Alexander Lekan – Forster Family Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidate, Tumor Biology Georgetown University
Research:
Identifying treatment strategies to increase immune cell accumulation in pancreatic cancer in order to improve patient responses to immunotherapy. Specifically, utilizing high throughput spatial imaging technologies to identify the impact of increasing immune...
Jonathan Reiss – Toni & Hans Schierling Undergraduate Scholar Undergraduate Scholar, Physics and Mathematics
Georgetown University
Research:
Current superconductors used in quantum computers and particle accelerators must be supercooled to maintain their property resulting in large cooling energy requirements. This research in holographic superconductivity will attempt to understand the nuclear...
Rachael Maynard – JCM Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, MD/PhD candidate, Tumor Biology Georgetown University
Research:
Current therapies are not very successful at reducing pancreatic cancer tumor burden. In my past research, I engineered natural killer (NK) cells that better invade and kill pancreatic cancers, enhancing their usefulness in treating...
