CAP-IT Annual Summit 2024

CAP-IT Annual Summit


Agenda Outline

  • March 11th, 2024

    10:00 – 10:10 AM
    Opening Remarks
    Margie Clapper PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
    Alan Hutson PhD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Introduction of Plenary Talk
    Shizuko Sei MD, National Cancer Institute

    10:10 – 11:10 AM
    NCI/ NIH Leadership Plenary Talk
    The Best Cancer Is the Cancer That Never Happens
    Philip Castle PhD, National Cancer Institute

    11:10 - 11:25 AM
    BREAK

    11:25 - 11:30 AM
    Keynote Speaker Introduction
    Margie Clapper PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center

    11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Keynote Speaker Presentation
    Overcoming Immune Exclusion in Microsatellite Stable CRC: Roles for Extracellular Vesicles and Supermeres
    Robert J. Coffey Jr., MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    12:30 - 1:30 PM
    LUNCH

    1:30 - 2:00 PM
    CAP-IT Center for LNP RNA Immunoprevention
    Steven Lipkin MD PhD, Weil Cornell Medicine

    2:00 - 2:30 PM
    Refolding Mutant p53: a Strategy for Cancer Prevention in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
    John Karanicolas PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center

    2:30 - 3:00 PM
    CAP-MGUS Update: DNA Vaccines
    Yong Li PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

    3:00 - 3:30 PM
    BREAK

    3:30 - 3:45 PM
    Targeting dormant tumor cells to intercept breast cancer
    Lucia Borriello PhD, Temple University (Fox Chase U54)

    3:45 - 4:00 PM
    Development of Low Immunogenic and Targeted Delivery of mRNAs for Cancer Vaccines
    Sijin Luozhong, Cornell University (CAP-IT CRI U54)

    4:00 - 4:15 PM
    Targeting LINE-1 ORF1P in Cancer and Aging

    Dan Zhao PhD, Baylor College of Medicine (MGUS U54)

    4:15 - 4:30 PM
    Multi-omics approaches for dissecting intervention strategies in high-risk patient populations
    Spencer Rosario PhD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (DRCC U24)

    4:30 - 4:35 PM
    CLOSING REMARKS
    Vignesh Gunasekharan PhD, National Cancer Institute

    4:35 PM
    ADJOURN DAY ONE

    5:30 - 7:30 PM
    CAP-IT Reception
    Yard House Restaurant
    211 Rio Blvd, Gaithersburg MD 20878