Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Wednesday, January 20, 2027

4:00 – 8:00 pm Networking Mixer (Benson Hotel)

Thursday, January 21, 2027

7:30 – 8:20 am Breakfast

8:20 – 8:30 am Opening remarks by Paul Macklin, PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington

8:30 – 9:30 am Opening Keynote - Trey Ideker, PhD, UCSD

9:30 – 11:10 am Session #1: Systems Pharmacology and Translational Systems Biology

• Invited Speaker - Greg Thurber, PhD, University of Michigan
• Invited Speaker - Liling Wan, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch + “Meet the PIs” Lunch Tables

1:00 – 2:40 pm Session #2: Metabolism Across Scales

• Invited Speaker - Deepak Nagrath, PhD, University of Michigan
• Invited Speaker - Katherine Aird, PhD, The Wistar Institute
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

2:40 – 3:10 pm Coffee Break

3:10 – 4:50 pm Session #3: Postdoc Spotlight

• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

4:50 – 5:00 pm Lightning talks from selected posters

5:00 – 6:30 pm Poster session A (with refreshments and snacks)

6:30 – 7:30 pm ACSB / future of SACB conversation (open to all)

Dinner on your own

Friday, January 22, 2027

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast

9:00 – 10:40 am Session #4: Targeting Signal Transduction

• Invited Speaker - Michelle Mendoza, PhD, University of Utah
• Invited Speaker - Jared Toettcher, PhD, Princeton University
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

10:40 – 10:50 am Lightning talks from selected posters

10:50 – 12:00 pm Poster Session B

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch + “Meet the PIs” Lunch Tables

1:30 – 3:10 pm Session #5: Spatial Single Cell Cancer Systems Biology

• Invited Speaker - Linghua Wang, MD, PhD, MD Anderson
• Invited Speaker - Michalina Janiszewska, PhD, CU Anschutz
• Invited Speaker - John Hickey, PhD, Duke University

3:10 – 4:40 pm Coffee Break

4:40 – 6:20 pm Session #6: Immunology & Host-Tumor Interactions

• Invited Speaker - Heiko Enderling, PhD, FSMB, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Invited Speaker - Alexandra Naba, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

6:30 – 8:30 pm Conference Dinner

Saturday, January 23, 2027

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast

9:00 – 10:40 am Session #7: Tumor Heterogeneity and Metastasis

• Invited Speaker - David Basanta, PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Invited Speaker - Yogesh Goyal, PhD, Northwestern University
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD
• Abstract Selected Speaker - TBD

10:40 – 11:00 am Coffee Break

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Closing Keynote - Elaine Mardis, PhD, National Children’s Hospital

12:00 pm Closing remarks by Michael Yaffe, MD, PhD, MIT

Note: Invited talks will be limited to 35 minutes total (5 minutes for questions). Selected talks will be limited to 15 minutes total. Poster preview lightning talks will be 2 minutes and meant to be previews of posters.