2014 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Biomechanical Engineering
Supported by: Dean of Research
Mentor: Edward Graves, Radiation Oncology

Meghana's research in Dr. Graves's lab focuses on the effects of irradiation on circulating tumor cell recruitment. Specifically, she is using intravital microscopy to track the migration of fluorescently-labeled tumor cells in a dorsal skin-fold window chamber.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 27, 2014:

Investigating the Effects of Radiation on Tumor Cell Migration Using Intravital Microscopy

Meghana Golla1, Marjan Rafat1, Megan Albertelli2, Edward Graves1
[Departments of Radiation Oncology1 and Comparative Medicine2, Stanford University]