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2023 - 2024 Genitourinary Oncology Seminar Series

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September 28, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

Prostate Cancer Theranostics

Wolfgang Weber, MD
Chair, Department of Nuclear Medicine
Technical University Munich

 


October 5, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
When the Square Became a Sphere: A Pathologist’s Journey
 
Lawrence True, MD
Professor of Pathology
University of Washington

October 12, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

Clinical Biomarkers and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

Dimitra Bakaloudi, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Washington

October 19, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Michael Haffner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Biology Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

 


November 2, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Wayne Tilley, PhD
Director, Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories
University of Adelaide

November 9, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Colin Pritchard, MD, PhD
Director, Genetics & Solid Tumors Laboratory
University of Washington

November 16, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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November 30, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Michael Schweizer, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
University of Washington

December 7, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

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Kent Mouw, MD, PhD
Assitant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Harvard Medical School

December 14, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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Burcu Darst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Heath Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

 


December 21, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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January 4, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite

 

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Elizabeth Keohne, MD
Acting Instuctor, Urologic Oncology
University of Washington
 
 

January 11, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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January 18, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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January 25, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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February 1, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Evan Yu, MD
Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
University of Washington

 


February 8, 2024
5:00-6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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February 15, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

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Veda Giri, MD, PhD
Division Chief, Clinical Cancer genetics
Yale School of Medicine

February 22, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Amir Iravani, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
University of Washington

 


February 29, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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March 7, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

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Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Urology, Biochemisty and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

March 14, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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March 21, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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March 28, 2023
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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April 4, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

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David Solit, MD
Professor of Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

April 11, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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April 18, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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April 25, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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May 2, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Pelton Auditorium
 

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Matthew Galsky, MD
Professor of Hematology and Oncology
Mount Sinai

 


May 9, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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May 16, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Jessica Hawley, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology
University of Washington

 


May 23, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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May 30, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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June 6, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 

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Jonathan Wright, MD, MD, FACS
Professor of Urology
University of Washington

 


June 13, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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June 20, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Sze Conference Suite
 
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Past Seminars

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September 21, 2023

On the Shoulders of Giants: Identifying Prostate Cancer Vulnerabilities Using New models and Genome-scale Tools

Peter S. Nelson, MD
Director, Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

June 1, 2023
 
Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab with Neutron Radiation in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma + Updates on Ultra-high Dose Rate Radiation (FLASH) Research
Jing Zeng, MD

Associate Professor, University of Washington

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May 25, 2023
 
Nondestructive 3D Pathology and Analysis for Precision Medicine
Jonathan Liu,  PhD

Professor, University of Washington

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May 18, 2023
 
Characterizing Personalized Risk Vs. Resiliency & the Development of a Prehabilitation Program for Patients with Urologic Cancers
Joshi Alumkal, MD

Professor, University of Michigan

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May 11, 2023

 

Community-Partnered and Patient-Centered Approaches to Addressing Inequities in Prostate Cancer Care among Black Individuals

Yaw Nyame, MD, MS, MBA

Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center


May 4, 2023
 
Characterizing Personalized Risk Vs. Resiliency & the Development of a Prehabilitation Program for Patients with Urologic Cancers
Sarah Psutka, MD

Associate Professor, University of Washington

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April 27, 2023
 
Exploiting DNA Damage Repair Alterations in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Heather Cheng, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Washington

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April 20, 2023
 
Biomolecular Condensates and Stress Adaptation in Cancer
Syam Somasekharan, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

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April 13, 2023
 
Exploiting DNA Damage Repair Alterations in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Ruben Raychaudhuri, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fred Hutch

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April 6, 2023
 
Urologic Cancer Care in the WWAMI Catchment
John Gore, MD
Professor, University of Washington

 

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March 30, 2023
 
Common and Rare Germline Genetic Contributions to Overall and Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk
Elizabeth Wasmuth, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Texas San Antonio
March 23, 2023
 
Leveraging Insights into PSMA Biology to Optimize PSMA Directed Therapies
Michael Haffner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

 

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March 9, 2023
 
Improving Quality in Cancer Care: Addressing Access to Care and Reducing Disparities in GU Oncology
Evan Yu, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
 
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March 2, 2023  
 
New Approaches in the Treatment of Bladder Cancer
Jonathan Rosenberg, MD
Chief, GU Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
February 23, 2023
 
Effects of the Great Oxygenation Event and Other Metabolic Interventions for Prostate Cancer
Stephen Plymate, MD
Professor, University of Washington
February 16, 2023
 
Common and Rare Germline Genetic Contributions to Overall and Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk
Burcu Darst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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February 9, 2023
 
Association of Steroid Levels with Response to Hormonal Vs. Chemo-Hormonal therapy in Prostate Cancer
Elahe Mostaghel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Washington
 
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February 2, 2023  
 
The Dilemma of T1 NBIBC
Sima Porten, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco
 
 

 

January 26, 2023
 
Bipolar Androgen Therapy v2.0: Updates and Future Directions
Michael Schweizer, MD
Associate Professor, University of Washington
 
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January 19, 2023
 
Exploration of Novel Therapy for Patients with Thoracic and GU Cancers
Lingbin Meng, MD, PhD  
Moffitt Cancer Center
 
 
January 12, 2023
 
Improving Quality in Cancer Care: Addressing Access to Care and Reducing Disparities in GU Oncology
Hiba Khan, MD
Fred Hutch
 
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January 5, 2023
 
Variant Histology
Fed Ghali, PhD and Rafee Talukder, PhD
University of Washington
 
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December 15, 2022   
 
Chromatin Variants Identify Cancer Drivers in the Repetitive Genome
Mathieu Lupien, PhD  
Professor, University of Toronto
 
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December 8, 2022   
 
Tumor Cell-intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants for Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
Li Xin, PhD
Professor, University of Washington
 
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November 17, 2022   
 
Effects of Fluid Shear Stress on Circulating Tumor Cells
Michael Henry, PhD  
Professor, University of Iowa
 
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November 3, 2022
 
 
The Transformative Journey Towards Precision Pathology: Challenges and Opportunities
George Netto, MD
Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham
 
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October 20, 2022   
 
Deciphering and Exploiting Genomic and Metabolic Alterations in Prostate Cancer
Ian Mills, PhD  
Professor, University of Oxford
 
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October 13, 2022   
 
New Therapeutic Discoveries and Mechanisms for Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
Kathleen Kelly, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Genitourinary Cancer Pathogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
 
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October 6, 2022
 
Updates on the UW/Fred Hutch bladder cancer program; Bladder Cancer Rapid Autopsy
Andrew Hsieh, MD, and Ming Lam, PhD
University of Washington/Fred Hutch
 
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September 29, 2022
 
Modelling and Targeting CRPC or NEPC progression from Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer
Yuzhuo Wang, PhD, FCAHS,
Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer Research Center
 
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September 22, 2022
 
Dual Targeting of HDAC and PI3K in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
John K. Lee, MD, PhD     
Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington
 
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September 15, 2022
 
Prostate Cancer 2022: The Bright Road Ahead
Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH                                     
Professor, University of California San Francisco
 
 
September 8, 2022
 
Building a Prostate Cancer Dependency Map
Peter Nelson, MD                                   
Director, Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE
 
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Past Seminars

 

June 23,2022

Defining the Roles of Genetic Factors in the Cellular Reprogramming of Androgen Receptor-Active Prostate Cancer to Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer                                                                            Shan Li, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

June 23, 2022

Potent Stimulation of the Androgen Receptor Instigates a Viral Mimicry Response in Prostate Cancer                                                                                                                                                                        Reza Ghodsi, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

June 16, 2022

2022 ASCO Updates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Michael Schweizer, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Assistant Professor, University of Washington

June 9, 2022

Androgen Receptor Regulation of Luminal and Non-Luminal Cell Identities in Prostate Cancer                                                                                                                                                                       Stephanie Harmon, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health

June 2, 2022

ADUX4 and the Elusive Cancer Stem Cell                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Stephen Tapscott, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

May 26, 2022

Androgen Receptor Regulation of Luminal and Non-Luminal Cell Identities in Prostate Cancer                                                                                                                                                                                   Scott Dehm, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

May 12, 2022

HOXB13 Alters Chromatin Accessibility in Prostate Cancer Through Interactions with the SWI/SNF Complex                                                                                                                                                  Nathan Lack, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

May 5, 2022

Exploring Bladder Cancer Biology in Mouse and Man                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                William Kim, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Professor, University of North Carolina

April 28, 2022

Architectural Diversity of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Michael Cox, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Professor, University of British Columbia

April 21, 2022

The Microbiome as a Mediator of Prostate Carcinogenesis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Karen Sfanos, MS, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine

April 14, 2022

Overcoming Resistance Mechanisms of AR-targeted Therapy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Allen Gao, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Professor, University of California Davis

April 7, 2022

The Golden Age is Now — The Evolution of Multidisciplinary Care in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Noah M. Hahn, M.D.
Professor, Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute

March 17, 2022

Cellular Heterogeneity in the Therapeutic Resistance and Disease Progression of Prostate Cancer – A Pathologist’s Perspective                                                                                                               Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Professor, Duke University

March 10, 2022

Protein Control Using Targeted Degradation Approaches                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Benham Nabet, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

March 3, 2022

The (R)evolution in Urothelial Cancer Treatment Changng Practice via Collaborative Research
Petros Grivas, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division Medical Oncology, University of Washington
Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

February 17, 2022

Novel Insights in Prostate Cancer Growth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hannelore Heemers, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic/Lerner Research Institute

February 10, 2022

Germline Genetic Factors as Predictors of Prostate Cancer Risk in Multi-Ancestry Populations                                                                                                                                                                                     Burcu Darst, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

February 3, 2022

Investigating Genetic Determinants of Bladder Cancer and New Therapeutic Approaches                                                                                                                                                                                         John K. Lee, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

January 27, 2022

Functional Genomics of Untranslated Regions in Prostate Cancer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Samantha Schuster                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             PhD Candidate, University of Washington                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Andrew Hsieh MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

January 20, 2022

Precision Medicine with DNA-targeted Therapies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Yves Pommier, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health

January 13, 2022

TP53 Germline Mutations Are Associated with Prostate Cancer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Kara Maxwell, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Associate Professor, Penn Medicine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Colin Pritchard, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Director, Genetics and Solid Tumors Laboratory, University of Washington

January 6, 2022

mTOR Signaling Effects in Urothelial Carcinoma                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Donna Hansell, MD, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Professor, Oregon Health and Science University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

December 2, 2021

Artificial General Intelligence: A Profoundly Disruptive Approach to Unmet Needs in Health and Wellness.                                                                                                                                                          Craig Mundie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          CEO, Mundie &Associates

November 18, 2021

Phenotype to Targeted Therapy: Problems and Pathways to Drug Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Stephen Plymate, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Professor, University of Washington

November 4, 2021

Exploiting Urine Derived DNA for the Assessment of Bladder Cancer Using High Accuracy Sequencing
Scott R. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Washington

October 21, 2021

Developmental Pathways and Prostate Cancer: The Role of HOXB13 Binding Partners in Prostate Progression                                                                                                                                                 Donald Vander Griend, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

October 14, 2021

Longitudinal Single-Cell Analysis Of Metastases From Men With mHSPC Treated with ADT and Anti-PD1                                                                                                                                                       Jessica Hawley, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Assistant Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

October 7, 2021

Germline-Somatic Interactions in UC Genomes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Bishoy Faltas, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

September 30, 2021

Widening the aperture: A role for T cell intrinsic androgen receptor activity                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Amy  Moran, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Science University

September 23, 2021

Cellular Plasticity in Prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Amina Zoubeidi, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Professor, University of British Columbia

September 16, 2021

Deciphering the Mechanism of Lineage Plasticity-Driven AR Therapy Resistance at Single Cell Resolution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Ping Mu, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

September 9, 2021

Convergent Evolution and the Origins of Lethal Cancer:  the Polyaneuploid Cancer Cell State                                                                                                                                                                                          Kenneth Pienta, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine

September 2, 2021

Molecular Classification of Prostate Cancer: Insights for Precision Oncology
Pete Nelson, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Director, Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE