OU Oncology Science

📢Upcoming Seminar! “nc886: A Multi-Functional Noncoding RNA Implicated in Innate Immunity, Cancer, and Beyond" Yong Sun Lee, PhD Professor, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy Korean National Cancer Center 🗓️ Thurs., May 7 🕘 9:00am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! “Mechanisms Regulating cGAS-STING Activation in Cancer" Min-Guk Jo, PhD Research Associate UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center UNC-Chapel Hill 🗓️Wed., April 29 🕘9am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Integrating Tumor Biology and Targeted Radiotherapy to Improve Cancer Outcomes" Anil Bidkar, PhD Assistant Professional Researcher Dept of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging UCSF 🗓️Wed., April 8 🕘9am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

Congratulations to Dr. Pankaj Singh, PhD, on being named a 2025 @AAAS Fellow! This honor recognizes distinguished contributions to advancing science and its impact on society. #AAASFellow #ScienceLeadership aaas.org/page/2025-fell…

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Redox-Driven Stabilization of Tumor Persistence: Mechanistic Insights from Melanomas" Jyoti Srivastava, PhD Sr. Research Scientist Dept of Tumor Microenvironment & Metastasis Moffitt Cancer Center 🗓️Wed., March 25 🕘 9:00AM 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Expanding access to cancer genomic medicine to improve health outcomes" Nicole Halmai, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine University of California, Davis 🗓️Wednesday, March 4 🕘 9-10am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Modeling Developmental and Cancer Driver Pathways in Musculoskeletal Tumors: From Mechanism to Therapeutic Vulnerability" Jianning Tao, PhD Assoc. Scientist Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota 🗓️Feb 24 🕘9am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Targeting protein myristylation to rewire DNA repair and overcome cancer therapy resistance" Nho Luong, PhD Associate Scientist Dept. of Radiation Oncology Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University 🗓️ Wed., February 18 🕘 9-10 AM 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

Registration is open for the 2026 Graduate Research Education and Technology (GREAT) Symposium! This event is a forum for trainees to present their research and strengthen their communication skills. 🚨 Abstracts may be submitted until Feb. 13 🚨 🔗: bit.ly/4k4dQzd

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Periodontitis-associated bacteria promote pancreatic cancer in mice" Gabriel Nussbaum, MD, PhD Head, Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research Professor, Dental Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem 🗓️January 22 🕝2:30pm 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

The Dept of Oncology Science is HIRING - Open Rank Faculty (All Levels)! View listing details on @ScienceCareers. 🔗jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675957/ope… #faculty #research #CancerResearch #sciencejobs

Recent collaboration from the Oh Lab published in Small (@WileyGlobal)! "Antibody Generation Using Cancer-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles (sEVs): A Platform for Targeted Cancer Therapy and Potential Personalized Applications" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm… #Xenium #spatialbiology

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Adaptation to Cystine-Limitations Stress Confers a Lipid Metabolism Vulnerability in Pancreatic Cancer" Shengyu Yang, PhD Professor Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology Penn State College of Medicine 🗓️Wed, Nov 19 🕘9am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Hippo-YAP Pathway and Kinome-wide Responses to Chemotherapeutics in PDAC" Jixin Dong, PhD Professor Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center UNMC 🗓️Wed, Nov 12 🕘9:00AM 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "The Dark Biology of Melanin: From DNA Damage to Tumor Progression and Immune Escape" Sanjay Premi, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 🗓️Thursday, Nov 6 🕘9-10am 🏫BRC 109 #oncsciseminar

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Decoding Microbial and Viral Ligands in Autoimmunity and Cancer” Emrah Altindis, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biology Boston College 🗓️Wed, Oct 29 🕘9:00am-10:00am 🏫BRC 109, OUHSC #oncsciseminar

NEWS: Earlier today, @stephensoncc celebrated the expansion of its Oklahoma Phase 1 Clinical Trials Center, which will soon double the number of patients receiving early-stage cancer drugs. In addition, nearly 20,000 square feet of laboratory space has been added on the OU Health Campus to support the growth of cancer research. @OUResearch | @OUHealth

📢Upcoming Seminar from Dr. Yoon and the Neuroscience Program! "Functional utility of enhancer RNAs as a hidden layer in the gene regulatory network" Tae-Kyung Kim, PhD Professor, Neuroscience Chair, Department of Life Sciences POSTECH 🗓️Tues, Oct 14 🕘1:30pm 🏫BRC 109, OUHSC

📰 Multiple articles from Dr. Je-Hyun Yoon's lab published in @SpringerNature (EMM)! 1⃣"Long noncoding RNAs regulating enzymatic reactions in cancer" nature.com/articles/s1227… & 2⃣"Uridine as a hub in cancer metabolism and RNA biology" nature.com/articles/s1227… #BiomedicalResearch

📢Upcoming Seminar! "Cancer gets smarter: beyond genetics” Simon Grelet, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of South Alabama 🗓️Friday, Oct 10 🕘9:30am-10:30am 🏫BRC 109, OUHSC #oncsciseminar