Webcasts: Science: MIT Begins 11-Part Webcast Series on the Fundamentals of Cancer Research
Webcasts: Science: MIT Begins 11 Part Webcast Series on the Fundamentals of Cancer Research
1) Fundamentals of Cancer Research: Introduction and Overview
This inaugural address lays the groundwork for an 11-part series on MIT’s efforts in cancer research.
Recorded June 7, 2006.
SPEAKERS:
Susan Hockfield
MIT President
Professor of Neuroscience
Robert J. Silbey
Dean, School of Science and Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry
Tyler Jacks
Director, Center for Cancer Research and David H. Koch Professor of Biology, MIT Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2) Introduction to Cancer Genetics
Lecture Recorded June 7, 2006.
Weinberg offers a primer on the process of cancer formation.
SPEAKER:
Robert A. Weinberg
Founding Member, MIT Center for Cancer Research
Member, Whitehead Institute
Daniel K. Ludwig and American Cancer Society Professor for Cancer Research
Department of Biology
