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The Charles B. Huggins Lectures by Kendall Nettles, Sr. Doctoral Candidate
The Committee on Cancer Biology &The Ben May Institute for Cancer Research,
Division of the Biological Sciences


Dear Friends of the University of Chicago:

Dr. Charles Huggins, the first director of the Ben May Institute
for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago, was awarded the Nobel
Prize for his discovery that breast and prostate cancers require hormones
for growth. After years of intensive study, the biological details of
this phenomenon are becoming clear at the level of the individual
proteins, allowing the design of more effective cancer treatments.

To celebrate Dr. Huggins' great discovery, and recent advances
in cancer research, we cordially invite you to join us for the inaugural
series of the Charles B. Huggins Lectures in cancer biology, a yearly
series of eight lectures designed to educate the public. The Lectures
have the purpose of bringing a descriptive account of some of the
frontiers of present-day science, to the friends of The Ben May Institute
and University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, to members of the
University community, and to interested citizens of the Chicago area.  We
do not expect you to have a formal background in the biological sciences,
but we hope to appeal to your curiosity, and we wish to share with you
some of the excitement of modern scientific research.

This year's lectures will present a picture of how hormones
control cancer growth at the level of individual protein molecules,
showing 3-D images of these proteins as they act as molecular machines
that control the growth or death of a cell. The lectures will also show
some of the biochemical details of how a cell repairs damaged DNA, or
dies if the damage is too great. The concepts behind the rational design
of cancer drugs based on the 3-D structure of protein complexes within
the cell and how they function will be demonstrated for a few specific
cancer drugs.

No scientific background is required. Just bring your curiosity
and share in the excitement of modern biology unfolding before your
eyes. We hope that you will join us for this lecture series beginning
January 18th and ending March 8th (11:00 AM-12:00 Noon, Kersten Physics
Building, Room 106, 5720 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL). All lectures are
free of charge and open to the public.

Sincerely yours,
Michelle M. Le Beau, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Section of Hematology/Oncology
Chair, Committee on Cancer Biology


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