UNC Lineberger Holds Annual Retreat on May 22, 2007

More than 125 faculty, fellows, and students gathered at the Friday Center on May 22 to attend the UNC Lineberger scientific retreat which featured two mini-symposia, an update from director Shelley Earp, and a poster competition.

The first symposium topic was “Melanoma- Translational Research on the Silent Killer.” Speakers included Bob Millikan, David Ollila, Ned Sharpless, and Nancy Thomas. The second symposium topic was “ All About the Mouse- Models of Human Disease at UNC” for which  William Kim, Larysa Pevny, Kim Rathmell, and David Threadgill served as speakers.

Dr. Shelley Earp gave the director’s update, highlighting the significant accomplishments of Lineberger faculty and staff over the past year. Following was a poster session/ reception. Fifty posters competed for prizes. Award winners are listed below.

Poster winners: (l-r) India J. Ornelas; Janelle Arthur;Kristen White; Kathy Ho Yen Shair; David Roadcap; Abigail Caudle; Kim Peterman; Linda Ko

Award Winners

Clinical/Translational

First Place (tie):

• Caudle AS, Caskey LS, Rubinas TC, Moore DT, Earp HS, Calvo BF
  "Increased Amphiregulin and Epiregulin Expression in Colorectal Tumors May Explain Clinical Response to EGFR-Targeted Antibody Therapy"


• Kimberly Petermann, Norman E. Sharpless
  "CD200 is a Novel ERK-regulated Therapeutic Target in Melanoma"

Clinical/Translational winners(left to right):
Abigail Caudle and Kim Peterman (tied for first place)

Population Sciences

First Place:

• India Ornelas, Marcia Galvan-Potrillo, Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo
  “Protective Effect of Yogurt Consumption on /Helicobacter pylori /Seropositivity in a Mexican Population”

Second Place:

• Linda K. Ko, Marci Campbell, Carol Carr
  “Information Process Mediators of Cancer Communication on Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A Multiple Sample Analysis by Intervention Groups"

Population Science winners(left to right):
Linda Ko ( second place) and India Ornelas ( first place)

Basic Sciences

First Place:

• Janelle C. Arthur, John D. Lich, and Jenny P-Y. Ting
  “The anti-inflammatory protein Monarch-1 is regulated by Hsp90”

Second Place:

• Kristen K. White, Dorothy R. Belloni, Jessica Booker, Larry M. Silverman, Gregory J. Tsongalis, W. Edward Highsmith and William B. Coleman
  “+ACA /BRCA1/ promoter polymorphism occurs frequently in the general population"

Third Place (tie):

• Shair KHY, Bendt KM, Edwards RH, Bedford EC, Nielson JN, Raab-Traub N.
  “Akt and NFkB Pathways are Required for Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein-1 Malignant Transformation"


• David Roadcap, Daniel Zedek, Pamela Groben, Anne Lachiewicz, Nickolas Holoweckyj, Nancy Thomas, and James E Bear
  “Coronin-1C Regulates Actin Dynamics During Metastasis"

Basic Science winners(left to right): Janell Arthur ( first place); Kristen White ( second place); David Roadcap; Kathy Ho Yen Shair ( tied for third place)

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