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February 13th, Dr. John Carpten was the kick-off speaker for GESworks (Genetic Epidemiology Seminar) Title: Population and Tumor Heterogeneity in Cancer Genome Science.

Drs. David W. Craig and Zarko Manojlovic attended the general Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting that took place in Orlando, FL February 12-16.  They engaged in discussions related to advances in sequencing technologies and analytical approaches in genome science. In addition, Dr. Manojlovic gave a planetary talk on influences of population heterogeneity among…

    On February 7, 2018, students in the MS Program in Translational Biotechnology, led by Program Director Carol Lin and Professor Ron King, took a fieldtrip to tour Lab Launch in Monrovia.  Dr. Llewellyn Cox, Founder and President, and Dr. Marie Rippen, CEO of Lab Launch explained their mission to enable LA’s scientists and…

USC MICHELSON CENTER FOR CONVERGENT SCIENCE EMPHASIZES A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO TACKLING CANCER BY MacKovich, JANUARY 26, 2017 AnneMarie Ciccarella describes herself as an “accidental advocate.” A need to understand her disease led the breast cancer survivor to travel to a national cancer conference where she met USC Professor Peter Kuhn two years ago.“He turned to me…