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KITP Program: Physics and Mathematics of Cancer (May 21 - July 13, 2012)
Coordinators: Robin Bruinsma , Jean-Francois Joanny, Arnold Levine, Fuyu Tamanoi
Scientific Advisor: Larry Nagahara

Time Speaker Title
5/21, 3:00 p.m. All Organizational Meeting
5/22, 10:00 a.m. Arnie Levine
IAS & KITP
Overview of Cancers[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/22, 2:00 p.m. Arnie Levine
IAS & KITP
Viruses and Cancer[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/23, 10:00 a.m. Arnie Levine
IAS & KITP
Signal Transduction Pathways[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/23, 2:00 p.m. Arnie Levine
IAS & KITP
Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/24, 1:00 p.m. Joe Gray
Oregon Health and Science University
DNA Sequencing of Cancer Genomes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/25, 10:00 a.m. Joel Smith
MBL
Gene Expression Networks & Colon Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/25, 2:00 p.m. Mark Taketo
Kyoto Univ.
Colon Cancer Progession: Studies on Mouse Models[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/25, 3:45 p.m. Mark Taketo
Kyoto Univ.
Colon Cancer Progession: Studies on Mouse Models (cont'd)[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/29, 10:00 a.m. Harlan Robins
FHCRC & KITP
Immune Profiling by High Throughput Sequencing of B and T Cell Receptors[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/29, 12:15 p.m. Arnie Levine
IAS & KITP
Creating Stem Cells and Predicting Who Will Die of Prostate Cancers[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch
5/30, 10:00 a.m. Eytan Domany
Weizmann Inst. & KITP
Transcription Regulation and Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/30, 11:00 a.m. Elke Markert
IAS & KITP
Interpretation of RNA Microarrays[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/30, 11:00 a.m. Mickey Atwal
CSHL & KITP
Interpretation of RNA Microarrays and Cancer Evolution
5/30, 2:00 p.m. Martine Ben Amar
ENS & KITP
Physics of Tumor Growth in Epithelium: The Case of Melanoma[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/31, 1:00 p.m. Alexei Vazquez
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey & KITP
Cancer Cell Metabolism: The Warburg Effect Revisited[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
5/31, 2:00 p.m. Jacques Prost
Inst. Curie & KITP
Homeostatic Pressure and Tumor Growth[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/01, 10:00 a.m. Gyan Bhanot
Rutgers & KITP
A Physicist's Approach to Breast Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/01, 11:00 a.m. Pascal Silberzan
Inst. Curie & KITP
Collective Dynamics of Epithelial Cells[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/01, 1:00 p.m. Otger Campas
UCSB
Measuring Physical Forcing in Living Cells
6/04, 10:00 a.m. Gunnar Carlsson
Stanford
Topology Based Data Analysis of Tumors[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/05, 10:00 a.m. Frank Jülicher
MPI Dresden & KITP
Gradient Scaling and Growth Control in Epithelia[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/06, 10:00 a.m. Jens Elgeti
Forschungszentrum Juelich & KITP
Tissue Simulations[Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam]
6/06, 2:00 p.m. Edouard Hannezo
ESPCI & KITP
Formation of Intestinal Villi[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/07, 2:00 p.m. Boris Shraiman
UCSB
Contact Inhibition and Mechanical Inversion[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/08, 10:00 a.m. Petros Koumoutsakos
ETH Zürich
Imaging and Simulation for Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/11, 10:00 a.m. Tongli Zhang
Univ. Oxford & KITP
Understanding Cellular Decision Making by Integrating Switches and Oscillators
6/12, 10:00 a.m. Chang Chan
UMDNJ & KITP
p53 and Genetic Anticipation
6/12, 2:00 p.m. Clare Yu
UCI & KITP
Cancer, Stiffness, and the Tumor Microenvironment[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/13, 10:00 a.m. Erwin Frey
Ludwig Max. Univ. & KITP
Symmetry Breaking and Cell Division
6/13, 2:00 p.m. Markus Basan
UCSD
Swirls, Fingers and Directed Bulk Motility in Spreading Epithelial Sheets[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/14, 2:00 p.m. Dan Needleman
Harvard SEAS, MCB & KITP
Mechanics of Cell Division and Cancer[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/15, 10:00 a.m. Jun Song
UCSF & KITP
Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
6/15, 2:00 p.m. Dan Needleman
Harvard SEAS, MCB & KITP
Measuring the Dynamic Structure Factor of the Mitotic Spindle[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/18, 10:00 a.m. Helene Delanoe-Ayari
Univ. Lyon & KITP
Physics of Cell Aggregation[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/18, 2:00 p.m. Iman Tavassoly
Virginia Polytech & KITP
Autophagic Response in Cancer Cells[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/19, 10:00 a.m. Tom Chou
UCLA & KITP
Multi-stage Models of Tumor Progression[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/19, 2:00 p.m. Colin Phipps
Univ. Waterloo & KITP
Models of Angiogenesis and Metabolism[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/20, 10:00 a.m. Luisa Iruela-Arispe
UCLA
Angiogenesis in Tumor Progression
6/21, 2:00 p.m. Megan Valentine
UCSB
New Methods to Measure Force Transmission in Tissues[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/22, 10:00 a.m. Martin Bergö
Univ. Gothenburg & KITP
Mouse Models of Ras- and Braf-induced Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/22, 2:00 p.m. Jaewook Joo
Univ. Tennessee & KITP
Mathematical Modeling of an Inflammation Network
6/25, 10:00 a.m. Rhoda Hawkins
Univ. Sheffield & KITP
Single Cell Motility in Artificial Tissue[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/26, 10:00 a.m. Erkki Ruoslahti
UCSB
Cell Adhesion Molecules in Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/26, 2:00 p.m. Dirk Drasdo
INRIA & KITP
Towards Quantitative Modeling of In-vivo Tissue Organization
6/27, 10:00 a.m. Len Sander
Univ. Michigan & KITP
Glioma and the Microenvironment: Remodeling and Invasion[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/28, 2:00 p.m. Denis Wirtz
JHU
Cancer Cell Migration in 3D[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/29, 10:00 a.m. Herbie Levine
UCSD & KITP
Single Cell and Multicellular Motility[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
6/29, 2:00 p.m. Gyan Bhanoat
(Rutgers & KITP)
Herbie Levine
(UCSD & KITP)
What is Metastasis?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/02, 10:00 a.m. Thomas Yankeelov
Vanderbilt Univ. & KITP
Towards Integration of In Vivo Imaging Data with Biophysical Models of Tumor Growth
7/02, 2:00 p.m. Herbie Levine
UCSD & KITP
What is Metastasis?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/03, 10:00 a.m. Oskar Hallatschek
MPI & KITP
Forces of Growth and Division in Microbial Populations
7/03, 2:00 p.m. Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
UCLA & KITP
Drug Delivery and Tumor Targeting[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/05, 2:00 p.m. Eshel Ben-Jacob
Tel-Aviv Univ. & KITP
Bacteria and Cancer as Metacommunities[Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam]
7/06, 10:00 a.m. Madhav Mani
UCSB
Gradient Sensing Through the Fat Pathway[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/06, 2:00 p.m. Gyan Bhanot
(Rutgers & KITP)
Eshel Ben-Jacob
(Tel-Aviv Univ. & KITP)
Discussion: Fishing for Relevant Information: How Can We Interpret Expression Arrays In The Era Of Individual Genomics?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/09, 10:00 a.m. Mehran Kardar
MIT & KITP
Quantitative Model for Efficient Temporal Targeting of Tumor Cells[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/09, 2:00 p.m. Judith Gasson
Director, UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Perspectives on Cancer Research[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/10, 10:00 a.m. Larry Nagahara
NIH/NCI
Physical Science Oncology Update[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/10, 2:00 p.m. Thomas Yankeelov
Vanderbilt Univ. & KITP
Weather-forecasting Models for Treatment Prediction[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/11, 10:00 a.m. Darryl Shibata
USC
Epigenetics and Tumors[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/11, 2:00 p.m. Darryl Shibata
USC
Just Five Numbers: Parameters That Shape the Human Cancer Universe[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/12, 2:00 p.m. Bob Austin
Princeton & KITP
The Dynamics of the Evolution of Resistance and Metastasis in Cancer[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]
7/13, 10:00 a.m. Darryl Shibata
USC
The First Three Cancer Cell Divisions[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam]

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