Cannon Room, HMS Quad
Speaker: Martin Nowak,
PhD
Title: “Somatic
evolutionary dynamics of cancer”
Question: How do rates of
mutation, selective pressure, and spatial configuration of cells in tissues affect
the development of cancer?
Quantitative Method: Graph theory and
game theory.
Medical Impact: Understanding how cells
evolve to cancer suggests new treatments and new ways to monitor existing
treatments.
Suggested
Speaker URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ped/people/faculty/