Leah Lund (Biochemistry Program) was recently awarded an Interdisciplinary Interface Training Project (IITP) graduate research fellowship from the Walther Cancer Foundation. Leah’s project will explore how molecular cues associated with mechanical stiffening of the tumor microenvironment contribute to or reinforce pH dysregulation in cancer. This project is performed in close collaboration with Donny Hanjaya Putra’s Lab in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at Notre Dame.
Caitlin Donahue (Biochemistry Program) was recently awarded a graduate research fellowship from the Berthaiume Institute of Precision Health (BIPH) at Notre Dame. Caitlin’s project will be applying optogenetic tools to unravel roles for pHi in initiating and sustaining cancer cell behaviors.