The 2021 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) Symposium
Memorial Sloan Kettering is pleased to present the second annual Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) Symposium. This series of scientific talks from female leaders in their fields will take place virtually March 17, 2021 and is free and open to all.
Kravis WiSE is a multifaceted initiative designed to support female-identified scientists and promote gender equity at MSK and beyond. Learn more about Kravis WiSE at MSK.
March 17, 2021, 3pm-6pm
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD
Mount Sinai Endowed Professor in Cancer Immunology and Director of the Precision Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Talk title: Myeloid Cell Control of Cancer Outcome and Response to Immunotherapy
Host: Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD
Anne Brunet, PhD
Michele and Timothy Barakett Endowed Professor and Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University
Talk title: Mechanisms of Aging and Rejuvenation
Host: Yael David, PhD
Anne Brunet, PhD
Kat Hadjantonakis, PhD
Chair, Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute
Talk title: Follow Your Gut: Insights into How Single Cells Collaborate to Build Organs
View Dr. Hadjantonakis’s research
Host: Richard White, MD, PhD
Kat Hadjantonakis, PhD
Kravis WiSE Postdoctoral Fellowship Winner
Mijin Kim, PhD
Heller lab, Sloan Kettering Institute
Talk title: Machine Learning Nanosensor Array to Detect Disease Fingerprint of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
Host: Maria Jasin, PhD
Kravis WiSE Graduate Fellowship Winner
Regina Bou Puerto
Rudensky lab, Sloan Kettering Institute
Talk title: Distinct Roles of IFNg Produced by Pro- and Anti-inflammatory T cells in Neuroinflammation
Host: Karuna Ganesh, MD, PhD
