2024 Cancer Research Symposium

Congratulations to our 2024 Symposium Presentation Award Winners!

Taylor Malachowski

Podium Presentation Award Winner

Taylor Malachowski, BS

PhD Student, Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University

Mentor: Sheila Stewart, PhD

Research Title: Chemotherapy induced senescence drive peripheral neuropathy

Usman Panni

Poster Presentation Award Winner

Usman Panni, MD

Resident – Surgery

Mentors: David DeNardo, PhD; William E. Gillanders, MD

Research Title: Tumor-associated Fibrosis Leads to an Increase in T-cell Exhaustion and Impairs Tumor Control in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Friday, November 1, 2024

Agenda

8:30 – 9:30 AM: Career Development Networking Session

9:45 – 10:00 AM:  Introduction and Overview

10:00 – 11:30 AM: Trainee Podium Presentations

  • 10:00 AM – Lindsey Aubuchon, BA, PhD Student – Oncology,  Targeting ALC1 ATPase activity as a new synthetic lethal strategy in BRCA-mutant cancers
  • 10:15 AM – Alzina Koric, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Public Health Sciences, Breast Cancer Risk Prediction for Women Diagnosed with Benign Breast Disease at the Siteman Cancer Center
  • 10:30 AM – Xiaoqing (Cathy) Cheng, PhD, Staff Scientist– Oncology, Overcoming resistance to HER2 inhibitors in P53 and HR2 co-mutated cancer
  • 11:00 AM – Adrián González González, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Oncology, Preclinical investigation of PARP inhibition to potentiate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) anti-tumor activity in HER2-low triple negative breast cancer
  • 11:15 AM – Isabelle Seppa, BA, PhD Student – Oncology, Mechanisms of ssDNA Gap Resection in BRCA1-proficient and -deficient cells

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Robert Klump Visiting Lecture (Keynote Address)

Gregory J. Riely, MD, PhD; Vice Chair, Clinical Trials Office, Department of MedicineGregory Riely, MD, PhD

Ning Zhao and Ge Li Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research
Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

“Failure and Success in Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer”

 

1:15 – 2:45 PM:  Trainee Podium Presentations

  • 1:15 PM – Taylor Malachowski, BS, PhD Student – Cell Biology & Physiology, Chemotherapy induced senescence drive peripheral neuropathy
  • 1:30 PM – Julien Lesage, PhD, Staff Scientist – Oncology, DDR2 in Ovarian Tumor CAFs controls Ferroptosis and Response to Olaparib
  • 2:00 PM – Ramon Jin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Oncology, The role of SOX2 in Barrett’s esophagus development
  • 2:15 PM – Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Oncology, Immunogenicity of a personalized neoantigen DNA-based vaccine in patients with glioblastoma
  • 2:30 PM – Mei Wang, MS, PhD Student – Public Health Sciences, Multiple myeloma burden attributable to modifiable risk factors in US Veterans with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance 

3:00 – 5:00 PM:  Poster Session & Reception

Click HERE for the 2024 Abstract Book

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