Frontiers in Stem Cells in Cancer @ Ponce Health Sciences University

Ponce, Puerto Rico, February 2-8, 2019

FriSC² is annual advanced training course that trains 16 promising trainees from predominantly under-represented communities in sophisticated technologies for clinically relevant discoveries in cancer.  The purpose of the training course if to provide comprehensive training in research strategies and state-of-the-art methods on cellular, molecular, and genetic approaches for advancing cancer research.  It is a dynamic course that offers a series of daily lectures on merging concepts, followed by discussions and laboratory research over a week period.  Our intention of to give trainees the knowledge of 'hands-on' laboratory techniques, career mentoring, and the ethical-legal-societal impact of cancer and stem cell research to greatly enhance their careers in this field. FriSC² has been created for promising graduate students, post-docs, physician-scientists and other scientists.

Please download the applications for the courses at www.pdc.magee.edu or email at pdc@pdc.magee.edu with any questions.  Course tuition will be waived for all applicants and financial aid is available.