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Fall 2016
Gliomas, tumours arising from the glial cells of the nervous system, are some of the most difficult tumours to treat. In particular, glioblastoma are a particularly aggressive glioma subtype carrying a life expectancy of only 14 months. Typically, treatment combines surgery, radiation and...
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Characterizing Population Heterogeneity of Salmonella Motion in Mucosal Environments Using Stochastic Modeling and the EM Algorithm
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Salmonella are pathogenic bacteria that infect many species including humans. This pathogen thrives in the gastrointestinal track of their hosts and propel themselves in mucus with motion structures called flagella. Each cell has multiple flagella that can rotate either synchronously, resulting...
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Fall 2018
Metastasis - the spread of cancer from a primary to a distant secondary location - is implicated in over 90% of all cancer related deaths. Despite its importance in patient outcome, a full understanding of the metastatic process remains elusive, largely because of the difficulty in studying the...