Upper School Students Attend Rockefeller University Event

10 Upper School students attended the annual Talking Science event hosted by Rockefeller University on Saturday, January 11. This year’s event featured the lecture, “ Stopping Cancer in Its Tracks: Fighting Cancer Metastasis”, by Rockefeller faculty member, Sohail Tavazoie, M.D., Ph.D. Tavazoie discussed some of his laboratory’s recent discoveries about genetic mechanisms that enable cancer cells to invade tissues, evade immune defenses, and overcome other challenges to their survival. 

Afterward, students attended interactive demonstrations to learn about the research being conducted by postgraduate and doctoral students.