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20th Annual Cancer Research Symposium

June 17, 2022 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join us for the 20th Annual Cancer Research Symposium hosted by MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

The Koch Institute on the National Stage

Francis Collins, Science Advisor to the President and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Ned Sharpless, Director of the National Cancer Institute
Matthew Vander Heiden, Director of the Koch Institute

Convergent Science and Future Science

Angela Koehler, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Biological Engineering and Koch Institute
Kristin Knouse, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Biology and Koch Institute
Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Biology and Koch Institute
Joelle Straehla, Charles W. (1955) and Jennifer C. Johnson Clinical Investigator, Koch Institute
Yadira Soto-Feliciano, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Biology and Koch Institute

Panelists:

Sangeeta Bhatia, John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Susan Hockfield, MIT President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience
Robert S. Langer, David H. Koch Institute (1962) Professor and Professor of Chemical Engineering
Phillip A. Sharp, Institute Professor and Professor of Biology

Where are they now? Welcoming back our alumni

Shawn Davidson, Associate Research Scholar, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
Aviv Regev, Head, Genentech Research and Early Development, Roche
Giovanni Traverso, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

Details

Date:
June 17, 2022
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Website:
https://ki.mit.edu/events/symposia/summer/2022

Venue

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
500 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142 United States