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, June 1, 2021
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentations and Q&A
This will be a VIRTUAL meeting via Zoom.
MODERATOR
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Harold Varmus, MD Senior Associate Core Member New York Genome Center Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine |
SPEAKERS
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Steven Z. Josefowicz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Experimental Pathology Weill Cornell Medicine “A Histone Code for Stimulation Induced Transcription” |
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Paz Polak, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Oncological Sciences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Co-Program Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Johns Hopkins School of Medicine “Age Against the Machine: How Aging Disrupts the Homeostasis of Cancer” |
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.