“The Stem Cell Niche and Cancer Microenvironment”
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Symposium November 12-14, 2015

Distinguished Scientist in the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory at UC Berkeley
Recognized for her lifetime contributions to the fields of breast cancer research, the enhanced role of extracellular matrix (ECM) and the nucleus environment to gene expression in normal and malignant tissue

Director of the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern
Focus is on molecular mechanisms that regulate the function of stem cells and cancer cells in the nervous and hematopoietic system