A analysis group from St. Bonaventure College introduced their findings on the 26th annual assembly of the Translational Most cancers Facilities Consortium (TRCCC) in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 22-23.
Tharini Nagarkar, a senior majoring in well being and society, and Madelyn Dziezgowski, a senior biochemistry main, gave each poster and oral displays on their analysis on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) carried out within the lab of Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra, an assistant professor of biology at St. Bonaventure. Nagarkar is from Danville, California, and Dziezgowski is from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
The TRCCC annual assembly brings collectively greater than 300 researchers within the discipline of most cancers immunology from 13 most cancers facilities within the Nice Lakes area and past.
Nagarkar received a TRCCC award for her oral presentation titled “The position of Fez1 in retinoic acid receptor-mediated transcription in MLL-rearranged leukemias.”
The St. Bonaventure undergraduate college students competed towards all ranges of trainees, together with graduate college students and post-doctoral fellows, in varied breakout classes the place they gave five-minute talks about their analysis adopted by a two-minute question-and-answer session.
“I used to be really impressed by the displays delivered by Maddie and Tharini. They showcased a outstanding degree of professionalism by their talks and question-and-answer classes. Their potential to articulate their analysis with readability and confidence, whereas standing earlier than a number of the most esteemed researchers within the discipline, was actually outstanding. As their mentor, I couldn’t be prouder of their achievements,” mentioned Dykstra.
Along with the displays given by the trainees, the convention included plenary and keynote talks by outstanding most cancers immunotherapy researchers.
“Having the ability to attend and current at a convention the place we might see the potential medical way forward for our analysis and study present developments in most cancers therapies was an incredible expertise,” Nagarkar mentioned.
Nagarkar was a recipient of the SBU Biology Division Weider Analysis Award in 2022. Dziezgowski was a recipient of the college’s Arnold T. Borer Summer season Analysis fellowship in 2022.
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