Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Breast Cancer Researcher to Speak at Mather Oct. 29

David L. Spector, PhD, Director of Research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will discuss his research on “Searching for New Ways to Stop the Progression of Breast Cancer” at a free program at Mather on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 pm. The program, part of Mather’s Paint Port Pink breast cancer awareness outreach, will take place in the Long Island Anesthesia Physicians Conference Center.

Register for the seminar at www.matherhospital.org/pink or call 631-686-7878.

Metastasis is a leading cause of breast cancer-associated mortality. Research in Spector’s laboratory is focused on identifying and characterizing a new class of therapeutic targets that can be manipulated to halt breast cancer progression and metastasis.