May 19 – 20 2011 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Ninety per cent of cancer deaths occur when the neoplasm spreads beyond the primary tumor and invades other organs. This process, known as metastasis, normally signals a sharp deterioration in prognosis. The...
Feb.9 2012 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Cancer is widespread among eukaryotes, and can be successfully tackled only by understanding its place in the story of life itself – especially the evolution of multi-cellularity. There is general agreement that the roots...
Mar.19 – 21 2012 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Most cell biology is dominated by focusing on biochemistry, but electromagnetic effects also play a crucial role in regulating cell behavior. Cells maintain an electrical potential difference of a few hundred...
Nov.4 – 5 2012 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ There is a growing realization of the importance of oxygen in understanding cancer, combined with a serious effort to trace the evolutionary roots of cancer back to the dawn of multicellularity, and perhaps even...
Nov.6 – 8 2013 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ One of the intriguing aspects of cancer metabolism is the significance of the Warburg effect and its role in driving the cancer phenotype – a subject with a long and contentious history. We shall try to...
Feb.22 – 23 2014 Arizona State University Tempe Mission Palms Hotel This Workshop will focus on understanding the nature of cancer in terms of the flow and control of information, and the activities of various regulatory and signaling networks in a...
