
Genome Integrity Discussion Group June 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
The New York Academy of Sciences
Organizers: Rodney Rothstein, Columbia University Medical Center; Titia de Lange, The Rockefeller University; John Petrini, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Genome Integrity meetings are a part of the Frontiers of Science Program at the New York Academy of Sciences, under which the Academy is starting a series of discussion groups in many frontier areas of science. Meeting four to five times each year, this group provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and form research collaborations among investigators active in the field.
Program:
2:00 – 3:00: Keynote Presentation
DNA Repair and the Connection between Cancer and Aging
Jan Hoeijmakers, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3:00 – 3:30: Break
3:30 – 4:45: Student and Postdoc Presentations
Nadya Dimitrova, Rockefeller University (de Lange lab)
Takehiko Usui, Sloan-Kettering Institute (Petrini lab)
Lisa Postow, Rockefeller University (Funabiki lab)
Eleni P. Mimitou, Columbia University Medical Center (Symington lab)
4:45 – 7:00: Poster Session & Reception