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.

Discussion and Q&A will take place after each speaker presents.
These meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month and are intended for principal investigators in the New York region and their trainees. Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.

Speakers

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  Alison Taylor, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
  Member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  "Functional and Computational Approaches to Studying Aneuploidy in Squamous Cancers"

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  Michael Zody, PhD

  Scientific Director of Computational Biology
  New York Genome Center

  “COVID-19 Genomics Research at NYGC”

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  Lisa Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO

  Chief of the Section of Breast Surgery
  NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medicine

  To learn more about Dr. Newman’s research, visit her profile page.

  “Oncologic Anthropology: African ancestry and High-Risk/Triple Negative Breast Cancer”

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  Harold Varmus, MD

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