Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

The Role of Nuclear Receptors and Pioneer Factors in Cancer

1335 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, United States

Jason Carroll is a professor of molecular oncology at the University of Cambridge, a senior group leader at Cancer Research UK and a fellow at Clare College. His lab is interested in understanding mechanisms of hormone-dependent cancer. They study how the estrogen receptor (ER) causes gene transcription and how this contributes to breast cancer progression….

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Inflammation and Cancer: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets

1345 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, United States

Lisa M. Coussens is a professor and the chairwoman of cell, developmental & cancer biology and the deputy director for basic & translational research at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. Her lab focuses on the role of immune cells and their mediators as critical regulators of cancer development. They are…

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Gene Discovery to Clinical Trials: How Clinical and Basic Research Have Intersected to Develop and Test New Therapies for Rett Syndrome

John D. Wiley Conference Center, Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, United States

Jeffrey Neul is director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Annette Shaffer Eskind Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Neul’s research is focused on Rett syndrome and related genetically based neurodevelopmental disorders. It integrates laboratory-based exploration of disease mechanisms, biomarker discovery and preclinical therapy evaluation with clinical research including longitudinal natural history…

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