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A recent Cancer Currents Blog features a perspective by Dr. Joanna Watson (a DCB Branch Chief): What’s at the Root of Ovarian Cancer? New Study May Have Found Part of the Answer
A recent Currents Blog features DCB-funded research and a perspective by Dr. Brunilde Gril (a DCB Program Director): Expanding Research on Dormant Cancer Cells Aims to Prevent Metastasis
A recent Cancer Currents Blog features DCB-funded research: Scientists Find Genetic Changes Linked to Cancer in Children
A recent NCI Data Science News article features DCB-funded research: NCI-Supported Study Uses Machine Learning (ML) to Help You Tap into the TCGA
A recent NCI Data Science News article features DCB-funded research: FusOn-pLM - A Fusion Oncoprotein-Specific Language Model for Predicting Drug-Resistant Mutations
A recent NCI Data Science News article features DCB-funded research: Deep Learning Model CGS-Net Enhances Medical Image Analysis
A recent NCI Data Science News article features DCB-funded research: New Evaluation Tool Helps Researchers Discover Disease Genes and Predict Interactions
Upcoming Events
May 8, 2025 (2:15 - 3:45 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Guidelines and Best Practices on Designing Clinical Trials with Exploratory Surrogate Endpoints and CDx
Drs. Janice Mehnert (NYU Langone Health) and Rui Sammi Tang (Astellas Pharma US, Inc.) will discuss the incorporation of exploratory surrogate endpoints and companion diagnostics (CDX) into immuno-oncology clinical trial designs in a webinar moderated by Dr. Julie Rytlewski (Bristol Myers Squibb).
May 13, 2025 (12:00 - 4:30 pm ET)
Synthetic and Systems Approaches to Interrogate Spatiotemporal Processes in Cancer Virtual Workshop: Transformation and Cancer Initiation
This virtual mini-workshop will explore how synthetic and systems biology can advance our understanding of spatially defined processes in cancer, specifically focusing on malignant transformation and cancer initiation.
May 15, 2025 (12:00 - 4:30 pm ET)
Synthetic and Systems Approaches to Interrogate Spatiotemporal Processes in Cancer Virtual Workshop: Tumor-Immune Interactions
This virtual mini-workshop will explore how synthetic and systems biology can advance our understanding of spatially defined processes in cancer, specifically focusing on interactions between tumors and the immune system.
May 20, 2025 (12:00 - 4:30 pm ET)
Synthetic and Systems Approaches to Interrogate Spatiotemporal Processes in Cancer Virtual Workshop: Drug Response and Resistance
This virtual mini-workshop will explore how synthetic and systems biology can advance our understanding of spatially defined processes in cancer, specifically focusing on responses to treatment and the development of therapeutic resistance.
May 22, 2025 (1:00 - 2:15 pm ET)
Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar - The Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster
Drs. David Bilder (UC Berkeley), Norbert Perrimon (Harvard Medical School), and Wu-Min Deng (Tulane University School of Medicine) will discuss fruit fly models for cancer research.
May 29, 2025 (12:00 - 1:00 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Lessons from the CIMAC-CIDC Network
Drs. Brian Capaldo (NCI) and Edgar Gonzalez-Kozlova (Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai) will discuss the CIMAC-CIDC Network and how machine learning-driven modeling of multimodal data can be used to advance immuno-oncology in a webinar moderated by Dr. Holden Maecker (Stanford University).
June 18, 2025 (11:30 - 12:30 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Medical Imaging - Non-Invasive Biomarkers for irAE and IMTX Response
Dr. Alexandra-Chloe Villani (Massachusetts General Hospital) will discuss medical imaging and non-invasive biomarkers of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and responses to immunotherapy in a webinar moderated by Dr. Carsten Krieg (Medical University of South Carolina).
June 26, 2025 (1:00 - 2:15 pm ET)
Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar - The Zebrafish, Danio rerio
Drs. James Amatruda (Children's Hospital Los Angeles), David Langenau (Massachusetts General Hospital), and Kandice Tanner (NCI) will discuss zebrafish models for cancer research.