Week 3: Allison

 Early this week I was able to see how mice with glioblastoma receive radiation therapy. It's a specialized machine for small animal irradiation that first takes a CT scan, so the administration of the x-rays is very precise to the tumor. I also received training on how to extract and process mouse brains for RNA-seq. I was introduced to a resident in neuropathology, who took me to shadow Dr. Liechty for his morning cases as he diagnosed brain tumor biopsies. After being in breast pathology last week, it was very interesting to see the different features of each cancer type and contrast which additional stains are ordered to diagnose cancers from different areas of the body. The rest of my time this week mainly entailed having meetings with Dr. Demaria and Dr. Vanpouille-Box, as well as speaking with people in the lab to finalize experimental plans and make sure we have the supplies to start experiments next week!