Women in Cancer Research Fall Mini Seminar Series: Sarah Amend

When:
September 24, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2019-09-24T14:00:00-04:00
2019-09-24T15:00:00-04:00
Where:
Croft Hall G40, JHU Homewood campus
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Institute for NanoBioTechnology and Physical Sciences Oncology Center
410-516-5634

“Ecology Meets Cancer Biology: Keystone Cancer Cells are Actuators of Therapy Resistance and Cancer Lethality.”

Using cancer ecology to solve the problem of metastasis, Amend’s research is focused on understanding the role of the tumor microenvironment in cancer progression, specifically related to lethal metastasis.

Sarah Amend is an Assistant Professor, partnering with Dr. Ken Pienta to study the ecology of cancer.  She was a post-doctoral fellow in the lab and received her undergraduate degree from N.C. State University in Biological Sciences and did her Ph.D. thesis work on contributions of the microenvironment to bone resident cancer at Washington University in St. Louis. She is studying the role of the malignant cancer niche in inducing cancer cell biodiversity.