Sonia Patel, Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Email: sap2zb@virginia.edu
“I am studying the mesenchymal-like features of melanoma cells that migrate along blood vessels in the brain/CNS.”
James McCann, PhD
Former Graduate Student
Sarah Wang, MSTP Student
MSTP Student
Email: scw5dn@virginia.edu
“I am focused on interactions between brain tropic melanoma cells and the vasculature. I am studying how cancer cells utilize vascular-derived factors to invade and spread along the surface of brain blood vessels.”
Amber Liu
Undergraduate Researcher
Yu Zhang, PhD
Research Associate
Email: yz4jg@virginia.edu
“I am interested in the interactions between blood vessels and cancer cells during brain metastasis. I’m currently developing new models and using quantitative live imaging to study mechanisms of tumor-blood vessel co-option in melanoma metastasis to brain.”
Jamie Null, PhD Student
PhD Student
Email: jln5me@virginia.edu
“My research focuses on cancer-associated fibroblast (CAFs) heterogeneity in solid tumors. I use a lineage tracing mouse model that allows us to study the spatial and temporal distribution of CAF subtypes and their progeny and their association with the vasculature in the tumor microenvironment.”
Lin Xiao, PhD
Former Graduate Student
James Dunleavey, PhD
Former Graduate Student