Name
Session I: Welcome Remarks
Date & Time
Monday, September 28, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Speakers
Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc, The New York Academy of Sciences
Nicholas B. Dirks, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences
James Allison, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jie Zhang, PhD, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology
Sheng Xu, PhD, Stanford University
Nicholas B. Dirks, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences
James Allison, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jie Zhang, PhD, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology
Sheng Xu, PhD, Stanford University
Description
9:00 AM
Session chair: Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc, The New York Academy of Sciences
Nicholas Dirks, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences
(Virtual) Jie Zhang, PhD, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology
Sheng Xu, PhD, Stanford University; Jeff, Aiiso Yufeng Li, CorDx
9:15 AM
Welcome Video: Nobel Laureate, James P. Allison, PhD, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center