Exploring major topics in cancer research

We're highlighting the current leaders in their field of study.

Established scientist. Known for significant contributions to cancer research, either through a single scientific discovery or body of work. With lasting impact on the field, they have demonstrated a lifetime of commitment to progress against cancer.

Rising star. These investigators are emerging leaders, asking important, significant and often non-obvious questions. They bring fresh ideas, initiative, curiosity, flexibility and a demonstrated promise for bold new areas of cancer research.

Series organized by Svasti Haricharan, Ph.D. Dr. Haricharan focuses on the role of DNA damage repair in inducing resistance to endocrine therapy in breast cancer, particularly the role of HER2/4 in mismatch repair deficiency, and in identifying early driver mutations in breast cancer formation.
2023 Seminar Schedule
Past Seminars
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Cancer Signaling
Drs. J. Silvio Gutkind and Matt Hangauer
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Tumor Heterogeneity
Drs. Kornelia Polyak and Diwakar Ram Pattabiraman
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Autophagy and Cancer
Drs. Jayanta (Jay) Debnath and Christina (Christie) Towers
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Translational Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery
Drs. Charles L. Sawyers and Eytan Ruppin
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Pancreatic Cancer
Drs. Diane Simeone and Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta
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Tumor Dormancy
Drs. Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso and Cyrus Ghajar
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The Hippo Pathway in Cancer
Dr. Kun-Liang Guan
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Cancer Metabolism
Dr. M. Celeste Simon
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Cancer Drivers
Dr. Richard White
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The Tumor Microbiome
Drs. Thomas Gajewski and Ravid Straussman
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Microenvironment in Treatment Resistance
Drs. Marina Pasca di Magliano and Madeleine Oudin
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Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
Drs. Ashani Weeraratna and Shreya Raghavan
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Cancer Modeling
Drs. Alana Welm and Alice Soragni
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Cancer Genomics
Drs. Charles Swanton and Michael Hoffman
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Tumor Senescence
Drs. Judith Campisi and Katherine M. Aird
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Pancreatic Cancer
Drs. Rosalie Sears and Elda Grabocka
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Structural Biology of Cancer
Drs. Loren Walensky and Aashish Manglik
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Cancer Immunotherapy
Drs. Jeffrey C. Rathmell and Greg M. Delgoffe
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Precision Oncology
Drs. Eytan Ruppin and Nikhil Wagle
Recordings
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Diane Simeone, M.D. and Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, Ph.D. - May 23, 2022
Charles L. Sawyers, M.D. and Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D.. - April 25, 2022
Jayanta (Jay) Debnath, Ph.D. and Christina (Christie) Towers, Ph.D. - March 7, 2022
J. Silvio Gutkind, Ph.D. and Matt Hangauer, Ph.D. - January 31, 2022
Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D. and Nikhil Wagle, M.D. - December 6, 2021
Loren Walensky, M.D., Ph.D. and Aashish Manglik, M.D., Ph.D. - October 18, 2021
Rosalie Sears, Ph.D. and Elda Grabocka, Ph.D. - September 20, 2021
Judith Campisi, Ph.D. and Katherine Aird, Ph.D. - July 12, 2021
Charles Swanton, M.D. Ph.D., FRCP, FMedSci, FAACR, FRS and Michael Hoffman, Ph.D. - June 14, 2021
Alana Welm, Ph.D. and Alice Soragni, Ph.D. - May 10, 2021
Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D. and Shreya Raghavan, Ph.D. - April 5, 2021
Marina Pasca di Magliano, Ph.D. and Madeleine Oudin, Ph.D. - March 8, 2021
Thomas Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D. and Ravid Straussman, M.D., Ph.D. - February 8, 2021
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