New York Cancer Genomics Research Network Meeting

To advance collaborative efforts on cancer genomics, the New York Genome Center (NYGC) hosts meetings on the first Tuesday of every month to bring together leading cancer researchers, clinicians and postdocs from the NYGC’s Institutional Founding Members and other key academic institutions.

WHEN:
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM:  Speaker Presentations and Q&A

This will be a VIRTUAL meeting via Zoom.

MODERATOR

Harold Varmus, MD Senior Associate Core Member New York Genome Center Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine

SPEAKERS

Samuel F. Bakhoum, MD Assistant Member, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program Assistant Attending, Department of Radiation Oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center “How Cancers with Chromosomal Instability Evade Immune Surveillance” To learn more about Dr. Bakhoum’s  research, see his lab page.

Kathryn E. Wellen,  PhD Associate Professor of Cancer Biology Department of Cancer Biology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania “Metabolic Adaptations in Pancreatic Cancer” To learn more about Dr. Wellen’s research, see her lab page.

David Adams, PhD Senior Group Leader, Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation Programme Wellcome Sanger Institute Co-head, Cambridge Cancer Centre Cell and Molecular Biology Programme CRUK Cambridge Centre “Functionalizing the Cancer Genome with CRISPR Tools” To learn more about Dr. Adams’s research, see his lab page.

DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Moderated by Harold Varmus, MD
Discussion and Q&A will take place after each speaker presents.
These meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month; are attended, when held in person, by principal investigators in the New York region and their trainees; and are intended to be viewed by anyone in the world with an internet connection.

Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.