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SEP 30 - OCT 1, 2015

Cancer Research & Oncology Week Virtual Event Series 2015

Blah BlahWelcome to Labroots’ 3rd Annual Event in the Cancer Research & Oncology Week Virtual Event Series! The event is now available on-demand and you can attend sessions including keynotes sessions by Dr. Judd Moul, Dr. Kenneth Buetow, Dr. David Albala, and Dr. Herbert Lepor. This premier cancer research conference makes it easier and more cost-effective for the cancer research community to come together online to learn about recent advances in cancer research. The conference has proven to be a great success in disseminating knowledge and encouraging collaboration and connections between colleagues. Attendees can earn free CME and CE Credits.

This event will include two Mini-Symposiums. The first symposium will be focused on different areas of Prostate Cancer including prostate MRI; active surveillance and focal therapy, molecular markers in prostate cancer, what's new in robotics and minimally invasive therapy for prostate cancer and prostate disease, biomarker-guided therapy, and innovative prostate cancer therapeutics. The second symposium will be focused on different areas of Melanoma including immunotherapies, prevention and detection, caregiving and advocacy, and surviving melanoma.

There will also be multiple presentations from experts on the Innovations in Cancer Immunotherapy, Targeted, Precision Cancer Therapies for Advanced Disease, Detection of Rare Cancer Mutations and Implications for Treatment, Cancer Metabolomics, and Novel applications for the "Liquid Biopsy" or Circulating Tumor DNA assays to monitor disease and better predict Clinical Outcomes for Cancer patients.

This event will bring together research scientists, post docs, principal investigators, lab directors and professionals from around the world to learn about recent advances in cancer research. This conference offers an amazing opportunity as it is free to participants, and there will be no out-of-pocket expenses for travel. However, participants will still benefit from interacting with a global community of like-minded colleagues, without leaving the comfort of their office or home.

Conference participants will be able to:

  • Attend interactive live streaming video sessions
  • Have their questions answered in real-time by industry experts
  • Chat live with peers and speakers
  • Browse a virtual exhibit floor for solution providers

No crowded airports, delayed flights or expensive hotel rooms, but still the look and feel of a first-rate conference with world renowned experts. Participants also benefit from the fact that experts and vendors are more accessible, no more waiting in line to speak to someone. Think it is too good to be true? Checkout the venue and become a believer.

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Speakers
  • David Albala, MD

    Chief of Urology at Crouse Hospital and Medical Director for Associated Medical Professionals
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anna Barker, PhD

    Co-Director, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Director, Transformative Healthcare Networks, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jean-Noel Billaud, PhD

    Senior Principal Scientist, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kenneth Buetow, PhD, FACMI

    Director of Computational Sciences and Informatics program for Complex Adaptive Systems and Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jackie Carville

    Marketing Director at Immunochemistry Technologies, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Rajan Gupta, MD

    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program, Duke University School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Whitney High, MD, JD, M.Eng

    Director of Dermatopathology (Dermatology), Associate Professor, Dermatology & Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Ibsen

    Vice President, Studylog Systems
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anika Joecker, PhD

    Associate Director Global Product Management NGS, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lawrence Karsh MD FACS

    Director of Research, CPI & Attending Urologist, The Urology Center of Colorado
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Klein, MD

    Chairman of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christian Korfhage, PhD

    Director, Scientific Applications: NGS & Isothermal Amplifications, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Fred Kramer, PhD

    Professor, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Bee Na Lee, PhD

    Staff Application Scientist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Herbert Lepor, MD

    Urologist, NYU Langone Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian Lewis, PhD

    Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stacy Loeb, MD

    Assistant Professor of Urology and Population Health, NYU School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Philip S. Low, PhD

    Director of the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD, DABMP

    Professor and Director, Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Director, DNA technology and SARRP pre-clinical laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jennifer Molina, PhD

    Institute Research Scientist, Institute for Applied Cancer Science at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Shelby Moneer, MS, CHES

    Director of Education, Melanoma Research Foundation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Judd W Moul, MD, FACS

    James H Semans MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, Director, Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Louise Perkins, PhD

    Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Thomas Polascik, MD

    Professor of Surgery, Director, Society of Urologic Oncology Program, Director, Genitourinary Program on Focal Therapy, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Salvatore J Salamone, PhD

    Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Saladax Biomedical, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Raed Samara, PhD

    Senior Global Product Manager, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • T.J. Sharpe

    Patient, Survivor, Advocate, and Author of the "Patient #1" blog
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian Soper, PhD

    Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Timothy Turnham, PhD

    Executive Director, Melanoma Research Foundation
    BIOGRAPHY

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Agenda

  • OCT 01, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Data, Data, Everywhere - Using Complexity Analysis to find coherence in Cancer Big Data

    Kenneth Buetow, PhD, FACMI
    Director of Computational Sciences and Informatics program for Complex Adaptive Systems and Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Can the World's First Animal Study Software to Emulate Clinical Trial Approaches Improve Clinical Outcome Predictability?

    Eric Ibsen
    Vice President, Studylog Systems
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Detection and sequencing of rare mutations using mutation enrichment via COLD-PCR

    Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD, DABMP
    Professor and Director, Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Director, DNA technology and SARRP pre-clinical laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Keynote Presentation (during an actual infusion!): Patient #1 - Pioneering Immunotherapy and Finding The Best, Right Treatment for Stage IV Melanoma

    T.J. Sharpe
    Patient, Survivor, Advocate, and Author of the "Patient #1" blog
    BIOGRAPHY
  • How the diagnosis of melanoma is made: clinical detection/recognition and histologic/genetic assessment
    OCT 01, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    How the diagnosis of melanoma is made: clinical detection/recognition and histologic/genetic assessment

    Whitney High, MD, JD, M.Eng
    Director of Dermatopathology (Dermatology), Associate Professor, Dermatology & Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    Powerful Tools for In vitro Fluorescent Imaging in Cancer Research

    Jackie Carville
    Marketing Director at Immunochemistry Technologies, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Engaging the Patient in the Treatment Journey

    Timothy Turnham, PhD
    Executive Director, Melanoma Research Foundation
    Shelby Moneer, MS, CHES
    Director of Education, Melanoma Research Foundation
  • OCT 01, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    RNA-editing in melanoma - Case for a sensitive analysis and interpretation platform for the resolution of a diverse molecular process and likely pathogenic variants

    Anika Joecker, PhD
    Associate Director Global Product Management NGS, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    A Case Study for Immunotherapies and Targeted Therapies

    Louise Perkins, PhD
    Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Latest clinical results in oncology drug management

    Salvatore J Salamone, PhD
    Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Saladax Biomedical, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Emerging role of liquid biopsies and NGS for biomarker discovery

    Raed Samara, PhD
    Senior Global Product Manager, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Biomarkers: An Auspicious Beginning and a Portentous Future?

    Anna Barker, PhD
    Co-Director, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Director, Transformative Healthcare Networks, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Role of microRNA-mRNA interactions in Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma, a "Sample to Insight" biological exploration

    Jean-Noel Billaud, PhD
    Senior Principal Scientist, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    SuperSelective Primers for the Multiplex Quantitation of Rare Mutant Sequences Associated with Cancer

    Fred Kramer, PhD
    Professor, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: What's New in Robotics and minimally invasive therapy for prostate cancer and prostate disease

    David Albala, MD
    Chief of Urology at Crouse Hospital and Medical Directo...
    Herbert Lepor, MD
    Urologist, NYU Langone Medical Center
  • SEP 30, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Modeling and dissecting hepatocellular carcinoma dissemination

    Brian Lewis, PhD
    Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    The Evolving Role of Image-Guided Prostate Cancer Targeting and Ablation: Moving Towards Personalized Medicine

    Rajan Gupta, MD
    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director, Abdominal I...
    Thomas Polascik, MD
    Professor of Surgery, Director, Society of Urologic Onc...
    Stacy Loeb, MD
    Assistant Professor of Urology and Population Health, N...
  • SEP 30, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

  • SEP 30, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

  • SEP 30, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Inventing Active Surveillance version 2.0

    Eric Klein, MD
    Chairman of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Lactate-driven metabolic adaptation modulates breast cancer progression

    Jennifer Molina, PhD
    Institute Research Scientist, Institute for Applied Cancer Science at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    How do I choose? Androgen Biosynthesis Inhibitor, Androgen Receptor Antagonist, or both for treatment of mCRPC?

    Lawrence Karsh MD FACS
    Director of Research, CPI & Attending Urologist, The Urology Center of Colorado
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Humanized NSGTM Mice for Evaluation of Immuno-Oncology Therapeutics

    Brian Soper, PhD
    Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Ligand-Targeted Therapies for Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

    Philip S. Low, PhD
    Director of the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Comparative genome and transcriptome analysis of small cell numbers

    Christian Korfhage, PhD
    Director, Scientific Applications: NGS & Isothermal Amplifications, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: What's New and in the News with Prostate Cancer 2015

    Judd W Moul, MD, FACS
    James H Semans MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, Director, Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Donald J. Johann, Jr. MS, MD
    Director of Informatics, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Myeloma Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Progress in detection of rare cancer mutations and Implications for treatment
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Donald J. Johann, Jr. MS, MD
    Director of Informatics, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Myeloma Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    SuperSelective Primers for the Multiplex Quantitation of Rare Mutant Sequences Associated with Cancer

    Fred Kramer, PhD
    Professor, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    RNA-editing in melanoma - Case for a sensitive analysis and interpretation platform for the resolution of a diverse molecular process and likely pathogenic variants

    Anika Joecker, PhD
    Associate Director Global Product Management NGS, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Detection and sequencing of rare mutations using mutation enrichment via COLD-PCR

    Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD, DABMP
    Professor and Director, Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Director, DNA technology and SARRP pre-clinical laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Prostate Cancer Mini-symposium
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: What's New and in the News with Prostate Cancer 2015

    Judd W Moul, MD, FACS
    James H Semans MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, Director, Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    How do I choose? Androgen Biosynthesis Inhibitor, Androgen Receptor Antagonist, or both for treatment of mCRPC?

    Lawrence Karsh MD FACS
    Director of Research, CPI & Attending Urologist, The Urology Center of Colorado
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Inventing Active Surveillance version 2.0

    Eric Klein, MD
    Chairman of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    The Evolving Role of Image-Guided Prostate Cancer Targeting and Ablation: Moving Towards Personalized Medicine

    Rajan Gupta, MD
    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director, Abdominal I...
    Thomas Polascik, MD
    Professor of Surgery, Director, Society of Urologic Onc...
    Stacy Loeb, MD
    Assistant Professor of Urology and Population Health, N...
  • SEP 30, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: What's New in Robotics and minimally invasive therapy for prostate cancer and prostate disease

    David Albala, MD
    Chief of Urology at Crouse Hospital and Medical Directo...
    Herbert Lepor, MD
    Urologist, NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Industry Speaker
  • SEP 30, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Comparative genome and transcriptome analysis of small cell numbers

    Christian Korfhage, PhD
    Director, Scientific Applications: NGS & Isothermal Amplifications, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Role of microRNA-mRNA interactions in Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma, a "Sample to Insight" biological exploration

    Jean-Noel Billaud, PhD
    Senior Principal Scientist, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Targeted, precision therapies for advanced disease
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Ligand-Targeted Therapies for Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

    Philip S. Low, PhD
    Director of the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Biomarkers: An Auspicious Beginning and a Portentous Future?

    Anna Barker, PhD
    Co-Director, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Director, Transformative Healthcare Networks, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Latest clinical results in oncology drug management

    Salvatore J Salamone, PhD
    Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Saladax Biomedical, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 1:30 PM PDT

    Data, Data, Everywhere - Using Complexity Analysis to find coherence in Cancer Big Data

    Kenneth Buetow, PhD, FACMI
    Director of Computational Sciences and Informatics program for Complex Adaptive Systems and Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Innovations in Cancer Immunotherapy
  • SEP 30, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    Humanized NSGTM Mice for Evaluation of Immuno-Oncology Therapeutics

    Brian Soper, PhD
    Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
    BIOGRAPHY
  • SEP 30, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Modeling and dissecting hepatocellular carcinoma dissemination

    Brian Lewis, PhD
    Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    Powerful Tools for In vitro Fluorescent Imaging in Cancer Research

    Jackie Carville
    Marketing Director at Immunochemistry Technologies, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cancer Metabolism
  • SEP 30, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Lactate-driven metabolic adaptation modulates breast cancer progression

    Jennifer Molina, PhD
    Institute Research Scientist, Institute for Applied Cancer Science at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The "Liquid Biopsy" : applications for blood-based noninvasive cancer diagnostics
  • OCT 01, 2015 6:00 AM PDT

    Emerging role of liquid biopsies and NGS for biomarker discovery

    Raed Samara, PhD
    Senior Global Product Manager, QIAGEN
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Melanoma Mini-Symposium
  • OCT 01, 2015 7:30 AM PDT

    A Case Study for Immunotherapies and Targeted Therapies

    Louise Perkins, PhD
    Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 9:00 AM PDT

    Engaging the Patient in the Treatment Journey

    Timothy Turnham, PhD
    Executive Director, Melanoma Research Foundation
    Shelby Moneer, MS, CHES
    Director of Education, Melanoma Research Foundation
  • How the diagnosis of melanoma is made: clinical detection/recognition and histologic/genetic assessment
    OCT 01, 2015 10:30 AM PDT

    How the diagnosis of melanoma is made: clinical detection/recognition and histologic/genetic assessment

    Whitney High, MD, JD, M.Eng
    Director of Dermatopathology (Dermatology), Associate Professor, Dermatology & Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Keynote Presentation (during an actual infusion!): Patient #1 - Pioneering Immunotherapy and Finding The Best, Right Treatment for Stage IV Melanoma

    T.J. Sharpe
    Patient, Survivor, Advocate, and Author of the "Patient #1" blog
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tools and Strategies for Improving Clinical trial outcomes and Predictive modeling
  • OCT 01, 2015 12:00 PM PDT

    Can the World's First Animal Study Software to Emulate Clinical Trial Approaches Improve Clinical Outcome Predictability?

    Eric Ibsen
    Vice President, Studylog Systems
    BIOGRAPHY

Speakers


  • David Albala, MD

    David Albala, MD

    Chief of Urology at Crouse Hospital and Medical Director for Associated Medical Professionals

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anna Barker, PhD

    Anna Barker, PhD

    Co-Director, Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Director, Transformative Healthcare Networks, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University (ASU)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jean-Noel Billaud, PhD

    Jean-Noel Billaud, PhD

    Senior Principal Scientist, QIAGEN Digital Insights

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kenneth Buetow, PhD, FACMI

    Kenneth Buetow, PhD, FACMI

    Director of Computational Sciences and Informatics program for Complex Adaptive Systems and Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jackie Carville

    Jackie Carville

    Marketing Director at Immunochemistry Technologies, LLC

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Rajan Gupta, MD

    Rajan Gupta, MD

    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program, Duke University School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Whitney High,  MD, JD, M.Eng

    Whitney High, MD, JD, M.Eng

    Director of Dermatopathology (Dermatology), Associate Professor, Dermatology & Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Ibsen

    Eric Ibsen

    Vice President, Studylog Systems

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anika Joecker, PhD

    Anika Joecker, PhD

    Associate Director Global Product Management NGS, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Lawrence Karsh MD FACS

    Lawrence Karsh MD FACS

    Director of Research, CPI & Attending Urologist, The Urology Center of Colorado

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Klein, MD

    Eric Klein, MD

    Chairman of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christian Korfhage, PhD

    Christian Korfhage, PhD

    Director, Scientific Applications: NGS & Isothermal Amplifications, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Fred Kramer, PhD

    Fred Kramer, PhD

    Professor, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Bee Na Lee, PhD

    Bee Na Lee, PhD

    Staff Application Scientist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Herbert Lepor, MD

    Herbert Lepor, MD

    Urologist, NYU Langone Medical Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian Lewis, PhD

    Brian Lewis, PhD

    Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stacy Loeb, MD

    Stacy Loeb, MD

    Assistant Professor of Urology and Population Health, NYU School of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Philip S. Low, PhD

    Philip S. Low, PhD

    Director of the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD, DABMP

    Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD, DABMP

    Professor and Director, Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Director, DNA technology and SARRP pre-clinical laboratories, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jennifer Molina, PhD

    Jennifer Molina, PhD

    Institute Research Scientist, Institute for Applied Cancer Science at MD Anderson Cancer Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Shelby Moneer,  MS, CHES

    Shelby Moneer, MS, CHES

    Director of Education, Melanoma Research Foundation

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Judd W Moul, MD, FACS

    Judd W Moul, MD, FACS

    James H Semans MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, Director, Duke Prostate Center, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Louise Perkins, PhD

    Louise Perkins, PhD

    Chief Science Officer, Melanoma Research Alliance

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Thomas Polascik, MD

    Thomas Polascik, MD

    Professor of Surgery, Director, Society of Urologic Oncology Program, Director, Genitourinary Program on Focal Therapy, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Salvatore J Salamone, PhD

    Salvatore J Salamone, PhD

    Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Saladax Biomedical, Inc.

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Raed Samara, PhD

    Raed Samara, PhD

    Senior Global Product Manager, QIAGEN

    BIOGRAPHY
  • T.J. Sharpe

    T.J. Sharpe

    Patient, Survivor, Advocate, and Author of the "Patient #1" blog

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian Soper, PhD

    Brian Soper, PhD

    Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Timothy Turnham, PhD

    Timothy Turnham, PhD

    Executive Director, Melanoma Research Foundation

    BIOGRAPHY

Sponsors & Partners

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Program Committee

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  • Joely Straseski, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP), DABCC

    Dr. Straseski is a medical director of endocrinology at ARUP Laboratories and an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her PhD in pathology and laboratory medicine and a Master's degree in bacteriology from the University of ...

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  • Vincent Mauro, Ph.D.

    Dr. Mauro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. He is also a co-founder and lead scientist of Promosome, a biotechnology company focused on bioproduction enablement and DNA vaccines. In addition, Dr ...

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  • Paul Mathews

    Dr. Paul J. Mathews received his bachelors degree from the University of Oregon where he studied invertebrate behavioral plasticity in the lab of Dr. Nathan Tublitz. He received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin under the mentorship of Dr. Nace ...

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  • Tatjana Matejic

    Tatjana is an immunologist with more than two decades of experience working at biotech and pharma companies from start-ups to large global corporations ( Pfizer,Inc. being the latest), contributing significantly to team efforts and successes of more than thirty early and clinical ...

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  • Mark Marzinke

    Mark Marzinke, PhD, DABCC earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and subsequently completed a clinical chemistry fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University in 2012. During his clinical fellowship, Dr. Marzinke focused on the development and ...

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  • Alan Maisel, MD

    Dr. Alan Maisel attended University of Michigan Medical School and did his cardiology training at the University of California at San Diego. He is currently Professor of Medicine at the University and director of the coronary care unit and the heart failure program at the ...

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  • C Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS

    Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS, is a 2012 TED Fellow and Founder & President of Rare Genomics Institute, the world's first platform to enable any community to leverage cutting-edge biotechnology to advance understanding of any rare disease. Partnering with 18 of the top medical ...

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  • Agnieszka Caruso

    Agnieszka is currently a Staff Scientist and Laboratory Manager at TessArae, LLC in Sterling, VA, USA. She obtained her PhD at the University of Queensland in Australia in a field of biochemistry, and subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Queen's University of Belfast ...

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  • Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC, FACB

    Dr. Johnson-Davis is a medical director of the Clinical Toxicology laboratory, Antifungal Testing and Immunosuppressants Testing at ARUP. Dr. Johnson-Davis received her PhD in pharmacology at the University of Utah and is board certified in clinical chemistry by the American ...

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  • Bruce Hollis, PhD

    Bruce W. Hollis, Ph.D. received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Ohio State University and subsequently his Ph.D. from the University of Guelph in 1979. Dr. Hollis then completed an Endocrine Fellowship at The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Hollis ...

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  • Michael Holick, MD, PhD

    Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics; Director of the General Clinical Research Unit; and Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Director of the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University Medical ...

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  • Ross J Molinaro, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FACB

    Ross J. Molinaro, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FACB is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University. He received his PhD in Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Medicine from Cleveland State University and completed the ComACC training ...

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  • Howard Morris, PhD, FAACB, FFSc(RCPA)

    Professor Howard Morris is Professor of Medical Sciences at the University of South Australia and a Chief Medical Scientist in Chemical Pathology at SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia. He is currently Vice-President of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry ...

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  • John Quackenbush

    John Quackenbush is Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Professor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John's PhD was in Theoretical Physics but a fellowship to work ...

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  • Alan Wright, MD

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