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2020 UVM Cancer Center Clinical & Translational Research Symposium: Modern Precision & Genomic Medicine

 

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Competitive Scientific Poster Exhibition
Call for Posters

Friday, April 03, 2020

 

2020 Research Symposium Poster Submission Form

 

Please email the 2020 Research Symposium Poster Submission Form and an abstract to Laura Gordon

UVM faculty, staff, and students are invited to submit posters representing their cancer-relevant research for the UVM Cancer Center’s 2020 Clinical and Translational Research Symposium competitive poster session. Posters will be judged in two categories: (1) Faculty/Staff, (2) Post-doctoral/Pre-doctoral. Cash prizes will be awarded to a winner in each category.

All cancer-relevant research at UVM is eligible for entry. Researchers with abstracts related to the symposium topic, Modern Precision & Genomic Medicine, will be invited to have their work showcased during lunch. All posters will be on display all day with an interactive poster session from 1:00-1:30 PM. Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the day.

To submit your poster, please complete the 2020 Research Symposium Poster Submission Form, including abstract, and email to Laura Gordon.

The Deadline to Submit Posters is Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Questions can be directed to Laura Gordon at Laura.Gordon@med.uvm.edu, or by telephone at (802) 656-2139.

 

Poster Instructions

  • The poster board assigned to each presenter will be 60 inches wide by 40 inches high
  • Presenters should be at their posters during the interactive session from 1:00-1:30PM on April 3rd
  • Posters should be set up no later than 9AM om April 3rd. Posters submitted after this deadline are not be qualified for the the competition. Additional instructions on displaying posters will be emailed to presenters by Friday March 27th
  • A reminder that UVM Cancer Center members should include the UVM Cancer Center logo. Please email Laura Gordon for access to this logo
  • All shared resources should be properly credited in the text of the poster

 


2020 UVM Cancer Center Clinical & Translational Research Symposium
Modern Precision & Genomic Medicine

MedEd 200: Sullivan Lecture Hall

AGENDA:

9:00 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:20 AM: Welcome from University of Vermont Cancer Center Leadership

9:30 AM: "Defining the Origins of Pediatric Brain Tumors by Single-Cell Genomics"
Claudia Kleinman, PhD, McGill University, Associate Member, McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer; Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research Investigator; and Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

10:20-10:45 AM: Short Talks

"Therapeutic Targeting of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma; From Chromatin to Mitochodria"
James Stafford, PhD*, Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences

“ALLIANCE A071701:  Genomically-Guided Treatment Trial In Brain Metastases”
Peter Kaufman, MD*, Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

10:45 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 AM: "Implementing Clinical-Grade Genomic Analysis for Cancer Care"
Nikoletta Sidiropoulos, MD*, Director of Molecular Pathology and Assistant Professor, UVM Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine


11:45 AM: Short Talk

“Classification of Genetic Variants as Pathogenic or Benign”
Marc Greenblatt, MD*, Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch and Poster Session in the Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100)

            *Poster presenters will be at posters between 1:00-1:30*

1:30-2:15 PM: Short Talks

“Functional Characterization of Somatic STK11 Variants of Uncertain Significance Identified in Lung Adenocarcinoma; Clinical Implications”
Paula Deming, PhD*, Associate Professor, Biomedical and Health Sciences

“Clonal Hematopoiesis in 9/11 First Responders”
Sakshi Jasra, MD*, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

2:15 PM: Keynote Address: “Drivers of B Cell Transformation and Markers of Disease Outcome” -
Michael Farrar, PhD,  University of Minnesota, Virginia and David Utz Land Grant Chair in Fundamental Immunology, Division of Molecular Pathology and Genomics, and Center for Immunology

3:00 PM: Closing Remarks and Winners of Poster Session Announced

 

* denotes UVM Cancer Center Member