| Event Title | 2018 Translational Medicine Symposium |
| Location | Koury Oral Health Sciences Building |
| Sponsor | Training Initiative for Biological and Biomedical Sciences (TIBBS) - Cancer Cell Biology Training Program |
| Date/Time | 04/10/2018 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
The 2018 Translational Medicine Symposium is co-sponsored by the Program in Translational Medicine and the Cancer Cell Biology Training Program. The symposium will be held in the Kirkland Auditorium and atrium of the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building on UNC Chapel Hill Campus.
Symposium Agenda
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast, Registration, and poster setup. Koury Ground Floor Atrium |
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9:00 – 9:10 |
Welcome. Dr. Adrienne Cox and Dr. Bill Coleman Kirkland Auditorium |
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9:10 – 10:00 |
Trainee Talks in Kirkland Auditorium 1. Nate Diehl “Profiling the KRAS-dependent kinome to identify novel therapeutic vulnerabilities of pancreatic cancer.” 2. Anna Chiarella. “Targeted Gene Control With Bifunctional Molecules To Harness Endogenous Chromatin-Modifying Activity.” |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Morning Keynote: “Molecular Pathways that Regulate Immunity and Cancer” Kirkland Auditorium Laurie Glimcher, MD. President of Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Poster Session 1. (Posters 1-18) |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Lunch. Those who wish to share the meal with Dr. Glimcher or Dr. Simon may join them in Koury G502 and Koury G508, respectively. |
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12:30 – 1:30 |
Poster Session 2. (Posters 19-35) |
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1:45 – 2:30 |
How clinicians and researchers are collaborating at UNC to develop treatments for debilitating food allergies Joint presentation by Edwin Kim, MD, and Scott Cummins, MD, PhD of the UNC Food Allergy Research Group |
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2:30 – 3:10 |
Trainee Talks in Kirkland Auditorium 1. Aatish Thennavan “Molecular analysis of histopathological subtypes of breast cancer.” 2. Hashem Meriesh. “An Old Tail with New Tricks: Novel Roles for the basic patch of histone H4.” |
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3:10 – 3:30 |
Closing Remarks, Presentation of Awards and Certificates Kirkland Auditorium
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