Upcoming Programs and Events
The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts a variety of programs and events for our members, patients, and community.
If you would like your event posted on this webpage, please contact the Communications Office at cucancercomms@cumc.columbia.edu.
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Friday, December 10, 2021 to Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Dental Medicine
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Columbia Nursing
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Healthcare
- Mailman School of Public Health
- Natural Sciences
- Research
The Center for Precision Cancer Medicine (CPCM) is excited to announce funding for pilot studies. The goal of this funding opportunity is to stimulate research that develops and implements novel approaches for defining biomarker-driven approaches for guiding cancer medicine. This initiative aims to support the early stages of translational and interdisciplinary research projects that have the potential to develop into long-term projects capable of attracting external grant support.
At least two projects will be funded for one year at the level of $100,000 per project. We intend to fund at least one project focused upon integrating cancer modeling with experimental therapeutics and omic technologies to evaluate therapeutic efficacy and pharmacodynamics.
Please contact Dr. Adam Bass (ab5147@cumc.columbia.edu) with questions about the CPCM pilot competition or if you need assistance in identifying potential topics.
For more information and to apply, follow the link here.
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Friday, December 10, 2021 to Monday, February 7, 2022
Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- COVID-19
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Dental Medicine
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Columbia Nursing
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Healthcare
- Mailman School of Public Health
- Natural Sciences
- Research
Supported by: The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, the Clincal Trials Office, and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Irving Multi-PI Planning Grant supports the submission of multi-component biomedical research grants (e.g., SPORE, U54, P01, P50) and large multi-PI research grants (e.g., NCATS U01, MPI grants that require NIH preapproval) in:
Translational and/or population research of any disease area;
Basic, translational, clinical or population science research proposals in cancer
Priority will be given to projects proposing to apply for NCATS U01 and SPORE grants.
Award Duration: One (1) Year
Award Amount: $50,000- $80,000
Quantity: Up to four (4)
Deadline: Monday, February 7, 2022, by 5 PM
Contact: Kayla Zalcgendler kz2397@cumc.columbia.edu
Apply here
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Join us to:
Learn about what HPV is, what types of cancer it causes, and how to reduce your risk of getting it with the HPV vaccination
Ask any questions you have
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
We are excited to welcome Prof. Martin Yarmush, BME Chair at Rutgers University, to Tissue Talks on Wednesday, January 26th at 3:00PM ET as he presents, "Multiscale Systems for the Study and Implementation of Hepatic Tissue Engineering."
ABOUT TISSUE TALKS
Join us every Wednesday at 3:00PM ET for the wildly popular Tissue Talks, our weekly webinar series hosted by Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering. Don’t miss the opportunity each week to hear from global leaders in Tissue Engineering!
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
Christine Chio, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics & Development; Member, HICCC Tumor Biology & Microenvironment Program; HICCC Velocity Fellow
Developing redox based therapeutics for pancreatic cancer
The Chio lab uses organoid models, chemical proteomics, and biochemical tools to elucidate fundamental aspects of redox metabolism in pancreatic cancer. We anticipate our work will establish mechanistic understanding and therapeutic inroads for sulfur-based redox signaling in pancreatic cancer.
JOIN ZOOM
Meeting ID: 999 0430 6839
passcode: seminar
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
José L. McFaline-Figueroa, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, HICCC Precision Oncology and Systems Biology Program
Probing the genetic basis of the response to exposure using single-cell genomics
The response of cells to therapy depends on the nature of the exposure and the host's genetic background. Identifying the molecular signatures that define these interactions necessitates methods to probe the large combinatorial space between genes and exposures, ideally at a resolution that accounts for heterogeneity in response. This talk will present our efforts to use single-cell genomics to generate functional atlases of the genetic dependence of the response of cells to exposure.
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Meeting ID: 999 0430 6839
password:seminar
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Friday, February 11, 2022
Categories
- Engineering
- Research
- Healthcare
On Friday, February 11th @ 11:00AM ET, we welcome Prof. Yamuna Krishnan from the University of Chicago as she presents, "Quantitative Chemical Imaging of Organelles."
ABOUT THE SEMINAR
Quantitative Chemical Imaging of Organelles
To quantitate lumenal chemistry, my lab developed a DNA-based reporter technology coupled with image analysis methods to derive chemical heat-maps of organelles by fluorescently imaging lumenal ions or reactive species in living systems. This technology can now be used for discovery biology or biomedical applications by interrogating organelles of cells in culture, in live multicellular organisms in cells obtained from blood or skin biopsies from human patients. We recently solved a thirty-year problem in molecular sensing by mapping lumenal calcium in acidic organelles and in doing so, identified the first example of a protein that facilitates lysosomal Ca2+ import in the animal kingdom. We have used a fluorescent DNA-based reporter of absolute membrane potential to measure the previously unknown membrane potentials of different organelles in situ in live cells. I will close with a discussion on what it would take to develop an electrochemical model for every organelle membrane, thereby enabling an exploration of the genesis and function of organellar electrochemical gradients.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yamuna Krishnan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry & Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, University of Chicago
Yamuna Krishnan is Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago since 2014. She received a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2002 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and was an 1851 Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research group pioneered the use of DNA-nanotechnology to study living cells and taking DNA-nanotechnology into the world of precision medicine. She was featured on Cell’s top 40 under 40 of scientists that are shaping current and future trends in Biology and the LSDP’s Top 100.
ABOUT THE 2021-2022 BME SEMINAR SERIES
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University is proud to host an annual weekly seminar series on the latest developments and research in Biomedical Engineering. The weekly series takes place on Friday mornings at 11:00AM Eastern and includes a variety of renowned academics from top universities to talk about their specific research and experience. This is a hybrid event.
