Spring 2005 Newsletter: Youth Learn About Cancer Research

On Saturday, May 14th, a group of 8th graders and their minister spent the morning with Piers and Bernard in their cancer research laboratory. Piers Nash is a Ph.D. working on cancer research at the University of Chicago. The recipient of a Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator grant award, he is studying how cells “talk to” or signal each other. Working in his laboratory is Bernard Liu, Cancer Research Foundation Bernice Goldblatt Fellow in 2003-2004. Bernard is a medical student.

Photo from left: Bernard Liu, Piers Nash, Ph.D., Jon, Maggie, Kathryn, Chris, Sara, Autum Lum, Joe, Ryan and Jane Western