Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Human Health and Disease
Event Details
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- Friday Lecture Series
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Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D., professor and Meredith and Billy Starr Investigator, department of pediatric oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School; institute member and epigenomics program co-director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Speaker bio(s)
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Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D., is an academic investigator as well as entrepreneur in the biomedical sciences. She is currently a Professor and Meredith and Billy Starr Investigator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School; an Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and an Institute Member and Epigenomics Program Co-Director at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Dr. Kadoch is a world-renowned expert in biochemistry and cancer biology and is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking studies in these areas. Specifically, her laboratory studies the structure and function of nuclear protein complexes that govern DNA architecture and gene expression, perturbations in which are implicated in over 50% of human cancers and other diseases. Based on her seminal work, Dr. Kadoch is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, Forbes magazine 30 Under 30, Popular Science Brilliant 10, the AAAS Wachtel Cancer Research Prize, the AACR Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research, the 2024 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research and most recently, the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, among many others. In addition to her academic accomplishments, Dr. Kadoch is the Scientific Founder of Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FHTX), a company advancing a new class of medicines in oncology and beyond based on her pioneering discoveries.
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- Tri-Institutional