Program
Salk Cancer Day Symposium 2026 Program
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration and breakfast |
SESSION I
| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome remarks Diana Hargraves, PhD Salk Institute T32 organizer |
| 9:40 a.m. | Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD Bloomberg Distinguished Professor E.V. McCollum Professor and Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Professor Johns Hopkins |
| 10:20 a.m. | Selected Trainee talk |
| 10:45 a.m. | Coffee break |
SESSION II
| 11:00 a.m. | Janelle Ayres, PhD Salk Institute |
| 11:40 a.m. | Yiyin Erin Chen, PhD Robert A. Swanson Career Development Professor of Life Sciences Broad Institute |
| 12:20 p.m. | Lunch |
SESSION III
| 1:30 p.m. | Selected Trainee talk |
| 1:55 p.m. | Edna (Eti) Cukierman, PhD Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Research Fox Chase Cancer Center |
| 2:35 p.m. | Selected Trainee talk |
| 2:50 p.m. | Coffee break |
SESSION IV
| 3:05 p.m. | Selected Trainee talk |
| 3:30 p.m. | Costas Lyssiotis, PhD Maisel Research Professor of Oncology University of Michigan Medical School |
| 4:10 p.m. | Closing remarks Reuben Shaw, PhD Salk Cancer Center Director Salk Institute |
| 4:20 p.m. | Poster session and reception/networking session |