UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Shared Resources Day 2023

Shared Resources Day is an in-person event that brings together the cancer research community from across UCLA, including faculty researchers, physician-scientists, graduate students, post-docs, other trainees and research staff to learn more about the Cancer Center’s shared resources and how they can support the cancer research community.

Lunch will be provided by Mendocino Farms and refreshments will be served throughout the day.

This event is free of charge and open to Cancer Center members and the broader UCLA community, including faculty, trainees and staff. This is not a public event.

Registration is required

Please click the Register button above to complete the registration process and secure your spot today.

While the event is free of charge, seating is limited. If you register but are unable to attend, please contact us so we can ensure all those who want to attend are able. For further information, please contact Ian Aust at IAust@mednet.ucla.edu.

All attendees are subject to Los Angeles County Health Department and UCLA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols in effect at the time of the event. For current campus COVID-19 guidelines, please visit UCLA's COVID-19 website.

Agenda

Shared Resources Day is an opportunity to learn about the shared resources available at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center to help advance cancer research programs. Activities will include informational talks on the six Cancer Center shared resources, short discussions from users about their science and how it has been advanced through the use of the shared resources, networking, and more.

9:30am REGISTRATION

10:05am WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Michael Teitell, MD, PhD

Professor & Latta Endowed Chair in Pathology

Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

President, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

Zoran Galic, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

Director of Shared Resources, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

10:20am | MOLECULAR SCREENING SHARED RESOURCE

Robert Damoiseaux, PhD (Session Moderator)

Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Director, Molecular Screening Shared Resource

Hans David Ulmert, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence, Department. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Talk title: “Development of LRRC15-Guided Radiotheranostics: Reshaping the Genomic Landscape Driving Tumor Aggressiveness and Immunotherapeutic Resistance”

10:55am | GENOMICS SHARED RESOURCE

Xinmin Li, PhD (Session Moderator)

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Director, Genomics Shared Resource

Nataly Naser Al Deen, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Talk title: “Spatial Profiling Techniques to Delineate Tumor-T-cell Dynamics in Anti-PD-1-Refractory Melanoma”

11:30am | TRANSLATIONAL PATHOLOGY CORE LABORATORY SHARED RESOURCE

Samuel French, MD, PhD (Session Moderator)

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Director, Translational Pathology Shared Resource

Edward Garon, MD, MS

Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

Director, Thoracic Oncology Program

Talk title: “Increasing Our Ability to Use Patient Specimens to Set Up Collaborations”

12:05pm | LUNCH

1:0pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Steven Dubinett, MD

Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA

Founding Director, UCLA Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

Talk title: "Immunity and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer"

1:35pm | BIOSTATISTICS, ANALYTICAL SUPPORT & EVALUATION SHARED RESOURCE

Gang Li, PhD (Session Moderator)

Professor, Department of Biostatistics

Director, UCLA Center for Excellence in Pancreatic Diseases, Biostatistics Subcore

Director, Biostatistics, Analytical Support & Evaluation Shared Resource

Roshan Bastani, PhD

Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management

Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

Catherine Crespi, PhD

Associate Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics

Talk title: “Achieving Equity in Cancer Prevention, Care and Outcomes”

2:10pm | SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING SHARED RESOURCE

Arion Chatziioannou, PhD (Session Moderator)

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Associate Director, Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging

Director, Small Animal Imaging Shared Resource

Oluwatayo Ikotun, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Talk title : “Using Position Emission Tomography Imaging to Non-Invasive Monitor T-cells in Living Subjects”

2:45pm | FLOW CYTOMETRY SHARED RESOURCE

Zoran Galic, PhD (Session Moderator)

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

Director of Shared Resources, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource

Yvonne Chen, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

Talk title: “Engineering Next-Generation CAR-T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy”

3:20pm | VOUCHER DRAWING

3:30pm | CLOSING REMARKS