8702 Transcriptome Sequencing To Detect Gene Fusions in Cancer
Date: 3/30/2011 Wed
Time: 1:00 PM CT
Faculty:
Nallasivam Palanisamy, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Description:
Multiple complex chromosome translocations and aneuploidy are the hallmark of solid tumors. The occurrence, frequency, and significance of these aberrations are poorly understood. Identifying the complex aberrations that drive mutations is limited by available methods. Are the complex translocations in solid tumors random events? Important gene fusions have been identified in hematologic malignancies and soft tissue sarcomas. Recent discovery of recurrent gene fusions in prostate and lung cancers using new approaches has identified recurrent gene fusions as a new class mutation in solid cancer. Similar approaches did not detect recurrent aberrations in other solid cancers. Therefore, new approaches are needed to analyze solid cancer at the whole genome and transcriptome level to understand the genetic complexity. Research activities are using new approaches directed toward understanding the nature of all rearrangements in solid tumor genomes, particularly to identify the deregulated genes and/or fusion genes, to establish clinical correlations, and to identify recurrent cytogenetic markers. Application of next-generation sequencing technology (RNAseq) will unravel the genetic complexity of solid cancers. These and other topics for presentation include molecular stratification of cancers, and current understanding on the molecular mechanisms involved in the genesis of gene fusions in prostate cancer.
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
Explain gene fusions and their importance in cancer
Describe the methods used to discover gene fusion
Discuss the concept of molecular classification of cancer
Describe the process of identifying druggable targets in cancer
Core Competencies: PC, MK, PBL
Intended Audience: Practicing Pathologists, Residents, Doctoral Scientists, Pathologists' Assistants, Laboratory Managers, Bench Supervisors, Bench Technologists & Technicians, Cytotechnologists, Histotechnologists, Research Investigators in Cancer Genomics, Students.
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