Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Sept. 24 DSS to Feature Dr. Lucio Miele

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will feature Lucio Miele, M.D., Ph.D., professor and department head of the department of genetics at Louisiana State University School of Medicine.

The seminar, titled “Notch in Breast Cancer – From Bench to Bedside and Back,” will take place Sept. 24, 2015, at 4 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on USA’s main campus.

Dr. Miele’s research is focused on studies of cancer stem cell-regulatory genes such as Notch, and identification of genetic circuitry mediating Notch signals in human tumors.

Dr. Miele earned his medical degree from the University of Naples and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Naples in Naples, Italy, with dissertation work conducted at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Germany.

Click here to learn more about Dr. Miele.