CANCER PREVENTION
AND CONTROL

COLLOQUIUM

 

Activation of a Novel Cell Cycle Checkpoint by Diallyl Trisulfide

 

  

 

Shivendra V. Singh, PhD

 

Speaker

Dr. Singh is Professor of Pharmacology and Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA and Director of Basic Research and Co-Program Leader of the Biochemoprevention Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

Learning Objective

The audience will learn about: a) Evidence supporting cancer chemoprevention by allium vegetables. b) Cell cycle regulation. c) Role of a DNA damage response effecter (Chk1) in cell cycle checkpoints. d) Redox chemistry and ROS generation mechanisms.

Target Audience

Researchers and clinicians actively involved in topics that relate to cancer prevention and control


Date/Time/Place

Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 11:00 am
Executive Plaza North
Conference Room G
6130 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland


For Additional Information

Office of Preventive Oncology
301-496-8640

 If you are a person with a disability and require any assistive device, services or other reasonable accommodation to participate in this activity, please contact the Office of Preventive Oncology at 301-496-8640 at least one week in advance of the lecture date to discuss your accommodation needs.

Educational objectives: To better comprehend current research in various aspects of cancer prevention and control, including current challenges and methods used by investigators to address gaps, advance the field, and promote application of successful strategies, and to better identify various bio-statistical methods and appropriate conditions for application in cancer prevention and control research.

The National Institutes of Health/Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (NIH/FAES) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The NIH/FAES designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health


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