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Dr. Rickey Hicks,
Department Chair
February 17th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Science and Technology Building, Lecture Hall C209
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Davis S. Lawrence
UNC Chapel Hill - The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor
Chair, Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmacology
Will give a talk on:
Light-Sensitive Chemical Tools for Controlling Cell Behavior
Abstract:
Which biochemical pathways are responsible for the aberrant behavior of cancer cells? What can organic chemists do to identify new targets for cancer chemotherapy? This talk will provide a brief introduction to the history of the causes and treatment of cancer. Cancer is a dynamic phenomenon and therefore unconventional strategies are required to decipher the biochemical pathways that drive cell division and migration. Light, in combination with light-responsive compounds, is used to relate intracellular protein activity with aberrant cell behavior.
