Invitation to Cover: Genetic Basis of Cancer

A Symposium in Honor of Penn’s Peter C. Nowell, Recipient of the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science

WHAT:	The relationship between chromosome alterations and cancer had been debated for more than one hundred years. The first direct link between chromosomal abnormalities to any malignancy came with the discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome in 1960 by Peter Nowell at the School of Medicine and the late David Hungerford from the Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Institute for Cancer Research. Understanding abnormalities in the replication of the chromosome led to the eventual development of the genetically targeted cancer drug Gleevec in 2001. This symposium celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome and brings us up to date on the genetic basis of cancer, addressing the role of tyrosine kinase enzymes, microRNAs, and immune cells.
WHEN:	Friday, April 30, 2010 10:00am
WHERE:	Stemmler Hall – Dunlop Auditorium 3450 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 http://www.pennmedicine.org/hup/vi_files/maps-campus.html
SPEAKERS:	Mark Greene, MD, PhD, FRCP, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Kinases and Transformation Carlo Croce, MD, Ohio State University Medical Center Causes and Consequences of MicroRNA Dysregulation in Cancer Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Signals Regulating Immune Cell Development and Activation Mark Lemmon, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine New Lessons in Understanding Regulation of the EGF Receptor Family Joseph Schlessinger, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine Cell Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: From Basic Principles to Cancer Therapy

Free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Zoe Zampana, 215.615.6510; zampanaz@mail.med.upenn.edu

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