7th Annual MCP Research Training Symposium
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Fluno Center at 601 University Ave

8:30-9:00 am Registration – Coffee with Continental Breakfast (2nd Floor)
9:00-9:05

Opening Remarks by Dr. Jeffery Walker
Chair, Symposium Committee
Professor, Department of Physiology

9:05-9:10

Welcome by Professor George Wilding
Director of UW Comprehensive Cancer Center

Session Chair: Dr. David Wassarman, Associate Professor of Pharmacology
9:10-9:35

Filamin A-β1 integrin complex regulates myosin-mediated collagen remodeling to tune breast epithelial cell morphogenesis in a 3D matrix

Dr. Scott Gehler
Dr. Patricia Keely
Department of Pharmacology

9:40-10:05   

ERRα—Co-Activator GRIP1 Protein-Protein Interaction:
A Target For Novel Breast Cancer Therapeutics?

Jennifer A. Lamberski
Dr. Richard A. Burgess
MCP Program/Department of Oncology

10:10-10:35

Genetic Networks of Liver Metabolism Revealed by Integration of Metabolic and Transcriptional Profiling

Christine T. Ferrara
Dr. Alan Attie
Department of Cancer Biology

10:40-11:05 

Proteasome Inhibitor Resistant NF-kappaB Activity
in Multiple Myeloma

Stephanie Markovina
Dr. Shigeki Miyamoto
CMB Program/Department of Pharmacology

11:05-12:00 

Poster Session – Main Lobby
Coffee Break – 2nd Floor

12:00

Key Note Address:  Signaling Pathways Defining Metastatic Tumor Cell Behavior In Vivo

Dr. John Condeelis
Professor and Co-Chair
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology at the
Einstein College of Medicine

1:00-2:00       LUNCH – Main Floor Dining Room
Session Chair: Dr. Anna Huttenlocher, Associate Professor, Medical Micro
2:00-2:25

DCR-1 Helicase Mutation Disrupts Endogenous RNAi of Sperm
Enriched Genes

Derek Pavelec
Dr. Scott G. Kennedy
MCP Program/Department of Pharmacology

2:30-2:55

Defining Smad protein binding “hot-spots” with mutations, peptide aptamers and small molecule ligands

Michelle M. Bonar
Dr. F Michael Hoffmann
Department of Cancer Biology

3:00-3:25

Chronic inflammation during muscle degeneration in zebrafish
Kevin B. Walters

Dr. Anna Huttenlocher
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

3:30-3:55

Nucleotide Receptor P2RX7 Mediates AP-1 Protein Expression in Monocytic Cells

Monica Gavala
Dr. Paul J. Bertics
Department of Biomolecular Chemistry

4:00-4:15

Final Remarks -  Dr. Jeff Walker and Dr. Patricia Keely