Categories:
Cell growth, death and senescence, signaling pathways and experimental and molecular therapeutics
Specialty:
Lung Cancer, Medical Oncology
Location:
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Prerequisites:
Must have completed two years of college
Openings: 1
Program Overview:
To learn experimental techniques used in basic cancer research, especially those employing new treatment modalities to interrupt the growth factor pathways of lung cancer.
Program Description:
Students will be involved with a variety of laboratory procedures, including: 1) cell culture of human lung cancer cell lines; 2) assays to assess treatment cytotoxicity: growth curves, clonogenic assays, and MTT assay; 3) treatment of cell lines with novel molecularly targeted agents or shRNA alone and in combination that target growth factor pathways critical to tumor cell survival; and 4) studies to determine the mechanism of action of candidate agents with potential therapeutic utility in lung cancers (Western blots).