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Epi Special Seminar |
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, D1-084 (Thomas Building-Sze East)
1:30 pm
Lighting Up the Night, Broken Timekeeping and Consequences for Human Breast Cancer Growth, Signal Transduction and Metabolism.
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Dr. David E. Blask Professor & Head, Laboratory of Chrono-Neuroendocrine Oncology Vice-Chair, Department of Structural & Cellular Biology |
Dr. David Blask is a prominent researcher in the study of circadian disruption. A lab scientist, Dr. Blask has conducted many of the innovative studies with experimental animals that provide compelling evidence for a biological basis for the epidemiologic findings of an association between night shift work or exposure to light-at-night and breast cancer.
SEMINAR “Lighting Up the Night, Broken Timekeeping and Consequences for Human Breast Cancer Growth, Signal Transduction and Metabolism.” Dr. Blask’s seminar will be held on Friday, November 6, at 1:30 PM in D1-084 (Thomas Building-Sze East) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. This room is located on the ground floor straight back from the main entrance to the building.
BROWN BAG LUNCH DISCUSSION A brown bag lunch and informal discussion with bench scientist, Dr. Blask and his public health research collaborator, UW Epidemiology Department Chair, Dr. Scott Davis, will be held on Friday, November 6 from 12-1pm in Room M4-A823, on the fourth floor in the Arnold building at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Please email Carie Deems (cdeems@fhcrc.org) by October 30, if you wish to attend the lunch event. Box lunches will be provided.
These events are sponsored jointly by the Epidemiology Department Seminar Committee and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seminar Committee. Contact Dr. Ann Vander Stoep (annv@u.washington.edu) or Dr. Tom Vaughan (tvaughan@u.washington.edu) for further information.
Suggested Reading Material:
- Melatonin-Depleted Blood from Premenopausal Women Exposed to Light at Night Stimulates Growth of Human Breast Cancer Xenografts in Nude Rats
- Melatonin, sleep disturbance and cancer risk
Updated on October 27, 2009