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Mitochondrial Apoptotic Priming – The Key to Cancer Response

Medicine seminar by Anthony Letai, National Cancer Institute

Hosted by Georgetown University Medical Center

Monday 16:30–17:30 New York (GMT-4)

Ended

Washington, DC, USA · Hybrid

Abstract

Anthony Letai discusses how understanding programmed cell death can guide the selection of cancer treatments. The seminar explains how apoptotic signalling can be measured and how these measurements can identify drugs capable of killing cancer cells.

Hybrid: New Research Building Auditorium, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, and Zoom. Monday 5 October 2026, 16:30–17:30 EDT (America/New_York; UTC−4). Use the attendance registration form or the event’s Zoom link on the organizer page. Organized by Georgetown’s Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series. Letai is Director of the National Cancer Institute. An in-person reception follows the seminar.

Topics

programmed cell deathcancer treatmentsapoptotic signallingcancer cellsAnthony LetaiNational Cancer Institute

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