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Matthias Gromeier

Cless Family Distinguished Professor in Neuro-Oncology
Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology
Box 3020 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
Research Drive, Rm 423, MSRB1, Durham, NC 27710
Office hours N/A  

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Salzman Symposium · 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture NIH, Bethesda, MD
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2019 Invited Talk St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - AACR Special Conference on Immunobiology of Primary and Metastatic CNS Cancer: Multidisciplinary Science to Advance Cancer Immunotherapy · 2018 Invited Talk AACR, San Diego, CA
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Annual Meeting · 2018 Keynote/Named Lecture Parenteral Drug Association, Orlando, FL
Glioma Immunotherapy with Recombinant Poliovirus - 22nd International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2018 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Bergen, Norway
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2017 Invited Talk Aduro, Inc, Berkeley, CA
Glioma Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Marrow-Ablative Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy · 2017 Invited Talk Orlando, FL
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Viruses and Cells · 2017 Invited Talk Gordon Research Conferences, Lucca, Italy
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Precision Medicine World Conference · 2017 Invited Talk Durham, NC
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2017 Invited Talk Medical University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2017 Invited Talk NorthWestern University, Chicago, IL
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2017 Invited Talk University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Glioma Immunotherapy with Recombinant Poliovirus - 21st International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2016 Invited Talk Okinawa, Japan
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2016 Invited Talk Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Immunotherapy with Recombinant Poliovirus · 2016 Invited Talk Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - 2nd Annual Summit on Harnessing the Immune System in Cancer · 2015 Invited Talk Palm Beach, FL
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2015 Invited Talk Albert Einstein University, Bronx, NY
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gene Therapy · 2015 International Meeting or Conference ASGCT, New Orleans, LA
Glioma Immunotherapy with Recombinant Poliovirus - EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics · 2014 Invited Talk EORTC, NCI, AACR, Barcelona, Spain
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus · 2014 Invited Talk Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - Clinical Sciences Day · 2014 Invited Talk Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
Targeting CD155 for Cancer Immunotherapy - 20th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2014 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Lake Tahoe, CA
Cancer Immunotherapy with Poliovirus - 8th International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2014 Invited Talk Oxford, UK
Cancer Immunotherapy with Oncolytic Poliovirus - 7th International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2013 Keynote/Named Lecture Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Poliovirus Cancer Therapy - 19th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2012 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Molecular Mechanisms of Poliovirus Cell Type Specificity · 2011 Invited Talk University of Texas A&M, San Antonio, TX
Recombinant Poliovirus Cancer Therapy - 6th International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2011 International Meeting or Conference Las Vegas, NV
MAPK Control of Translation Initiation - Conference on RNA Biology · 2010 International Meeting or Conference EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Recombinant Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy · 2010 Invited Talk Deutsches Krebsforschungs Zentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Targeting Translation Control in Malignant Glioma - 18th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2010 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Luebeck, Germany
Recombinant Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy · 2009 Invited Talk NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Harnessing Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy - 5th International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2009 International Meeting or Conference Banff, Alberta, Canada
Developing PVSRIPO for Cancer Therapy · 2009 Invited Talk National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD
Targeting Brain Cancer with Poliovirus · 2009 Invited Talk State University of NY, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NC
Cancer Therapy with Recombinant Poliovirus · 2008 Invited Talk UNC Center for Gene Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC
Recombinant Poliovirus against Pediatric Malignant Glioma - Annual Meeting · 2008 International Meeting or Conference Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, St. Louis, MO
Targeting Malignant Glioma with Poliovirus - 17th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2008 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Hakodate, Japan
Harnessing Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy · 2007 Invited Talk Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Recombinant Poliovirus for Glioma Therapy - 4th International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2007 International Meeting or Conference Scottsdale, AZ
Targeting Aberrant Translation in Cancer with Recombinant Poliovirus - Viral Vectors · 2006 International Meeting or Conference Gordon Research Conferences, Ventura, CA
Targeting Glioblastoma with Recombinant Poliovirus - 16th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2006 Invited Talk ASILOMAR, Napa Valley, CA
Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy - 2nd Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology · 2005 International Meeting or Conference World Federation of Neuro-Oncology, Edinburgh, Scotland
Recombinant Poliovirus against Glioblastoma - Preuss Foundation Seminar · 2005 Invited Talk San Diego, CA
Recombinant Polio Cancer Therapy - International Hermelin Cancer Center Symposium · 2005 Invited Talk Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy - 105th General Meeting · 2005 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA
Harnessing Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy - Remembering Polio: History and Future of Vaccine Development · 2005 Invited Talk University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Targeting Translation Initiation in Malignant Glioma - 3rd International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2005 International Meeting or Conference Banff, Alberta, Canada
Targeting Translation Initiation in Cancer - EUROPIC · 2005 International Meeting or Conference European Picornavirus Conference, Lunteren, The Netherlands
Targeting Translation for Cancer Therapy · 2004 Invited Talk UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Oncolytic Poliovirus - 2nd International Conference on Oncolytic Viruses · 2003 International Meeting or Conference Banff, Alberta, Canada
Cancer Therapy with Recombinant Poliovirus - 24th EORTC Conference · 2003 International Meeting or Conference EORTC, Firenze, Italy
Recombinant Poliovirus against Glioblastoma - 15th International Conference of Brain Tumor Research and Therapy · 2003 International Meeting or Conference ASILOMAR, Sorrento, Italy
Recombinant Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy - 6th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gene Therapy · 2003 Invited Talk ASGCT, Washington, DC
Neuropathogenesis of Poliovirus - EUROPIC · 2002 International Meeting or Conference European Picornavirus Conference, Plymouth, MA
Cancer Therapy with Poliovirus · 2001 Invited Talk Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Malignant Glioma Therapy based on Poliovirus · 2001 Invited Talk Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Recombinant Poliovirus for Cancer Therapy · 2001 Invited Talk Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA
Recombinant Poliovirus for the Treatment of Glioblastoma · 2001 Invited Talk Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Recombinant Poliovirus against Glioblastoma · 2001 Invited Talk Duke University Dept. of Immunology, Durham, NC
Neuropathogenesis of Poliovirus - 3rd International Symposium on NeuroVirology · 2000 Invited Talk San Francisco, CA
Targeting Malignant Glioma with Recombinant Poliovirus · 2000 Invited Talk East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Academic & Administrative Activities


2000-2005             Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Graduate Student Admissions Committee

2002                      Graduate School Medical Ethics Retreat, Beaufort 

2002                      Institutional Review Committee; American Cancer Society IRG 

2002-2004             MGM/CMB/Cell Biology/Biochemistry Seminar Committee (The Thursday Series)

2002-2003             Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Faculty Search Committees 

2002-2010             Director, 3rdYear Medical School Cancer Biology Program (CBP)

2003-2005             Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Faculty Search Committees

2004-                     Basic Sciences Faculty Steering Committee 

2004-                     Molecular Cancer Biology Graduate Student Program, Prelim Committee

2005                      Medical Sciences Training Program (MSTP) Admissions Committee

2005-2006             Academic Council

2012-2013             Faculty Mentoring/Path to Independence

2016-                     Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Neurosurgery  

Clinical Activities


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