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Upcoming Events

NCI Systems Biology and Physical Sciences Summer Research Program
The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Systems Biology Consortium and Physical Sciences in Oncology Network are offering rising Junior and Senior undergraduates with outstanding research potential the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors from NCI-supported institutions for an 8-week summer fellowship at 15 research institutions across the United States. The 2020 summer research program is designed specifically for students to gain experience in the interdisciplinary fields of systems biology and physical oncology. Additionally, students will convene at the NIH in Bethesda, MD on July 18-19, 2020 to present their research and network with their peers. Detailed information about the program can be found at: https://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/SummerProgram/.   Please contact Erin Wetzel (erin.wetzel@nih.gov) if you have any questions about the program.

2020 Cancer Systems Biology Consortium and Physical Sciences - Oncology Network Junior Investigator Meeting
The Junior Investigator Meeting is scheduled for August 27-28, 2020 at the Porter Research Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD. It will bring together senior graduate students through early stage faculty members who work at the interface of computation, physical sciences, and biology, as a way to build a community of interdisciplinary scientists facing similar career decisions and challenges. Participants of this interdisciplinary meeting will include cancer biologists, along with engineers, mathematicians, and physicists. In light of these diverse backgrounds, the goal of the meeting is to inspire data sharing, new ideas and research directions in the field of cancer - particularly among early investigators just launching, or near to launching, independent labs. More information will be available in the future.

2020 Physical Sciences-Oncology Network Annual Investigators Meeting
The 2020 Annual Investigators Meeting is scheduled for September 21-23, 2020 at the NCI Shady Grove Campus in Rockville, Maryland. The network aims to integrate physical sciences perspectives in cancer research and to foster this convergence by forming trans-disciplinary teams of physical scientists and cancer researchers working closely together to advance our understanding of cancer biology and oncology. An agenda, registration website, and more information will be available in the future.  

High School Internship Program in Integrated Mathematical Oncology
HIP IMO is an integrated mathematical oncology centric internship program that delivers interdisciplinary team science research experiences for high school students aged 16 or older by the time of the internship. This mentored summer training program is designed for motivated aspiring scientists to help prepare them for interdisciplinary cancer research careers. The program runs for 8 weeks: June 8 – July 31 2, 2020. HIP IMO students will receive a Richard O. Jacobson IMO Scholarship of $1,000 and travel for out of town students will be booked directly by the program. Applications for the 2020 HIP IMO program are now open with an application deadline of February 1, 2020. Interested students should download an application form and visit the website for more information: http://psoc.moffitt.org/education/internship-programs/hip-imo/

Recent Events

Bootcamp on Methods in Evolution and Cancer for Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers
Arizona Cancer Evolution Center (ACE) will hold its first Methods in Evolution and Cancer Bootcamp between December 2-6, 2019, hosted by the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium Center at Arizona State University. During this week-long event, experts will demonstrate cutting-edge techniques in computational biology that enable researchers to better visualize cancer development. Through lectures and hands-on tutorials, students will learn about methods in evolution and cancer, develop new skills, and start new collaborations. The boot camp is open to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Approximately 15 students will be accepted for the boot camp, the deadline to apply is October 20. For details about the application process and list of tutorials that will be provided, please visit the website.

Random Matrix Theory Symposium
This 1-day Symposium on Random Matrix Theory and its Applications, organized by Andrew Blumberg, Mathieu Carrière, Ivan Corwin and Raul Rabadan, is part of the events supported by the Columbia University Center for Topology of Cancer Evolution and Heterogeneity, which is part of the National Cancer Institute's Physical Sciences in Oncology Network, and the "Probability and Society" initiative for Columbia. The purpose of the symposium is to present foundations and applications of Random Matrix Theory in biology and computer science. It will be held at Columbia University in Lerner Hall (room 477) on November 1st, 2019.

2019 Cancer Systems Biology Consortium and Physical Sciences - Oncology Network Junior Investigator Meeting
The Junior Investigator Meeting is scheduled for August 22-23, 2019 at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD. It will bring together senior graduate students through early stage faculty members who work at the interface of computation, physical sciences, and biology, as a way to build a community of interdisciplinary scientists facing similar career decisions and challenges. Participants of this interdisciplinary meeting will include cancer biologists, along with engineers, mathematicians, and physicists. In light of these diverse backgrounds, the goal of the meeting is to inspire data sharing, new ideas and research directions in the field of cancer - particularly among early investigators just launching, or near to launching, independent labs. For more information please visit the website: https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn18488317

2019 Physical Sciences-Oncology Network Annual Investigators Meeting
The Annual Investigators Meeting is scheduled for September 18-20, 2019 at the Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. The network aims to integrate physical sciences perspectives in cancer research and to foster this convergence by forming trans-disciplinary teams of physical scientists and cancer researchers working closely together to advance our understanding of cancer biology and oncology. Keynote speakers include physical aspects of the immune response to cancer (Victor Engelhard), molecular imaging and analysis of mechanics and signals in cancer (Dorothy Sipkins), transformation, plasticity, and metastasis (Yibin Kang), and tumor architecture in space and time (Elana Fertig). The 2019 meeting was collaboratively planned by a steering committee comprising PS-ON investigators (David Odde, Cheng Zhu, Orly Alter, Claudia Fischbach, and Ken Pienta ), a patient advocate (Carole Baas), UMN Program Staff (Bo Connelly), Sage Bionetworks (Julie Bletz), and NCI Program Staff (Nas Zahir and Elyse Gillen).