Kansas State University

We will host a preview screening of the major PBS documentary “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies” at 2-4 p.m. Sat., March 28, in the Manhattan Public Library auditorium. The event, cosponsored by KTWU PBS, Topeka, will begin with an informational fair featuring local organizations (listed below), followed by the one-hour film preview. The public is invited, admission is free, and refreshments will be served.

The documentary, produced by preeminent filmmaker Ken Burns, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. The three-part film will air on PBS March 30, 31 and April 1.

“The documentary examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective and a biographer’s passion. The series weaves…a historical documentary, an engrossing and intimate vérité film, and a scientific and investigative report. —PBS

Exhibitors
Mercy Regional Health Center – advanced directives and palliative care
North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging – caregiving and NCFHAAA services
Manhattan Homecare & Hospice
Riley County Health Department – cancer screening tests
KDHE’s Early Detection Works – free breast and cervical cancer screening tests
Midwest Cancer Alliance – skin damage detection using Dermascan
American Cancer Society – supportive programs for cancer survivors
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. – HPV vaccination
Johnson Cancer Research Center – K-State cancer research and outreach

Fri., April 10, 2015 ~ 7 p.m.

Houston Street Ballroom

Manhattan, Kansas
#PolyesterParty

Dig out your polyester bell bottoms and platform shoes, grab your friends, and boogie down with Kansas City band Disco Dick & the Mirrorballs at the Pink & Purple Polyester Party, presented by CivicPlus, on April 10!

Play crazy games, vote for your favorite blinged-out bra in the Off the Hook bra art contest between local businesses, and enjoy tasty treats, a cash bar and a fun photo booth…all while helping K-State fight cancer!

Register now! Registration is requested by April 3, but late registrations and walk-ins are welcome. Visit our website for information or register online now.

‘Like’ the Pink & Purple Polyester Party Facebook page for updates on entertainment, prizes, auction items and sponsors. Use hashtag #PolyesterParty whenever you post about it on Facebook or Twitter.

We are very grateful to the planning committee: Dave Lewis, public address announcer for K-State Football and Men’s Basketball and owner of Dave Lewis Entertainment; Dr. Thad & Shannon Schneider, Flint Hills Pain Management; John & Cindy La Barge, J & C Imaging; Bobbi French, G. Thomas Jewelers; Patrick Lee, N Zone; and Arrica Wallace.

We thank all our sponsors, including these major sponsors: CivicPlus, Briggs Auto Group and Kansas State Federal Credit Union!

China names Bossmann international expert, cancer research adviser

China is honoring Dr. Stefan Bossmann, chemistry, and enlisting his expertise through a research appointment. He’s been awarded the title of Highest Honored International Expert by scientific advisers to the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. This summer, he will advise the Chinese authorities on early cancer detection methods.

read full K-State news release

Researchers find ‘affinity switch’ for proteasome assembly process

Dr. Jeroen Roelofs, biology, and team are uncovering how a specific “molecular machine” inside cells–the proteasome–is assembled. Understanding this process may present new drug target sites and lead to better cancer treatments.

read full K-State news release

STUDENTS

Good luck to our undergraduate Cancer Research Awardees this semester! We look forward to honoring them at our annual awards banquet March 27.

Of the six K-State students who earned honors at the annual Kansas INBRE Bioscience Symposium, five were our Cancer Research Awardees. Congratulations to Amanda Bradley, Erika Peters, Adam Schieferecke, Katherine Sensenich and Zheng Zhao!

Zhao, senior in biological & agricultural engineering (K-State Olathe), earned the Outstanding Poster Presentation award. He studies ovarian cancer-derived exosomes using a novel microfluidic platform. His mentor is Dr. Mei He.  read more

Two K-State student cancer researchers were selected to present at Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. Cancer Research Awardee Raquel Ortega and Yubisela Toledo, sophomores in chemistry mentored by Dr. Stefan Bossmann, co-presented “Studying the Protease Expression of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.”  read more

Nominated for Goldwater Scholarships were Lauren Komer, biology, one of our June Hull Sherrid Scholarship recipients, and Katherine Johnson, a microbiology student mentored by Dr. Brad Olson.  read more

EXTRA

Pet Cancer Case Study from Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Newsletter

Immunohistochemistry was performed for B and T cell markers and the neoplastic cells were positive for B cell lymphoma (Figure 2). This animal had no enlarged lymph nodes or signs of illness.

Primary ocular lymphoma in dogs is rare and is primarily part of multicentric lymphoma. In cats, lymphoma is the second most common intraocular neoplasm and is usually part of the systemic disease process. However, ocular disease is often the presenting complaint and may precede signs of systemic involvement.  read more from “Diagnostic Insights” newsletter (pg. 2)

Our longtime advisory council member Dr. Robert (Bob) Kinders will be named a 2015 Alumni Fellow in April. Dr. Kinders earned his Ph.D. in biology at K-State in 1981 and was a student of our center’s founder, the late Dr. Terry C. Johnson.

Dr. Kinders is senior principal scientist at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Md., where he leads the pharmacodynamics section in the laboratory of human toxicology and pharmacology. His section develops technologies for measuring drug efficacy at the molecular level, particularly in new drug trials in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI Clinical Trials network.

The K-State Alumni Fellows Program, sponsored by the Deans Council, the President’s Office and the K-State Alumni Association, recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers.

Dr. Kinders is expected to visit campus and give some talks on April 15 and 16. Watch our website, Facebook and Twitter for more details.

Mark your calendars for Tough Enough to Wear Pink! The Spaghetti Dinner will be July 12 and the Rodeo will be July 24.

Full list of upcoming events

March 27, 2015 – Undergraduate Cancer Research Awards Banquet

March 28, 2015 – Advisory Council Spring Meeting

March 28, 2015 – PBS Cancer Documentary Screening and Resource Fair, with KTWU 11, previewing Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

April 10, 2015 – Pink & Purple Polyester Party

April 15, 2015 – K-State Alumni Fellow and JCRC advisory council member Dr. Bob Kinders to present biology seminar (details coming soon)

July 12, 2015 – Tough Enough to Wear Pink Spaghetti Dinner

July 24, 2015 – Tough Enough to Wear Pink Rodeo

October 1, 2015 – Fall Award Applications due

Oct. 17, 2015 – ‘Fighting for a Cure’ Shirt Day & Tailgate Party