Harvard Catalyst Colloquium Series

When:  Monday, June 29, 2009 ~ 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Where:  Harvard Medical School, Carl Walter Amphitheatre, Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston
WebEx Meeting Number: 719 800 581
Password: colloquium

Guest Speaker:
Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD
Director, Cancer Genetics Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Pier Paolo Pandolfi, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medicine and pathology at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Cancer Genetics Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The research carried out in Dr. Pandolfi's laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms and the genetics underlying the pathogenesis of human cancer as well as in modeling cancer in vivo in model systems such as the mouse. Throughout the years, Dr. Pandolfi's lab has identified and functionally characterized major novel proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors (e.g., PTEN, p53, PML, and POKEMON). The elucidation of the molecular basis underlying tumor initiation, progression and metastasis has led to the development of novel and effective therapeutic concepts that are currently been utilized and tested in clinical trials.
A networking reception will follow.