Categories

Tags

Alaska Arctic Arizona Astronomy atmosphere bacteria Ben Koch Ben Ruddell Bertrand Cambou bioinformatics biology Bruce Hungate cancer carbon Christopher Edwards climate change data David Trilling disease DNA ecology ecosystem ecosystems environment FEWSION Greg Caporaso health Michelle Mack microbes NASA National Institutes of Health National Science Foundation Navajo Nation Pathogen and Microbiome Institute remote sensing research scientists Scott Goetz soil STEM Ted Schuur TGen water wildfires wound healing

Archives

computational systems biologists

Fighting melanoma with zebrafish: NAU scientists in search of a powerful combination of cancer-fighting drugs

Posted by on

Matt Salanga and student in lab studying zebrafish
NAU assistant professor Matt Salanga (right) and undergraduate student Phillip Kalaniopio observe zebrafish in the lab, which have been engineered to contain human genes known to be associated with cancer

Melanoma is the most lethal type of skin cancer and unusually common in Arizona, where residents are exposed to… Read more

Office of the Vice President for Research
Location
Room - 4th floor, Building 20
Science Annex
525 S Beaver Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4087
Mailing Address
PO Box 4087
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4087
Contact Form