Mechanisms & Models of Cancer
August 13 - 17, 2008
Abstract Deadline: May 21, 2008

Organizers:
Dafna Bar-Sagi, New York University Medical Center
Ronald DePinho, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jacqueline Lees, MIT Center for Cancer Research
Charles Sherr, HHMI/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Past Program

You are cordially invited to participate in the seventh biennial meeting on Mechanisms & Models of Cancer to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. The meeting will begin on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, and will conclude with lunch on Sunday, August 17. 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evening sessions consisting of eight or nine 15-minute talks per session, selected from the abstracts, principally on unpublished work.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.  

Keynote Speakers:
Scott Lowe, HHMI/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
M. Celeste Simon, University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Topics & Discussion Leaders:
• Cancer Genetics & Epigenetics
Lynda Chin, Harvard Medical School
Dean Felsher, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Mouse Models of Cancer
Guillermina Lozano, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Terry Van Dyke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Stem Cells and Organismal Development
Sean Morrison, University of Michigan
Tyler Jacks, HHMI/MIT
• Signaling Mechanisms
Jeffrey Settleman, Harvard Medical School
Reuben Shaw, The Salk Institute
• Microenvironment & Inflammation
Kornelia Polyak, Dana Farber Cancer Center
Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco
• Experimental Therapeutics
Susan Horwitz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
William Weiss, University of California, San Francisco
• DNA Damage and Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Jiri Lukas, Danish Cancer Society Denmark
Helen Piwnica-Worms, HHMI/Washington University
• Senescence & Apoptosis
Laura Attardi, Stanford University
Moshe Oren, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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.

Major support for this conference is provided by:
Merck Research Laboratories
National Cancer Institute

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to meetings@cshl.edu and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.

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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.