Lauren graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Purdue University in 2017. She is now in the Cancer Biology Graduate Program and is completing her PhD under the mentorship of Carole Parent. Outside of lab, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and knitting.
Biography
Research Interests
Lauren’s research focuses on chemotaxis and migration of neutrophils in the context of cancer. She is particularly interested in the crosstalk between chemokine and TGF-beta signaling pathways in neutrophil recruitment.
Techniques
cell culture, immunofluorescence, confocal imaging, flow cytometry, immunoblotting
Abstracts
Hein LE, SenGupta S, Xu Y, Parent CA. Neutrophil migration towards tumor-conditioned media correlates with the malignant potential of breast tumor cells [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2020 June 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; 2020. Abstract #3989.
Awards
UROP Outstanding Mentor Award 2020
Bernard Maas Fellowship 2017; UROP Outstanding Mentor Award 2020
Cancer Bio Mentor
Carole Parent, Ph.D.
Raymond and Lynne Ruddon Collegiate Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology