The goal of the symposium is to highlight recent advances in the area of EGFR – family signaling in cancer, with emphasis on new findings that HER proteins have kinase-independent functions, and functions in cellular compartments beyond the plasma membrane. In addition, it will cover signaling of HE…

Maria Sibilia, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

The Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award Introduction by John Mendelsohn, MD Presentation: Yosef Yarden, PhD, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Helena Richardson, PhD, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ross Cagan, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Kwok-Kin Wong, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Jeffrey Engelman, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas

Webster K. Cavanee, PhD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California

Heath Award Lecture and Presentation Introduction by Ronald A. DePinho, MD Presenter: John Mendelsohn, MD, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas

Bruce Johnson, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Pasi Janne, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Dihua Yu, MD, PhD, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas

Sarah Parsons, PhD, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

Mien-Chie Hung, PhD, MD Anderson, Houston, Texas

Roeland Verhaak, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Cdenter, Houston, Texas

Mark A. Lemmon, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alexander Sorkin, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania