2025
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1086 – Introducing the Florida Cancer Research (FL CARES) Network and the Platform for Accelerating Collaborative Computational Cancer Research (PAC3R)
Michael Sinclair, Carlos Obregon, Caty Chung, Dusica Vidovic, Lukas Rupprecht, Jeronimo Pissinis, Marcin Pilarczyk, Franklin Sotolongo, Kathleen M. Jagodnik, Till Krenz, Umamaheswari Natarajan, Erin Kobetz, Mondal M. Ananda, Ling Cen, Xuefeng Wang, Appu Rathinavelu, Stuart Chalk, Jiang Bian, Ji-Hyun Lee, Qianqian Song, Vasileios Stathias, Stephan C. Schürer. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
This work was supported by the State of Florida Biomedical Research Program, Bankhead Coley Research Infrastructure grant number 23B16.
Apr. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
4115 – Gene expression and bioinformatics profiles of four different cancer cells following treatment with HDAC inhibitor SAHA
Umamaheswari Natarajan, Appu Rathinavelu. Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
This work was supported by the State of Florida Biomedical Research Program, Bankhead Coley Research Infrastructure grant number 23B16.
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1052 – Integrating geographical and socioeconomic data with genomic information for enhanced prediction of cancer risk using large language models and knowledge graphs
Ofek Mendel, Michael S. Sinclair, Kathleen M. Jagodnik, Till Krenz, Erin Kobetz, Beronica A. Ocasio, Jeronimo Pissinis, Vasileios Stathias, Alon Bartal, Stephan Schürer. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, University of Miami, Miami, FL
This work was supported by the State of Florida Biomedical Research Program, Bankhead Coley Research Infrastructure grant number 23B16.
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
1081 – Sylvester Data Portal: Streamlined access to standardized clinicogenomic data
Jeronimo I. Pissinis, Oliver Mazariegos, Marcin Pilarczyk, Michael S. Sinclair, Lukas Rupprecht, Caty Chung, Franklin Sotolongo, Gabriel Lichtenstein, Kathleen M. Jagodnik, Joanita Figueredo, Pearl Seo, Carlos J. Obregon, Marcin Blicharz, Piotr Smol, Michal Pyrkosz, Mateusz Jura, Vasileios Stathias, Stephan Schürer. Univ. of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Ctr., Miami, FL
This work was supported by the State of Florida Biomedical Research Program, Bankhead Coley Research Infrastructure grant number 23B16.
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
223 – Evaluating the therapeutic potential of MDM2 inhibitor RG-7388 and epigenetic modulator CM-272 in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer
Fatimah Alssamani, Umamaheswari Natarajan, Shyam Jaganathan, Appu Rathinavelu. College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
441 – Evaluation of the effects of MDM2 inhibitor and epigenetic modifiers in combination with AURKB inhibitors for treating lung cancer
Neha Tumati, Umamaheswari Natarajan, Shyam Sundar Jaganathan, Appu Rathinavelu. Farquhar Honors College, Halmos College of Arts and Science, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Farquhar Honors College, Halmos College of Arts and Science, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Farquhar Honors College, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Apr. 27, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
445 – Epigenetic modification induced by DNMTs inhibitor enhances apoptosis through p21 pathway in neuroblastoma cells
Arun Jagarlamudi, Nicolas Tapia Stoll, Shyam Sundar Jaganathan, Umamaheswari Natarajan, Appu Rathinavelu. Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Apr. 28, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
1618 – Blocking MDM2 induces downregulation of PARP and enhances apoptosis in SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells
Shyam Sundar Jaganathan, Umamaheswari Natarajan, Appu Rathinavelu. Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL
2025 nf-core/hackathon
A virtual or in person nf-core hackathon co-sponsored by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. March 24-26, 2025, Miami, FL, USA
2024
Machine Learning League
Aboian, M. From Algorithm to the Clinic: Building Academic Industry Collaboration to Improve Daily Workflows in Radiology August 14, 2024, Tampa, FL, USA
University of Miami’s Cancer Control Program Meeting
Schürer, S.C. Research and Clinical Informatics Infrastructure to Support Precision Medicine and Translational Drug Discovery for Novel Dark Targets; April 17, 2024, Miami, FL, USA.
Florida Academic Cancer Center Alliance
Schürer, S.C. PAC3R: A Novel Platform to Support Collaborative Computational Cancer Research in Florida; April 1-2, 2024, Orlando, FL, USA.
2023
ACS Fall 2023
Schürer, S.C. Enabling Research via FAIR and Open Data; peer reviewed talk at ACS National Meeting; Aug 13-17, 2023, San Francisco, CA,USA.