Steve Festin and Ernest DiGiovanni '05 Participate in AACR Annual Meeting

Assistant Professor of Biology Steve Festin and Hamilton student Ernest DiGiovanni '05 participated in the 96th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, Calif., in April. DiGiovanni and Festin presented their paper, "Effects of AFP peptide on cAMP levels and signaling pathways in MCF-7 and T47D cells."  The work presented was suported by an NIH grant to Festin to study molecular pathways of breast cancer. Festin is a member the AACR Science Education Committee since 2002, and is responsible for both the high school program and Thomas Bardos award for undergraduates. Festin was on the Bardos award selection committee and gave a talk at the High School Program with Donald Coffey, former president of the AACR, Thomas Mack and a young cancer survivor. Festin's talk was titled "Why Cancer Research Needs You."  He was also a mentor for student poster and exhibit tours.