The La Crosse BioResearch Forum was established in 2010 to provide the opportunity for regional and national research faculty to share their work and foster collaboration.
The forum is open to all health professionals, students, and interested members of the public.
Presentations are in lecture format and are approximately 35 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for questions.
The forum is held once each month on either Monday or Thursday between 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. in the Overholt Auditorium of Gundersen, 1900 South Avenue, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. A hot buffet lunch is provided!
Faculty from a broad range of academic institutions are represented at the forum.
- Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI
- Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
- Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology, Rushford, MN
- Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
- Luther College, Decorah, IA
- Winona State University, Winona, MN
- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
- Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN
- Franciscan Skemp-Mayo Health System, La Crosse, WI
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, Madison, WI
- University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
If you would like to attend either as a featured speaker or as a member of the audience, additional information is available by contacting Carl Simon Shelley, D.Phil. at
csshelley@gundersenhealth.org.
2012 Recorded Presentations
- January 19
Improving Warfarin Dosing through Genetic Testing
James K Burmester, PhD
The Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI
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- February 13
Targets and Shields: Improving Cancer Chemotherapy in the Post Genomic Era
James P. Thomas, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- March 15
Controlling Tumor Cell Metastasis with Chemokines
Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- April 16
Experimental Therapeutics for Advanced Melanoma: Is a Cure possible?
Svetomir Markovic, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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- May 17
Targeting Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β in Neuroendocrine Cancers
Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan, PhD
Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research, Madison
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