Breathing Better, Beating Cancer and Bloody Anomalies

Relapse after chemotherapy is responsible for 90% of cancer-related deaths. Unfortunately, studying the stubborn cells that survive and cause the cancer to return is difficult because they’re so rare and hard to access. Kelsey focuses on building a new biological "toolbox" like a claw machine, grabbing and isolating these elusive cells. She can now explore how these cells escape treatment, what special features they have, and how they differ from other cancer cells. This research is crucial to understanding why cancer comes back after treatment and could help develop new ways to prevent relapse in the future.

Kira is developing a sensor that can detect pollen in less than one hour, which is significantly quicker than current technology. Her work will help researchers learn more about when thunderstorm asthma events unfold and improve our monitoring systems to help save lives.

Dr Jarrod McKenna will provide a crash course on what menstruation is, how we study it, and what the future of menstrual research looks like. Spoiler alert... it's small, cute, and furry.