BU Postdoctoral Researcher Receives ACS Fellowship
Christina Rodrigo Receives American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship.
The goal of the American Cancer Society (ACS) fellowships is to provide talented postdoctoral research associates funding that will lead to an independent career in cancer research. This Fall, Christina Rodrigo, a postdoctoral research associate in the Porco Group received one of these highly sought national awards for her proposed work on silvestrol, a rocaglate derivative isolated from the plant Aglaia foveolata. Silvestrol has been shown to have potency against breast, lung, and prostate cancer cell lines and chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells but little is known about about its mechanism of action.
Dr. Rodrigo’s goal is to synthesize molecules similar to silvestrol with slight modifications, and to study and compare these molecules to silvestrol to learn more about how silvestrol works as a treatment for cancer. In addition to the excellence of her proposed research and demonstrated productivity, another contributing factor for her receipt of the ACS Fellowship is the quality of the training and mentoring that she receives from Professor Porco and his Group.
