Schedule for 2025/26 year:

October 8, December 10, February 11, April 8, June 1

All are on Wednesdays, except for the Gala, which is on June 1st, Monday!

April 8th 2026

1:30 PM         Welcome Remarks

1:40 PM       Teresa Diavoli (NYU)

PARP1 Suppression Drives Oxidative Stress Resistance in Aneuploid Cancer Cells

2:10 PM Titia de Lange (Rockefeller University)

What does human Ku do?

2:40 PM           Roshni de Souza

Hypoxia Regulates Cell State Transitions in the Colon and Colorectal Cancer

2:55 PM  coffee break

3:15 PM         Monica Selvaraj (MSKCC)

MMEJ-Directed Repair of Breaks at TA Repeats Maintains ecDNA and Cancer Cell Fitness

3:30 PM         Laura Landweber (Columbia University) John Petrini

N6-methyladenine is an epigenetic mark associated with DNA protection in Oxytricha

4:00 PM        John Petrini (MSKCC)

Innate Immune Signaling and The Tumor Microenvironment

4:30- 5:30   Reception