Toolkits Talk on ‘Setting Boundaries’ with Joyce A. Schroder, PhD

Where

Arizona Health Sciences Library Room 4150A (top floor), 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

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The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Office of Faculty Affairs presents its Toolkits Series of lectures for fall 2026. These talks are held at different times to allow faculty to pick the best one that fits with their schedules.

The autumn Toolkits talks focus on two themes, “Boundaries” and the “Personality/DISC” behavioral assessment that categorizes human communication and working styles into four main trails: Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S) and Conscientiousness (C).

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Topic

“Boundaries: From Lab Membership to Leadership While Remaining Yourself”

Presenter

Joyce A. Schroeder, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Cancer Biology GIDP, and 
member, University of Arizona Cancer Center and BIO5 Institute
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Dr. Schroeder’s laboratory investigates the role of the epidermal growth factor receptor in cancer and immune modulation. Her research team focuses on alterations in receptor trafficking, signal transduction and non-canonical activities such as nuclear translocation and gene regulation that occur during stress. It’s identified the loss of apicobasal polarity as a driver in EGFR-driven breast cancer, through its mislocalization and interaction with the apical protein MUC1.  

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Interaction with MUC1 drives EGFR-dependent breast cancer by altering EGFR trafficking and driving EGFR nuclear translocation. Based on these studies, they’ve developed peptide-based therapeutics for cancer that block protein-protein interactions between EGFR and MUC1, as well as peptides that promote the multimerization of inactive ErbB receptors.

Flyer to post & share: Toolkit-Talks_COM-T-Fac-Aff_flyer_09.3026_Schroeder.pdf

Click here for the full fall 2026 lineup of speakers and topics.