Thursday, April 1, 2004 • Vol 10, Issue 7

Dr. Danielle Friedrichsen prepares DNA samples for microsatellite analysis in the Ostrander lab. The technique was used to map the general location of a prostate-cancer gene. Finding a gene could lead to a genetic test to identify men at increased risk for developing prostate cancer. photo by Todd McNaught

• Finding prostate cancer’s chromosomal address
  Ostrander, Stanford teams narrow down neighborhood of prostate-cancer susceptibility gene
  
  
• Precision punch to lymphoma
  Ajay Gopal and colleagues use antibodies to deliver targeted, less toxic treatment to lymphoma’s most vulnerable victims
  
  
• Brain-cancer clues from mice
  Vasioukhin lab study identifies mouse gene necessary for normal brain development whose human counterpart may be linked to childhood brain cancer
  
• DNA test exposes cancer risks
  Microarray analysis helps scientists accurately measure cancer causing environmental exposures
  
  

• Support for the administrative high wire
  Administrative Support Core Group helps new center administrators connect cross-divisionally with colleagues and share practical solutions for ongoing challenges of scientific life
  
  
• Moving manager
  PHS-move point person Bev Silver served as a ‘conduit of information’ between the new building’s planners and employees
  
  
• Tips for safe computing
  Simple steps you can take to protect the center’s computers and information
  
  

• Save the date for the PHS building open house, April 16-17
  
  
• Center’s community film series presents ‘A Closer Walk’ April 17
  
  
• 2003 annual report available
  
  
• Small-molecule screening collaboration opportunities for consortium researchers
  
  
• Four center researchers win AACR Scholar-in-Training awards
  
  
• Alliance seeks participants for 2004 breast cancer ‘Race for the Cure’ team
  
  
• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance seeks donated magazines for patient waiting areas
  
  
• SCHARP new space

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