#  Annual Spring Symposium 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 31, 2023** 

 01:00PM - 06:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **TMEC 227 & TMEC Atrium**  



 

 



 

##  Annual Spring Symposium  
  
featuring Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Poster Competition  


##  **[REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND](https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NVOoRYlhVzpzIa)**  


##  **ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM | 1pm TMEC 227**

Sort    **SEMINARS**

 

    **TMEC 227**

 

    **1-1:05pm**

 

  **Introduction & Welcome**

 

    **1:05-2:05pm**

 

  **Single-Cell Landscape of Melanoma Progression: Insights and Career Reflection**

 Ajit Nirmal, PhD

 

    **2:05-2:15pm**

 

  **Improving the efficacy of KRAS inhibitors in lung cancer by co-targeting a MYC-eIF4A survival axis**

 Francesca Nardi, Karen Cichowski Lab

 

    **2:15-2:25pm**

 

  **Epigenetic and oncogenic inhibitors drive differentiation and death in KRAS mutant colorectal cancers**

 Patrick Loi, PhD, former graduate student, Karen Cichowski Lab

 

    **2:25-2:35pm**

 

  Break

 

    **2:35-2:45pm**

 

  **Cholesterol biosynthesis inhibition selectively synergizes with AKT inhibition in TNBC**

 Alissandra Hillis, PhD, former graduate student, Alex Toker Lab

 

    **2:45-2:55pm**

 

  **Functional diversification of plant small molecules by the gut microbiome tunes intestinal homeostasis**

 Gavin Kuziel, Seth Rakoff-Nahoum Lab

 

    **2:55-3:55pm**

 

  **How it started, how it’s going: Targeting the Lymphatic Microenvironment to Inhibit Metastasis**

 Jessalyn Ubellacker, PhD, MPH, MA

 

    **KGCRF POSTER COMPETITION & RECEPTION**

 

    **TMEC Atrium**

 

    **4:00-6:00pm**

 

  KGCRF Poster Competition & Reception

 

    **6:15pm**

 

  KGCRF Poster Competition Winners Announcement

 

 



##  **KGCRF POSTER COMPETITION | 4pm TMEC Atrium**

 Four professional development awards available, in the amount of $1,000 each:

- **up to & including G3s:** KGCRF Rising Young Scientist Award x2
- **G4s & up:** KGCRF Early Career Investigator Award x2

 **INFO ON ELIGIBILITY & HOW TO PARTICIPATE**  
All GSAS graduate students working in the field of cancer biology are eligible to participate.

 To participate in the KGCRF Poster Competition – **SIGN UP HERE** at your earliest convenience and no later than **Friday May 19** and provide us with your working title and a short abstract.

 **POSTER GUIDELINES & TEMPLATE**  
30x40  
300dpi  
you can download a poster template [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19odh165jebLE6u1Mq8oIdpSM8pPCsUmT/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=116341321660111710880&rtpof=true&sd=true)

 The poster should be sent directly to [Jelena\_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:///Jelena_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu) by Monday May 22.

 If you have any questions, please reach out to Jelena ([Jelena\_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:///Jelena_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu)).

##  **[REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM](https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NVOoRYlhVzpzIa)**



 

 

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