Andreu Viader Valls, a rising junior , is conducting research this summer with Professor Steven Festin at Hamilton College.
The summer research will be in the fields of biochemistry and cancer biology. Valls, under Festin's advisement, will be studying the cellular pathways associated with the steroid hormone estrogen and its relation to cancer, specifically breast cancer. Valls will be studying the biological activity of a new analog of an anti-cancer agent, as well as working to discover the unknown mechanism of action of a hormone associated with pregnancy and how it controls the signaling of estrogen cells. According to Professor Festin, "the purpose of this study is to further enhance out ability engineer cells in the study of transduction pathways."
Valls, son of Emilio Viader Carrasco and Angeles Valls Garcia in Barcelona, is a biochemistry and molecular biology major at Hamilton.
The summer research will be in the fields of biochemistry and cancer biology. Valls, under Festin's advisement, will be studying the cellular pathways associated with the steroid hormone estrogen and its relation to cancer, specifically breast cancer. Valls will be studying the biological activity of a new analog of an anti-cancer agent, as well as working to discover the unknown mechanism of action of a hormone associated with pregnancy and how it controls the signaling of estrogen cells. According to Professor Festin, "the purpose of this study is to further enhance out ability engineer cells in the study of transduction pathways."
Valls, son of Emilio Viader Carrasco and Angeles Valls Garcia in Barcelona, is a biochemistry and molecular biology major at Hamilton.
