PNRI Science Matters Seminar: A Retrotransposon in Cancer: The Marker and The Mutator
January 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speaker: Kathleen Burns, MD, PhD, Chair, Dept. of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School
12:00-1:15pm | Zoom | Register
In this seminar, Dr. Burns will discuss the intriguing world of repetitive DNA sequences within the human genome, focusing on the utility of using the LINE-1 ORF1 protein as a cancer biomarker. She will also explore the mechanisms and implications of LINE-1 ORF2 mutagenesis in various malignancies.