#  Annual Spring Symposium 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 30, 2024** 

 01:00PM - 06:30PM 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_1Srvh5ymKxhLJjw)**

   
**For KGCRF Poster Competition information & instructions - see below.**

Sort    **SEMINARS**  
**TMEC 227**

 

    **1-1:05pm**

 

  **Introduction & Welcome**

 

    **1:05-2:0pm**

 

  **From Punnett Squares to Overcoming Microbiome Mediated Resistance to Cancer Immunotherapy**

 Francesca Gazzaniga, PhD

 

    **2:00-2:10pm**

 

  **Utilizing tumor mitochondrial defects to drive anti-tumor immunity**

 Tevis Vitale, Pere Puigserver Lab

 

    **2:10-2:20pm**

 

  **Cytokine dependency screens identify the lipid phosphatase FITM2 as a cancer immunotherapy target**

 Collins Cheruiyot, Rob Manguso Lab

 

    **2:20-2:30pm**

 

  **Paradigms of therapy resistance encoded in the microenvironment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma**

 Breanna Titchen, Eli Van Allen Lab

 

    **2:30-2:40pm**

 

  **Short break**

 

    **2:40-2:50pm**

 

  **Building a scalable single-cell spatial profiling toolbox for tumor biology**

 Jackson Weir, Fei Chen Lab

 

    **2:50-3:00pm**

 

  **Helicase-assisted continuous editing for programmable mutagenesis of endogenous genomes**

 Dawn Chen, Fei Chen Lab

 

    **3:00-3:55pm**

 

  **Posttranslational control of gene expression during cell division**

 Eugene Oh, PhD

 

    **KGCRF POSTER COMPETITION & RECEPTION**  
**TMEC Atrium**

 

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

 

  KGCRF Poster Competition & Reception

 

    **6:15pm**

 

  KGCRF Poster Competition Winners Announcement

 

 



   
**KGCRF Poster Competition information & instructions**  
  
LCBC invites you to present your research at the KGCRF Poster Competition!

 Four professional development awards available - $1,000 each

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

 ELIGIBILITY & HOW TO APPLY

 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](https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8vahxsKDCmox6rc) by Friday May 17 and submit your title and a short abstract.

 **For poster guidelines & template** visit [HERE](/kgcrf-poster-competition-guidelines?admin_panel=1).

 **We’ll print your posters!** Send them directly to [Jelena\_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:///Jelena_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu) by Monday May 20.

 **Questions?** Please reach out to Jelena ([Jelena\_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:///Jelena_Patrnogic@hms.harvard.edu)).



 

 

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