Event Details:
Location
Stanford University
United States
We look forward to seeing you at the Stanford Cancer Systems Biology Symposium on Monday, April 22, 2024!
The conference is designed for participants to explore the systems biology approach to understanding cancer progression and treatment response. This year's theme is computational methods in single-cell and spatial analysis.
Registration is required ahead of time for this in-person and online event. Please note that the registration site will close on Wednesday, April 17 at 5pm PST.
Please contact Corinne Beck at corinnebeck@stanford.edu with any questions or comments.
Agenda
| 9:00 AM | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| 9:45 AM | Welcome and OverviewSylvia Plevritis, PhD, Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Data Science and Radiology, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Data Science |
| 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Garry Nolan, PhD, Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor, Professor in the Department of PathologyTitle: "The Shape of Things," implicit order drives knowledge transfer |
| 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:15 AM | Weiruo Zhang, PhD, Research Engineer in the Department of Biomedical Data ScienceTitle: Spatial omics analysis of cellular architecture mediating lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer |
| 11:45 AM | Noah Greenwald, PhD Candidate in the Cancer Biology ProgramTitle: The temporal influence of the tumor microenvironment in response to checkpoint blockade |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM | Candace Liu, PhD Candidate in the Department of ImmunologyTitle: Pixie: A pipeline for robust phenotyping of highly multiplexed tissue imaging data using pixel-level clustering |
| 1:45 PM | Inna Averbukh, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of PathologyTitle: A spatially resolved timeline of the human maternal–fetal interface |
| 2:15 PM | Minji Kang, PhD Candidate in the Department of Computer ScienceTitle: Mapping single-cell developmental potential in health and disease with interpretable deep learning |
| 2:45 PM | Closing RemarksAndrew Gentles, PhD, Assistant Professor (Research) of Pathology, of Medicine (BMIR), and by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science |
| 2:50 PM | Poster Session and Refreshments |
| 3:50 PM | End of Symposium |
Meet the speakers (in order of presentation):
Sylvia Plevritis, PhD, Professor in the departments of Biomedical Data Science and Radiology, and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Data Science
Garry Nolan, PhD, Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor, Professor in the Department of Pathology
Weiruo Zhang, PhD, Research Engineer in the Department of Biomedical Data Science, Plevritis Lab.
Noah Greenwald, PhD Candidate in the Cancer Biology Program
Candace Liu, PhD Candidate in the Department of Immunology
Inna Averbukh, Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Pathology
Minji Kang, PhD Candidate in the Department of Computer Science
Andrew Gentles, PhD, Assistant Professor (Research) of Pathology, of Medicine (BMIR), and by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science
