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Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D.

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Research in the Polyak laboratory is dedicated to the study of human breast cancer with the goal of dissecting tumor evolution and use this information to improve the clinical management of breast cancer patients. 

Main areas of interests are: (1) breast...

"The Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Breast Cancer Progression"

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Guest speaker: Zena Werb, MD Professor and Vice-ChairDepartment of Anatomy University of California-San Francisco Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

"Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer"

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Guest speaker: Franziska Michor, PhD Associate Professor Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard School of Public Health Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

A Solubiliztion Technology for Single Cell Analysis in Tissue

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Guest speaker: Alexei Finski, PhD Co-founder and President P10 Biosciences, Inc. Somerville, MA Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

Single Cell Portraits of Breast Cancer Heterogeneity

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Guest speaker: Timour Baslan, PhD Research Fellow Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NY, NY Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

Integrating Functional and Genomic Data to Understand Complex Disease

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Guest speaker: Alexander (Sasha) Gusev, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Lunch will be provided. Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

The Power of Single Cells: Tumor Heterogeneity and Ecosystem

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institue Seminars in Oncology Guest speaker: Dana Pe'er, PhD Professor Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD No registration required...all are welcome!

The Deeper Phenotypes of the Single Cell in Cancer and Immunity

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Seminars in Oncology Guest speaker: Garry Nolan, PhD Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor Stanford University School of Medicine Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD (617.582.7647)

Biological Insights into EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer

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Guest speaker: Katerina Politi, PhD Assistant Professor Yale University School of Medicine Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD For more information, or to join the Seminars in Oncology email list, please email claudia_steele@dfci.harvard.edu

Head and Neck Cancer Precision Medicine

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Seminars in Oncology | Charles I Siegal Lecture Guest speaker: Jennifer Grandis, MD Professor University of San Francisco, CA Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD No registration required...all are welcome!

Connecting Cancer to Aging: An Evolutionary Approach using In Vivo and In Silico Modeling

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*Special Seminar* Guest speaker: James DeGregori, PhD Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology and Immunology University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD Open admission - no...

Tumor-Associated Lymphangiogenesis: More Than Just an Escape Route"

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Guest speaker: Melody Swartz, PhD William B. Ogden Professor of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Host: Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD For more information, or to join the Seminars in Oncology email list, please email claudia_steele@dfci.harvard.edu