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Our mission is to raise public awareness of Brain Cancer, raise money for the UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program, and spotlight the talent, strength and courage of brain cancer patients.
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Art of the Brain 11th Annual Gala
 
"The Gleeful Art of Sportsmanship"
 
SAVE THE DATE
 
Saturday, October 2, 2010
 
Join us on October 2, 2010 to celebrate Art of the Brain's Eleventh Annual Gala.  We will show our solidarity with the courageous men and women facing brain cancer and pay tribute to the unforgettable individuals we have sadly lost.  We will celebrate their talent and zest for life with a festival of gourmet food and wine.  There will also be a fabulous raffle and special performances.
  

Corporate Partners

 

2009 Corporate Sponsors

NETWORK SPONSORS
 
The Balch Family
Alex Demos Foundation
 
 
LIFE SPONSORS
 
Richard Dean Anderson
Genentech
 
 
LEGACY AND LAUGHTER SPONSORS
 
Jennifer and Robert Lopata
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
 
 
 
COURAGE SPONSORS
 
The Annenberg Foundation
Beryl Companies
City National Bank
Joan & Jerry Doren
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Judi & Roy Kaufman
The Shirley & Burt Harris Family Foundation
 
 
GRATITUDE SPONSORS
 
Howard Bernstein and Bunny Wasser
Joyce & William Bromiley
Marlene & David Capell
Carsey Family Foundation
Dina & Clint Eastwood
Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
Hale Thornhill Foundation
Ilene & Stanley Gold
Kory Apton & Phil Griffin
Doris P. Haims
Karen Morin
Mary Green & Peter Rooney
Mace Siegel
Jadi & Gy Waldron
Werner Family Foundation
Yusko Family Foundatioin
 
 
Art of the Brain wishes to thank all of our sponsors for their support!
 
Whats New: Art of the Brain
Judi Kaufman: Brain cancer survivor founds nonprofit Art of the Brain to help other patients
10/20/2008 8:00 AM PST [Los Angeles Times]
Local Entrepreneur Judi Kaufman Fights Back Against Brain Cancer
10/12/2008 8:00 AM PST [Beverly Hills Courier]
Cancer survivor brings art, courage to other patients
9/17/2008 8:00 AM PST [The Jewish Journal]
Art of the Brain 8th Annual Gala - An Inspirational Global Pursuit for the Cure
4/1/2008 8:00 AM PST [BreakthroughsMag]
Art of the Brain to hold its 8th Annual Gala, "An Inspirational Global Pursuit for a Cure"
7/31/2007 8:00 AM PST [BarbaraMeltzer&Associates]

Brain Cancer Research In The News
Celldex Loses a Partner in Brain Tumor Treatment
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:35:36 -0700
Pfizer Ends Celldex Accord for Brain-Tumor Vaccine; Celldex Shares Plunge
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:08:10 -0700
The Malm Family Staying Strong
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:32:31 -0700
Celldex, Pfizer Split Over Brain Tumor Drug
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:13:27 -0700
Gigantic Community Yard Sale to Benefit Young Man
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:12:45 -0700

Recent Initiatives funded in part by Art of the Brain
Predicting the efficacy of radiotherapy in individual glioblastoma patients in vivo: a mathematical modeling approach.
Phys Med Biol.
55(12):3271-85.

mTOR signaling in glioblastoma: lessons learned from bench to bedside.
Neuro-Onc


Kinetics of 3'-deoxy-3'-18F-fluorothymidine during treatment monitoring of recurrent high-grade glioma.
J Nucl Med.
51(5):720-7.

Updated response assessment criteria for high-grade gliomas: response assessment in neuro-oncology working group.
J Clin Oncol
28(11):1963-72.

The phosphatase and tensin homolog regulates epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor response by targeting EGFR for degradation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
107(14):6459-64

AMPK: A metabolic checkpoint that regulates the growth of EGFR activated glioblastomas.
Cell Cycle


A phase I trial of erlotinib in patients with nonprogressive glioblastoma multiforme postradiation therapy, and recurrent malignant gliomas and meningiomas.
Neuro Oncol.
12(1):87-94.

A phase II trial of erlotinib in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas and nonprogressive glioblastoma multiforme postradiation therapy.
Neuro-Onc


Somatic mutations of the Parkinson's disease-associated gene PARK2 in glioblastoma and other human malignancies.
Nat Genet.
42(1):77-82.

EGFR signaling through an Akt-SREBP-1-dependent, rapamycin-resistant pathway sensitizes glioblastomas to antilipogenic therapy.
Science Signaling
2(101):ra82.

Prognostic significance of growth kinetics in newly diagnosed glioblastomas revealed by combining serial imaging with a novel biomathematical model.
Cancer Res
PMID: 19934335 ; 69(23):9133-40

Genomic Landscape of Meningiomas.
Brain Pathol.
PMID: 20015288


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