Thank you to all who helped make the 2011 Symposium a huge success.

May 19 and 20th, 2011
Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, Michigan

• George Vande Woude, Ph.D., Van Andel Research Institute
• James D. Watson, Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Cindy Miranti, Ph.D., Van Andel Research Institute
• Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
• Robert N. Eisenman, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Sara Courtneidge, Ph.D., The Burnham Institute
• Richard Jove, Ph.D., Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
• Deborah Morrison, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute
• Charles Sherr, M.D., Ph.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Edward Harlow Jr., Ph.D., Harvard University
• Tony Hunter, Ph.D., The Salk Institute
• Michael Weinreich, Ph.D., Van Andel Research Institute

Please stay tuned for details regarding the 2012 Symposium.

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