CCP - In the Know (Upcoming Webinars)
Monday, May 13, 2024 | 3 to 4 pm EST
Gut Microbes and Nerves Influence Liver Cancer
Kylynda Bauer, PhD
National Cancer Institute
How do the vagus nerves and gut microbes influence primary liver cancer? Liver cancer is immunosuppressive and responds poorly to immunotherapy treatment. In this seminar, Dr. Bauer will discuss how nerves impact hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor growth and whether microbiome-nerve interactions affect the HCC tumor environment. This work examines new targets to influence HCC outcomes and treatment.
Dr. Kylynda Bauer received an NCI-iCURE postdoctoral fellowship and Sallie Rosen Kaplan Women in Science Fellowship. Dr. Bauer works in Dr. Tim Greten’s Laboratory in the Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, MD. She was the recipient of the 2023 SITC-Genentech Women in Cancer Immunotherapy Postdoctoral Fellowship.