Events Archive

Hammer Down Cancer Football Game

Purdue fans, mark your calendars for Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, when the Boilermakers take on Minnesota at Ross-Ade Stadium for this year’s Hammer Down Cancer football game. The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research is proud to serve as the game-day…


Hammer Down Cancer Soccer Game

Purdue soccer will take the field for Hammer Down Cancer on Thursday, October 8, 2026, when the Boilermakers host Michigan at 7 p.m. at Folk Field. The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research is proud to sponsor the match and invite…


In Vivo Preclinical Cancer Models Workshop

In Vivo Preclinical Cancer Models Workshop Best Practices and Innovation Oct. 1-3, 2026Hall for Discovery and Learning Research, Purdue University The Preclinical Cancer Models Consortium will host a three-day workshop focused on best practices, emerging approaches and innovation in preclinical…


Seminar Series: Heide Ford

Heide Ford, professor and CU Medicine Endowed Chair in the department of pharmacology at University of Colorado Anschutz, will be a speaker for the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research 2026-27 Seminar Series. The event is hosted by Katie Hebron. Identifying…


Hammer Down Cancer Volleyball Game

Hammer Down Cancer returns to Holloway Gymnasium on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, as Purdue volleyball hosts the University of Albany at 6 p.m. The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research is proud to sponsor the match and bring Boilermaker fans together…


TSD Program Seminar: Nadia Lanman

Nadia Lanman and Bennett Elzey, research associate professors at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, will be speakers for the Targets, Structures and Drugs (TSD) Scientific Program event series. Seminar Title: Developing Cross-Species Models to Study Metastasis in Invasive Urothelial…


2026 Tyler Trent Golf Outing for Cancer Research

Hosted by: The Joe Tiller Chapter of Northwest Indiana for the National Football Foundation Join us for the annual golf outing in memory of Tyler Trent. Most of the net proceeds will benefit the Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment at…


Seminar Series: Emily Dykhuizen

Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cancer The mammalian SWI/SNF, or BAF, chromatin remodeling complex has been implicated as a therapeutic target in cancer, although the most effective way to target this heterogeneous multisubunit complex is unclear. We are defining the…


Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy

The 11th Annual Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium (HG2BG) is a two-day, in-person meeting designed to spark new ideas and build connections across the biomolecular sciences. Taking place Thursday, June 4, and Friday, June 5, 2026, the symposium…


Bioinformatics Summer Workshop

RNA-seq Workshop The PICR Bioinformatics Workshop returns in summer 2026 for graduate students and faculty. This free program is designed to strengthen participants’ understanding of high-quality bioinformatics analysis and its role in advancing cancer research. The workshop will take place…