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CALL FOR APPLICANTS

PILOT GRANT AWARDS (PDF)
DUE APRIL 15, 2009

The Skin Disease Research Center (SDRC) of the Department of Dermatology is accepting applications for pilot projects to be funded as of July 1, 2009 for its NIH P30 Skin Center Grant. See the SDRC’s programs at: www.sdrc.cumc.columbia.edu. The Pilot and Feasibility Study (P&F) Program provides one year of funding to new investigators or established scientists to provide an opportunity to test new hypotheses, collect preliminary data and develop these projects into a related, independently funded research project. The goal of the P&F program is to encourage investigators outside of skin research to explore projects bringing them into the field. It is imperative that the P&F Studies utilize the Core Facilities which provide access to state-of-the-art equipment and services. These pilot grants are intended to support feasibility studies that will establish a basis for applying for further research funding.

SDRC Seminar Series

April 7, 2009@ 3pm.

"Hedgehog Signaling Activation in Human Cancer."

Speaker: Dr. Jingwu Xie, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

Location: PH 17-201

April 2, 2009@ Noon

"Activation and Reprogramming of Stem Cell in the Skin."

Speaker: Dr. Valentina Greco, Rockefeller University

Location: Hammer Health Sciences Building, 3rd Floor, 301

January 29, 2009@

"Inhibition of PAX3 by TGF-beta Modulates Melanocytes Viability."

Speaker: Dr. Rutao Cui, Loyola University of Chicago

April 10, 2008@ 11 a.m.

"Senescence and Stem Cells: How p63 Mediates Cancer and Aging"

Speaker: Dr. William Keyes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Location: BSRG Conference Room, VC 15-201

April 17, 2008@ 11 a.m.

"Identifying Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Epidermal Barrier Formation:
A Genomics Approach"

Speaker: Dr. Cristina Strong, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Location: BSRG Conference Room, VC 15-201

April 21, 2008@ Noon

"Identification and molecular characterization of patient bladder cancer stem cells"

Speaker: Dr. Keith Chan, Stanford University
Location: HHSC 301

April 23, 2008@ Noon

“Control of cell polarity and directional movement by Wnt5a.”

Speaker: Dr. Eric Witze, University of Colorado at Boulder

Location: Russ Berrie Pavilion, Conference Room 1

March 3, 2008@ 2 p.m.

"Melanocyte and Melanoma Stem Cells."

Speaker: Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., Professor and Leader, Program of Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis, The Wistar Institute
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center,

1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, Conference Room 115

January 9, 2008@ 2 p.m.

“Control of cell polarity and directional movement by Wnt5a."
Speaker: Dr. Eric Witze, University of Colorado at Boulder
Location: HHSC 312

January 8, 2008@ 9:30 a.m.

"Towards the targeted therapy of melanoma."

Speaker: Dr. Keiran Smalley, The Wistar Institute
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center,

1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, Conference Room 115

December 19, 2007@ 2 p.m.

"MTS24 and Epithelial Progenitor Cells: Lessons from Epidermis and Thymus."

Speaker: Dr. Kristin Braun, Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science

Location: HHSC 312

December 10, 2007@ 11 a.m.

"The initiation event influences E2F1's tumor suppressor or oncogenic
activity in the epidermis."

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Berton, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Location: BSRG Conference Room, VC 15-201

November 27, 2007@ Noon

"The bold and the subtle: lessons from studying Wnt and microRNA function in the skin."

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Andl, University of Pennsylvania

Location: HHSC 312

November 15, 2007@ 11 a.m.

"Analysis of genetic and epigenetic changes in carcinomas."

Speaker: Dr. Krishan Kumar, Howard University Cancer Center
Location: BSRG Conference Room, VC 15-201

November 12, 2007@ Noon

"PKC epsilon is the master switch in the development of squamous cell carcinoma."

Speaker: Dr. Ajit K. Verma, University of Wisconsin Medical School

Location: BSRG Conference Room, VC 15-201

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