Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology

The 2025 course is scheduled for June 23-24 and will focus on Cancer Biology: Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cancer

This annual course brings together leading scientists to address important topics in cancer research. The course will be held in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center auditorium, Room 0.12.101.

Featured Speakers

Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Executive Vice President, Member, Department of Oncology, Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Lillian R. Cannon Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Endowed Chair

Blaine Bartholomew, PhD

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Discovery Science

Diana Hargreaves, PhD

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory

Anthony Imbalzano, PhD

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, Associate Dean, Office for Postdoctoral Scholars, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

2025 Faculty Hosts

Angie Rizzino, PhD

Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases

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Phone: 402-559-6338

Sandipan Brahma, PhD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy

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Phone: 402-559-5771

2025 Schedule

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.: Welcome address by Joann Sweasy, PhD, director Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases

9:10 - 9:15 a.m.: Opening remarks by Dr. Angie Rizzino and Dr. Sandipan Braham

9:15 - 9:20 a.m.: Speaker introduction by student host

9:20 - 10:10 a.m.: Lecture by Dr. Blaine Bartholomew

Title: Mechanisms of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers

10:10 - 10:25 a.m.: Q&A session

10:25 - 10:40 a.m.: Break

10:40 - 11:30 a.m.: Lecture by Dr. Blaine Bartholomew

Title: The challenge of diverse, context specific recruitment of the SWI/SNF complex

11:30 - 11:50 a.m.: Panel discussion with all speakers

11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Break

1:00 - 1:05 p.m.: Speaker introduction by student host

1:05 - 1:55 p.m.: Lecture by Dr. Anthony Imbalzano

Title: SWI/SNF enzymes – how did we get here?

1:55 - 2:10 p.m.: Q&A session

2:10 - 2:25 p.m.: Break

2:25 - 3:10 p.m.: Lecture by Dr. Anthony Imbalzano

Title: Novel functional dependencies between mSWI/SNF chromatin remodelers and protein arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes

3:10 - 3:30 p.m.: Panel discussion with all speakers

9:00 - 9:05 a.m.: Opening remarks by Dr. Angie Rizzino and Dr. Sandipan Braham

9:05 - 9:10 a.m.: Speaker introduction by student host

9:10 - 10:00 a.m.: Lecture by Dr. Charles Roberts

Title: SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling in development and disease

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.: Q&A session

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 - 11:20 a.m.: Lecture by Dr. Charles Roberts

Title: SWI/SNF: From mechanisms to emerging therapies

11:20 - 11:40 p.m.: Panel discussion with all speakers

11:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Break

1:00 - 1:05 p.m.: Speaker introduction by student host

1:05 - 1:55 p.m.: Lecture by Dr. Diana Hargreaves

Title: SWI/SNF Complexes: Remodeling the chromatin landscape for immune cell function

1:55 - 2:10 p.m.: Panel discussion with all speakers

2:10 - 2:25 p.m.: Break

2:25 - 3:15 p.m.: Lecture by Dr. Diana Hargreaves

Title: SWI/SNF regulation of tumor immunity

3:15 - 3:35 p.m.: Panel discussion with all speakers

Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology 2024

About Henry M. Lemon

After graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1940, Dr. Henry Lemon held positions at the University of Chicago Clinics and Boston University School of Medicine before being appointed the first director of the Eugene C. Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He served as director of the institute from 1961 to 1968. He was a professor of Internal Medicine, and served as the Assistant Dean, Research Affairs at UNMC from 1961-1965.

Dr. Lemon was instrumental in establishing UNMC as a major cancer research and treatment center. He warned of the cancer-causing effects of cigarette smoking in the mid 1960s, developed better methods of administering chemotherapy and contributed to a program that improved the teaching of cancer in medical schools. Dr. Lemon’s research focused on estrogen metabolism and breast cancer.

Dr. Lemon trained numerous students and fellows in his laboratories in both Boston and Omaha, and was author or co-author of over 170 publications during his career. He died in 1997.

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