Events Archive

Celebrate the end of the year with your peers! Join the PICR Society of Research Fellows for coffee, fun, and fellowship on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lavazza.

PICR DDMS Seminar Title: AI Applications for Quality Assurance and Decision Support in Interventional Medicine Speaker: Fiona Kolbinger Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have demonstrated expert-level performance across many clinical tasks, such as breast cancer detection on mammograms or skin…

The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) Journal Club is a weekly gathering driven by undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral trainees with the goal of deepening knowledge of oncology research, networking with peers and expanding analytical skills. Weekly presentations during the…

Xiaobing Shi, Professor, in the Epigenetics department at Van Andel Institute, will be a speaker for the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research 2025-26 Seminar Series. This event is hosted by Rong Huang. Seminar Details Epigenetic Regulation of Drug Resistance in…

Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cancer The PICR Society of Research Fellows will host a seminar titled “Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Cancer” on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, from 11 a.m. to noon ET in the Drug Discovery Building Lobby…

Omar Qassem Omar Qassem, TSD Grad Student Spotlight Seminar, in the PULSe – Department of Biological Sciences department at Purdue University, will be a speaker for the PICR Seminar Series. This event is hosted by John Tesmer. Structural and biochemical…

Saturday, April 18, 2026 Event Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. Race Start: 8:00 p.m. Interested in becoming a sponsor Thanks to our generous sponsors, 100% of the money raised directly supports lifesaving cancer research at Purdue. To learn more about how you…

Please join the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research on April 16, 2026, as we host Courtney Hodges from the Baylor School of Medicine as part of the PICR Seminar Series. Learn more about the speaker below. Seminar title: Targeting Chromatin…

Johnathan Whetstine Fox Chase Cancer Center Professor; Director, Cancer Epigenetics Institute Topic and title of seminar: TBA Background The Whetstine laboratory studies how chromatin factors control gene expression and genome stability. These types of studies were initiated by studying a specific…

This workshop series is a collaborative effort between the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue’s Office of Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS). This year’s workshop is extended to postdocs interested…