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\"UConn<\/a>Scholars In Cancer: Lecture Series<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Featuring leading researchers from across the country presenting cutting-edge findings in molecular oncology and cancer biology.<\/p>\n

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Want to be notified about upcoming seminars? <\/span>Email us to be added to our announcement list and never miss a talk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2026\u2014<\/span>2027 Seminar Schedule<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0\u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7<\/span> 1 upcoming Seminar \u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dec – 9 – 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title: Mantle Cell Lymphoma: From Discovery to Cure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Mike William, M.D. \u2014 University of Virginia School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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May – 6 – 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title: Epithelial interleukin-2 in immune regulation <\/strong>and cancer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Apr – 29 – 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title:<\/strong> Towards Curing Multiple Myeloma<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Saad Z. Usmani, M.D., MBA, FACP, FASCO \u2014 Memorial Sloan Kettering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Apr – 08 – 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title: <\/strong>Tumor Evolution in Pancreatic cancer and its impact on treatment strategies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Andrew Liss, Ph.D. \u2014 Massachusetts General Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jan – 21 – 2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Title:<\/strong> Concepts driving therapeutic development in osteosarcoma<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Richard Gorlick, M.D. \u2014 University of Texas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All Past Seminars<\/h2>\n
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Title:<\/strong> Deconstruction benign-to-malignant transition in the colon<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Peter Westcott, Ph.D. \u2014 Cold Spring Harbor, NY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> Gut microbial metabolites to overcome CRC chemoresistance and enhance gut barrier function<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Venkatakrishna Rao Jala, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Louisville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> Genetic and Epigenetic Contributors to Early-onset Colorectal Cancer<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Megan P. Hitchins, Ph.D. \u2014 Moffitt Cancer Center, FL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> Small Molecules, Big Data: Illuminating the “Dark Matter” of Metabolomics<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Alexander Aksenov, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Connecticut, Storrs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> risk and resistance in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Katherine L. Nathanson, M.D. \u2014 School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> breaking the obesity-cancer link: diet, drug, and surgical strategies<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Stephen D. Hursting, Ph.D. \u2014 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> experimental pathology: Utilizing Multiplex Tissue Imagining for immunotherapy biomarker discovery and digital pathology<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Travis Hollmann, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 Head of Translational Pathology Bristol Myers Squibb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> locally bioavailable drugs for colon cancer chemoprevention<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ming Hu, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Houston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> identifying new therapeutic targets by understanding interactions between cancer cells and bone niche<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> molecularly guided approaches for precision prevention of gi cancers<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> David Drew, Ph.D \u2014 Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> Some Causes, mechanisms, and Preventatives for early onset colorectal cancer<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Lorne J. Hofseth, Ph.D. \u2014 University of South Carolina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title:<\/strong> understanding and targeting the recalcitrant subtypes of lung cancer<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Trimaran Sen, Ph.D. \u2014 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Metabolic control of stress erythropoiesis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Robert F. Paulson, Ph.D. \u2014 Penn State University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Neuroscience of Inflammation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Kevin J. Tracey, M.D. \u2014 Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Amino Acids in Colon Cancer and Inflammation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> David C. Montrose, Ph.D. \u2014 Stony Brook University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Tumor, Normal, and Plasma DNA Sequencing to Inform Cancer Care, Cancer Risk, and Cancer <\/strong>Detection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Michael F. Berger, Ph.D. \u2014 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Defining new pathways in colorectal tumors with mismatch repair deficiency<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Rosa Munoz Xicola, Ph.D. \u2014 Yale Cancer Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Translational Immunogenomics for B cell malignancies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Samir Parekh, M.B.B.S. \u2014 Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai New York, NY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong><\/span>Models,<\/span> Concepts and Molecular Insights into Colorectal Cancer Pathogenesis\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Eric R. Fearon, M.D., Ph.D. \u2014 University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>New roles for mismatch repair proteins: diagnostic and therapeutic heroes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Svasti Haricharan, Ph.D. \u2014 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute –\u00a0Aging and Cancer Immuno-oncology Program<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Personalized Immunotherapy Combinations: Turning Up the Heat on Pancreatic Cancer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Neeha Zaidi, M.D. \u2014 John Hopkins University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Genetic Changes Thyroid Cancer: Evolution Toward Predictive and Therapeutic Targeting<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Matthew D. Ringel, M.D. \u2014 Ohio State University – Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Unique targeting of metastasis and tumor suppressors by clinically-trialed, innovative anticancer agents that inhibit multiple oncogenic signaling pathways.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Des R. Richardson, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Sydney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Epigenetics in Hematopoiesis and Leukemia: <\/strong>The Role of the PAF1 Complex<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Andrew Muntean, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Michigan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Bench to Bed and Back: Early Clinical Trials\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/strong>Patricia Mucci LoRusso, D.O., Ph.D. \u2014 Yale Cancer Center, Yale University<\/p>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Microbial sulfur metabolism and colorectal cancer risk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/strong>Rex Gaskins, PhD. \u2014 Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Title: <\/strong>Regulation of miRNA in breast cancer by methylation reader HNRNPA2B1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker: <\/strong>Carolyn M. Klinge, Ph.D. \u2014 University of Louisville School of Medicine<\/p>\n

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Interested in research opportunities or collaborations with the Center for Molecular Oncology? We welcome inquiries from all students, trainees, and colleagues. Whether you have a question or a suggestion, we are here to help.<\/span><\/p>\n

We Look Forward to Hearing From You<\/span><\/h2>\n

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