MacMillan CSNCG Lecture Series

Upcoming Events

  • Dr. Ekta Khurana

    Lecture Series

    January 16, 2025
    4:30-5:30pm ET

  • Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade

    Lecture Series

    June 4, 2025
    2:00-3:00pm ET

  • Dr. Carla Concepcion-Crisol

    Lecture Series

    October 23, 2025
    2:00-3:00pm ET

Previous Events

  • Dr. Ana Pombo

    Virtual Lecture Series

    Variations in 3D genome structure between homologous mammalian chromosomes

    Dr. Ana Pombo is a Professor and Senior Group Leader at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. Dr. Pombo’s research group studies the interplay between gene regulation and genome architecture to understand their roles in development and disease.

  • Dr. Rameen Beroukhim

    Virtual Lecture Series

    Effects of positive and negative selection on somatic copy-number changes in cancer genomes

    Dr. Rameen Beroukhim is an Associate Professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, and an Associate Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Dr. Beroukhim’s research group studies the somatic genetics of cancer, primarily identifying alterations in chromosome structure that contribute to tumor growth, and how changes to the genome affect cancer behavior.

  • Dr. Sunit Das

    Virtual Lecture Series

    Molecular determinants of treatment response in glioblastoma

    Dr. Sunit Das is a neurosurgeon and scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Kids, and Associate Professor and the Keenan Chair in Surgery at the University of Toronto. He currently serves as the Provincial Lead for CNS Oncology at Cancer Care Ontario. Dr. Das’s research group investigates the biology of stem cells in the normal brain and in primary brain tumors by using real-world data and meta-analysis for clinical translation.