A Condensed Matter Physicist Looks at Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

We will discuss what physics can bring to cancer biology, and give an example by taking a closer look at the tumor microenvironment. Cancer cells do not act alone. They get their cues from the their environment which consists of the extracellular matrix and the cells (fibroblasts) that form it. These cues can be both chemical and mechanical in nature.

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Authors

  • Clare Yu

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine,, University of California, Irvine