Origins of Cancer

A scientific symposium that brings together students, scientists and medical professionals to discuss the latest breakthroughs in cancer research.

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Registration is open for Origins of Cancer 2022! Join us as we celebrate the scientific legacy of our founding research director, Dr. George Vande Woude. We have an amazing speaker lineup this year - visit https://t.co/fpG9EnXhbe to find out more! @VAInstitute #VAIOrigins

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Starting soon @OriginsVAI celebrating the late Dr. George Vande Woude. Speakers include @TonySalk, Harold Varmus, @frankpmccormick, Luis Parada, and Sue VandeWoude @VAInstitute

[Origins of Cancer @OriginsVAI]

So excited to host this very special event today! Speakers @TonySalk, Harold Varmus, @frankpmccormick, Luis Parada, Sue VandeWoude, and Bart Williams will be sharing their work, honoring the legacy of Dr. George Vande Woude. #VAIOrigins @VAInstitute

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Register now for our 2022 #VAIorigins Symposium to hear Dr. Morag Park of @McGillMed! Dr. Park was involved in the discovery of the MET oncogene with Dr. George Vande Woude and has made many important contributions to our understanding of cancer. @VAInstitute

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So excited to welcome Dr. Frank McCormick of @UCSFCancer to the 2022 #VAIorigins symposium! Dr. McCormick was a longtime colleague of Dr. Vande Woude, an active participant in many previous Oncogene Meetings, and served on @VAInstitute's founding advisory board.

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We are excited to welcome George Vande Woude's longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Luis Parada @MSKCancerCenter to our 14th annual #VAIorigins symposium! Join us June 22 at @VAInstitute as we celebrate George's scientific legacy and hear about recent advances in cancer research!

[Origins of Cancer @OriginsVAI]

Join us for our 2022 #VAIOrigins symposium to hear Dr. Harold Varmus (@NobelPrize laureate, @WeillCornell investigator, and oncogene titan) speak about how the discovery of oncogenes changed the way we think about cancer! @VAInstitute

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We are excited to welcome Dr. Tony Hunter of @salkinstitute as a speaker at this year’s Origins of Cancer symposium! Dr. Hunter worked with George Vande Woude to found the Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies and organize the famous Oncogene Meetings from 1985-2004. #VAIOrigins

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For the last 2 days, we have enjoyed hosting #VAIOrigins on the Emerging Frontier of Cancer Neuroscience! Thank you to: 🌟Our fantastic speakers 🌟Our poster presenters 🌟Our attendees for your engagement 🌟Our incredible support team 🌟Our generous sponsors! See you next year!

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Join us in 5 minutes, for today's 2021 #VAIOrigins keynote speaker: Dr. Michelle Monje Deisseroth @michelle_monje from @Stanford!

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Happening now: There are many fantastic presenters to engage with as part of our poster & networking session! #VAIOrigins

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We are thoroughly enjoying all of our discussions this morning! Tune in now for today's abstract selected trainee speaker Erik Peterson @erikrpeterson92 from @UMich! #VAIOrigins

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Happening now: Our second speaker for this session on the Intersection of Risk Factors for Brain Cancer & Neurodegeneration is Dr. Derek Wainwright @dwainwright_PhD from @NorthwesternU! #VAIOrigins

[Origins of Cancer @OriginsVAI]

A very good morning and warm welcome to day 2 of our 2021 #VAIOrigins @VAInstitute! We are looking forward to our session on the Intersection of Risk Factors for Brain Cancer & Neurodegeneration starting at 11:00AM EDT with Dr. Pilar Sánchez-Gómez @gliomalab!

[Origins of Cancer @OriginsVAI]

Day 1 of our 2021 Origins of Cancer symposium concluded with a successful networking session! Thank you to our speakers, attendees & sponsors - we look forward to connecting again tomorrow at 11:00AM EDT #VAIOrigins

[Origins of Cancer @OriginsVAI]

We look forward to virtually meeting you in our networking session commencing in a few minutes! Thank you to all of our fantastic speakers today & all the great questions submitted by the audience! #VAIOrigins

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@OriginsVAI watch party!

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Join us for today's keynote speaker Dr. Suzanne Baker from @StJudeResearch! #VAIOrigins

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Happening now: Our second speaker for this session on the Impact of Genetic Evolution & Cancer-Associated Neuroinflammation is Dr. Beroukhim from @DanaFarber! #VAIOrigins

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We now start our second session on the Impact of Genetic Evolution & Cancer-Associated Neuroinflammation with Dr. Daniel Marks from @OHSUSOM! #VAIOrigins