CaNCURE is a partnership between Northeastern University and
Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Zoe Bishop, Biochemistry ’19, has received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in South Korea, as well as educate locals about racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. She eventually plans to attend medical school, with the goal of becoming a physician-scientist. She joins Sarah Sherman as the second CaNCURE student to win a Fulbright […]
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On April 8, CaNCURE trainee Justin Margolin (Health Sciences ’19) was inducted into the Huntington 100 by one of last year’s CaNCURE winners, Patrick Sheedy (Health Sciences ’19). Other CaNCURE students who won this prestigious award include Meghan Jastrzembski, (Health Sciences,’ 17), Jordan Harris (Chemical Eng. ’17), and Melissa Templeton (Health Sciences ’16). The Huntington […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Daem Celestin, Biology ’21, was awarded the Undergraduate Best Physical and Life Sciences Award for her poster titled “nPLEX Assay for High Throughput Protein Analysis‘ “. In poster, she described her groundbreaking research looking at biomarkers of pancreatic ductal carcinoma in laboratory of Dr. Cesar Castro. She has continued to work on research as a […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Biochemistry student Brian Cortese found mentorship, experience, and opportunities through the CaNCURE program. After a six-month research co-op followed by volunteer work in his CaNCURE laboratory, he is now selecting between multiple medical school offers. Along his journey, Brian found that, “There’s a lot more to it than just learning bench and lab skills. It’s […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
14 CaNCURE students presented their co-op research at the 2018 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo. This annual event features the work of over 400 students and is attended by over 2,000 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and technology enthusiasts. Victoria D’Agostino (Bioengineering, ’19) and Neha Shankar (Health Sciences, ’19) were both awarded a first place prize. […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Kaitlin Moore (Health Sciences, ’19) was awarded the Fredrick Urbach Memorial Student Travel Award by the American Society of Photobiology to present her research titled, “Nanoliposome-Based Modulation of Photosensitizer Localization to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy Efficacy” at the 2018 Annual ASP Conference.
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Sarah Sherman ’17, points to her CaNCURE co-op at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015 as a seminal moment in her Northeastern experience. Not only did she receive her first hands-on experience in cancer research—which has become her passion—but she also learned of the hospital’s work to enhance cancer care in Botswana, where she says poor […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
Three CaNCURE students presented their CaNCURE co-op at Northeastern’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo. The annual RISE event features the work of over 400 students and is attended by over 2,000 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and technology enthusiasts. “RISE gave me a chance to share my passion for research with others both inside and […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
CaNCURE Director Srinivas Sridhar was recently awarded the 2016 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Diversity Award for his outstanding contributions to improving gender and racial diversity in biomedical engineering. “I am honored to be recognized for our work in broadening participation and diversity through the national training programs organized by the Nanomedicine Academy,” said Sridhar. “These […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:02 AM
CaNCURE trainee Zachary Silber (Health Sci, ’17), was awarded an Frederick Urbach Memorial Student Travel Award to present the poster titled “Tumor-selective photodynamic therapy using copper-free click-conjugated liposomes” at the American Society for Photobiology Conference in Tampa, FL (May 31-26). Zachary is currently completing his research project in laboratory of Dr. Tayyaba Hasan at Massachusetts General Hospital.