PSC Symposium of U54 CARE Partnership 2024

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  PSC Symposium of U54 CARE Partnership 2024

  8:15 am	Welcome & Partnership Overview Ernest Martinez, Ph.D., UCR Victoria Seewaldt, M.D., CoH
  8:45 am	Opening Remarks Dean of CNAS Dr. Peter Atkinson, UCR Dean of SOM Dr. Deborah Deas, UCR Dr. John Carpten, CoH Q&A
  9:15 am	Project 1 MYC Signaling in Poor Prognosis Luminal B Breast Cancer in African American Women Ernest Martinez, Ph.D., UCR Maria Ninova, Ph.D., UCR Veronica Jones, M.D., CoH
  9:35 am	Project 2 Development of Inhibitors of the PIN1 Oncoprotein in Pancreatic Cancer Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D. UCR Gregor Blaha, Ph.D., UCR Mustafa Raoof, M.D. CoH David Horne, Ph.D., CoH
  9:55 am	Break
  10:10 am	Pilot 1 Capacity Building Clinical Trial of Metformin Against Inflammation in Insulin-Resistant Cancer Survivors of Hispanic and/or African Ancestry Victoria Seewaldt, M.D., CoH David Lo, Ph.D., UCR Kendrick Davis, Ph.D., UCR
  10:30 am	Pilot 2 Control of Protein Synthesis by elF4A1 and mRNA m6A Modification in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Seán O’Leary, Ph.D., UCR Rui Su, Ph.D., CoH
  10:50 am	Pilot 3 Utilizing RELM-alpha-/- (M2 Macrophage-Polarized) Mice to Develop Novel Desmoplastic Models and Target Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer Meera G. Nair, Ph.D., UCR Edwin R. Manuel, Ph.D., CoH
  11:10 am	Poster session and Lunch
  12:00 pm	PSC meeting Pilot PIs/New Investigators/ESIs/Students
  1:00 pm	PSC tour of Incubator Laboratory Space – MRB1 building
  2:00 pm	PSC Meeting with UCR SOM Dean Dr. Deas and CoHCCC Director Dr. Carpten
  2:30 pm	Cores Presenting
  3:30 pm	Break
  3:45 pm	PSC Executive Session
  4:30 pm	Feedback to Program Leadership
  5:00 pm	Adjourn