Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

19th Annual Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Symposium

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Keynote Speakers

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Huda Zoghbi, M.D.

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Baylor College of Medicine

Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Texas Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics - Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D.

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University of Michigan Medical School

Director, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology
S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
American Cancer Society Research Professor

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Day 1 - Rayzor Lounge

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.Registration for poster set-up
2 - 5 p.m.Poster session
5 - 6 p.m.Trainee social and networking

Day 2 - Kleburg Auditorium

8 - 8:20 a.m.Welcome and State of the Cancer Center and Invited Speakers
– Pavan Reddy, M.D.
Director, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
8:20- – 8:45 a.m.Breast Cancer Program Talk: Gaorav Gupta, M.D. Ph.D.
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Title: Immune Sensing of DNA Damage during Breast Tumorigenesis and Therapy
8:45 –  9:10 a.m.Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Program Talk:
Amelie Ramirez, DrPH,  UT Health San Antonio
Title: Addressing the Drivers of the Latino Cancer Journey
9:10– 9:35 a.m.Tumor Biology: Marina Pasca Di Magliano, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
Title: Oncogenic KRAS as a regulator of the local and systemic pancreatic cancer microenvironment.
9:35 a.m.-9:50 a.m.Break outside Kleberg Auditorium
10 -10:50 a.m.Keynote Address -
Hoda Zoghbi, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
10:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lunch at Rayzor Lounge
12:20 – 1:20 p.m.Oral Trainee Talks 
1:20-1:30 p.m.Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:20Keynote Address -
Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medical School
Title: Targeting Transcription Factor neo-Enhanceosomes in Cancer
2:20 – 2:30 p.m.Break
2:30 – 2:50 p.m.Chromatin Biology Program Talk: Bevin Engelward, ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Visualization of Mutant Cells In Situ Reveals Impacts of Age and Physiology on Cancer Risk
2:50 – 3:10 p.m.CCGT Program Talk: Ben Deneen, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Ttile: Decoding the Language of Brain Tumor and Neuron Communication
3:10 – 3:30 p.m.PCP  Program Talk: TBD
3:30 – 3:50 p.m.Trainee Awards for Poster and Oral Talks
3:50 – 4 p.m.Closing
4 – 5:15 p.m.Reception, Rayzor Lounge
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Abstracts

Cash award for first, second and third place posters; first and second place oral presentations.

All submissions are due by Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, 11:59 p.m. CST.

Scientific Image Contest

Please email your submissions to rashieda.hatcher@bcm.edu. Those applying for the image contest are not required to submit an abstract and vice versa.

All submissions are due by Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, 11:59 p.m. CST.