th 9 Weinman Symposium

University of Hawaii Cancer Center Presents: International Conference on Gene, Metabolism, and Cancer Symposium

University of Hawaii Cancer Center Presents: International Conference on 2017 Weinman Award Recipient

Dr. Sharp shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in

Physiology or Medicine with Richard J. Roberts for "the discovery that genes in eukaryotes are th st not contiguous strings but contain introns, and Nov 30 – Dec 1 , 2017 that the splicing of messenger RNA to delete those introns can occur in different ways, Sullivan Conference Center yielding different proteins from the same DNA sequence". University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Dr. Sharp's current research focuses on small 701 Ilalo Street, Kaka’ako RNAs and other types of non-coding RNAs. Free & Open to the Public Thanks to: Dr. Phillip Allen Sharp The Weinman Symposium and Award is supported by a generous donation from “The

Barry and Virginia Weinman Foundation”

Speakers

Affar El Bachir, PhD Michele Carbone, MD, PhD Wei Jia, Ph.D Jose Onuchic, PhD Associate Professor Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics Professor Professor and Associate Director, Medicine Department Professor of Chemistry Director of Thoracic Oncology UH Cancer Center University of Montreal Professor of BioSciences University of Hawaii Cancer Center Honolulu, HI, USA Quebec, Canada Department of Chemistry Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Rice University, USA

Harvey I. Pass, MD Bruce Beutler, M.D. Carlo Croce, MD James L. Manley, Ph.D Stephen E. Banner Professor of Thoracic Director, Center for the Genetics Professor and Chair Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Life Oncology of Host Defense Department of Cancer Biology and Sciences Vice-Chairman Professor Genetics Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center The Ohio State University College of Columbia University Director, General Thoracic Surgery USA Medicine New York, USA NYU Langone Medical Center, USA Ohio, USA

Gerry Melino, M.D.,Ph.D. Paolo Pinton, PhD Lewis Cantley, PhD Alan D. D'Andrea, M.D. Head, Apoptosis and Cancer Professor and Vice Chair Professor of Cancer Biology in Laboratory, Medical Research Council Department of Morphology, Surgery, and Medicine Toxicology Unit, UK Experimental Medicine Director, Sandra and Edward Professor of Molecular Biology, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Meyer Cancer Center University of Rome Tor Vergata Experimental Biology Margaret and Hermaen Sokol Rome, Italy University of Ferrara, Italy Professor in Oncology Research

Well Cornell Medical College

USA

Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, Carol Prives, PhD Webster Cavenee, PhD Kevin Foskett, PhD Da Costa Professor Director, Ludwig Institute for M.D.,PHD Isaac Ott Professor of Physiology Department of Biological Sciences Cancer Research Professor of Medical Science Director of Physiology Columbia University Distinguished Professor University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania New York, USA University of California, San Director of Developmental Brain PA, USA Diego Science Group

USA Brain Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Weinman Award Past Recipients Speakers Organizing Committee 2016

Randy W Schekman, PhD Said M. Sebti, Ph.D. Michele Carbone 2013 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine Manual and Adeline Garcia Professor University of Hawaii Cancer Center University of California, Berkeley

Chair, Drug Discovery Department Co-Program Leader, Chemical Biology and 2015 Molecular Medicine Bruce Beutler Mary-Claire King, PhD Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center The University of Washington Tampa, Florida, USA Seattle, Washington

Carlo Croce 2014 The Ohio State University Jules A. Hoffmann, PhD

2011 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine Philip A. Sharp, Ph.D. University of Strasbourg Institute Professor Haining Yang Bruce A. Beutler, MD Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research University of Hawaii Cancer Center 2011 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine Massachusetts Institute Technology UT Southwestern Medical Center MA, USA 2013 Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD

2009 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine

University of California, San Francisco Sponsors Haining Yang, PhD 2012 Professor Waun Ki Hong, MD Thoracic Oncology Weinman Foundation, The University of Texas University of Hawaii Cancer Center MD Anderson Cancer Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Honolulu, HI 2011 International Association for the Study Carlo M. Croce, MD of Lung Cancer (IASLC) The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital

2010 University of Hawaii Cancer Center Baruch Blumberg, MD, PhD 1976 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine Fox Chase Cancer Center

2009 Harald zur Hausen 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine

German Cancer Research Center