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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Lurie Cancer Center Symposium & Scientific Poster Session

Register now for June 18

Join us in person on the Chicago campus!

Please join us on Wednesday, June 18 for the Lurie Cancer Center Symposium to learn about groundbreaking research taking place in laboratories of Lurie Cancer Center members on Northwestern University's Evanston and Chicago campuses.

Event Details

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Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center

303 E. Superior St., Chicago, Hughes Auditorium

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Symposium:
2:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Central Time

Awards Presentation:
4:50 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. Central Time

Reception and Scientific Poster Session:
5:10 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Central Time

Admission is complimentary but advance registration is required. Posters must be registered by June 13. Travel Scholarship Recipients are required to display their work at the poster session. T32 Trainees  are strongly encouraged to participate in the poster session.

Agenda Register

Keynote

Kay McLeod

Mitophagy and Mitochondrial
Stress Responses in Cancer

Kay Macleod, PhD
Hospira Foundation Professor of Ben May Department of Cancer Research
Associate Director for Basic Sciences
University of Chicago

Trainee Speakers

  • David Scholten (PhD Candidate, Huiping Liu lab)
  • Austin Klein (PhD Candidate, Marc Mendillo lab)
  • Irena Gushterova (PhD Candidate, Lillian Eichner lab)
  • Yangyang Li (PhD Candidate, Rendong Yang lab)
  • Sheng Wang (Phd Candidate, Zhe Ji lab)

Co-Chairs

Co-Chair

Janice Lu

Janice Lu, MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)

Co-Chair

Yaping Liu

Yaping Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Trainee Committee

  • Yoshii Ma (DGP Graduate Student, Yaping Liu Lab)
  • Claire Chaikin (DGP Graduate Student, Clara Peek Lab)

Additional Information

For additional information about the event, please contact cancer@northwestern.edu.