Plenary Speakers
![Douglas R. Green](img/speakers/Douglas-R-Green.jpg)
Douglas R. Green
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, TN
![Andrey Loboda](img/speakers/Loboda_A-sppage.jpg)
Andrey Loboda
Director at Merck
Boston
![Robert Weinberg](img/speakers/Weinberg-sp.jpg)
Robert Weinberg
Founding Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Director, MIT Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology, Cambridge
![Raghu Kalluri](img/speakers/Raghu-Kalluri-sp.jpg)
Raghu Kalluri
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
![Dae Yoon Chi](img/speakers/Dae-Yoon-Chi-sppage.jpg)
Dae Yoon Chi
CEO, FutureChem Co Ltd
Korea
![A Thomas Look](img/speakers/thomas-look.jpg)
A Thomas Look
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School, MA
![Ali Shilatifard](img/speakers/Shilatifard_Ali.jpg)
Ali Shilatifard
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL
Keynote Speakers
![Li Peng](img/speakers/LP_Palleon-sppage.jpg)
Li Peng
Chief Scientific Officer at Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Boston
![Benjamin Haibe-Kains](img/speakers/Benjamin-sppage.jpg)
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network. Canada
![X. Shirley Liu](img/speakers/Shirley-Liu.jpg)
X. Shirley Liu
Co-founder & CE
GV20 Therapeutics, MA
![Michael B Yaffe](img/speakers/Michael-Yaffe.jpg)
Michael B Yaffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
![Ji-Xin Cheng](img/speakers/Cheng-Ji-Xin.jpg)
Ji-Xin Cheng
Boston University Photonics Center
MA
![Alan D. D'Andrea](img/speakers/Alan-D-Andrea.jpg)
Alan D. D'Andrea
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
MA
![Kaifu Chen](img/speakers/kaifu.jpg)
Kaifu Chen
Harvard Medical School
MA
Speakers
![Constantine S Mitsiades](img/speakers/Constantine-Mitsiades.jpg)
Constantine S Mitsiades
Harvard University
MA
![](img/speakers/Khosrow-Kashfi.jpg)
Khosrow Kashfi
The City College of New York
NY
![Jing Hong Wang](img/speakers/JH-Wang.jpg)
Jing Hong Wang
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
![](img/speakers/Suresh-Ambudkar.jpg)
Suresh Ambudkar
NCI, National Institutes of Health
MD
![](img/speakers/Eric-Humke.jpg)
Eric W. Humke
IGM Biosciences, Inc.,
CA
![Alice Cheung](img/speakers/Alice-Cheung.jpg)
Alice Cheung
Duke-NUS Medical School
Singapore
![Aljona Malyukova](img/speakers/Malyukova.jpg)
Aljona Malyukova
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
![Amanda C. Poholek](img/speakers/amanda_poholek.jpg)
Amanda C. Poholek
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine PA
![Andrés Blanco](img/speakers/Andres-Blanco.jpg)
Andrés Blanco
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, PA
![Anthony Faber](img/speakers/Antony-Faber.jpg)
Anthony Faber
VCU Massey Cancer Center
VA
![Carla Van Den Berg](img/speakers/Carla-Van-Den-Berg.jpg)
Carla Van Den Berg
The University of Texas at Austin
TX
![Christopher A. Pennell](img/speakers/Pennell.jpg)
Christopher A. Pennell
University of Minnesota
MN
![David Entenberg](img/speakers/Entenberg-David.jpg)
David Entenberg
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NY
![Dawn S Nin](img/speakers/Dawn.jpg)
Dawn S Nin
National University of Singapore
Singapore
![Degen Zhuo](img/speakers/Degen-Zhuo.jpg)
Degen Zhuo
BioTailor Inc
FL
![Di Zhao](img/speakers/Di-Zhao.jpg)
Di Zhao
MD Anderson Cancer Center
TX
![Dimitris Anastassiou](img/speakers/anastassiou.jpg)
Dimitris Anastassiou
Columbia University
NY
![Duxin Sun](img/speakers/Duxin-Sun.jpg)
Duxin Sun
The University of Michigan
MI
![Edward V. Prochownik](img/speakers/Prochownik.jpg)
Edward V. Prochownik
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
PA
![Eran Andrechek](img/speakers/Eran-Andrechek.jpg)
Eran Andrechek
Michigan State University
MI
![Fahri Saatcioglu](img/speakers/Fahri-Saatcioglu.jpg)
Fahri Saatcioglu
University of Oslo
Norway
![Giorgia Pastorin](img/speakers/Giorgia-Pastorin.jpg)
Giorgia Pastorin
National University of Singapore
Singapore
![Guangwen "Gary" Ren](img/speakers/Guangwen.jpg)
Guangwen "Gary" Ren
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME
![Hannah Knochelmann](img/speakers/Hannah-Knochelmann.jpg)
Hannah Knochelmann
Stanford University
CA
![Jason T. George](img/speakers/JTGPortrait.jpg)
Jason T. George
Texas A&M University
TX
![Jenny Zilberberg](img/speakers/Jenny-Zillberg.jpg)
Jenny Zilberberg
Head of Research, Imvax
Inc., PA
![Jessica E. Thaxton](img/speakers/Thaxton-img.jpg)
Jessica E. Thaxton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
![Jinfeng Zhang](img/speakers/JZhang.jpg)
Jinfeng Zhang
Florida State University
FL
![Jing Huang](img/speakers/Jing_Huang.jpg)
Jing Huang
NCI, National Institutes of Health
MD
![Julyun Oh](img/speakers/Julie-Oh.jpg)
Julyun Oh
A2 Biotherapeutics
USA
![Keith T. Wilson](img/speakers/KeithWilson.jpg)
Keith T. Wilson
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
TN
![Khosrow Rezvani](img/speakers/Khosrow-Rezvani.jpg)
Khosrow Rezvani
The University of South Dakota
SD
![Kunihiko Hinohara](img/speakers/Kunihiko-Hinohara.jpg)
Kunihiko Hinohara
Nagoya University
Japan
![Lee M. Graves](img/speakers/LeePro.jpg)
Lee M. Graves
The University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill, NC
![Lih-Wen DENG](img/speakers/Lih-Wen-Deng.jpg)
Lih-Wen DENG
National University of Singapore
Singapore
![Lixin Rui](img/speakers/Lixin-Rui.jpg)
Lixin Rui
University of Wisconsin-Madison
WI
![Lixing Yang](img/speakers/Lixing-Yang.jpg)
Lixing Yang
The University of Chicago
IL
![Liya Ding](img/speakers/Liya.jpg)
Liya Ding
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY
![Lucas Ferrari de Andrade](img/speakers/Ferrari-de-Andrade.jpg)
Lucas Ferrari de Andrade
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
![Lucia Borriello](img/speakers/Lucia-Borriello.jpg)
Lucia Borriello
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NY
![Maja H. Oktay](img/speakers/Maja-Oktay.jpg)
Maja H. Oktay
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NY
![Marcin Iwanicki](img/speakers/Iwanicki_pic.jpg)
Marcin Iwanicki
Stevens Institute of Technology
NJ
![Marion R. Curtis](img/speakers/Marion-Curtis.jpg)
Marion R. Curtis
Mayo Clinic
AZ
![Martin K. Thomsen](img/speakers/Martin-Thomsen.jpg)
Martin K. Thomsen
Aarhus University
Denmark
![Mar Valés-Gómez](img/speakers/Mar-Vales-Gomez.jpg)
Mar Valés-Gómez
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
![Mats Ljungman](img/speakers/Mats-Ljungman.jpg)
Mats Ljungman
University of Michigan Medical School
MI
![Medhi Wangpaichitr](img/speakers/Medhi-Wangpaichitr.jpg)
Medhi Wangpaichitr
University of Miami
FL
![Michael Goldstein](img/speakers/Michael-Goldstein.jpg)
Michael Goldstein
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
MD
![Michelle Mendoza](img/speakers/Michelle-Mendoza.jpg)
Michelle Mendoza
University of Utah
UT
![Mumtaz V Rojiani](img/speakers/Mumtaz_Rojiani.jpg)
Mumtaz V Rojiani
Penn State Cancer Institute
PA
![Myron Ignatius](img/speakers/Myron-Ignatius.jpg)
Myron Ignatius
UT Health Sciences Center
Texas
![Nagi G Ayad](img/speakers/nagi-Ayad.jpg)
Nagi G Ayad
Georgetown University
DC
![Namhee Lee](img/speakers/Namhee-Lee.jpg)
Namhee Lee
SillaJen, Inc.
South Korea
![Nils Cordes](img/speakers/Nils-Cordes.jpg)
Nils Cordes
OncoRay
Germany
![Ozgur Sahin](img/speakers/Ozgur-Sahino.jpg)
Ozgur Sahin
Medical University of South Carolina
SC
![Payam A Gammage](img/speakers/Payam-A-Gammage.jpg)
Payam A Gammage
CRUK Beatson Institute
UK
![Peiwen Chen](img/speakers/Peiwen-Chen.jpg)
Peiwen Chen
Northwestern University
IL
![Qin Feng](img/speakers/Qin.jpg)
Qin Feng
University of Houston
TX
![Qingrun Zhang](img/speakers/Qingrun-Zhang.jpg)
Qingrun Zhang
University of Calgary
Canada
![Rachel Karchin](img/speakers/karchin-rachel.jpg)
Rachel Karchin
Johns Hopkins University
MD
![Romi Gupta](img/speakers/Romi-Gupta.jpg)
Romi Gupta
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
![Safiah Olabi](img/speakers/safiah.jpg)
Safiah Olabi
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Germany
![Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotla](img/speakers/Peddibhotlas.jpg)
Satyamaheshwar Peddibhotla
University of Florida
FL
![Sean Ahern](img/speakers/Sean-Ahern.jpg)
Sean Ahern
IGM Biosciences, Inc.
CA
![Sergey Karakashev](img/speakers/Sergey-Karakashev.jpg)
Sergey Karakashev
Temple University
PA
![Shaheen Sikandar](img/speakers/Shaheen-Sikandar.jpg)
Shaheen Sikandar
University of California @ Santa Cruz
CA
![S. Stephen Yi](img/speakers/S_Stephen_Yi.jpg)
S. Stephen Yi
University of Texas at Austin
TX
![Sihan Wu](img/speakers/Sihan-Wu.jpg)
Sihan Wu
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX
![Soona Shin](img/speakers/Soona-Shin.jpg)
Soona Shin
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH
![Stefanie Galban](img/speakers/Stefanie-Galban.jpg)
Stefanie Galban
University of Michigan
MI
![Stephen T. C. Wong](img/speakers/Steve.jpg)
Stephen T. C. Wong
Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College, TX
![Subhamoy Dasgupta](img/speakers/Dasgupta-Subhamoy.jpg)
Subhamoy Dasgupta
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center NY
![Tracy Murray Stewart](img/speakers/Murray-Stewart.jpg)
Tracy Murray Stewart
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
MD
![Wenliang Li](img/speakers/Wenliang-Li.jpg)
Wenliang Li
University of TX Health Science Center at Houston, TX
![William H. Gmeiner](img/speakers/Gmeiner-William.jpg)
William H. Gmeiner
Wake Forest University
NC
![Wolf-Karsten Hofmann](img/speakers/Wolf-Karsten.jpg)
Wolf-Karsten Hofmann
University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
![Xiaoling Li](img/speakers/Xiaoling-Li.jpg)
Xiaoling Li
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NC
![Xi Chen](img/speakers/Xi-Chen.jpg)
Xi Chen
Baylor College of Medicine
TX
![Yan Peng](img/speakers/Yan-Peng.jpg)
Yan Peng
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX
![Yi Nan Gong](img/speakers/Yi-Nan-Gong.jpg)
Yi Nan Gong
University of Pittsburgh
PA
![Yi Zheng](img/speakers/Yi-Zheng.jpg)
Yi Zheng
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH
![Young-Mee Kim](img/speakers/Young-Mee-Kim.jpg)
Young-Mee Kim
University of Illinois at Chicago
IL
![Zhe Ji](img/speakers/Zhe-Ji.jpg)
Zhe Ji
Northwestern University
IL
![Zhou Wang](img/speakers/Zhou-Wang.jpg)
Zhou Wang
University of Pittsburgh
PA
![Zohar Sachs](img/speakers/Zohar-Sachs.jpg)
Zohar Sachs
University of Minnesota
MN
![Wenge Zhu](img/speakers/Wenge-Zhu.jpg)
Wenge Zhu
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science, DC
![Allen C. Gao](img/speakers/Allen-C-Gao.jpg)
Allen C. Gao
University of California
CA
![Gamze Ayaz](img/speakers/Gamze_Ayaz.jpg)
Gamze Ayaz
National Institutes of Health
MD
![Eugen Dhimolea](img/speakers/eugen-dhimolea.jpg)
Eugen Dhimolea
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NY
![Richard Kolesnick](img/speakers/Kolesnick.jpg)
Richard Kolesnick
Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute
NY