Dr. Spencer is studying the cellular decision to proliferate or remain in a non-dividing state. Using fluorescence time-lapse microscopy and mathematical modeling, she is working to extend our current understanding of this cellular decision and its deregulation in cancer.

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Project Title: "Protein expression dynamics and thresholds in cell cycle commitment"

Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Tobias Meyer, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Proliferation/Cell Cycle