7:15 - 8:00 AM Breakfast

 

8:00 - 8:10 AM Opening Remarks

 

8:10 - 9:00 AM “Targeting genomic vulnerabilities to improve ovarian cancer therapeutics”

Keynote Speaker: Ursula Matulonis, MD

 

9:10 – 9:30 AM “Functional Genomic Approaches to Understand Critical Driver Genes”
Speaker: Jeremy Chien, PhD 

 

9:35 - 9:55 AM “BRCA2 Predisposition Mutations“

Speaker: Fergus Couch, PhD

 

10:00 - 10:20 AM “Identification of ovarian cancer protein biomarkers in Pap tests”

Speaker: Amy Skubitz, PhD 

 

10:40 - 11:25 AM Flash Talks from Abstracts

 

11:35 - 12:00 PM Community Awards

 

12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch & Poster Session

 

1:30 - 1:50 PM “Basic science and clinical advances in ovarian cancer“

Speaker: Ashani Weeraratna, PhD 

 

1:55 - 2:15 PM “Recent Clinical Advances in Targeted Treatments for Endometrial Cancers”
Speaker: Matthew Powell, MD 

 

2:20 - 2:40 PM “Pearls and pitfalls of submitting a SPORE grant”

Speaker: David Mutch, MD 

 

3:00 - 3:20 PM “Targeting transposable elements to reverse ovarian cancer immune evasion”
Speaker: Kate Chiappinelli, PhD

 

3:25 - 3:45 PM “Clinical Trials”

Speaker: Andrea Wahner Hendrickson, MD

 

3:50 - 4:10 PM “Neural activity and its impact on cancer progression”
Speaker: Kathryn R. Taylor, PhD

 

4:15 – 4:20 PM Closing Remarks

4:20 - 6:00 PM Poster Session

Network with the Chairs - Graduate students are encouraged to meet with our chairs and researchers to explore post-doc opportunities. 

 

6:00 - 9:00 PM Social Event: Casino Night!

Elizabethan Room, Kahler Hotel

Dinner and Drinks Provided