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                | Thematic 
                    Program on Mathematical and Quantitative OncologyJuly -August 2008
 
Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center (VICBC)August 2 - 6, 2008
 Summer School on Integrative Cancer Biology
 "Current Challenges in Oncology, through the Mathematical 
                    Looking Glass"
 To be held at Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada
Organizing Committee (Vanderbilt): A. Anderson, P. Crooke, L. Matrisian, L. Estrada, 
                    G. Webb and V. Quaranta
 (Waterloo): M. Kohandel, S. Sivaloganathan
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            Mailing List : To receive 
              updates on the program please subscribe to our mailing list at www.fields.utoronto.ca/maillist Affiliated Activities July 30-August 2, 2008 -- Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) 
              Conference
 AGENDA Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
 
               
                | Day1: Saturday August 2, 2008 |   
                | 12:00-1:00 pm 
 | Lunch and Welcome Remarks
 | Vito Quaranta, 
                  MD Professor Department of Cancer Biology
 Director, VICBC
 Co-Director, Center for Matrix Biology
 Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville,
 Siv Sivaloganathan, PhDProfessor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of 
                    Waterloo,
 
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                | 1:00- 1:30 pm | NCI ICBP | InroductionDan Gallahan, PhD
 Project Director
 National Cancer Institute
 Integrative Cancer Biology Program
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                | 1:30-3:00 pm 
 | Session I: Tumor Microenvironment
 | ClinicalRichard P Hill, PhD
 Senior Scientist OCI/PMH, Professor Department of Medical 
                    Biophysics,
 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
 Experimental
 Lei Xu, PhD
 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University 
                    of Rochester
 
 Modeling
 Robert A. Gatenby, MD
 Departments of Radiology and Applied Mathematics, University 
                    of Arizona
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                | 3:00-3:15 pm | Break |   
                | 3:15-4:45 pm | Session II: Cancer Stem Cells
 | ClinicalSheila K. Singh, MD PhD FRCSC
 Scientist, McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute 
                    (SCC-RI)
 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery,
 Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
 
 Experimental
 Gabriela Dontu, MD, PhD
 Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine-Hematology/Oncology
 University of Michigan Medical School
 
 Modeling
 Natalia Komarova, PhD
 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University 
                    of California
 Irvine, CA
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                | 4:45-5:00 pm | Break |   
                | 5:00-6:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | Day 2: Sunday, August 3, 2008 |   
                | 8:30-9:00 am | Coffee and light 
                  refreshments |   
                | 9:00-10:30 am | Session III: Angiogenesis
 | Clinical Abhijit Guha MSc, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
 Prof. Surgery (Neurosurgery), Western Hospital, Univ. of Toronto
 Co- Dir. & Sr. Scientist: Arthur & Sonia Labatts Brain 
                  Tumor Center.,
 Hospital for Sick Children, Univ. of Toronto
 Alan & Susan Hudson Chair in Neurooncology
 Bathurst St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
 Experimental
 Dwayne Stupack, PhD
 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Pathology
 Tumor Growth, Invasion & Metastasis Program, University 
                  of California,
 San Diego, Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, 
                  CA
 
 Modeling
 Steven McDougall, PhD
 Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, 
                  Edinburgh,
 Scotland, UK
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                | 10:30-10:45 am | Break |   
                | 10:45am -12:15 pm | Session IV: Multimodal Treatment Strategies
 | ClinicalMichael F Milosevic, FRCPC, MD
 Associate Professor of Medicine
 Department of Radiation Oncology University of Toronto, and
 Radiation Medicine Program
 Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
 ExperimentalYves Boucher, PhD
 Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General 
                    Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School,
 Boston, MA
 
 ModelingMohammad Kohandel, PhD
 Assistant Professor,
 Department of Applied Mathematics,
 University of Waterloo,
 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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                | 12:15-2:00 pm | Lunch Break |   
                | 2:00-5:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 5:00-6:30 pm | Dinner Break |   
                | 6:30-9:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | Day 
                  3: Monday, August 4, 2008 |   
                | 8:30-9:00 am | Coffee and light refreshments  |   
                | 9:00-9:30 am | Selected Talk I | James Glazier, PhD |   
                | 9:30-12:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 12:00-1:15 pm | Lunch Break |   
                | 1:15 -3:30 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 3:30 -3:45 pm | Selected Talk II | Heiko Enderling, PhD |   
                | 3:45-4:00 pm | Selected Talk III | Haralambos Hatzikirou |   
                | 4:00-6:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 6:00-7:30 pm | Dinner Break |   
                | 7:30-9:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | Day 
                  4: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 |   
                | 8:30- 9:00 am | Coffee and light refreshments  |   
                | 9:00- 9:15 am | Selected Talk IV | Russell Rockne |   
                | 9:15- 9:30 am | Selected Talk V | Rudy Gunawan |   
                | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
 | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 12:00-1:15 pm | Lunch Break |   
                | 1:15-3:30 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 3:30- 3:45 pm | Selected Talk VI | Moritz Gerstung |   
                | 3:45-4:00 pm | Selected Talk VII | Rafael Meza, PhD |   
                | 4:00-6:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | 6:00-7:30 pm | Dinner Break |   
                | 7:30-9:00 pm | Hands-on Working Group Session |  |   
                | Day 
                  5: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 |   
                | 9:30-10:00 am | Coffee and light refreshments  |   
                | 10:00-10:30 am | Working Group Report Presentation |  |   
                | 10:30-11:00 am | Working Group Report Presentation |  |   
                | 11:00-11:30 am | Working Group Report Presentation |  |   
                | 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
 | Working Group Report Presentation |  |   
                | 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch Break & Judging |  |   
                | 1:00-2:00 pm | Award & Closing Remarks |  |   
                | Of special interest: | August 6-8, 2008 Coxeter Lecture Series at Fields Institute
 Martin Nowak, Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard 
                  University
 |  Housing for the Summer School
               
                | 89 Chestnut Residence, 
                    University of TorontoThis residence is in the heart of downtown about 15 minuates 
                    walk to Fields. It used to be a downtown hotel and is now 
                    a UofT residence. This is a Non-Smoking facility. Rooms have 
                    a private bathroom but no TV is provided. Local calls are 
                    free but long-distance requires that you use your own calling 
                    card. Full payment required on check in and includes full 
                    buffet breakfast.
 
 Ask indicate code rate when booking " 
                    VICBC "
 Rates: $94 (one person) or $99 (two people) + %14 tax/ 
                    night includes full buffet breakfast. Weekly rates (minimum 
                    7 night stay required) also available.
 
 Call direct to 416-977-0707 ext. 0 or online at:
 
 Online 
                    reservations (requires that you have cookies enabled)NOTE: Enter dates and click on "corporate customer 
                    sign in here", it will then ask you if you have an approval 
                    code and you enter VICBC, create 
                    profile and then make reservation.
 | Alternate Housing and Hotels  |   
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                | Victoria 
                    University Residences  Rate for a single room is 59.50 plus 10% taxes per night. 
                    A full breakfast is included. Room reservations can be made by calling residence services 
                    desk at 416-585-4524 or e-mail accom.victoria@utoronto.ca.
 Or visit: http://vicu.utoronto.ca. - summer accommodations 
                    for more information.
 |  |  Apply to the Program: Registration  SPACE IS LIMITED! Pre-registration 
              is required.(registration is now closed)
 Modelling groups will be preassembled 
              by the organizing committee however to ensure an interdisciplinary 
              structure, please indicate when registering your primary area of 
              expertise and your specialty/fields of study
All scientific events are open to the mathematical sciences community. 
              Visitors who are interested in office space or funding are 
              requested to apply by filling out the application 
              form. Additional support is available (pending NSF funding) 
              to support junior US visitors to this program. Fields scientific 
              programs are devoted to research in the mathematical sciences, and 
              enhanced graduate and post-doctoral training opportunities. Part 
              of the mandate of the Institute is to broaden and enlarge the community, 
              and to encourage the participation of women and members of visible 
              minority groups in our scientific programs.
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