Workshop on
FOUNDATIONS OF PANCREATIC CANCER
June 16 - 22, 2011
Application Deadline: April 15, 2011

Arranged by :
Dafna Bar-Sagi, New York University Medical Center
Anirban Maitra, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David Tuveson, Cambridge Research Institute, UK

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers - tumors are often diagnosed at advanced stages of the disease and metastasize rapidly. This one week discussion course will provide a comprehensive overview of clinical and biological aspects of pancreatic cancer with special emphasis on disease diagnosis and management, molecular pathways involved in tumor development and progression, mechanism-based therapeutic strategies, advanced research tools, and ethical concerns. Attendees will be able to interact with senior investigators on a one-to-one basis in an informal environment. Non-faculty students may be eligible for partial stipends, depending on stated need. Applications are invited from medical and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.

Topics include:

- Organ Overview: Anatomy, Physiology
- Clinical Aspects of Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment
- Molecular Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer: Gene signatures, Pre-Disposition Syndromes
- Pathobiology of Pancreatic Cancer: Pathways, Cell of Origin, Tumor Microenvironment
- Tools and techniques: Mouse Models, Imaging, Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Bioinformatics
- Therapeutics: Target identification and validation, Pre-clincial studies, Clinical Trial design
- Resources: Biobanks, Funding Strategies

Confirmed Speakers:
Elizabeth Garrett-Mayers, Medical University of South Carolina
Michael Goggins, Johns Hopkins University
William Hahn, Harvard Medical School
Matthias Hebrok, University of California, San Francisco
Tony Hollingsworth, University of Nebraska
Kim Kelly, University of Virginia
Hedy Kindler, University of Chicago
Craig Logsdon, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel Longnecker, Dartmouth Medical School
Alex Megibow, New York University
Akhilesh Pandey, Johns Hopkins University
Jon Pollack, Stanford University
Diane Simeone, University of Michigan
Barbara Spalholz, National Cancer Institute
Margaret Tempero, University of California, San Francisco
Donna Vogel, John Hopkins University
Bob Vonderheide, University of Pennsylvania
Anna Wu, University of California, Los Angeles

The workshop will begin on the morning of June 16 (students are strongly encouraged to arrive on the afternoon or evening of June 15) and end by lunchtime on June 22. The workshop will be held at the Laboratory’s Banbury Conference Center located on the north shore of Long Island. All participants stay in easy walk of the Center, close to tennis court, pool and private beach.

Selection criteria for attendance at the workshop will be similar to that for regular Cold Spring Harbor courses. Limited financial support is available but will not influence the selection process. Workshop students are expected to stay for the duration of the course.