Invited Speakers 2022

The Verne Chapman Lecture will be presented by Monica Justice.

Monica J. Justice is an American–Canadian developmental geneticist. She is the Canada Research Chair in Mammalian Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto and Program Head of Genetics and Genome Biology at SickKids Hospital.

 

The Mary Lyon Lecture will be presented by Julie Mathieu.

Dr. Mathieu studies how cellular fate changes are regulated in early stages of human development, and uses these findings to better understand cancers and cancer stem cell formation. Dr. Mathieu is the associate director of the Ellison Stem Cell core at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.

 

Kent Hunter will present as an invited speaker.

Dr, Hunter is the Acting Chief of The Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics at NCI/NIH.