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The 32nd Gail Cassell Microbiology Research Retreat will be Oct. 16-18, at Lake Guntersville State Park.

Join us for an enriching experience filled with insightful presentations, networking opportunities, and the latest advancements in our departmental research.

Lake Guntersville State Park
1155 Lodge Drive
Guntersville, AL 35652
View directions. 

Susanna Greer, PhD.

Dr. Greer is the director of the Clinical Cancer Research, Nutrition, and Immunology program in the Extramural Grants department at the American Cancer Society. She manages peer review committees focused on clinical cancer research, cancer control and epidemiology, nutrition and the environment, leukemia, immunology, immunotherapy, and blood cell development.

Dr. Greer comes to the Society from Georgia State University, where she served as a tenured faculty member. There, she managed a robust, peer review funded research program in immunology, and mentored graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Dr. Greer’s research focused on the induction of immune responses to tumors and epigenetic regulation of that process. This work has provided fundamental insights into how tumor cells can interfere with the ability of the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells, thus enabling unrestricted cancer growth and metastasis.

Dr. Greer has also served as the director of the Interdisciplinary Molecular Basis of Disease Area of Focus Center at GSU. At the national level, Dr. Greer is a member of the Committee for Public Affairs and chair of the Advocacy Programs subcommittee for the American Association of Immunologists (AAI). Dr. Greer is also a member of the Public Outreach Committee for the American Society for Biochemistry and Microbiology (ASBMB) with whom she piloted a national training course to certify scientists in lay communication.

Dr. Greer received her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Dr. Louis Justement's laboratory. She graduated with a BS in chemistry from Berry College in Rome, Ga

The 2020 registration fee is $50 (for all eligible participants as noted in chart below) and includes double-occupancy lodging at the conference hotel and meals served during the retreat. All incidentals, travel costs and meals outside of the retreat are the responsibility of the traveler. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

2020 Early Bird Registration opens June 15th. Please contact Kristina Sinclair.


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Overnight Stay is Required.