Agenda

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

09:15 am EST
Welcome & Introductions

Sandra Wolin, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

Session I:  Non-coding RNAs in Cancer
                   Chair: 

09:30 am EST

Sohail Tavazoie, M.D.
Ph.D., Rockefeller University

10:00 am EST

Nadya Dimitrova, Ph.D.
Yale University

10:30 am EST
Short Talk
10:45 am EST
Break

Session II:  RNA Metabolism in Cancer
                    Chair:

11:00 am EST

Olga Anczukȯw, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

11:30 am EST
Short Talk
11:45 am EST
Short Talk
12:00 pm EST
Lunch and Poster Session

Poster Session in Seminar Room 110

Session III:  miRNAs in Cancer
                     Chair:

01:45 pm EST

Frank Slack, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

02:15 pm EST

Douglas Stewart, M.D.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NCI

02:45 pm EST

Shuo Gu, Ph.D.
Center for Cancer Research, NCI

03:15 pm EST
Break

Session IV:  RNA Therapeutics & Cancer
                     Chair:

03:30 pm EST

Vinod Balachandran, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

04:00 pm EST
Short Talk
04:15 pm EST
Wrap-up and Adjourn