Biochemistry Main Concerned in Analysis for Promising Most cancers Therapy


Ankur Sikder — the URECA researcher of the month for July — is a biochemistry main who does analysis beneath the mentorship of Mei Lin (Ete) Chan, an assistant professor within the Division of Biomedical Engineering, on how vibration remedy can enhance CAR-T remedy. He enjoys the collaborative environment of the Chan-Rubin laboratory, which is doing thrilling work on this promising most cancers remedy, and he considers himself lucky to have joined a laboratory early on that matches effectively along with his analysis pursuits and permits him to pursue unbiased analysis initiatives.

Sikder mirrored on what he enjoys most concerning the analysis surroundings: “One thing that I like is that I get to essentially be unbiased. Initially while you be part of a lab, you’re intently supervised to be sure you are doing issues correctly. Over time although, I used to be in a position to design my very own experiments and take a look at the issues that I needed to do. Past that, I additionally like that it’s each a biology and an engineering lab the place it’s hands-on and also you get to see the belongings you’re working with. I believe that mixture is one thing that I actually get pleasure from.”

Sikder participated within the 2023 Explorations in STEM summer season program, which culminated with a Summer time Symposium poster presentation on “The results of LIV on CAR T-Cell exhaustion and proliferation.” He additionally offered analysis posters on his work on the Drexel Immune Modulation and Engineering Symposium in Fall 2023, with help from a URECA mini grant, and most lately on the SUNY Undergraduate Analysis Convention at Suffolk County Neighborhood School in April 2024. 

Learn the complete interview with URECA Director Karen Kernan. 

 

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