"Stem Cells and Cancer"

Thursday May 22 (afternoon) & Friday May 23, 2008 (full day)
Robertson Auditorium, UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center

Program Registration Speakers Sponsors Directions

The 2008 UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Symposium will comprise six scientific sessions focusing on the role of stem cells in normal development and physiology, and in the initiation, maintenance, and response of cancers to therapy.

For any U.C. faculty, post-docs, students or staff who wish to travel to this meeting from outside the San Francisco Bay Area:

The UC Discovery Grant offers Travel Awards to subsidize travel expenses to an event funded by the IUCRP.

Funds cover reimbursement of round-trip economy airfare and housing. University of California students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and staff are eligible to apply.

The website to apply for these awards is: http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/apply/oppfaq.htm

Organizing Committee:
Gabriele Bergers, PhD
Martin McMahon, PhD
Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD

To contact the symposium organizers with comments and suggestions, please send an email message here.

Presented in association with the the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine and the UC Discovery Grant.