On Wednesday, November 6, we will host our eighth annual Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research lecture for high school and college students. We also invite members of the public to attend.
Time & Location
The event will take place from 6:00 to 7:30 PM on the first floor of Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Rockefeller Research Laboratories building (430 East 67th Street, between York and First Avenues). Light refreshments will be served from 5:30 to 6:00 PM.
Registration
Please register for this free event (preferred). For more information or if you have a question, please e-mail us at outreach@mskcc.org.
Moderator
Craig B. Thompson
Memorial Sloan-Kettering President Craig B. Thompson studies molecular signaling pathways that regulate nutrient uptake and the role these pathways play in the regulation of cell growth and survival. View Craig B. Thompson's research profile.
Speakers
Omar I. Abdel-Wahab
The Cancer Epigenome: Biology’s New Frontier
Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab studies the functional genomics of hematopoietic malignancies. View Omar I. Abdel-Wahab's research profile.
Emily A. Foley
Travels on the Bi-Orient Express: Cell Division in Normal Cells and in Cancer
Cell biologist Emily Arias Foley investigates the molecular mechanisms of mitosis. View Emily Arias Foley's research profile.
Richard M. White
Making Cancer Transparent: Studying Cancer in Fish from Beginning to End
Cancer biologist Richard Mark White investigates the evolution of metastases in zebrafish. View Richard Mark White's research profile.
