Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar Series
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
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
Speakers:
- Dr. David Bilder, UC Berkeley
- Dr. Norbert Perrimon, Harvard Medical School
- Dr. Wu-Min Deng, Tulane University School of Medicine
June 26. 2025
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.