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Spring Steelman Symposium: Defeating RAS, the beating heart of cancer

May 12 @ 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm

This half-day symposium will highlight recent advances in RAS signaling and targeted therapeutics, and honor Channing J. Der, PhD, who has made seminal contributions to the RAS field beginning with his discovery of activated RAS oncogenes in human cancers.

Der will deliver the Steelman Distinguished Lectureship at the conclusion of the symposium.

Invited keynote speakers include:

  • Andrew J. Aguirre MD, PhD (Harvard Medical School / Dana Farber Cancer Institute)
  • David S. Hong, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  • Mallika Singh, PhD (Revolution Medicines)

Additionally, Der Lab alumni talks will be delivered by:

  • Tikvah K. Hayes, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  • Clint A. Stalnecker, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Please register to attend by April 24.

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Contact Name
Mimi Baltz
Contact Email/Phone
my.le@unc.edu