Past Webinars
AACR Journals Webinar: Introducing Cancer Research Communications
Moderated by: Lucas Brand, PhD
Internal Scientific Editor
Recorded: 11/5/2021
Featuring Drs. Elaine R. Mardis and Lillian L. Siu, the founding Editors-in-Chief for this new open access journal. The Editors-in-Chief discussed the editorial ethos and some recently published articles as examples of the types of studies Cancer Research Communications will publish.
AACR Journals Webinar on CAR T Cell Manufacturing
Moderated by: Tanya Bondar, PhD
Deputy Editor, Blood Cancer Discovery
Recorded: 9/27/2021
Featuring Drs. Mohamed Abou-El-Enein, Nirali N. Shah, Peter Marks, Bruce L. Levine, Nina Bauer, and Anthony R. Welch. This panel of experts representing academia, clinical research and care, industry, funding and regulatory agencies discussed future goals and current barriers in CAR T cell manufacturing, and how these barriers can be overcome to improve efficacy, reproducibility, and accessibility of CAR T cell therapies. The Blood Cancer Discovery review article, "Scalable Manufacturing of CAR T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy", provides the necessary background.
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Clinical Cancer Research with Dr. Vivek Subbiah
Moderated by: Jacqueline Brosnan-Cashman, PhD
Clinical Cancer Research Associate Editor
Recorded: 9/10/2021
Featuring Vivek Subbiah, MD, discussing his article recently published in Clinical Cancer Research, "Intracranial Efficacy of Selpercatinib in RET Fusion-Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancers on the LIBRETTO-001 Trial".
Moderated by: Jing Peng, PhD
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Associate Editor
Recorded: 8/16/2021
Featuring Dr. Chun Rebecca Chao discussing her article, "Metabolic Risk Factors Associated with Early Onset Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: A Case-Control Study at Kaiser Permanente Southern California." Mr. Arif discusses his article, "Hereditary and inflammatory bowel disease related early onset colorectal cancer have unique characteristics and clinical course compared to sporadic disease."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics with Dr. Louis Denis
Moderated by: Richard Davis, PhD
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Associate Editor
Recorded: 6/23/2021
Featuring Dr. Louis Denis discussing his First Disclosure article published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, "ASN004, a 5T4-targeting scFv-Fc antibody-drug conjugate with high drug-to-antibody ratio, induces complete and durable tumor regressions in preclinical models."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Cancer Immunology Research with Dr. Charles Drake
Moderated by: Karen Honey, PhD
Cancer Immunology Research Senior Associate Editor
Recorded: 5/14/2021
Featuring Dr. Charles Drake discussing his article published in Cancer Immunology Research, "Longitudinal Immune Profiling Reveals Unique Myeloid and T-cell Phenotypes Associated with Spontaneous Immunoediting in a Prostate Tumor Model."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Cancer Research with Dr. Sarah-Maria Fendt
Moderated by: Harmony Turk, PhD
Cancer Research Executive Editor
Recorded: 4/20/2021
Featuring Sarah-Maria Fendt, Ph.D., discussing her article published in Cancer Research, "Fat Induces Glucose Metabolism in Nontransformed Liver Cells and Promotes Liver Tumorigenesis."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Cancer Discovery with Dr. Matthew Meyerson
Moderated by: Robert Kruger, PhD
Cancer Discovery Senior Executive Editor
Recorded: 3/20/2021
Featuring Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, discussing his article published in Cancer Discovery, "Genetic Ancestry Contributes to Somatic Mutations in Lung Cancers from Admixed Latin American Populations."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Blood Cancer Discovery with Dr. Jaroslaw Maciejewski and Dr. Babal Jha
Moderated by: Tanya Bondar, PhD
Blood Cancer Discovery Deputy Editor
Recorded: 3/15/2021
Featuring Jaroslaw Maciejewski, MD, PhD, and Babal Jha, PhD, discussing their article published in Blood Cancer Discovery, "Minimal TET activity is a targetable vulnerability of Tet2 and neomorphic IDH1/2-mutant myeloid malignancies."
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Cancer Discovery with Dr. Phil Jones
Moderated by: Elizabeth McKenna, PhD
Cancer Discovery Executive Editor
Recorded: 2/16/2021
Featuring Phil Jones, PhD, FMedSci discussing his paper published in Cancer Discovery, "Selection of Oncogenic Mutant Clones in Normal Human Skin Varies with Body Site."
Moderated by: Daniel Evanko, PhD
Director of Journals Operations & Systems, AACR
Recorded: 12/7/2020
Featuring Drs. Anita Bandkowski and Martijn Roelandse discussing and demonstrating how SciScore can support authors in ensuring that their manuscript adheres to rigor and transparency reporting standards.
Moderated by: Tanya Bondar, PhD
Blood Cancer Discovery Deputy Editor
Recorded: 11/16/2020
Featuring Drs. Nikhil C. Munshi, Kenneth C. Anderson, Malin Hultcrantz, and Ola Landgren. Discussion of their In the Spotlight piece and related research article published in Blood Cancer Discovery about the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 on multiple myeloma patients.
Moderated by: Daniel Evanko, PhD
Director of Journals Operations & Systems, AACR
Recorded: 11/12/2020
Featuring Benjamin Haibe-Kains of University of Toronto. Discussion of how Code Ocean allows for the inclusion of an executable instance of the code for peer review and publication.
Moderated by: Tanya Bondar, PhD
Blood Cancer Discovery Deputy Editor
Recorded: 7/15/2020
Featuring Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (hons), MSc, MD of St. Jude Children’s Hospital and John E. Dick, PhD, FRS of University of Toronto. Discussion of their research published in Blood Cancer Discovery and Cancer Discovery, respectively, on clonal trajectories and cellular mechanisms of relapse in ALL.
AACR Virtual Journal Club: Cancer Discovery with Dr. Chris Jones
Moderated by: I-Mei Siu, PhD
Cancer Discovery Senior Editor
Recorded: 6/17/2020
Featuring Chris Jones, PhD of the Institute for Cancer Research. Discussion of his paper published in Cancer Discovery on the molecular drivers of infant high-grade gliomas.
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