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Elsa Renee Flores is an American biologist and chemist. [1][2] She is a member of the editorial board of Cancer Research and chair of the Cancer Molecular Pathobiology study section at NIH.[3] Before this, she served as the co-director of the Metastasis Research Center.[3] As well as, the director of the Genes and development Ph.D. program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. [3]
Early Life
[change | change source]Flores grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. [1]Her father studied biology and chemistry which sparked her love for science.[1] However, when she had to make a decision for college, she was stuck between science and liberal arts.[1] In the end, she enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and majored in chemical engineering.[1] Later, she came back as a postdoctoral fellow.[1] Flores was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1]
Career
[change | change source]Inspired by Flores’ maternal grandmother and aunt being diagnosed with cancer, she went on to study just that. [1]Flores was a member of the editorial board of Cancer Research. [3]Flores discovered many ways to tackle cancer that can be used as possible cancer treatments in the future.[1] At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked in Paul Lambert's Lab. [1]She dissected the life cycle of the human papillomavirus- a major cause of cervical cancer. [1]Flores discovered cancerous tumors could regress with a protein called amylin. [1]This discovery helped her continue her search for the cure for cancer. [1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 March 10; 2017. "Elsa R. Flores: Pursuing New Pathways to Foil Cancer". Rita Allen Foundation. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Elsa Flores". Moffitt Cancer Center. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Elsa Flores named associate center director of basic science at Moffitt". The Cancer Letter. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2023-01-18.