{"id":55578,"date":"2017-01-27T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=55578"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:17:49","slug":"2013-nobel-laureate-speaks-at-uh-cancer-center-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/27\/2013-nobel-laureate-speaks-at-uh-cancer-center-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Nobel Laureate speaks at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/201345401\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" title=\"Vimeo video player\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 8<sup>th<\/sup> Annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/about-us\/uh-cancer-center-events\/weinman-foundation-fund\/weinman-symposium\">Weinman Symposium<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> covered some of the latest cancer research findings, specifically how genes interact with the environment. Top-scientists from across the nation presented and looked at opportunities for future research collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>The event on January 26 and 27 included sessions on gene-environment interaction in lung cancer, how the environment affects T cells in cancer and gene-environment interactions in studies of indoor air pollution and lung cancer in eastern Asia. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am grateful to <abbr title=\"Missus\">Mrs.<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"Mister\">Mr.<\/abbr> Weinman who entrusted me with their donation to bring to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> some of the best scientists of the world. It is a unique opportunity for us faculty, post docs and students, to discuss science and make joint projects with them to find new ways to prevent and cure cancer. I am also very grateful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaslc.org\/\">International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer<\/a> who co-sponsored the meeting,&rdquo; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/about-us\/directory\/faculty-staff\/99\"><strong>Michele Carbone<\/strong><\/a>, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center&#8217;s director of Thoracic Oncology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55581\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium-schekman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium-schekman.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium-schekman-215x260.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Nobel Laureate Randy W. Schekman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/medicine\/laureates\/2013\/schekman-facts.html\">Randy W. Schekman<\/a>, the 2013 Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine, was awarded the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Weinman Award presented by Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/memberpage.aspx?member=green\">Josh Green<\/a>, chair of the Committee on Human Services. The event included a question and answer session allowing graduate and post-doctoral students an opportunity to ask Schekman questions on how to conduct research.<\/p>\n<p>Schekman won the Nobel Prize with James Rothman and Thomas C. S&#252;dhof, &ldquo;for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of the most prominent scientists in the broad field of cancer research spoke at the event. It was a great experience to hear them, and an inspiration to those who attended,&rdquo; said Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Prize winner in medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is an honor to have Nobel Laureates and world-renowned researchers sharing their discoveries and looking at ways to collaborate with us here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said <strong>Randall Holcombe<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center director. &ldquo;We are thankful for the Weinman Foundation for this great opportunity to advance innovative cancer research.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55582\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/uh-cancer-center-symposium-260x57.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weinman Symposium participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more photos, go the the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uhcancercenter\/albums\/72157679654540005\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Nana Ohkawa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top-scientists from across the nation presented at the cancer symposium, and looked at opportunities for future research collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[218,169,56],"class_list":["post-55578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-cancer","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55578"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113522,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55578\/revisions\/113522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}