Short course renamed to honor Henry Lemon, M.D.

The Eppley Institute has held the Eppley Institute Short Course in Cancer Biology every summer for the past 29 years. Beginning this year, the short course will be known as the Eppley Institute Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology. Henry Lemon, M.D., was the first director of the Eppley Institute, serving from 1961 to 1968. Dr. Lemon was a key figure in establishing UNMC as a major cancer research and treatment center.

Cyrus Ghajar, Ph.D.

Under the direction of Angie Rizzino, Ph.D., the 2019 Eppley Institute Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology: Tumor Metastasis & Dormancy is being held May 28-29 in the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s Yanney Conference Center. The lead speaker for the course is Cyrus Ghajar, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Dr. Ghajar has worked closely with Dr. Rizzino to select speakers that tell the story of the relationship of tumor metastasis and dormancy in cancer.

May 28 will begin with a welcome from Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Eppley Institute and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, followed by a course overview from Dr. Rizzino. Christoph Klein, M.D., of the University of Regensburg, Germany, will present the opening talk on “Theories of metastasis/cancer cell early dissemination, evolution and metastasis” at 8:45 am. The afternoon session begins at 1:30 pm with Dr. Ghajar’s talk, “Microenvironmental control of disseminated cancer cell dormancy and drug resistance.”

May 29 begins at 8:30 am with Mikala Egeblad, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Huntington, N.Y., presenting a talk titled “Systemic regulation of disseminate cancer cell emergence.” The final talk, “Tumor dormancy and parallels between dormant tumor cells and normal stem cells,” will be given by Russell Taichman, D.M.D., D.M.Sc., of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor.

Both days, each talk will be followed by panel discussion with all four speakers, moderated by Dr. Rizzino, that will allow the audience to engage with the material presented in a deeper fashion.

For further information on the 2019 Eppley Institute Henry M. Lemon Short Course in Cancer Biology: Tumor Metastasis & Dormancy, contact Misty Pocwierz-Gaines at (402) 559-4092 or by email.