Laura E. Pascal, Ph.D. and Feng Li, M.D. (Ph.D. candidate)
Urology Department (Wang Lab)
Topic: "Updates to Project 2: "Luminal epithelial junctions, polarity, and permeability in BPH pathogenesis"
Location and Address
Unless otherwise noted, all Journal Club Sessions are held at the following location:
West Wing Auditorium
UPMC, Shadyside Medical Center
5200 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Schedule of Events
Journal Club: Coordinated Induction of Cell Survival Signaling in the Inflamed Microenvironment of the Prostate [The Prostate 6:722-734, 2016]
November 21, 2016 - 9:00amPresenter: Laura E. Pascal, Ph.D.
Research Assitant Professor, Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: ELL targets c-Myc for proteasomal degradation and suppresses tumour growth [Nature Comms |7:11057|DOI:10.1038/ncomms11057]
February 6, 2017 - 9:00amPresenter: Mingming Zhong, Ph.D.
International Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: Non-Cell-Autonomous Regulation of Prostate Epithelial Homeostasis by Androgen Receptor [Molecular Cell 63, 976-989. Elsevier Inc., September 15, 2016]
February 20, 2017 - 9:00amPresenter: Kai He, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology [Defranco Lab]
Journal Club: Identification of a Potent Antiandrogen that Targets the BF3 Site of the Androgen Receptor and Inhibits Enzalutamide-Resistant Prostate Cancer [Chemistry & Biology 21, 1476-1485 November 20, 2014 Elsevier Ltd.]
March 6, 2017 - 9:00amPresenter: Zhenyu Yang
Visiting Research Scholar
Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, P.R. China and
Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Siah2 Contributes to Castratioin-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Regulation of Androgen Receptor Transcriptionial Activity [Cancer Cell 23, 332-346, March 18, 2013 Elsevier, Inc.]
March 20, 2017 - 9:00amPresenter: Yadong Xu
Visiting Research Scholar
Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, P.R. China and
Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: Dissecting cell-type-specific roles of androgen receptor in prostate homeostasis and regeneration through lineage tracing [Nature Communications 8:14284|DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14284]
April 3, 2017 - 9:00am►Presenter: Laura E. Pascal, Ph.D.
Research Assitant Professor, Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: Yogurt inhibits intestinal barrier dysfunction in Caco-2 cells by increasing tight junctions
April 17, 2017 - 9:00amFeng, Li, M.D. (Ph.D. candidate)
Academic Health Sciences Research Fellow
Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]
Journal Club: EAF2 regulates DNA repair through Ku70/Ku80 in the prostate [Oncogene, 10 October 2016; doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.373| Nature communications]
May 1, 2017 - 9:00amYibin Zhou, M.D. (Ph.D. candidate)
Academic Health Sciences Research Fellow
Department of Urology [Zhou Wang Lab]