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Division for Cancer Pharmacology-Young Investigator Award and Susan B Horwitz Award Lecture in Cancer Pharmacology

Saturday May 20, 2023

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central Time (CT)

Chair :

William Placzek
The Univ of Alabama at Birmingham

Lori Hazlehurst
West Virginia Univ

William Placzek
The Univ of Alabama at Birmingham

The focus of this session is to provide a spotlight for the top scored abstracts submitted by undergraduate, post-bac and post-doctoral cancer pharmacologist. In addition, the prestigious Susan Band Horwitz award will be presented to a senior investigator who as established national and international recognition for cancer drug discovery or development.

Speakers

William Placzek - The Univ of Alabama at Birmingham

Introduction

Jingwen Zhu - St. Jude Children's research hospital

Scaffold protein Scribble is a potent modulator of Sonic Hedgehog signaling

Maria Voronkova - West Virginia University

ERO1a Expression is Required for Secretion of Extracellular Matrix and Promotes Lung Cancer Progression

Vrushank Bhatt - Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Inhibition of Autophagy and MEK Promotes Ferroptosis in Lkb1-Deficient Kras-Driven Lung Tumors

Gavin Traber - UC Davis School of Medicine

Recombinant miR-7-5p Effectively Inhibits NSCLC Cell Viability through Regulating Mitochondrial Function

Lori Hazlehurst - West Virginia Univ

Susan Horwitiz Award Introduction

Silvio Gutkind

TBD

William Placzek - The Univ of Alabama at Birmingham

Discussion & Conclusions

Important Dates

Apr

20

Registration Discounts End

Apr

14-24

Division Town Halls

Apr

24

Housing Deadline

May

3-10

Online Award Lecture Series

May

18-21

ASPET 2023 Annual Meeting
St. Louis Union Station, MO