Registration is free but is required to attend the symposium.
Program:
8:30 – 9:10 Registration and morning coffee (Second Floor Lobby )
9:15 Opening Remarks – Dr. Michael Taylor (PGCRL Auditorium)
Session 1: Chair – Dr. Cindy Guidos
9:20 – 9:50 Dr. Thomas Look
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Central role for super-enhancers in T-Cell acute leukemia
9:55 – 10:25 Dr. William Weiss
University of California San Francisco
Biology and therapy for neural cancers
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK – Second and Third Floor Lobby
Session 2: Chair – Dr. Brent Derry
11:05 – 11:35 Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Integrative genomics to identify new therapeutic targets in childhood cancers
11:40 – 12:10 Dr. Jürgen Knoblich
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria
Modelling human brain development and disease in 3D organoid culture
12:15 – 13:30 LUNCH – PGCRL Gallery (All registered attendees invited)
Session 3: Chair – Dr. Meredith Irwin
13:30 – 14:00 Dr. Joseph Costello
University of California San Francisco
Mechanisms of immortality and tumour evolution
14:05 – 14:35 Dr. Jeremy Rich
Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Dynamic complexity of cancer stem cells
14:40 – 15:10 COFFEE BREAK – Second and Third Floor Lobby
Session 4: Chair – Dr. Xi Huang
15:15 – 15:45 Dr. Benjamin Simons
University of Cambridge
Tracing the cellular basis of epidermal maintenance and cancer
15:50 – 16:20 Dr. Charles Swanton
The Francis Crick Institute
TRACERx study: Tracking cancer evolution through therapy
16:30 Closing Remarks – Dr. Peter Dirks
16:45 - Reception - PGCRL Gallery (Speakers, DSCB investigators and invited guests only)
18:00 - Symposium Dinner - PGCRL Gallery (Speakers, DSCB investigators and invited guests only)
