2016 – Melanoma Research Foundation

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January 6, 2016

Society for Melanoma Research Young Investigator A...

Society for Melanoma Research Award – Poulikos Poulikakos, PhD

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January 6, 2016

Christopher J. Marshall Award For Studies on Signa...

Society for Melanoma Research Award – Maria Romina Girotti, PhD

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January 6, 2016

Metabolic reprogramming and its association with i...

Medical Student Award – Chloe Goldman

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January 6, 2016

Introduction and reactivation of tissue-resident m...

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January 6, 2016

HLA antigen mismatch and melanoma outcomes in orga...

Medical Student Award – James (Yi) Gao

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January 6, 2016

Identifying long non-coding RNAs that function as ...

Medical Student Award – Li-Wei Chang

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January 6, 2016

Investigation of BET proteins as prognostic and th...

Medical Student Award – Madeleine Gantz

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January 6, 2016

Use of selective HDACi to improve antibody blockad...

Description: Immunotherapies, such as CTLA-4 or PD-1 inhibitors, have revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma patients. However, a key challenge to optimize the...

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January 6, 2016

Regulation of the response to targeted inhibitors ...

Description: Melanoma of the uveal tract (a region of the eye) is the most common ocular malignancy in adults and accounts for 5% of all melanomas. According to N...

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January 6, 2016

The role of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex in huma...

Description: Mutations in a small number of genes are found in a large fraction of human melanomas. For instance, so-called “driver” mutations in the “famous” melan...

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January 6, 2016

Epigenetic effectors of tumor response to immune c...

Description: Treatment of advanced melanoma with immunotherapy agents shows striking responses in some patients, however overall responses are low. In addition, a significa...

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January 6, 2016

Mechanism of metastasis in a less common molecular...

Description: The major cause of death in uveal melanoma patients is the spread or metastasis of the cancer to other vital organs such as the liver. Although most ...

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