2011 Walther Cancer Foundation Symposium

Hosted by Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
November 13-14, 2011


PROGRAM BOOKLET

Registration deadline is November 7, 2011
Due to space constraints, registration is limited to 92 participants total,
on a first-come first-served basis.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Abstracts are limited to the first 8 received per institution due by November 7, 2011. 
Please contact Michelle Liratni at mliratni@purdue.edu to submit your abstract and
to receive confirmation of your abstract acceptance.
All abstracts must be submitted using the abstract template.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
 

PROGRAM AGENDA (pdf version)
 

November 13, 2011

4:00 - 5:00 pm Registration (Pfendler Hall, Dean's Auditorium, PFEN 241)
   
5:00 - 5:30 pm Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  Walther Cancer Foundation, Purdue Leadership,
  Organizing Committee
   
5:30 - 6:30 pm Plenary Session I: Keynote Address
  Tom O'Halloran, Ph.D.
  "Therapeutic Efficacy of Nanoscale Arsenic-Platinum Agents in
   Murine Models of Negative Breast Cancer"
6:30 - 7:30 pm Opening Reception
  Purdue Memorial Union, West Faculty Lounge
   
7:30 - 9:00 pm Dinner
  Purdue Memorial Union, West Faculty Lounge

 

November 14, 2011

7:00 am - 2:00 pm Registration (Pfendler Hall, Dean's Auditorium, PFEN 241)
   
7:00 am - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast
   
7:45 am - 10:40 am Plenary Session II: Drug Development and
Cancer Biology
  Chair: M. Sharon Stack
  Co-Chair: Donald Bergstrom
   
8:00 - 8:25 am Andy Mesecar, Ph.D.
  "Structural and Chemical Mechanisms
of Natural Product Cancer Chemoprevention"
   
8:30 - 8:55 am Amanda Hummon, Ph.D.
  "Proteomics Examination of Colon Cancer"
   
9:00 - 9:15 am Break
   
9:15 - 9:40 am Don Bergstrom, Ph.D.
  "Self-Assembling Drugs"
   
9:45 - 10:10 am Tracy Vargo-Gogola, Ph.D.
  "Transgenic Murine Models to Investigate the Role of
Rho GTPases in Mammary Development and Cancer"
   
10:15 - 10:40 am Dave Miller, Ph.D.
  "RNA-seq whole Transcriptome Analysis of Cancer"
   
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Poster Session / Coffee Break
  Purdue Memorial Union, East Faculty Lounge
   
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch
  Purdue Memorial Union, West Faculty Lounge
   
1:45 - 4:00 pm Plenary Session III: Translation Cancer Biology
  Pfendler Hall, Dean's Auditorium, PFEN 241
  Chair: Murray Korc
  Co-Chair: Kenneth P. Nephew
   
1:45 - 2:10 pm Kenneth P. Nephew, Ph.D.
  "Epigenetic Resensitization of Solid Tumors"
   
2:15 - 2:40 pm Jamie Renbarger, M.D.
  "Optimizing the Use of Vincristine for Children with Cancer"
   
2:45 - 3:10 pm Murray Korc, M.D.
  "Pancreatic Cancer: The Need for a New
Research Paradigm"
   
3:15 - 3:40 pm Gabriela Chiorean, M.D.
  "From Bench to Bedside: A Clinician's Look into Cancer Biology"
   
3:40 - 4:00 pm Final Comments - Adjourn

 
 

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:

Walther Cancer Foundation is generously supporting one night of accommodations at the following hotel locations listed below:

The Union Club Hotel
Purdue Memorial Union
101 N. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Phone: 765-494-8900 or 800-320-6291
Fax: 765-494-8924

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Union Club Hotel, located in the Purdue Memorial Union. 
Indicate that you are reserving a room for the "Walther Cancer Foundation Symposium" being held at Purdue University.
Campus maps are available at the front desk upon request.
 

Hilton Garden Inn
356 East State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 47906
Phone: 765-743-2100
Fax: 765-743-6520

Additional rooms are available at the Hilton Garden Inn. 
Use code "WALTH" to reserve your room.
The Hilton may take your credit card information in order to hold the room.
The Hilton is very close to campus, however, they will provide complimentary shuttle service to Purdue upon request.
 

Click HERE for a map of Purdue University, Pfendler Hall,
and the Purdue Memorial Union.