Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Building security notice

Effective Friday (Sept. 9), entry through the exterior doors at the Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Building on the Health Sciences campus will be restricted to faculty, staff, and students who are authorized to use the laboratory building.
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WVU Cancer Institute, WVU Medicine and WVU Athletics plan “Pink” events in October

The WVU Cancer Institute, WVU Medicine and WVU Athletics are teaming up on several “Pink” events to raise breast cancer awareness in October.
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If you missed this year’s DeLynn Lecture featuring Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD, whose research led to the development of the breast cancer drug Herceptin, you can watch his recorded presentation at this link

(l-r) WVU Cancer Institute Interim Director William Petros, PharmD, poses with Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD of UCLA, longtime Cancer Institute philanthropist Jean DeLynn, and Vice President & Executive Dean for Health Sciences Clay Marsh, MD.
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Reference Manager no longer able to search PubMed internally

PubMed is changing their settings and as of September 30, 2016, and all versions of Reference Manager will no longer be able to search PubMed from inside of Reference Manager. To continue using Reference Manager with PubMed, records will need to be downloaded from the NLM website using the steps in this article and imported manually. Per Reference Manager’s tech support -- If you need to work with PubMed in the future, the recommendation is to convert to the current version of EndNote, which can still search PubMed inside the program.

Sept 20	Department of Biochemistry Fall Seminar Series – 12P-1P, 3067 Health Sciences North Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases as Modulators of Stress Signaling and Novel Targets for Metabolic Disorders Sajish Mathew, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences University of South Carolina
Sept 23	Cancer Institute Basic Science Work in Progress – 12P-1P, 201 EB
Sept 28	CCB Fall Seminar Series – 12P-1P, HSN Room 2116 Subhra Mohapatra, PhD University of South Florida Natriuretic peptide receptor A as an anticancer target
Sept 30	Lecture presented by Sarah and James Allen Comprehensive Lung Cancer Research Program and Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation Program – 12P-1P, G 801 Cancer Center Influence of Data Science on Cancer Research and Care: Moving from Reactive to Proactive William S. Dalton, PhD, MD CEO, M2Gen Director, DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute At H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute
Oct 2	WVU women’s soccer ‘Pink’ game against Oklahoma – 3P, Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Oct 7	26th Annual Fall Cancer Conference – Erickson Alumni Center Read more Cancer Institute Basic Science Work in Progress – 12P-1P, 201 EB WVU women’s ‘Pink’ volleyball game against Oklahoma – 6P, WVU Coliseum
Oct 8	Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk – 10A, Hazel Ruby McQuain Park, Morgantown More details The WVU Cancer Institute is a sponsor of this event.
Oct 9	Afternoon of Enlightenment for breast cancer survivors – 2P, Lakeview Resort, Morgantown
Oct 14	EMT/MMTR meeting – 12P-1P, 201 EB CCB faculty meeting – 1P-2P, 201 EB WVU Medicine Expo – 8A-6P, Morgantown Mall Read more
Oct 19	Dine Out for Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day Various times at participating restaurants CCB Fall Seminar Series – 12P-1P, HSN Room 2116 Edward Seto, PhD George Washington University Targeting HDACs and HATs for Cancer Therapy
Oct 21	Cancer Institute Basic Science Work in Progress – 12P-1P, 201 EB
Oct 22	WVU football ‘Pink’ game against TCU – time TBA
Oct 28	Osborn Program meeting – 12P-1P, 7608 HSC