Event Details
Event Title UNC Lineberger Cancer Center 49th Annual Symposium-Innovative Directions in RNA Biology & Therapeutics
Location The Friday Center
Sponsor UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Date/Time 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026
Event Price
For more information, contact the event administrator: Connor Scott Connor_Scott@med.unc.edu
Event Presenters
Name Title  
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD Executive Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center & Chief of Oncology Clinical Services, UNC Health Opening Remarks
Chad Pecot, MD Professor, UNC Division of Oncology Closing Remarks
Josh Mendell, MD, PhD Professor,?Department of Molecular Biology, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute New Regulators of Coding and Noncoding RNAs in Mammals
Shobha Vasudevan, PhD Senior Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Director of Technology and Innovation, Adj A Professor UNC Chapel Hill Targeting Post-Transcriptional Mechanisms of Tumor Persistence
Li Ma, PhD Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center New Target against Osteoporosis and Bone Metastasis
Sun Hur, PhD Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School/ HHMI Perfect Storm: Breaching of Innate and Adaptive Immunity Through LINE RNA
Daniel Dominguez, PhD Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Pharmacology Splicing and RBPs in Cancer
Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, MBA Deputy Director for Research & Chief Scientific Officer, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center "Kill the Messenger: Targeting RNA in Cancer Stem Cell Therapy"
Chuan He, PhD Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago/HHMI Gene Expression Regulation by snoRNAs
Grace Chen, PhD Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Departments of Immunobiology and Genetics "N6-Methyladenosine Modification in Cancer Immunity"
Hanzhi Luo, PhD Assistant Professor, Nuclear Dynamic and Cancer Epigenetic Institute (CEI) Fox Chase Cancer Center "Epitranscriptomics in Cancer Immunology"
Jason Luke, MD, FACP, FASCO Chief Medical officer, Strand Therapeutics (CMO) Next Generation Immunotherapy via Synthetic Biology: Cell-Type and Tunable Genetic Expression
Andrea Kasinski, PhD Deputy Director, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University From MicroRNA Biology to Clinical Breakthroughs: Advancing MicroRNAs as Anti-cancer Agents
Kevin Weeks, PhD Kenan Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Small-Molecule Targeting of the Human MYC mRNA"
Session Status Session Session Date Start Time End Time Cutoff Session Price
Registering Faculty Dinner Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $15,000.00
Registering Networking Tabletop Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $5,000.00
Registering Session Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $7,500.00
Registering Patron Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $2,500.00
Registering Full Symposium Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $25,000.00
Registering Luncheon Sponsor 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $10,000.00
Registering General Registration 05/04/2026 - 05/05/2026 8:30 AM 5:00 PM 04/24/2026 $30.00
 
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center 49th Annual Symposium-"Innovative Directions in RNA Biology & Therapeutics"

This is a two-day event: May 4th-Breakfast begins at 7:30, Session begins at 8:30am and ends at 5:00pm.  May 5th-Breakfast begins at 8:00am-Session begins at 9am and ends at 11:20am. [Lunch is included in your registration fee!]

General Registration fee of 30.00 covers both event days and lunch.

The Friday Center: 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

This event will be in person only with no onsite registration.