Week 4

Chiral Synthesis of a Thyroid Drug

Submitted by chem nerd on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 16:14
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Shawn Hitchcock, professor of organic Chemistry, from the department of Chemisty

Functional Interrogation of Gene Driving Colorectal cancer

Submitted by choig on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 02:35
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The presentation held on Feb 4, 2010 was “Functional Interrogation of Gene Driving Colorectal cancer.” The speaker was Amanda B. Hummon who is currently Assistant Professor at Notre Dame. She received A.B. in chemistry at Cornell University, following she received Ph.D. at University of Illinois. She studied gene regulations in colorectal cancer with RNA interference as her graduate work.

Proteins and cancer

Submitted by shulla on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 02:42
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The speaker at this week's ChemSem was Amanda Hummon from Notre Dame. In her most recent research, she has been focused upon cancer studies and has made some interesting discoveries about the differences between colon and rectal cancers. To begin with, she talked about the six phenotype characteristics of cancer. Among them was increased cell proliferation, modifications to avoid apoptosis, self-sufficiency of growth signals regardless of organism inhibitions, and the ability to convert blood cells in order for metastasis.

Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by brummett on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 13:43
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Our speaker, Amanda Hummon, came a long way to give her talk about Colorectal Cancer.  Currently Amanda Hummon works in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.  A mere 25 miles away.  She is currently an Assistant Professor at Notre Dame.  She received her A.B. in Chemistry from Cornell University in 1999 and went on to get her Ph.D from the University of Illinois under the watchful care of Jonathan Sweedler.

Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by Danuel Brown on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 13:39
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This week, on Feb 4th for our regular Thursday seminar we had Assistant Professor Amanda Hummon from Notre Dame University. Her main topic was on cancer and proteomics, more specifically on colon cancer.   The beginning of Dr. Hummon’s presentation focused solely on cancer as a disease.   Some basic facts are present in all types of cancer, such as increased growth rate, desensitization of cells to outside stimuli, avoidance of apoptosis, high vascularization, etc.  Dr.

Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by Troy on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 18:24
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This week in Chemistry Seminar we enjoyed a presentation from a new faculty of the University of Notre Dame, Amanda B. Hummon, Ph.D. It was a very interesting talk on the process of gene selection and experimentation for detecting and describing colorectal cancer, a term we all learned to avoid due to its inaccuracy.

Review on Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by quines on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 08:00
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This week, for our regular Thursday seminar we had Assistant Professor Amanda Hummon from Notre Dame University. Her main topic was on cancer and proteomics, more specifically on colon cancer. Her presentation was interesting and she was able to present well. Her presentation was easy to follow and organized well enough so that the audience could remain attentive.

Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by young on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 20:44
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On February fourth, there was a presentation about colon and rectal cancer given by Amanda B. Hummon, who is from University of Notre Dame. Her presentation title was “Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer.” I thought that her presentation was very well organized. Also, she explained basic information about cancer cell without difficult words, which made me understand her presentation much easier.

A Deeper Look at Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by chem nerd on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 17:55
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Last Thursday’s seminar was brought to us by Amanda Hummon, currently an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the University of Notre Dame. She completed her A.B. in Chemistry at Cornell University and received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She then conducted her postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Hummon did a great job presenting her research on cancer, she was very personable, and seemed very interested in what she was doing and sharing it.

Functional Interrogation of Genes Driving Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by Celena on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 17:51
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This week’s speaker was Amanda B. Hummon, who is currently teaching special topics in Biochemistry and Notre Dame. Some of her publications have appeared in premier journals, such as Cancer Research and she is currently researching analytical chemistry and cell and molecular biology. Dr. Hummon presented on colon and rectal cancer which we learned was very different and shouldn’t be put together. Her presentation was organized, had good audio with clear voice, went quickly, and was well explained.

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