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