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.

We are excited to re-introduce these evening lectures with a slightly altered format- three talks from a single institution, highlighting new and important work relevant to the cancer genomics community. We look forward to seeing you at this and future talks. If you’d like to volunteer your institution to fill a future CGRN spot, please reach out to lwinterkorn@nygenome.org.

DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Moderated by Taha Merghoub, PhD
Discussion and Q&A will take place after each speaker presents.

These meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month; when held in person, they are attended by principal investigators and their trainees in the New York region, and are intended to be viewed by anyone in the world with an internet connection.

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

Speakers

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  Lukas Dow, PhD

  Burt Gwirtzman Research Scholar in Lung Cancer
  Associate Professor of Biochemistry in Medicine
  Department of Medicine
  Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
  Weill Cornell Medicine

  “Understanding the Cancer Genome with Base Pair Resolution”

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  Ekta Khurana, PhD

  Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
  Co-Director of the Tri-Institutional PhD program in Computational Biology & Medicine
  Co-Leader of the Genetics and Epigenetics Program, Meyer Cancer Center
  Weill Cornell Medicine

  “Non-neuroendocrine Lineage Plasticity in Prostate Cancer"

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  Ashley Laughney, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
  Institute for Computational Biomedicine
  Weill Cornell Medicine

  “Decoding the Adaptive Functions of STING in Cancer Progression Using Systems Biology"

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  Taha Merghoub, PhD

  Deputy Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
  Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Oncology Research
  Professor of Immunology Research in Medicine
  Professor of Pharmacology
  New York Weill Cornell Medicine