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The Workshop on the Physics of Tumor Heterogeneity was held at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey on June 5-7, 2011. The specific goal of this conference was to bring together a diverse group of researchers studying various aspects of the physics of cancer.

Sessions focusing on the physical, clinical, genomic, and network aspects of tumor heterogeneity consisted of talks by prominent researchers in the field, followed by brainstorming and scientific discussions.

Program

Sunday, June 5
6:30 pm	BBQ Reception and check-in/registration, Bloomberg Hall Courtyard

Monday, June 6	Workshop sessions will be held at the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science (PCTS), 407 Jadwin Hall
8:00 am-8:45 am	Continental Breakfast
8:45 am-9:15 am	Introduction Robert Austin, Princeton University
9:15 am-10:15 am	Tumor Heterogeneity: The Problems and Potential Benefits from a Pharmacologist's View Bart Kamen, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
10:15 am-10:30 am	Break
10:30 am-11:30 am	Tumor Heterogeneity: Spatial Organization and Emergent Behaviors Sal Torquato, Princeton University
11:30 am-12:30 pm	The Mechanics of Tumor Heterogeneity: Dispersion Modes of Tumor Cells and Therapeutic Agents George Gillies, University of Virginia
12:30 pm-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm-2:30 pm	Modularity and Heterogeneity of Tumor Structures Michael Deem, Rice University
2:30 pm-3:30 pm	Mutators and Exchangers - Can there be Selection for Genetic Instability Herbert Levine, University of California, San Diego
3:30 pm-3:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm-4:45 pm	Treating Cancer: Can We Overcome Phenotypic and Environmental Heterogeneity? Robert Gatenby, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
4:45 pm-5:45 pm	Entanglement and Development in Cellular Assemblages Juan Keymer, Delft University of Technology
5:45 pm-6:30 pm	Break
6:30 pm	Cocktails followed by Buffet Dinner at Prospect House Tap Room What is the Role of Cosmology in the Physics of Cancer? Clare Yu, University of California, Irvine

Tuesday, June 7	Workshop sessions will be held at the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science (PCTS), 407 Jadwin Hall
8:00 am-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am-10:00 am	No Two Snowflakes Are Alike Neither Two Single Cells Nader Pourmand, University of California, Santa Cruz
10:00 am-11:00 am	Heterogeneity and Evolution in a Mathematical Model of Lung Tumor Yang Kuang, Arizona State University
11:00 am-11:15 am	Break
11:15 am-12:15 pm	Blocking Tumor Adaptation to Metabolic Stress to Improve Cancer Therapy Eileen White, Rutgers University
12:15 pm-1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm-2:15 pm	Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Transcriptional Heterogeneity Beverly Emerson, The Salk Institute
2:15 pm-3:15 pm	Regulatory Network Structure and Dynamics in Stem Cells: Paradigms for Cancer Ihor Lemischka, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
3:15 pm-3:45pm	The Temporal Dynamics of Genomic Heterogeneity in Cancer Carlo Maley, University of California, San Francisco
3:45 pm-4:30 pm	Breakout Sessions
4:30 pm-6:00 pm	Reports and Brainstorming Session Robert Getzenberg, Johns Hopkins Institute

*Program subject to change.

To learn more about outreach and training opportunities, please contact Melissa Aranzamendez, Princeton PS-OC Associate Director, maranzam@princeton.edu