Event Detail (Archived)

Towards Unification of the Cancer Stem Cell and Clonal Evolution Models of Cancer

  • This event already took place in January 2012
  • Auditorium, Rockefeller Research Laboratories, MSKCC, 430 E. 67th St.

Event Details

Type
MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Speaker(s)
John Dick, Ph.D., senior scientist, Campbell Family Institute for Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network; professor, department of molecular genetics, University of Toronto; director, Program in Cancer Stem Cells, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Open to
Public
Reception
Refreshments, 4:00 p.m.
Contact
Gregory Erskine
Phone
(212) 639-2220
Sponsor
Gregory Erskine
(212) 639-2220
erskineg@mskcc.org

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