2nd Annual Cancer Immunotherapy Conference
Venue: Post Conference Center
Location: Washington, DC, Washington DC, United States
Event Date/Time: Apr 04, 2013 | End Date/Time: Apr 05, 2013 |
Description
ARROWHEAD'S 2nd Annual Cancer Immunotherapy Conference will provide a comprehensive review of cutting edge research and development in two areas:
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Cancer Stem Cells as a new category of Targets for Immune Intervention for solid and hematological malignancies
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell and T Cell Engineering for cancer immunotherapy
The conference is bringing together leading scientists and C-Level executives from across the globe to present research, case studies and viewpoints on topics related to stem cells and cancer immunotherapy.
Venue
Conference Speakers
Adrian Bot, MD, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Kite Pharma Inc.
Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, DBSc, Ph.D., Director of Basic/Translational Research Program, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Southwest Cancer Research & Treatment Center at University Medical Center,Texas Tech University of Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Andrew Cornforth, Ph.D., Cancer Stem Cell Program Manager, California Stem Cell, Inc.
Soldano Ferrone, MD, Ph.D., Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Kenneth Geles, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer Inc.
Richard C. Koya, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Member, JCCC Tumor Immunology Program, University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas G. McNeel, MD Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin
Masoud H. Manjili, DVM, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology,Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
William Matsui, MD, Associate Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard A. Morgan, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Surgery Branch, Tumor Immunology Section, National Cancer Institute
Nicholas P. Restifo, MD, Principal Investigator, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute
David M. Spencer, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Robert Tressler, Ph.D., Vice President of Research & Development, Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc.
Albert J. Wong, MD, Professor, Director, Brain Tumor Research Laboratories, Deptartment of Neurosurgery/Cancer Biology Program, Stanford University Medical Center
Lili Yang, Ph.D., Lead Scientist & Project Manager, Engineering Immunity Program, Laboratory of David Baltimore, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology