Meetings

An upcoming international online forum will bring together leading researchers to explore how engineered biochar can advance carbon capture and sustainable resource recovery, addressing urgent global climate and environmental challenges.

Results of the single-center, phase 2 CAR-PRISM (PRecision Intervention Smoldering Myeloma) clinical trial, the first to investigate Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, showed that all 20 patients were negative for minimal residual disease (MRD) within two months of treatment and remained MRD-negative after a median of 15.3 months of follow-up, and none experienced high-grade side effects, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, held April 17-22, in San Diego, Calif.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) announces the launch of the School of Governance and Policy (SGP), a new interdisciplinary hub dedicated to shaping the future of governance and public policy. To mark this milestone, SGP will host its inaugural week from 27 to 29 April 2026, convening global thought leaders, nobel laureate, former heads of state, and leading academics to confront the world’s most urgent regional and transnational challenges.

A phase 1 study aiming to test tolerability of combination therapy with trastuzumab deruxtecan and olaparib in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-expressing malignancies—including ovarian and uterine cancers—found a tolerable dosing schedule with promising activity, according to results reported by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute medical oncologist Dr. Elizabeth Lee at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, held April 17-22, in San Diego, Calif.

This year’s meeting features more than 80 presentations from Department of Neurology faculty. Here are notable highlights: practical strategies to counter harmful medical myths and misinformation, phase 3 clinical results for a novel epilepsy medication, and the barriers patients with disabilities face while navigating outpatient facilities.

Thawing permafrost buried underneath rivers may be accelerating permafrost degradation faster than previously estimated in these inundated regions, according to new research shared at the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers will present more than 50 studies at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026, from April 17-22, in San Diego, Calif. The meeting is the focal point of the cancer research community, where leading scientists, clinicians, health care professionals, survivors, patients and advocates share the latest advances in cancer science and medicine.

Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic stick-slip events that offer a unique glimpse at the complex movements within the landslide’s shear zone. At the Lantai site in northern Taiwan, researchers concluded that the timing and pace of these stick-slip events was linked strongly to typhoon rainfall and earthquake shaking, they reported at the 2026 SSA Annual Meeting.