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  • Nick Asbrock, B.S.

    Nick Asbrock, B.S.

    Global Product Manager for Stem Cell and 3D Cell Culture

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yan Asmann, PhD

    Yan Asmann, PhD

    Consultant, Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty development, Dept. of Quantitative Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sigrun Badrnya, PhD

    Sigrun Badrnya, PhD

    Manager Product Development, Life Sciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS

    Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS

    Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health; Director, Center for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI);

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stephanie Brunelle, Ph.D.

    Stephanie Brunelle, Ph.D.

    Product Manager, CellStream, Luminex Corporation

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sheryl Elkin, PhD

    Sheryl Elkin, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, N-of-One, A QIAGEN Company

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Simon Forbes, PhD

    Simon Forbes, PhD

    Head of COSMIC, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Katie Gillis

    Katie Gillis

    Product Manager, Microcapillary Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporation

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian E. Hall

    Brian E. Hall

    Product Manager, Image Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporation

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olaf Hardt, PhD

    Olaf Hardt, PhD

    Senior Manager of R&D, Miltenyi Biotec

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.

    Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.

    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Insights

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick M. Martin, PhD

    Patrick M. Martin, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biology, Principal Investigator, NIH Bridges-to-the-Doctorate Program, North Carolina A and T State University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Angelo Moore, PhD, RN, NE-BC

    Angelo Moore, PhD, RN, NE-BC

    Program Manager, Office of Health Equity, Duke Cancer Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI

    Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI

    Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern Medicine - Feinberg School of Medicine; Affiliate Member of Center for Global Health and Center for Community Health

    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Quackenbush, PhD

    John Quackenbush, PhD

    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Checo J. Rorie, PhD

    Checo J. Rorie, PhD

    Associate Professor/Chair of Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Seiser, PhD

    Eric Seiser, PhD

    Global Product Manager, QIAGEN Digital Insight​s

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eugene Shenderov, MD, DPhil, FACP

    Eugene Shenderov, MD, DPhil, FACP

    Assistant Professor of Oncology and Cancer Research Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Member, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

    BIOGRAPHY
OCT 6 - 7 2021

Cancer Research & Oncology Week Virtual Event Series 2021

Labroots and the Cancer Research and Oncology Planning Committee are pleased to announce the 9th Annual Event in the Cancer Research & Oncology Week Virtual Event Series! This two-day event will take place on October 6th and 7th, 2021 and will focus on advancements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of different cancer types.

Cancer research has made major advancements in diagnosis, treatments, and the basic understanding of the disease itself. Each year we see progress in immunotherapy, treatments involving nanotechnology, advances in targeted and personalized therapeutics and drug development, and a decrease in mortality rates due to a strong focus on learning more about the origination of the disease.

The tracks for this year's event include:
  • The Role of Evolution and Evolutionary Medicine in Understanding Drug and Radiation Resistance of Cancer
  • The Latest in Immunotherapy and Other Novel Cancer Therapeutics
  • Health Disparities: How Cancer Impacts the Underrepresented and Underserved
  • Integrating Genetics into Standard of Care and Precision Medicine
  • The Role of the Tumor Stromal Microenvironment in Tumor Dormancy and Resistance to Therapy

Call for Posters — Virtual poster sessions offer the opportunity to present data to a global audience via a PDF poster and video summary and discuss results with interested colleagues through email. Plan now to have your poster included in the 2021 Cancer Research and Oncology Virtual Event. Submission is free. Submit your abstract here.

Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open for 2 years from the date of the live event, and the webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.  This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.

Continuing Education
Labroots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 35 credits.

Use #LRcancer to follow the conversation!



Speakers
  • Nick Asbrock, B.S.

    Global Product Manager for Stem Cell and 3D Cell Culture
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Yan Asmann, PhD

    Consultant, Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty development, Dept. of Quantitative Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sigrun Badrnya, PhD

    Manager Product Development, Life Sciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS

    Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health; Director, Center for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI);
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Stephanie Brunelle, Ph.D.

    Product Manager, CellStream, Luminex Corporation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Sheryl Elkin, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, N-of-One, A QIAGEN Company
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Simon Forbes, PhD

    Head of COSMIC, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Katie Gillis

    Product Manager, Microcapillary Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Brian E. Hall

    Product Manager, Image Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Olaf Hardt, PhD

    Senior Manager of R&D, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.

    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Patrick M. Martin, PhD

    Associate Professor of Biology, Principal Investigator, NIH Bridges-to-the-Doctorate Program, North Carolina A and T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Angelo Moore, PhD, RN, NE-BC

    Program Manager, Office of Health Equity, Duke Cancer Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI

    Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern Medicine - Feinberg School of Medicine; Affiliate Member of Center for Global Health and Center for Community Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • John Quackenbush, PhD

    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Checo J. Rorie, PhD

    Associate Professor/Chair of Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eric Seiser, PhD

    Global Product Manager, QIAGEN Digital Insight​s
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Eugene Shenderov, MD, DPhil, FACP

    Assistant Professor of Oncology and Cancer Research Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Member, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY

Agenda

  • Examining the Chemotherapeutic Potential of Rosehip Plant Extracts in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

    Patrick M. Martin, PhD
    Associate Professor of Biology, Principal Investigator, NIH Bridges-to-the-Doctorate Program, North Carolina A and T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Neoantigen Vaccines for Personalized Immunotherapy

    Yan Asmann, PhD
    Consultant, Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty development, Dept. of Quantitative Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 07, 2021 1:30 PM PDT

    Harnessing Insight from Real-world Oncology Cases and QIAGEN Knowledge to Annotate Variants and Assess Prevalence: Introducing a New Somatic Database-Our Best Kept Secret

    Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.
    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • OCT 07, 2021 12:00 PM PDT

    Panel Presentation: Oncology Variant Interpretation Just Got More Precise

    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
    Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.
    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Ins...
    Sheryl Elkin, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, N-of-One, A QIAGEN Company
  • OCT 07, 2021 10:30 AM PDT

    Advances in High-Throughput Drug Screening Using TrueGel3D® HTS Hydrogel 3D Cell Culture Plates

    Nick Asbrock, B.S.
    Global Product Manager for Stem Cell and 3D Cell Culture
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma
  • OCT 07, 2021 9:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cancer Research: The Promise of Stakeholder Engagement

    Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
    Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health; Director, Center for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI);
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 07, 2021 7:30 AM PDT

    Uncover All Hallmarks of Cancer with Multiplex Gene and Protein Assays Using Luminex Technology

    Sigrun Badrnya, PhD
    Manager Product Development, Life Sciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Precision Care and Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer

    Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI
    Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern Medicine - Feinberg School of Medicine; Affiliate Member of Center for Global Health and Center for Community Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Using Networks to Understand Cancer Risk and Therapies

    John Quackenbush, PhD
    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 06, 2021 1:30 PM PDT

    Putting the Pieces Together, from Variant Calling to Biological Insights - A Lynch Syndrome Case Study

    Eric Seiser, PhD
    Global Product Manager, QIAGEN Digital Insight​s
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • OCT 06, 2021 12:00 PM PDT

    Panel Presentation: Luminex Imaging and Flow Cytometry in Immuno-Oncology

    Katie Gillis
    Product Manager, Microcapillary Flow Cytometry, Luminex...
    Brian E. Hall
    Product Manager, Image Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporat...
    Stephanie Brunelle, Ph.D.
    Product Manager, CellStream, Luminex Corporation
  • OCT 06, 2021 10:30 AM PDT

    Early Identification of Target Candidates for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Immunotherapy

    Olaf Hardt, PhD
    Senior Manager of R&D, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec
  • OCT 06, 2021 9:00 AM PDT

    Monitoring Tumor Microenvironment Immunotherapeutic Impact in Heterogeneous Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Spatial Transcriptomics, and a Novel Therapeutic Target B7-H3

    Eugene Shenderov, MD, DPhil, FACP
    Assistant Professor of Oncology and Cancer Research Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Member, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies
  • Keynote Presentation: Why History Matters When Addressing Health Disparities
    OCT 06, 2021 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Why History Matters When Addressing Health Disparities

    Angelo Moore, PhD, RN, NE-BC
    Program Manager, Office of Health Equity, Duke Cancer Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 06, 2021 6:00 AM PDT

    COSMIC: Describing Millions of Somatic Mutations at High Resolution Across Every Form of Cancer Underpins Precision Oncology Research

    Simon Forbes, PhD
    Head of COSMIC, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • Exploring Breast Cancer Health Disparities in African American Women

    Exploring Breast Cancer Health Disparities in African American Women

    Checo J. Rorie, PhD
    Associate Professor/Chair of Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Health Disparities: How Cancer Impacts the Underrepresented and Underserved
  • Exploring Breast Cancer Health Disparities in African American Women

    Exploring Breast Cancer Health Disparities in African American Women

    Checo J. Rorie, PhD
    Associate Professor/Chair of Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Keynote Presentation: Why History Matters When Addressing Health Disparities
    OCT 06, 2021 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Why History Matters When Addressing Health Disparities

    Angelo Moore, PhD, RN, NE-BC
    Program Manager, Office of Health Equity, Duke Cancer Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Precision Care and Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer

    Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI
    Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern Medicine - Feinberg School of Medicine; Affiliate Member of Center for Global Health and Center for Community Health
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Using Networks to Understand Cancer Risk and Therapies

    John Quackenbush, PhD
    Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 07, 2021 9:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cancer Research: The Promise of Stakeholder Engagement

    Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
    Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health; Director, Center for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI);
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Integrating Genetics into Standard of Care and Precision Medicine
  • OCT 06, 2021 6:00 AM PDT

    COSMIC: Describing Millions of Somatic Mutations at High Resolution Across Every Form of Cancer Underpins Precision Oncology Research

    Simon Forbes, PhD
    Head of COSMIC, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • OCT 07, 2021 1:30 PM PDT

    Harnessing Insight from Real-world Oncology Cases and QIAGEN Knowledge to Annotate Variants and Assess Prevalence: Introducing a New Somatic Database-Our Best Kept Secret

    Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.
    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Insights
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • Neoantigen Vaccines for Personalized Immunotherapy

    Yan Asmann, PhD
    Consultant, Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty development, Dept. of Quantitative Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Integrating Genetics into Standard of Care and Precision Medicine
    • OCT 06, 2021 1:30 PM PDT

      Putting the Pieces Together, from Variant Calling to Biological Insights - A Lynch Syndrome Case Study

      Eric Seiser, PhD
      Global Product Manager, QIAGEN Digital Insight​s
      BIOGRAPHY
      Sponsored By: QIAGEN
  • The Latest in Immunotherapy and Other Novel Cancer Therapeutics
  • OCT 06, 2021 9:00 AM PDT

    Monitoring Tumor Microenvironment Immunotherapeutic Impact in Heterogeneous Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Spatial Transcriptomics, and a Novel Therapeutic Target B7-H3

    Eugene Shenderov, MD, DPhil, FACP
    Assistant Professor of Oncology and Cancer Research Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Member, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: NanoString Technologies
  • OCT 06, 2021 10:30 AM PDT

    Early Identification of Target Candidates for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Immunotherapy

    Olaf Hardt, PhD
    Senior Manager of R&D, Miltenyi Biotec
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: Miltenyi Biotec
  • OCT 06, 2021 12:00 PM PDT

    Panel Presentation: Luminex Imaging and Flow Cytometry in Immuno-Oncology

    Katie Gillis
    Product Manager, Microcapillary Flow Cytometry, Luminex...
    Brian E. Hall
    Product Manager, Image Flow Cytometry, Luminex Corporat...
    Stephanie Brunelle, Ph.D.
    Product Manager, CellStream, Luminex Corporation
  • OCT 07, 2021 7:30 AM PDT

    Uncover All Hallmarks of Cancer with Multiplex Gene and Protein Assays Using Luminex Technology

    Sigrun Badrnya, PhD
    Manager Product Development, Life Sciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific
    BIOGRAPHY
  • OCT 07, 2021 12:00 PM PDT

    Panel Presentation: Oncology Variant Interpretation Just Got More Precise

    Sponsored By: QIAGEN
    Beate Litzenburger, Ph.D.
    Global Product Director of Oncology, QIAGEN Digital Ins...
    Sheryl Elkin, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, N-of-One, A QIAGEN Company
  • Examining the Chemotherapeutic Potential of Rosehip Plant Extracts in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

    Patrick M. Martin, PhD
    Associate Professor of Biology, Principal Investigator, NIH Bridges-to-the-Doctorate Program, North Carolina A and T State University
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The Role of Evolution and Evolutionary Medicine in Understanding Drug and Radiation Resistance of Cancer
  • OCT 07, 2021 10:30 AM PDT

    Advances in High-Throughput Drug Screening Using TrueGel3D® HTS Hydrogel 3D Cell Culture Plates

    Nick Asbrock, B.S.
    Global Product Manager for Stem Cell and 3D Cell Culture
    BIOGRAPHY
    Sponsored By: MilliporeSigma

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  • Jonas Korlach

    Jonas Korlach was appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Pacific Biosciences in July 2012. He was previously a Scientific Fellow, supporting commercial development of the PacBio RS II system and performing research aimed at developing new applications for SMRT technologies. He ...

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  • Keith Knutson

    Keith L. Knutson, Ph.D., is a consultant in the Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic in Florida, where he also serves as director of the Discovery and Translation Lab's Cancer Research Program. Dr. Knutson joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 2005 and holds the academic rank of ...

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  • Rajan Gupta

    Dr. Rajan T. Gupta, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology in the Division of Abdominal Imaging at Duke University Medical Center, as well as the Director of the Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program and a Faculty physician in the Duke Cancer Institute. Since 2009, he has been ...

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  • Antonio Baines

    Dr. Antonio T. Baines is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and an adjunct professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill. He earned a ...

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