Lurie Cancer Center Symposium & Scientific Poster Session
Register now for June 18Join 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

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.
Keynote
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
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.