Walther Cancer Foundation Engineering Novel Solutions to Cancer’s Challenges

at the Interdisciplinary Interface (ENSCCII) Training Project 2014 Awardees

 

Pre-Doctoral Fellows:

PI: Ricardo Josue Romero Moreno, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UND

Primary Mentor:  Laurie Littlepage, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UND

Secondary Mentor:  Glen Niebur, Dept. of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, UND

A novel bone bioreactor used to model bone metastasis ex vivo

 

 

PI:  Patricia Skallos, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UND

Primary Mentor: Siyuan Zhang, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UND

Secondary Mentor:  David Hoelzle, Dept. of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, UND

Quantitative investigation of the dynamic crosstalk between brain metastatic cells and brain stromal microenvironment

 

 

Post-Doctoral Fellows:

PI:  Wei Huang, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UND

Primary Mentor:  Reginald Hill, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UND

Secondary Mentor:  Amanda Hummon, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UND

Identification of novel stromal peptides regulating chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer

 

 

PI:  Volker Kurz, Dept of Electrical Engineering, UND

Primary Mentor:  Gregory Timp, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UND

Secondary Mentors:  Jenifer Prosperi, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, IUSMSB and Tetsuya Tanaka, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UND

Defining a molecular profile associated with breast cancer metastasis by a nanopore