Disclaimer
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The UAB CNGI
is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional group of scientists
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The Center is focused on the role that diet plays in the
programming of genes that are controlled by steroid hormones during puberty.
The central hypothesis is that components in one's diet establish risk
for breast, and possibly prostate, cancer later in adult life.
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The hypothesis is being examined in three major project areas. These are:
| Project 1: |
Dietary polyphenols and chemoprevention in rodent models of breast and prostate cancer
(Leader, Coral Lamartiniere,
PhD, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAB)
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| Project 2: |
The effect of a soy diet on the timing of menarche
(Leader, Pamela Horn-Ross,
PhD, Northern California Cancer Center)
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| Project 3: |
Statistical analysis of high dimensional data
(Leader, David Allison,
PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UAB) |
Research in the Center is supported by four cores. These are:
| Core A: |
Administration
(Director,
Stephen Barnes,
PhD, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAB; Associate Director,
Clinton J. Grubbs,
PhD, Department of Surgery, UAB)
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| Core B: |
Genomics
(Director,
Lisa Guay-Woodford,
MD, Department of Medicine, UAB)
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| Core C: |
Proteomics
(Director,
Helen Kim, PhD,
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAB) |
| Core D: |
Biostatistics/Bioinformatics
(Director,
Grier P. Page,
PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UAB) |
The Center promotes interest in nutrient-gene interaction research
through a monthly seminar program involving invited outside speakers and
members of CNGI. In addition, members of CNGI and those with research ideas
in nutrient-gene interaction are encouraged to submit proposals for a pilot
project program. The next deadline for this program will be early fall
2006.
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