Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Symposium at Mission Bay
WHAT: The day after the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences winners are announced at a private evening event in the Bay Area, the recipients – along with 2013 recipients, UCSF Nobel laureates and other luminaries in the field – will participate in a symposium on the state of research in cancer, genetics, neurobiology and stem cells. The all-day symposium will conclude with a panel discussion moderated by UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, with the 2014 Breakthrough Prize recipients.
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, which recognizes excellence in research aimed at curing intractable disease and extending human life, was inaugurated in February with the announcement of the 2013 recipients at a ceremony at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Founding sponsors of the Prize are Art Levinson (Calico CEO), Sergey Brin (Google co-founder), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe founder), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder) and Priscilla Chan, MD, Jack Ma (Internet entrepreneur) and Cathy Zhang, and Yuri Milner (entrepreneur). Six new, $3 million prizes will be awarded December 12.
WHEN: Friday, December 13, 2013
8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Symposium (see full agenda, below)
4:00-5:30 p.m. Panel discussion with 2014 Breakthrough Prize recipients
WHERE: Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium, UCSF Mission Bay campus, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES: Interviews will be available with speakers at the symposium, including 2013 and 2014 recipients and UCSF Nobel laureates. B-roll is available in nearby labs. RSVP to Kristen Bole at [email protected] or, during the event, at 415-317-3652.
PARKING: The UCSF Mission Bay parking garage is at Fourth and 16th streets.
AGENDA:
| 7:30-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Genentech Hall Auditorium) |
| 8:00-8:10 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction (Byers Auditorium) Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH UCSF Chancellor Representative of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Award Committee |
| Cancer Genetics | |
| 8:10-8:15 a.m. | 2013 Prize Recipients for Cancer Genetics Art Levinson, PhD, CEO, Calico |
| 8:15-8:45 a.m. | Cancer genomes in the war against cancer Bert Vogelstein, MD, Johns Hopkins University |
| 8:45-9:15 a.m. | The formation and function of cancer stem cells Robert A. Weinberg, PhD, Whitehead Institute, MIT |
| 9:15-9:45 a.m. | Break with student posters (Atrium) |
| Cancer Biology | |
| 9:50-9:55 a.m. | 2013 Prize Recipients for Cancer Biology Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS, UCSF |
| 9:55-10:25 a.m. | Obesity, diabetes and cancer: The PI3K connection Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College |
| 10:25-10:55 a.m. | Targeting cancer at its roots: The challenges ahead Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering |
| 10:55-11:25 a.m. | Targeting blood vessels to treat cancer and eye diseases: Progress and challenges Napoleone Ferrara, MD, UC San Diego |
| Genetics | |
| 11:25-11:30 a.m. | 2013 Prize Recipients for Genetics Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, UCSF, 2009 Nobel Prize |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Yeast, evolution, and cancer David Botstein, PhD, Princeton University |
| 12:00-12:30 p.m. | Secrets of the human genome Eric Lander, PhD, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch (Fisher Banquet Hall-William J. Rutter Center) |
| Neurobiology and Stem Cells | |
| 1:30-1:35 p.m. | 2013 Prize Recipients for Neurobiology and Stem Cells Stanley Prusiner, MD, UCSF, 1997 Nobel Prize |
| 1:35-2:05 p.m. | Using fixed circuits to generate flexible behaviors Cornelia Bargmann, PhD, Rockefeller University |
| 2:05-2:35 p.m. | Break with student posters (Genentech Hall Atrium) |
| 2:40-3:10 p.m | Wnt, stem cells and cancer Hans Clevers, MD, PhD, Hubrecht Institute |
| 3:10-3:40 p.m. | New era of medicine with iPS cells Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, The David J. Gladstone Institutes, UCSF and Kyoto University, 2012 Nobel Prize |
| The 2014 Winners | (Fisher Banquet Hall-William J. Rutter Center) |
| 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Panel discussion with 2014 Prize recipients Moderator: UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmont-Hellmann |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Reception |
UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy, a graduate division with nationally renowned programs in basic biomedical, translational and population sciences, as well as a preeminent biomedical research enterprise and two top-tier hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
About the Breakthrough Prize Foundation:
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to advancing breakthrough research in life sciences, celebrating scientists and generating excitement about the pursuit of science as a career. Additional information about the Foundation and previous recipients of the prizes can be found at www.breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org.