Event Detail (Archived)

Cancer Stem Cells: Reprogramming, Dedifferentiation and Trans-differentiation

  • This event already took place in May 2014
  • Zuckerman Auditorium, MSKCC, 417 E. 68th St.

Event Details

Type
MSKCC President's Research Seminar
Speaker(s)
Inder Verma, Ph.D., Irwin and Joan Jacobs Chair in Exemplary Life Science, The Salk Institute
Open to
Public
Host
Peter Besmer, PhD
Reception
Tea, 4:00 p.m.
Contact
Kirsten Hively
Phone
(212) 639-3390
Sponsor
Kirsten Hively
(212) 639-3390
hivelyk@mskcc.org

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