# Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2022 · $25,750

## Abstract

SUMMARY
The Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology (SACB) meeting aims to bring together scientific leaders and
early-stage investigators in Cancer Systems Biology to build and foster a thriving and collaborative field by
sharing scientific advances. Started as a grassroots effort from early-stage Cancer Systems Biology
investigators, the first SACB meeting was held in 2016 and is held every other year. SACB has been
sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and continues to be sponsored by the Association for Cancer
Systems Biologists (ACSB). The meeting is solely focused on research topics that address cancer as
inherently complex, with spatial, temporal, and interpatient heterogeneity, and with multifactorial causes and
consequences that cannot be understood without integrating diverse approaches from a combination of
traditional scientific disciplines. The SACB meeting consists of six plenary sessions, as well as poster
sessions, special topic sessions, and many opportunities for early-stage investigators to network and gain
mentorship from more senior investigators. SACB plenary sessions focus on many aspects of cancer biology
and cover a diversity of computational/mathematical modeling approaches. This problem-domain-focused (as
opposed to methods-focused) programming is particularly conducive to the synthesis of new ideas and
collaborations among attendees. Given the history of this meeting, there is a strong emphasis on the
development and fostering of early-stage investigators, which includes at least half of the oral presentations
being given by trainees and addressing topics of interest to early-stage investigators through special topic
sessions. Another focus of the meeting is to grow the Cancer Systems Biology community, which we will
accomplish by targeting underserved research communities and reaching out to researchers in complementary
topic areas, such as computer science or engineering. We will also provide funding support for early-stage
investigators to attend the meeting, as well as funding support for investigators with additional family needs.
SACB has successfully helped to advance the careers of many early-stage investigators and brings together
like-minded scientists to share research findings. Moving forward, and building on a very successful virtual
meeting in 2020, SACB will become a hybrid meeting, with both in-person and virtual meeting options. This will
provide a venue for SACB to reach colleagues across the world and still be able to provide the intimate
environment needed to foster Cancer Systems Biology research into the future.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10467608
- **Project number:** 1R13CA271712-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** James Christopher Costello
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $25,750
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10467608

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10467608, Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology Meeting (1R13CA271712-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10467608. Licensed CC0.

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