DF/HCC Cancer Metabolism Symposium

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Jimmy Fund Auditorium
35 Binney Street,
Boston, MA

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Preliminary Program:

8:00am-8:30am

Registration (Jimmy Fund Auditorium Lobby)

8:30am-8:45am

Introduction
Anders Näär, PhD, MGH Cancer Center/HMS Cell Biology
Nika Danial, PhD, DFCI/HMS Medicine

8:45am-10:15am

Kevin Marks, PhD, Agios Pharmaceuticals - "Identifying metabolic vulnerabilities of cancer cells"
Pere Puigserver, PhD, DFCI/HMS Cell Biology  - "Mitochondrial heterogeneity in melanoma metastasis"
Nika Danial, PhD, DFCI/HMS Medicine - "Causes and consequences of metabolic fuel choice in cancer"

10:15am-10:30am

Coffee break

10:30am-12:30pm

Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, DFCI/HMS Cell Biology - "Control of oxidative metabolism through PGC1alpha"
Tobi Walther, PhD, HHMI/HSPH/HMS Cell Biology - "The phase of fat: mechanisms and physiology of neutral lipid storage"
Othon Iliopoulos, MD, MGH Cancer Center/HMS Medicine - "Targeting HIF-VHL mediated reprogramming of cancer metabolism"
Marcia Haigis, PhD, HMS Cell Biology - "New roles for mitochondria in cancer"

12:30pm-1:45pm

Lunch break (DFCI Yawkey 306)

1:45pm-3:15pm

Alex Toker, PhD, BIDMC/HMS Pathology - "Reprogramming of metabolic pathways by PI 3-Kinase and AKT signaling"
Julie Losman, MD, PhD, DFCI/HMS Medicine - "Epigenetic targets of mutant IDH and R-2HG in AML"
Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, MGH Cancer Center/HMS Medicine - "Linking epigenetics, metabolism and cancer: Clues from SIRT6"

3:15pm-3:30pm

Coffee break

3:30pm-5:00pm

Massimo Loda, MD, DFCI/HMS Pathology - "Metabolic dependencies in prostate cancer: regulation and targeting of lipogenesis"
Anders Näär, PhD, MGH Cancer Center/HMS Cell Biology - "Targeting the lipogenic transcription factor SREBP in cancers"
Joan Brugge, PhD, Harvard Ludwig Cancer Center/HMS Cell Biology - "Oxidative stress defenses in cancer"

5:00pm-6:00pm

Networking Reception w/ light fare and beverages 
(DFCI Yawkey Building, Room 308)

Sponsored by:

the DF/HCC Cancer Cell Biology Program & Agios Pharmaceuticals

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