Baltimore Area Repair Symposium 2026

Welcome to the Baltimore Area Repair Symposium 2026!

Participants:

1. National Institutes of Health, please go to register.
2. Exernal , JHU or UMD participants, please go to register.

The 12th Baltimore Area Repair Symposium (BARS) will be held at the University of Maryland, SMC Campus Center, 621 W. Lombard St, Baltimore.

Over the past decade, BARS has promised to serve as a platform for showcasing local research in the fields of DNA damage and repair, chromatin remodeling, cellular responses to cytotoxic agents, and their implications for cancer development and treatment.

This in-person event will be held at the SMC Campus Center, located at 621 West Lombard Street in Baltimore, MD, USA. Prepare to be inspired and empowered as you explore the latest repair techniques and discover innovative solutions.

Dr. Alan D. D’Andrea, Director of the Center for DNA Damage and Repair at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, will deliver the keynote address. Dr. D’Andrea is a world-renowned leader in the field, specifically known for his work on the Fanconi Anemia pathway and the role of DNA repair in cancer susceptibility and therapy.

The symposium is organized into three distinct sessions focusing on the primary research hubs in the Baltimore area:

• Session I: UMD (Chair: Yilun Sun)
• Feyruz V. Rassool, Alexander C. Drohat, Michal Zalzman, Urbain Weyemi (NCI),
• and Mirit I. Aladjem (NCI).
• Session II: NIA (Chair: Isabel Beerman)
• Marina Bellani de Cairatti, Martina Rossi, Yi Gong, and Shahinaz Gadalla (NCI).

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Check-in & Breakfast
• 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM: Opening Remarks by Yilun Sun (UMB)
• 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM: Session I: UMD Research Highlights
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Keynote Address: Dr. Alan D. D’Andrea (followed by discussion)
• 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Poster Highlight Talks
• 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM: Lunch & Interactive Poster Session
• 1:50 PM – 3:10 PM: Session II: NIA Research Highlights
• 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM: Session III: JHU Research Highlights
• 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM: Poster Awards and Closing Remarks

• Session III: JHU (Chair: Michael Goldstein)
• Philipp Oberdoerffer, Greg Bowman, Anthony Leung, and Dani Cai.

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