ZOOMinar Series: John Shern, MD (NIH)
Event Date & Time
November 6, 2020 at 11:00 am CSTLocation
Details belowEvent Details:
Join Greehey CCRI online as we welcome John Shern, MD., Investigator - Pediatric Oncology Branch (NIH)
Dr. Shern's presentation "Neurofibromatosis-Based Nerve Tumors: A Model System for Understanding Somatic Evolution" will be conducted virtually,
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Meeting ID: 977 4805 3010
Passcode: 1ay0uC
Dr. Shern's CV
Greehey CCRI Host: Myron Ignatius, PhD
About the Speaker(s)
Dr. Jack Shern is a physician-scientist within the Pediatric Oncology Branch. His research is focused on defining and developing precision therapies targeting the genetic mutations that drive tumorigenesis. Most recently, his efforts have turned towards using single-cell sequencing to discover tumor subclonal populations that are responsible for relapsed and refractory disease. He is actively engaged in the Children's Oncology Group, working on pediatric soft tissue sarcomas to investigate the utility of using mutational information as biomarkers for the diagnosis and management of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.
Areas of Expertise:
1) rhabdomyosarcoma, 2) fusion oncogenes, 3) precision medicine, 4) whole-genome
sequencing, 5) RNA sequencing, 6) epigenetics