Cambridge Research Institute Symposium

Unanswered Questions in Cancer Sequencing

2-3 November 2012
Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge

Shot of the front entrance to the Cambridge Research InstituteThe next Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute annual international Symposium will be held on 2-3 November 2012 at the Li Ka Shing Centre in Cambridge.

The 2012 Symposium will focus on questions relating to cancer sequencing, specifically:

  • Cancer genome sequencing
  • Challenges facing the computational biology of cancer sequencing
  • Functional genomics of cancer
  • The impact of cancer sequencing on medicine

Each of these topics will be discussed by invited speakers and in a panel discussion. Delegates will have the opportunity to present a poster and/or a short talk at the Symposium.

Confirmed session chairs:
Ewan Birney (European Bioinformatics Insitute)
Eric Lander (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
Mike Stratton (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
Barbara Wold (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda)

Registration is now open

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 August 2012. The deadline for attendance only registration is 14 September 2012. 

Scientific organising committee:
Prof Shankar Balasubramanian 
Prof Carlos Caldas
Dr Jason Carroll
Prof Simon Tavaré