Overview: 

The Basic and Translational module provides lectures that focus on basic and translational omics of brain tumors and their microenvironment. The module features clinician and researcher with fundamentals of translational research in neuro-oncology using specific current hot topics of interest.

Education Committee Chairs

Patrick Wen

Isabel Arrillaga-Romany 

Scientific Co-Chair

Nancy Ann Oberheim-Bush 

Topics in this track include: 

• Pre-Clinical Models: Understanding How to Understand Brain Tumors 
• Molecular Pathways in Primary Brain Tumors 
• Factors Influencing Drug Transport at the BBB: A Critical Determinant of Efficacy in Brain Tumors 
• Basics of Sequencing 
• Immunology of Primary Brain Tumors 
• Harnessing Surgical Techniques for Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology 
• Molecular Neuropathology