NANCY DAVIDSON was inaugurated as president of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2016-2017 at the association's annual meeting in New Orleans.
ROBERT WEINBERG was honored for his contributions to cancer research and cancer biology with the 13th annual AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research. Weinberg is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; the Daniel K. Ludwig professor for cancer research in the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of... […]
THE INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION will fund a large-scale screening study for preventing myeloma. iStopMM, for Iceland Screens Treats or Prevents Multiple Myeloma, will examine blood samples from approximately 140,000 adults over age 40 in Iceland for the earliest signs of myeloma. Nearly all Icelandic citizens over age 40 already have routine blood tests, according to... […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Health Proton Therapy Institute signed a contract with Ion Beam Applications to install a Proteus One system and to upgrade its current proton therapy equipment. The contract also includes an operation and maintenance agreement for the Proteus One system. In total, the contract is worth approximately $30 million to IBA. The... […]
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS and Novogene established a genomics sequencing center on the university’s Sacramento campus. Novogene purchased its second Illumina Hi-Seq X Ten system, which can perform whole human genome sequencing for less than $1,000, and will install five sequencers in the new facility, scheduled to open in early May. The center will... […]
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER dedicated the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer Care. The 12-story building, now in the second phase of construction, will house the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, the Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, and molecular... […]
THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE published a B recommendation for low-dose aspirin use for the primary prevention of colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease in adults aged 50 to 59 years who have a 10 percent or greater 10-year CVD risk, are not at increased risk for bleeding, have a life expectancy of at least... […]
JEFFREY SOSMAN will join the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University as co-leader of the Translational Research in Solid Tumors Program and director of the Melanoma Program, effective May 1. He will also serve as director for faculty development at the Lurie Cancer Center.
KARIN JOOSS was named chief scientific officer of Gritstone Oncology. Jooss previously served as head of Cancer Immunotherapeutics and Immunopharmacology at Pfizer for seven years. Mojca Skoberne also joined the company as senior director of immunology. Skoberne most recently served as program lead at Genocea Biosciences, a company that identifies targets of T cell responses.... […]
LYNN MATRISIAN was named the inaugural chief research officer for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Matrisian was promoted from vice president of scientific and medical affairs, where she has served since 2011. Doug Laidlaw was named vice president of scientific and medical affairs, and will be responsible for overseeing the nonprofit’s research grants, patient services... […]
