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Everything that I have done at my internship was for a purpose and was very real research in order to help find a cure for cancer. It feels very good to be a part of something that affects so many people, especially many people in my life. Even though it is not always in the lab research all the work I am doing is going towards a bigger goal of finding a cure or more treatment options for this disease.

Publications:

  • Tracking of circulating tumor cell clusters in zebrafish enables identification of potential targets to prevent metastasis


Posters:

  • Consortium For Canine Comparitive Oncology Symposium



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