| | | | Mark your calendar now for the Spring 2018 Faculty Seminar Series
The Cancer Center at Illinois has exciting new faculty presentations planned for Spring 2018. Registration is recommended, as seats are limited. Make plans now to attend!
- February 1, 2018; 3–4:30 p.m., Beckman Institute, Room 3269
Aleksei Aksimentiev, Professor, Physics
“Modeling DNA for Cancer Research: Detecting a Cause and Building a Cure”
Andrew Smith, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
“Counting Molecules in Cancer Cells and Clinical Biospecimens with Next-Generation Quantum Dots”
Shuming Nie, Professor, Bioengineering
“Image-Guided Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cancer Surgery: Opportunities and Challenges"
- March Seminar: March 1, 2018; 3–4:30 p.m., Beckman Institute, Room 3269
- April Seminar: April 5, 2018; 3–4:30 p.m., Beckman Institute, Room 4269
- May Seminar: May 3, 2018; 3–4:30 p.m., Beckman Institute, Room 3269
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Carle Cancer Research Update Meetings
Join the discussion at the Carle Cancer Research Update Meeting. Lunch is not served, but you are welcome to bring your own lunch.
Topic: "Study Results"
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Barnett: NRG-GU003 and NRG-LU002
Dr. Maria Grosse-Perdekamp: RU221511I
Date: Friday, January 26, 2018, Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Houseworth Conference Room
Carle Cancer Center/MBCI – Second Floor
*Following are the instructions on how to join the Live Meeting by phone*
Dial-in Number: 1(872) 395-5961
Conference ID: 20429662
Sponsored by the Carle Cancer Center |
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Attention, singers of all talent levels! Let your dreams come true while helping raise money for local breast cancer survivors and research. Finalists will be selected from auditions to perform live at Sing for the Health of It! on Thursday, April 5, at Champaign’s City Center when our community comes together for some serious fundraising fun! The winner will receive a weekend trip to the musical capital of America, Nashville, TN. OPEN AUDITIONS Saturday, February 3, 2018, 2:00-5:00 p.m. at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more ... |
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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month
Each year, more than 11,000 women in the United States get cervical cancer. HPV (human papillomavirus) is a very common infection that spreads through sexual activity, and it causes almost all cases of cervical cancer. About 79 million Americans currently have HPV, but many people with HPV don’t know they are infected. Learn more… |
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Cancer Care Gets Personal: How Tumor Treatments Are Changing
Scientists are now gaining a better understanding of the changes that lead to cancer—and figuring out how to target them for personalized treatments. Learn more... |
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Acupuncture May Reduce Treatment-Related Joint Pain for Breast Cancer Patients
Acupuncture can reduce joint pain caused by drugs called aromatase inhibitors, according to results from a large, rigorous study of this approach in postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer. |
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‘Liquid biopsy’ for cancer promises early detection
A team of researchers has taken a major step toward one of the hottest goals in cancer research: a blood test that can detect tumors early. Their new test, which examines cancer-related DNA and proteins in the blood, yielded a positive result about 70% of the time across eight common cancer types in 1005 patients whose tumors had not yet spread—among the best performances yet for a universal cancer blood test. Learn more... |
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New post-doctoral fellows program launches at Wistar Institute
The Wistar Institute, an NCI-designated Cancer Center, announces the launch of the Caspar Wistar Fellows Program. The program will recruit two exceptional post-doctoral fellows as independent investigators, creating a springboard for the Caspar Wistar Fellows to facilitate a subsequent faculty appointment and join the next generation of scientific leaders. Interested candidates should electronically submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a description of previous research (one page), a concise statement of research plans (up to two pages), reprints of four publications, and the names of three references to the attention of Maria Colelli, Search Coordinator Caspar Wistar Fellows Program (colelli@wistar.org). Applications will be evaluated by January 29, 2018. Interviews will be held beginning in April 2018. |
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National Cancer Institute Program Project is accepting applications
With this Funding Opportunity Announcement, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for investigator-initiated Program Project (P01) applications. The proposed Program may address any of the broad areas of cancer research, including (but not limited to) cancer biology, cancer prevention, cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment, and cancer control. Basic, translational, clinical, and/or population-based studies in all of these research areas are appropriate. Each application submitted in response to this FOA must consist of at least three research projects and an Administrative Core. The projects must share a common central theme, focus, and/or overall objective. Learn more ... |
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For more information, visit our website at cancer.illinois.edu.
If you received an award or honor, published a paper, have an announcement and/or news to share, we want to hear from you. Send your success stories/news items to Margaret Browne Huntt, Associate Director, by the end of business on Tuesday of each week.
Visit the Cancer Center Events Calendar for a complete list of upcoming cancer-related activities and events. |
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