Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Understanding the Publication Process at Nature Journals
Discussion Leader: Hilda Chan (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:50 pm
Safia Danovi (Nature Genetics, United Kingdom)
"How to Publish in Scientific Journals"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Normal Mammary Gland Biology to Breast Cancer Initiation
Discussion Leader: Alan Elder (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Dhivyaa Anandan (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Determining the Immunological Basis of Pregnancy-Induced Protection Against Breast Cancer"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Andrew Olander (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"Pregnancy Reduces the Age-Induced Accumulation of Krt6a+ Hybrid Progenitors"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Jysiane Cardot (INRS, Canada)
"Lipids and Collagen: Important Actors in Mammary Gland Epithelium Development at Puberty"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Virangika Wimalasena (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States)
"Histone Acetyltransferases, P300 and CBP, Regulate Collective Epithelial Migration in Normal Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer Invasion"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Subhajit Maity (The University of Texas at Dallas, United States)
"Sympathetic Nerves Modulate Mammary Gland Differentiation via Hormone-Sensing Progenitors"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
David Withey (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Investigating the Microenvironment of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases – Unravelling the Impact of Tissue Interactions, Immunocompetence and Cytokine Expression"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Molecular Signaling and Inflammation in Breast Cancer Metastasis
Discussion Leader: Queralt Vallmajó Martín (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Sara Manzano (IIS Biogipuzkoa, Spain)
"Modulation of Tumour-Promoting Inflammation in Breast Cancer by Oncostatin M cytokine: Implications in Metastasis, Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Immune Suppression"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Hatun Duran Cete (OHSU, United States)
"Effects of Childbirth on Clinical Findings of Breast Cancer Metastasis"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Kylie King (Clemson University, United States)
"Quantifying Diversity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Genomics"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Agne Frismantiene (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"PIK3CA H1047R Mutation Activates Intercellular Tissue-Scale PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK Pathway Crosstalk to Drive Excessive Proliferation and Therapy Tolerance in Mammary Epithelium"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Carman Man-Chung Li (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Brca1 Haploinsufficiency Promotes Early Tumor Onset and Epigenetic Alterations in a Mouse Model of Hereditary Breast Cancer"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Audrey Putelo (University of Virginia, United States)
"Distal Inflammatory Priming of Normal Mammary Tissue by the Gut Microbiome Drives Breast Tumor Metastasis via Metabolic Dysregulation"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Guidance on Being an Effective Mentor and Mentee
Discussion Leader: Benjamin Davies (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Camila dos Santos (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"The Art of Mentoring and Being Mentored"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes