NCI at AACR 2017 - Sunday, April 2nd

NCI at AACR 2017 - Sunday, April 2nd

NCI at AACR 2017 Highlights

From the National Cancer Institute

Updating you about NCI's presence and planned activities at the AACR 2017 Annual Meeting

Today at AACR

Attend Sessions Featuring NCI Staff NIH Grants Session: Changes in Review, Funding, and Funding Opportunities at the NCI NIH-Sponsored Session 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Marriott Marquis, Ballroom 3-4, Meeting Level 2 Tissue Heterogeneity and Molecular Pathology 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Room 202, Level 2, Washington Convention Center NCI Sponsored Training Awards and Opportunities NCI-Sponsored Session 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Marriott Marquis, Ballroom 3-4, Meeting Level 2 Minorities in Cancer Research Council Meet and Greet 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. AACRcentral (Booth 1125) - MICR Resource Center, Lower Level Women in Cancer Research Council Meet and Greet 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. AACRcentral (Booth 1125) - WICR Resource Center, Lower Level The NCI RAS Initiative at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research NCI-Sponsored Session 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Marriott Marquis, Ballroom 3-4, Meeting Level 2 Regulatory Considerations for Utilizing Liquid Biopsies in Drug and Diagnostic Development 3:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Room 143, Level 1, Washington Convention Center Niches and Routes of Metastasis 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Room 202, Level 2, Washington Convention Center Meet the Mentor: Undergraduate Focus 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. AACRcentral (Booth 1125), Lower Level Mentor: Jonathan S. Wiest, Director, NCI Center for Cancer Training Translating Cancer Technologies from Lab to Market - Success Stories from the NCI SBIR Program NCI-Sponsored Session 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Marriott Marquis, Ballroom 3-4, Meeting Level 2 Networking Hubs 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Level 3 South Pre-function, Washington Convention Center Tumor Heterogeneity: Dinah Singer, Director, NCI Division of Cancer Biology Cancer Informatics: Warren Kibbe, Director, NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology Visit NCI in booth #1407 Meet the Expert sessions start today!  1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Erik Edgerton, Amy Bartosch An Overview of NCI's Office of Grants Administration2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Tiffany Wallace NCI Funding Opportunities for Cancer Health Disparities 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Rodrigo Chuaqui, Irina Lubensky, Joanne Demchok Publicly Available Biospecimen Resources Supported by the Cancer Diagnosis Program3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Helen Moore, Rihab Yassin Newly Revised NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Christie Canaria Encouraging Women & Minority Entrepreneurs through NCI Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Funding4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Susan Perkins The NIH Biosketch: Tips for Early Career-Stage Investigators The fun continues tomorrow with a full lineup of Meet the Expert sessions! Check out the schedule here and plan to attend these popular sessions.  Visit our interactive kiosks Stop by booth kiosks to connect with NCI scientific and program staff. This year, our featured kiosks are: Precision Medicine Cancer Biology Genomics & Strategic Initiatives Cancer Prevention Training Opportunities Cancer Disparities Small Business Innovative Research Development Cancer Causes & Control Technology Development & Partnerships Funding & Grants  Cancer Moonshot Cancer Close Up A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. The images collected here as part of the 2017 NCI Cancer Close Up project exemplify NCI-supported research into how nanoscale materials and devices can improve the way cancer is studied, detected, prevented, and treated. Stop by the NCI exhibit booth to see many of these large-scale microscopy images on colorful display.