Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UCSC
Biography
Daniel Kim is an Assistant Professor in Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California Santa Cruz, a Visiting Assistant Professor in Dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine, an Associate Member of the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, and a Research Scholar of the American Cancer Society. His laboratory develops RNA technologies and tools for precision health, cancer early detection, and RNA medicine. His RNA research has been featured in Newsweek, Scientific American, and by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and has also been recognized by awards from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Cell Press, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Adrian Lee, UPMC
- PMWC Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Victor Velculescu, Johns Hopkins
Luminary Honoree: Nicola Aceto, ETH Zurich
- Keynote: Early Detection of Cancer using Cell-free DNA Fragmentomes
- Victor Velculescu, Johns Hopkins - Keynote: The Power of a Blood Sample: Predictive Diagnostics and Transforming Healthcare
- Matthew Rabinowitz, Natera - Improving Sensitivity of MRD and MCED - Tumor-agnostic vs. Tumor-informed ctDNA Approaches
Chair: Adrian Lee, University of Pittsburgh
- Marija Balic, UPMC
- Ola Carl Landgren, University of Miami
- Carl Barrett, Precede Biosciences
- Jonathan Beer, BMS
- Innovative Approaches in Liquid Biopsy
Chair: Victor Velculescu, Johns Hopkins
- Adam Widman, MSKCC
- Brian Hashemi, Novigenix
- Sequencing Accuracy in Early Detection and MRD (PANEL)
Chair: Alex Sockell, PacBio
- James Hadfield, AstraZeneca
- Keynote: Keynote: Circulating Tumor Cells
- Nicola Aceto, ETH Zurich - Circulating Tumor Cells: The New Frontier
Chair: Nicola Aceto, ETH Zurich
- Min Yu, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Matteo Ligorio, UTSW - Precision Liquid Biopsies: Innovations Across the Cancer Continuum – From Early Detection to Long-Term Monitoring
Chair: Tom Beer, Exact Sciences
- Elizabeth (Betsy) O’Donnell, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Arnaud Papin, Merck
- PMWC Showcase
- Wendy Winckler, Droplet Biosciences - Multi-Cancer Early Detection: Innovations and Real-World Evidence (PANEL)
Chair: Peter Bach, Delfi Dx
- Joshua Cohen, Haystack
- Lauren Leiman, BLOODPAC
- Eric Klein, Grail Bio
- Tom Beer, Exact Sciences - PMWC Showcase
- Varsha Rao, Claret Bio - PMWC Award Ceremony and Keynote
Luminary Honoree: Matthew Rabinowitz, Natera
