Cancer Center News

T32 Training Program

CHORI Cancer Biologists Ervin Epstein, David Martina and Julie Saba become mentors on the University of California at Berkeley T32 Training Program in Tumor Biology. CHORI now partners with UC Berkeley in the Training Program along with Principal Investigator Gary Firestone and other UC Berkeley scientists. [download abstract of T32 program]

Tumor Biology Symposium

The 1st Annual Tumor Biology Symposium of the joint University of California at Berkeley/CHORI T32 Training Program in Tumor Biology was held in CHORI’s Little Theater on Friday, June 5, 2009. [download program]

Organizers and speakers: (left to right) Padmavathi Bandhuvula, Gary Firestone, Grace Wang, Mark Wagner, Ram Prathapam, Lucas Horn, Bob Ryan, Sylvain Costes, Julie Saba

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More discussion over lunch!
Bob Ryan electrifies the audience discussing nanodisk-based drug delivery
Mark Wagner introduces epigenetics to the group
Grace Wang proposes skin stem cells as the origin of basal cell carcinoma

Ready, Set, Swim!
Swim Across America, Inc., [SAA] is a private foundation dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming - related events. With the help of hundreds of volunteers nationwide and past and current Olympians, SAA is helping to find a cure for cancer through athleticism, community outreach and direct service. SAA holds an annual swim that takes place in the San Francisco Bay in the Autumn of each year and also encourages Pool Swims for those who cannot participate in the Bay Swim. Last year, SAA chose to include CHORI’s Center for Cancer Research among its beneficiaries. We are extremely proud to have received this honor and are ready to jump into the water with SAA again this year. We are gearing up for our 2009 events...To Get Involved by swimming, volunteering, donating, or starting your own swim, please click here.

Ervin Epstein Published in Nature

Ervin Epstein’s review on “Basal cell carcinomas: Attack of the hedgehog” was published in Nature Reviews in October 2008 and hedgehog made the cover!
[click here to download article pdf]

revised: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:50 PM