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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Hexin Chen!
Congratulations! Dr. Chen was awarded the ACS  Research Scholar Grant is entitled "The Role of HOXB7 in breast cancer." The total award is $720,000 over 4 years.

Renovation of New CCCR Space Complete
Hendrick Construction Inc. has completed its renovation of the University of South Carolina’s Jones Physical Science Center, which will be used for cancer research and scientific experiments.

The 33,000-square-foot project included the renovation of 11,000 square feet of space for the Center for Colon Cancer Research, which was established in 2002 by the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence program of the National Institutes of Health.

The renovation created five new labs on the sixth floor where university faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and support staff will conduct cell and molecular biology research focusing on colorectal cancer.

“The renovation allowed us to coalesce five labs that were previously located in separate spaces into one facility, and it will foster greater synergies in our research and more effective interaction among our personnel,” said Franklin G. Berger, director of the Center for Colon Cancer Research.

Built in 1967, the 185,000-square-foot Jones Physical Science Center also houses the University of South Carolina’s departments of biological sciences; physics and astronomy; chemistry and biochemistry; earth and ocean sciences; and women’s and gender studies.

Hendrick’s contract included renovation of another 11,000 square feet of laboratory space on the fifth floor, plus another 11,000 square feet of supporting mechanical space on the fourth floor.

“This was a challenging job that required constant cooperation between our team and the university,” said Roger Hendrick, president of Hendrick Construction.

The project included the installation of specialty systems, such as fume hoods for work with volatile solvents, fixtures equipped with acid waste piping and epoxy flooring that is resistant to caustic spills. Hendrick also upgraded the electrical system and installed a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.

Dr. Berger Featured as Person to Count On by WIS
Dr. Frank Berger was nominated and featured as a Person to Count On on WIS in December for his outstanding work raising colon cancer awareness in the community with programs like Shop Talk.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Dan Dixon!
Dr. Dan Dixon received notice from NCI/NIH that he will be awarded an R01 grant. The project entitled, " Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Colorectal Cancer" will be funded. The total award is $1.5 million ($1,459,555) over 5 years.

CONGRATULATIONS to Drs. Chen and Wang!
Drs. Chen and Wang received an administrative supplement totaling $200,000 per year for 2 years for their pilot project “Colon Cancer Stem Cells in APC Min/+Mice.”

May 2009 Rural Health Summit
On May 6-7, 2009 the Center for Colon Cancer Research hosted a Rural Health Summit. The Summit was chaired by Dr. Thomas Weber, chair of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable and Dr. Frank Berger, director of the Center for Colon Cancer Research at USC. Dr. Weber and Berger expressed a warm welcome to all participants and the importance of addressing unique challenge sin rural states to increased colon cancer screening. READ FULL ARTICLE

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