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Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar Series

Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar Series banner image with connected icons of a zebrafish, worm, fly, and a patient lying in a bed.

The Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Series focuses on non-mammalian animal model and their applicability to cancer research.

Each webinar highlights three researchers and their experience using non-mammalian models to answer cancer biology questions. Following their talks, a discussion moderated by a DCB program director explored the following questions:

  • What is unique about this organism that makes it useful as a cancer model?
  • What are the most important differences to keep in mind between this model and human cancer?
  • What are the major obstacles to more cancer researchers adopting this model for use in their labs?

This virtual event series provides new perspectives on cancer modeling using non-mammalian organisms.

Recordings of Past Webinars

March 27, 2025

The Worm, Caernorhabditis elegans

Headshots of Drs. David Reiner, David Matus, & Swathi Arur

Speakers:

  • Dr. David Reiner, Texas A&M University
  • Dr. David Matus, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Swathi Arur, MD Anderson Cancer Center

May 22. 2025

The Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Photos of Drs. David Bilder, Norbert Perrimon, and Wu-Min-Deng

Speakers:

  • Dr. David Bilder, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School
  • Dr. Wu-Min Deng, Tulane University School of Medicine

June 26. 2025

The Zebrafish, Danio rerio

Photos of Drs. James Amatruda, David Langenau, & Kandice Tanner

Speakers:

  • Dr. James Amatruda, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  • Dr. David Langenau, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Dr. Kandice Tanner, NCI

DCB Contact for the Webinar Series

For additional information about the Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar Series, please contact Dr. Justin Benavidez. 

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