Dr. Evason [Robert Black Fellow] is studying liver development and liver tumor formation in zebrafish. Her focus is on hepatic stellate cells, support cells that surround both normal liver tissue and liver tumors.  She hopes to improve our understanding of how these cells influence liver cancer, including ways by which hepatic stellate cells might promote formation of liver tumors and/or lead to more aggressive tumor behavior.

 

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Project Title: "Hepatic stellate cell development and role in carcinogenesis"

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Didier Y.R. Stainier, PhD

Cancer Type: Liver

Research Area: Developmental Biology