The Jackson Laboratory Third Annual Cancer Mini Symposium

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Time and Date

9am-3pm, Thursday, November 5, 2009

Location

Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, 10950 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California.

9:00am
Registration and coffee

9:20am
Welcome and Introduction

9:30-10:30am
George Vande Woude, PhD,
Distinguished Scientific Fellow and Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology,
Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
Targeting c-MET in Human Cancer

10:30 - 11:30am 
Gerrit Los, PhD,
Senior Director Cancer Biology,
Pfizer Global Research and Development, San Diego, CA
Linking Mouse Models to Cancer Drug Discovery and Development

11:30 - Noon 
Neal Goodwin, PhD,
Program Director, Cancer, JAX® In Vivo Services,
The Jackson Laboratory, Sacramento, CA

The JAX Clinical Trials in the Mouse Program

Noon - 1:00pm
Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm 
Cy Stein, MD, PhD,
Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director of Medical Genitourinary Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
It's Not Your Father's Oligonucleotides Anymore: New Clinical Results and Delivery Concepts

2:00 - 3:00pm 
Kit Lam, MD, PhD,
Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of Hematology Oncology,
UC Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA
From Combinatorial Chemistry to Nanoparticles to Cancer Therapy

 

Important Information
There is no charge to attend this event, but seating is limited. The venue does charge for parking.

Registration for this event is now closed.