Masaoki met with Drs. Wim Vermeulen and Jan Hoeijmakers, and gave a talk [Special Seminar at Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Molecular Genetics (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)].
Masaoki met with Drs. Niels de Wind, Frank de Gruijl, and Leon Mullenders, and gave a talk [Special Seminar at Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics (Leiden, The Netherlands)].
Masaoki was quoted in the article “Skin cancer: 9 things to know to lower your risk” in Fred Hutch News.
Masaoki co-organized the 3rd Seattle Genetic Instability and Cancer Symposium (SGICS) and gave an oral presentation. Masaoki won the Best Oral Presentation Award. Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD (Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of North Carolina at…
Masaoki was selected to give an oral presentation at the 2015 South Lake Union Group (SLUG) Research Symposium.
Shobhan Gaddameedhi, PhD (Assistant Professor, Washington State University College of Pharmacy) gave a talk at the University of Washington Dermatology Grand Rounds: “Circadian rhythms, UV-DNA repair & skin cancer: Surprising relationships in mice, what about in humans?”
Drs. Nghiem and Kawasumi will lead a new, 5-year NIH R01 grant entitled "Mechanisms of UV-induced DNA damage responses and carcinogenesis in skin," starting on April 1, 2015. On the same day, Dr. Nghiem became the new Head of UW…
Masaoki gave a talk at the University of Washington (South Lake Union Research Seminar).
Kaifeng Hung (a PhD candidate in oral biology) successfully completed his Doctoral Dissertation Defense "Distinct effects of the two major types of UV-induced DNA lesions on DNA damage responses."
Masaoki gave a talk at the University of Washington Dermatology Grand Rounds: “Caffeine as a tool to better understand and inhibit UV-induced skin cancers.”
Masaoki's paper on small-molecule screening for novel ATR pathway inhibitors was published online in Cancer Research: "Identification of ATR-Chk1 pathway inhibitors that selectively target p53-deficient cells without directly suppressing ATR catalytic activity."
Dr. Nghiem's Laboratory hosted the 2014 Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) Dinner Meeting for patients and families. Over 200 patients, family members, clinicians, scientists, and trainees gathered. Masaoki and Kaifeng attended the Meeting.