The Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre is hosting a Meet, Greet & Talks event on Monday November 18th with two CEB students as the featured speakers! The venue is the Postdoc Centre, 16 Mill Lane.
Sasha Evtushenko will give a talk entitled Protein Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
- Bio: Alexander Evtushenko is a final-year PhD student in Prof. Ljiljana Fruk's lab at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Enabled by, or perhaps in spite of his engineering background, his doctoral research is focussed on treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, one of the deadliest cancers. His approach is based on a new class of protein nanoparticles, which can deliver therapeutic small molecules, peptides or nucleic acids and are currently undergoing detailed in vivo studies.
Cheng (Ben) Wei will give a talk entitled Pancreatic Cancer Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells Post Chemotherapy: An Alternative to Senescence.
- Abstract: Cellular senescence, a state in which cells cease to cycle, commonly occurs in cancers after chemotherapy or radiotherapy. However, pancreatic cancer cells are particularly resistant to these therapies, and some of the surviving cells become polyploid giant cancer cells (PGCCs). PGCCs share many characteristics with senescent cells, yet they exhibit a stem cell-like phenotype. These cells could potentially contribute to cancer recurrence and metastasis; thus, they are of particular research interest.
For queries, please email Vicky Reid at coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk.
Date:
Monday, 18 November, 2024 - 12:00
Event location:
Postdoc Centre - 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge