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Stressed out? The cancer playbook may help

Learn about the session on stress adaptations in tumor progression in the Maximizing Access Committee鈥檚 symposium at Discover BMB 2024
Jonathan A. Kelber
By Jonathan A. Kelber
Sept. 14, 2023

We often associate the concept of stress with deadlines, emergencies, traffic or hardships. For those who study biological and biochemical processes of disease in cell and organismal models, the idea of stress adaptation is recognized as one mechanism by which malignant and nonmalignant cells survive and thrive within environments that, at times, are hostile.

Are there ways that we think about environmental stress adaptations at an organismal level that may help scientists develop new perspectives on combatting cancer to improve patient outcomes? Indeed, cancer cells may even engage in molecular decision-making activities that differentiate between fight-or-flight responses in the face of environmental stress.

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Abstract submission begins Sept. 14. If you submit by Oct. 12, you'll get a decision by Nov. 1. The regular submission deadline is Nov. 30.

This session will consider the mechanisms by which cancer cells adapt to intrinsic and extrinsic stressors and how defining these adaptative mechanisms may lead to improved treatment strategies. Topics will include nutrient access/use, aging, subcellular compartments, microenvironmental influences and tissue reprogramming.

Keywords: Cancer biology, molecular crosstalk, biochemical signaling, tissue homeostasis, aging, subcellular transport, local and global adaptations, tumor microenvironment.

Who should attend: Cancer researchers, cell biologists and biochemists interested in considering how aging, biochemistry and multi-scale adaptations cooperate to shape the stress landscapes of tumors.

Theme song: by A Tribe Called Quest

This session is powered by cortisol and catecholamines.

Stress adaptations in tumor progression

Jonathan Kelber (chair), Baylor University

Elda GrabockaThomas Jefferson University

Christina TowersSalk Institute for Biological Studies

Mark LaBargeBeckman Research Institute of City of Hope

 

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Jonathan A. Kelber
Jonathan A. Kelber

Jonathan A. Kelber is an associate professor of biology at Baylor University.

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