Published: July 24, 2024
Dr. Sabrina Spencer Presents at أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz-hosted Biden Cancer Moonshot event
Dr. Sabrina Spencer and Distinguished Panelists at the أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz-hosted Biden Cancer Moonshot Program

White House Science Official Comes to أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz for Cancer Briefing, Moonshot Updates

Arati Prabhakar, PhD, and a panel of elected officials and أغجاض±²¥ leaders shared information on the fight against cancer.

Dr. Sabrina Spencer, a أغجاض±²¥ Boulder Biochemistry Professor and أغجاض±²¥ Cancer Center member, recently presented her lab's cancer research to White House Cabinet member and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Arati Prabhakar, PhD. The Biden Cancer Moonshot event took place at أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz on July 17, 2024. Also in attendance were أغجاض±²¥ President Todd Saliman, أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz Chancellor Don Elliman, Lieutenant Governor of أغجاض±²¥ Dianne Primavera, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Cancer Center Deputy Director James DeGregori, and several other Anschutz faculty and staff. Dr. Spencer described her work using fluorescent sensors and time-lapse imaging to film and track cancer cells over many days. As an example of the discoveries her أغجاض±²¥ Boulder lab has made, she described the identification of rare cancer cells that can rewire in just 3 days to escape from cancer drugs meant to block proliferation. “We detect these rogue cells across multiple cancer types and multiple drugs, and think they are a general seed population for resistance mutations months to years later. We are therefore working to limit this cancer cell plasticity in the hopes of reducing cancer relapse in patients."

Photo (left - right): Sabrina Spencer, PhD, Professor, أغجاض±²¥ Boulder Andi Dwyer, Director, أغجاض±²¥ Cancer Screening Center Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Arati Prabhakar Sarah Reynolds, Nurse Navigator in GI Oncology, UCHealth.

Photos Courtesy: University of أغجاض±²¥ Anschutz Medical Campus

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