Zongbing You, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Structural & Cellular Biology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, is May's guest speaker for the Department of Pathology's Research Seminar Series.
He will present "Interleukin-17 and Prostate Cancer" at noon on Thursday, May 19, in the Strada Patient Care Center conference room. Lunch will be served.
A major focus of You's research is to understand the role of inflammation in cancer initiation, promotion and progression. His target molecule in inflammation is interleukin-17, a key cytokine in many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
For more information, contact Patrick Carlisle at 251-471-7753 or pcarlisle@health.southalabama.edu.
