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, December 1, 2020

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

Uttiya Basu, PhD Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Department of Microbiology and Immunology Columbia University “Noncoding RNA Processing by DIS3 Regulates Chromosomal Architecture and DNA Recombination in B Cells” To learn more about Dr. Basu’s research, see his lab page.

Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Co-Director, Molecular Tumor Board Stanford Cancer Institute “Towards Quantifying and  Forecasting Human Tumor Progression“To learn more about Dr. Curtis’s research, see her lab page.

Amanda W. Lund, PhD Associate Professor Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology and Department of Pathology NYU Grossman School of Medicine Member, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center NYU Langone Health “Lymphatic Transport and Anti-Tumor Immunity”To learn more about Dr. Lund’s research, see her 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 and are intended for principal investigators in the New York region and their trainees.

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