BETRNet seminars

BETRNet seminars, 2014–2021

2014

 

July

John M. Inadomi, MD

University of Michigan

CISNET esophagus group and the ongoing collaborative computer modeling analysis being conducted

 

Prasad G. Iyer, MD

Mayo Clinic

Comparative effectiveness of screening for Barrett’s esophagus: Results from a randomized controlled trial

 

September

Thomas L. Vaughan, MD, MPH

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

BEACON consortium: Update and collaborative opportunities

 

November

Antonia Sepulveda, MD, PhD

Columbia University

Genomic testing for dysplasia and adenocarcinoma risk stratification of Barrett’s esophagus patients

 

Vinay Varadan, PhD

Case Western Reserve University

Decoding the EAC transcriptome

 

2015

March

Rhonda Souza, PhD

Baylor University

The role of refluxed acid and bile in Barrett’s metaplasia and its progression to cancer

 

July

David Beer, PhD

University of Michigan

OPN and integrin signaling in esophageal adenocarcinoma

 

2016-2017 (hiatus)

 

2018

 

January

Abbes Belkhiri, PhD

Vanderbilt University

AXL-mediated upregulation of c-MYC expression promotes epirubicin resistance in esophageal adenocarcinoma

 

March

David Beer, PhD & 

   Dipankar Ray, PhD

University of Michigan

RNF128 regulation of TP53 in Barrett’s progression

 

May

Yiping Han, PhD

Columbia University

Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal and esophageal adenocarcinomas

 

July

Vinay Varadan, PhD

Case Western Reserve University

Multi-scale integrative analytics to decode complex disease mechanisms

 

September

Kelly Whelan, PhD

Temple University

Mechanisms of esophageal homeostasis: Implications for improving patient outcomes in food allergy and cancer

 

2019

 

January

Kevin Kang, PhD

Florida Atlantic University

Engineering 3D tumor tissue model for esophageal cancer

 

March

Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD

Columbia University

Esophageal 3D organoids: Insights into pathobiology and precision medicine

 

2020

 

March

Derek Nancarrow, PhD

University of Michigan

Engineering 3D tumor tissue model for esophageal cancer

 

May

Wael El-Rifai, MD, PhD

University of Miami

The Jekyll & Hyde of antioxidant response in Barrett’s carcinogenesis

 

September

Georg Luebeck, PhD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Mathematical modeling of EAC incidence patterns: What do they tell us about secular trends in BE incidence?

 

2021

 

March

Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD

Columbia University

Engineered hydrogel to elucidate contributions of matrix mechanics to esophageal adenocarcinoma and identify matrix-activated therapeutic targets

 

May

Xiaoxin “Luke” Chen, PhD

University of North Carolina

Targeted therapy for NRF2high esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

 

July

Dipankar Ray, PhD

University of Michigan

Understanding the RNF128 Iso1 and mutant p53 cooperation in Barrett’s progression

 

November

Kiran Lagisetty, MD

University of Michigan

Immune determinants of Barrett's progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma