Chromosome Tips: Holding Back Human Disease
9:00 a.m., Thursday 11 October
Room 532
Moderator
Richard D. Wood, Ph.D.
Richard M. Cyert Professor of Molecular Oncology and Professor of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Presentations
The Role of Preserving Chromosome Ends in Protection Against Aging and Cancer
Patricia L. Opresko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
The Rule of Four: A Nontraditional Approach to Recognizing Guanine-Rich DNA and RNA Targets
Bruce Armitage, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
Abnormal Division in Tumor Cells
William Saunders, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pittsburgh