Lan B. Hoang -Minh
University of Florida, USA
Biography
Lan Hoang-Minh completed her doctoral studies in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA. She is now a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Matthew Sarkisian, studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms governing the proliferation of glioblastoma cells. Particularly, her postdoctoral work has focused on examining the role and characteristics of primary cilia, small cellular organelles recently frequently observed in human patients’ glioblastoma biopsies and derived cell lines. In collaboration with a strong team of brain tumor investigators at the University of Florida, she has been investigating how these organelles and associated proteins may be involved in tumor pathogenesis and possibly resistance to standard-of-care therapy. She has also been collaborating with Dr. Loic Deleyrolle in examining the metabolic characteristics of fast and slow-cycling glioblastoma cells and various metabolic strategies to target those cell populations. She recently received a two-year American Brain Tumor Association Basic Research Fellowship Grant.
Abstract
Abstract : Key roles of mitochondrial function and lipid metabolism in slow-cycling glioblastoma cells