YI Award Recipients 2013

Qi Cao, PhD:

Houston Methodist Research Institute

Mentor:

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD

Project Title:

A novel role for Polycomb Group proteins in androgen signaling and prostate cancer

Charles Chan, PhD:

Stanford University School of Medicine

Mentors:

Irving Weissman, MD and Michael Longaker, MD

Project Title:

Identification and therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cell niche interactions in metastatic prostate bone marrow disease

Chia-Yi Chu, PhD:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Mentor:

Leland Chung, PhD

Project Title:

Metastasis-initiating cells (MICs) as predictors of lethal progression of human prostate cancer