Seminars & Symposia

Annual Meetings

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

City of Hope Shared Resources Meeting

This meeting aims to allow collaborators from UCR and City of Hope to connect and share what projects/programs they are involved in within their respective communities. In doing so, we hope to identify potential collaborations that will continue to grow our U54 CARE Partnership.

Date: July 12, 2024 – 8 am to 12 pm
Location: City of Hope, 1500 E. Duarte Rd, Duarte CA 91010
Admission: Closed event