Adam Hull
Adam Hull, a senior biology major from Inwood, is the first recipient of the Robert Louis Katz Medical Research Foundation internship in Shepherd President Mary J.C. Hendrix’s cancer research laboratory at West Virginia University. Hull spent June and July working in the laboratory with researchers Dr. Richard Seftor, Elisabeth Seftor, and Dr. Naira Margaryan.
Hull presented his research August 1 at the WVU Cancer Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program Mini-Symposium. His poster was titled “Studying the biochemical and molecular properties of aggressive cancer in vitro.”
The Hendrix research team focuses on cancer biology, including the identification of genes responsible for the metastatic phenotype of aggressive cancer cells, including tumor angiogenesis and vasculogenesis, and the effects of anti-cancer agents on tumor cell behavior.
The Robert Louis Katz Medical Research Foundation of Chicago was established by James and Ellyn Katz in memory of their son, Robert, to support research for diseases in children.
Adam Hull and cancer researcher Dr. Richard Seftor at the Hendrix cancer research lab in Morgantown