Wafik S. El-Deiry: This morning I wore my nerdy DNA double helix tie
Wafik S. El-Deiry recently shared a post on LinkedIn:
“This morning I wore my nerdy DNA double helix tie because I’m presenting data involving an MDM4-containing chromosomal amplification region that is relevant to glioblastoma as well as other tumors.
- June 1, 2024
- Poster session 9:00 am-Noon
- Hall A
- Central Nervous System Tumors
- Abstract 2080
- Poster Board 379
Therapeutic insights for the aggressive subset of High-Grade Gliomas (HGG) driven by chromosome 1q32 MDM4-containing amplicon and unmethylated MGMT.
Also great to run into Jean-Charles Soria, MD, PhD, and Ray Hohl at Penn State University.”
Source: Wafik S. El-Deiry/LinkedIn
Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University, and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals.
Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry made important contributions to cell death signaling and our understanding of the sensitivity of tumors to chemotherapy. El-Deiry has more than 400 peer-reviewed publications and 5 edited books.
