Mechanisms & Models of Cancer
August 16 - 20, 2006
Abstract Deadline: May 24, 2006

Please note that the meeting is currently oversubscribed.
If you choose to register you will be placed on a waitlist and notified of availability.

Organizers:
Jacqueline Lees, MIT Center for Cancer Research
Scott Lowe, HHMI/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Charles Sawyers, HHMI/University of California, Los Angeles
Charles Sherr, HHMI/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Past Program

You are cordially invited to participate in the sixth biennial meeting on Mechanisms & Models of Cancer to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. The meeting will begin on Wednesday, August 16, 2006, and will conclude with lunch on Sunday, August 20. The specific goal of this conference is to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, genetic, biochemical and animal model approaches to the analysis of cancer. Junior and senior researchers will join to discuss their latest research findings and technical approaches toward the analysis of cancer models and mechanisms.

The format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions consisting of eight or nine 15-minute talks per session, selected from the abstracts, principally on unpublished work. In addition, there will be two poster sessions, held in the afternoons. The organizers will decide the suitability of each abstract for oral or poster presentation, but please specify if you prefer a poster.  

Topics:
• Tumor-Initiating Cells
• Cancer Signaling Pathways
• Tumor Growth & Metabolism
• Cell Cycle & DNA Damage Checkpoints
• Senescence & Apoptosis
• Tumor Microenvironment & Metastasis
• Genomic Analysis: New Genes &Therapeutic Response
• Therapeutics: New Targets

Keynote Speakers:
Robert Eisenman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Michael Kastan, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Discussion Leaders :
James Allison, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Alan Ashworth, Institute of Cancer Research, UK
Laura Attardi, Stanford University School of Medicine
Anton Berns, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands
Mina Bissell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Judith Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
Stephen Elledge, Harvard Medical School
Gerard Evan, University of California, San Francisco
Peter Lamb, Exelixis
Benjamin Neel, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Luis Parada, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Jean Wang, University of California, San Diego
Karen Vousden, Institute of Cancer Research, UK

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in August.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
National Cancer Institute

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.