Focus On Seminar Series

Exploring Major Topics in Cancer Research

We’re Highlighting the Current Leaders in their Field of Study

Established scientists. 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 stars. 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.

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2026 Upcoming Seminar Schedule

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Past Seminars

Recordings

View Past Seminars

When you can’t join us a for a live event, these videos are made available as soon after the seminar as possible.

• Pancreatic Cancer – 2022 Diane Simeone, MD and Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD – May 23, 2022
• Translational Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery Charles L. Sawyers, MD and Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD. – April 25, 2022
• Autophagy and Cancer Jayanta (Jay) Debnath, PhD and Christina (Christie) Towers, PhD – March 7, 2022
• Cancer Signaling J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD and Matt Hangauer, PhD – January 31, 2022
• Precision Oncology Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD and Nikhil Wagle, MD – December 6, 2021
• Structural Biology of Cancer Loren Walensky, MD, PhD and Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD – October 18, 2021
• Pancreatic Cancer – 2021 Rosalie Sears, PhD and Elda Grabocka, PhD – September 20, 2021
• Tumor Senescence Judith Campisi, PhD and Katherine Aird, PhD – July 12, 2021
• Cancer Genomics Charles Swanton, MD PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, FAACR, FRS and Michael Hoffman, PhD – June 14, 2021
• Cancer Modeling Alana Welm, PhD and Alice Soragni, PhD – May 10, 2021
• Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Ashani Weeraratna, PhD and Shreya Raghavan, PhD – April 5, 2021
• Microenvironment in Treatment Resistance Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD and Madeleine Oudin, PhD – March 8, 2021
• The Tumor Microbiome Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD and Ravid Straussman, MD, PhD – February 8, 2021

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