Archive for May, 2010

February 2010 workshop interview – Pepper J. Schedin, Ph.D.

Monday, May 24th, 2010

  • Interview with Pepper J. Schedin,Ph.D.

    In February 2010, the Beyond Center at ASU hosted a workshop on the Mechanical Properties of Cancer Cells.  One of the liveliest contributors in a very lively meeting was Pepper J. Schedin, Ph.D, Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Cancer Center.  She discussed her research into the causes of breast cancer and, in particular, the causes of breast cancer in new mothers.   Here she talks to Pauline Davies.

    More Info: http://www.uchsc.edu/reproductive-sciences/faculty/schedin.htm

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May 2010 Physics Today features the National Cancer Institute’s initiative to fund 12 Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

May 2010 edition of Physics Today features the National Cancer Institute’s initiative to fund the 12 Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers.  The CT picture used in the piece is from Deirdre Meldrum’s Lab at ASU.

Physics Today (May2010)-PSOC article