Over the weekend of November 11-13, two Hampden-Sydney biology majors, Osric Forrest ’12 and Yonathan Ararso ’13, presented findings from the cancer research they have been conducting with Biology Professor Dr. Kristian Hargadon at two research conferences.\u00a0 Dr. Hargadon’s laboratory has recently demonstrated that melanoma tumor cells are capable of suppressing the activity of dendritic cells, a major regulator of host anti-tumor immune responses.\u00a0 At the 2011 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference held in Raleigh, NC, Yonathan Ararso presented a\u00a0poster of his work that aims to understand the mechanism by which melanoma cells suppress dendritic cell function.\u00a0 Several states away in St. Louis, MO, Osric Forrest presented a portion of his current Honors Project research on the influence of\u00a0melanoma-altered dendritic cells on T cell activation at the 2011 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.\u00a0 The overarching goal of both of these projects is ultimately to identify strategies for interfering with anti-tumor immune suppression and enhancing anti-tumor immune responses.\u00a0 Both posters were very well received, and the conferences offered valuable research\u00a0and networking experience for both Yonathan and Osric!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over the weekend of November 11-13, two Hampden-Sydney biology majors, Osric Forrest ’12 and Yonathan Ararso ’13, presented findings from the cancer research they have been conducting with Biology Professor Dr. Kristian Hargadon at two research conferences.\u00a0 Dr. Hargadon’s laboratory … Continue reading