2023 CANCER CENTER ANNUAL RETREAT

October 17, 2023 | 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. | 3002 ECE Building

Overview

The 2023 Cancer Center Annual Retreat is an important opportunity to learn about significant Cancer Center at Illinois advancements over the past year, hear examples of the amazing research happening on our campus, and explore the multiple opportunities available to all CCIL members in funding, shared resources and student support.

The event will feature updates from the CCIL Director and Program Leaders, progress on the new Cancer Center Research and Innovation Building, showcase the latest technologies available to benefit cancer research on our campus, and more! Lunch will be provided and a reception will follow.

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Agenda

Please note that the following agenda is tentative, and changes may be made closer to the date of the event.

Time	Topic	Speaker(s)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	Check-In/Registration and Lunch
1:00 – 1:05 p.m.	Welcome Remarks	Paul Hergenrother, Deputy Director
1:05 – 1:20 p.m.	Director’s Overview	Rohit Bhargava, Director
1:20 – 1:30 p.m.	Translational Research Overview and Faculty Leadership Development Cohort	Timothy Fan, Associate Director for Translation & Development
1:30 – 1:40 p.m.	Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination Updates	Zeynep Madak Erdogan, Associate Director for Education
1:40 – 1:50 p.m.	Shared Resources Updates	Joseph Irudayaraj, Associate Director for Shared Resources
1:50 – 2:10 p.m.	Research Program Updates	Brian Cunningham, CMD Leader Viktor Gruev, CMD Leader Brendan Harley, CDP Leader Erik Nelson, CDP Leader
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.	Q&A with CCIL Leaders	Rohit Bhargava, Director Paul Hergenrother, Deputy Director Barry Schatz, Associate Director for Administration Joseph Irudayaraj, Associate Director for Shared Resources Zeynep Madak Erdogan, Associate Director for Education Timothy Fan, Associate Director for Translation & Development
2:30 – 2:40 p.m.	Break
2:40 – 3:10 p.m.	Keynote: Nanotech + Biotech Convergence for Cancer: One Chemist’s Perspective	Catherine Murphy, Interim Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
3:10 – 3:25 p.m.	Cancer Center Research and Innovation Building	Rohit Bhargava, Director
3:25 – 3:45 p.m.	JumpStart Members’ Presentations	Wenyan Mei, Establishing the Animal Models and Organoid Culture Systems for Colorectal Cancer Research Ruby Mendenhall, Designing a Third Reconstruction: Creating a Black Mental Wellness Ecosystem
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.	Working Group Presentations	Yun-Sheng Chen, Mechanochemical Dynamic Therapy Working Group Rex Gaskins, Immunological Systems Sayee Anakk, Cancer and Microbes
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.	Seed Grant Recipient Presentations	Emad Tajkhorshid (2022 Recipient; CMD Program; Representative will present), Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Target Recycling Amplification Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez (2022 Recipient; CDP Program), Versatile Redox Detection of A-Glycosylated Proteins in the Blood Kim Selting (2021 Recipient; CDP Program), Quantitative Ultrasound for Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis for Oral Melanoma
4:45 – 4:55 p.m.	CCIL Funding Opportunities	Paul Hergenrother, Deputy Director
4:55 – 5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Rohit Bhargava, Director
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.	Reception

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