1995 Ben May/Cancer Biology Symposium

[Larry Hill]

THE 1995 BEN MAY/COMMITTEE ON CANCER BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

Sponsored by the Ben May Institute and the Committee on Cancer Biology
University of Chicago

CELL CYCLE, CELL DEATH AND CANCER
Monday, May 8th & Tuesday, May 9th, 1995
Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago

Program Committee:  Marsha R. Rosner, Ph.D., Chair; Jeffrey Bluestone,
Ph.D.; Nissim Hay, Ph.D.; Crag Thompson, M.D.

PROGRAM:

Monday, May 8th

Morning Session:  Cell Cycle (9:00 - 12:00)

Keynote: Dr. Andrew Wyllie ("Apoptosis: How, Why and Where?")

     Break (9:50 - 10:20)

Dr. Steven Reed ("Control of the G1/S Phase Transition")
Dr. Stephen Elledge ("Cell Cycle Checkpoints")

     Lunch (12:00 - 1:30)

Afternoon Session:  Cancer (1:30 - 4:30)

Dr. Arthur Pardee ("Defective Growth Controls in Cancer Cells")
Dr. Carol Prives ("Structure and Function of the p53 Tumor Suppressor
Protein")

     Break (3:10 - 3:40)

Dr. Theo Tlsty ("Abrogation of Cell Cycle Checkpoint Control in Pre-
neoplastic Cells")

Tuesday, May 9th

Morning Session:  Cell Death (9:00 - 12:00)

Dr. M.C. Raff ("Outs and Ins of Programmed Cell Death")

     Break (9:50 - 10:20)

Dr. Stanley Korsmeyer ("Bcl-2 Gene Family and the Regulation of Cell
Death")
Dr. H. Robert Horvitz ("Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in C.
elegans")

Continental breakfast and lunch are provided on 5/8, and continental
breakfast provided on 5/9.

Registration fees:  $50.00 prior to April 24th, 1995, for faculty;
$60.00 after April 24th, 1995; student registration is $25.00

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Mail with registration check made payable to the Ben May Institute to:
Symposium Coordinator, Ben May Institute, MC 6027, University of 
Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.  For further
information, call 312/702-1857 or email lhill at ben-may.bsd.uchicago.edu