2022 Program Overview
The Meeting will be held on the CSU Northridge campus (18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330)
in the Orchard Conference Center.
Campus maps and directions can be found here.
*All times below are listed in PST*
Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:00-8:05am
Orchard
Patient-Research Advocacy Presentation
Morning Plenary
Morning Session
Short Talk Session 1: Cancer Stromal Cell Types and Functions
Chair: Dr. Hilary Coller (UCLA)
Zuzana Tirpakova (Terasaki Institute) - Multicellular Hepatocellular Carcinoma Organoids to Define Mechanistic Determinants of Dormancy-driven Therapy Resistance
Audrey Todd (CSU Northridge) - Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) 3D Co-Culture May Induce Cancer Cell Dormancy
Eduardo Hernandez (CSU San Francisco) - Investigating the Interaction of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Viral G Protein-Coupled Receptor and Angiogenic Proteins
Jennifer Waters (CSU San Diego) - Omental Preadipocytes Support Ovarian Cancer Tumorigenesis by Mediating Extracellular Matrix Reorganization by Cancer Cells
9:30-10:30am
Orchard
Break
10:30-11:00am
Orchard
Short Talk Session 2: Stress Adaptation Mechanisms
Chair: Dr. Sonya Neal (UC San Diego)
Farhana Runa (CSU Northridge) - RAI14 Promotes PDAC Progression, Associates with the PLK1/NEK6 Pathway and Correlates with Poor Outcomes
Mikella Robinson (CSU San Diego) - TWEAK-Fn14-RelB Signaling Cascade Promotes Stem Cell-Like Features that Contribute to Post-Chemotherapy Ovarian Cancer Relapse
Brandon Wong (CSU Los Angeles) - Prediction of Four Acidic Amino Acid Residues within t-Darpp that are Critical for Binding to Calcium
Joseph Alas (CSU Pomona) - Studying the Effects of Genistein on the Yeast Cell Cycle
11:00am-12:00pm
Orchard
Lunch & Poster Session
Grab lunch and visit posters to learn about new research and network.
12:00-1:30pm
Orchard
Graduate School & Career Discussion Panel
Panelists TBD
1:30-2:30pm
Orchard
Afternoon Session
Short Talk Session 3: Mechanisms of Metastasis
Chair: Joshua Neman (USC)
Gabriela Ortiz-Soto (UCC) - Involvement of the Oncoprotein Metadherin in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Progression
Elizabeth Ortiz (CSU Northridge) - Morphology and Expansion of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patient-Derived Organoids
Omar Lujano (CSU San Diego) - Chemotherapy Induced Activation of TWEAK-Fn14-NF-kB Signaling Axis Enhances Adhesion via Integrin Expression
Nikolas Yousefi (CSU Northridge) - The Role of CXCR4 and CXCR7 in Melanoma Metastasis and Migration
2:30-3:30pm
Orchard
Break
3:30-4:00pm
Orchard
Short Talk Session 4: Immuno-Oncology and Interdisciplinary Approaches
Chair: Dr. Sarah Shuck (City of Hope)
Kassy Lopez (City of Hope) - Methylglyoxal-induced Genomic DNA Adducts are Mutagenic and are Present in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Alejandro Gomez (CSU Northridge) - Gelatin Methacryloyl and Laponite bioink for 3D bioprinted Multicellular Organotypic Tumor Modeling
Kinsey Nelson (CSU San Diego) - VAX014 Activates Innate Immune Ssensing Mechanism(s) to Overcome Immune Escape in Cancer
Blake DuPriest (CSU San Jose) - Increased Intracellular pH Promotes Cell Death in the Developing Drosophila Eye
4:00-5:00pm
Orchard
Afternoon Plenary
Presentation Awards & Closing Remarks
Dr. Jonathan Kelber
Dr. Daniel Tamae
Dr. Maria Elena de Bellard
6:00-6:30pm
Orchard