Professor X.F. Steven Zheng Visits SCSIO and gives a Lecture on Cancer Therapy
Invited by Director Si Zhang, Prof. X.F. Steven Zheng of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey visited the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCSIO) on July 26, 2012. Prof. X.F. Steven Zheng gave a lecture on the topic of cancer therapy titled with “New Developments in mTOR-Targeted Cancer Therapy”. More than 50 faculties and students from CAS Key laboratory of Marine Bio-resource Sustainable utilization (LMB) and other colleges listened to the report.
As the Dean of Cancer Pharmacology and Pre-clinical Therapeutics Program, Prof. X.F. Steven Zheng first introduced importance of TOR as drug target of for treatment of cancer and aging. In the presentation, Prof. Zheng showed his latest scientific progresses about development of the new generation of mTOR inhibitors and discovery of predictive biomarkers for sensitivity/resistance to TOR kinase inhibitor. The attendees held a heated discussion on the related issues. Subsequently, Prof. Zheng gave some comprehensive talk about identification of target of bioactive natural products, feasibility of phosphatase as a target for anticancer drug screening and specificity of the new generation of mTOR kinase inhibitor.
After the lecture, Prof. Zheng visited Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea and conducted in-depth discussion with some groups of LMB. At last, Prof. Zheng put forward many constructive comments and suggestions on future cooperations.
