4/2012 |
| Bryan Welm | Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City Utah | WCRC WIP | 5/22/2012 |
| Alana Welm | Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City Utah | UPCI - Basic & Translational | 5/22/2012 |
| Carola Neumann, MD | Medical University of South Carolina | PCB | 5/1/2012 |
| David Huntsman | British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada | WCRC WIP | 10/26/2011 |
| Aleks Milosevich | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX | WCRC special seminar | 10/25/2011 |
| Mitch Dowsett | Royal Marsden, London, UK | WCRC special seminar | 10/24/2011 |
| Powel Brown | The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center | UPCI - Basic & Translational | 9/13/2011 |
| Paul Haluska, MD, PhD | Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN | WCRC WIP | 9/8/2011 |
| Kenneth Nephew | Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University | UPCI - Basic & Translational | 5/31/2011 |
| Matthew Ellis, PhD | Washington University, St. Louis, MO | 1st Annual WCRC Retreat | 5/6/2011 |
| Carol Lange, PhD | Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota | WCRC WIP | 4/26/2011 |
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