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Microenvironmental Plasticity: Inflammation Shaping Metastatic Fate

1345 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, United States

Mikala Egeblad, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Tumor Microenvironment at Johns Hopkins University, is an internationally recognized cancer researcher who studies how the tumor microenvironment—the immune cells, blood vessels, chemical signals and support matrix surrounding a tumor—regulates cancer initiation, progression and metastasis. Egeblad’s ultimate goal is to help cancer patients mitigate their risk of recurrence and…

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The Long Journey into the Genome of B Cell Lymphoma

1345 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, United States

Riccardo Dalla-Favera is a professor of microbiology & immunology, pathology & cell biology, and genetics & development at Columbia University. Over the past 30 years, his research has focused on the molecular genetics of cancer, particularly the pathogenesis of B-cell malignancies such as Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). His laboratory…

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Inflammation and Cancer: From Basic Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets

1345 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, United States

Lisa M. Coussens is a professor and the chairwoman of cell, developmental & cancer biology and the deputy director for basic & translational research at the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. Her lab focuses on the role of immune cells and their mediators as critical regulators of cancer development. They are…

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