Nutritional alternatives to cancer treatment and the use of diet to reduce cancer risk will be the topic of the Stetson University Science Café, Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m., at the Gillespie Museum on the DeLand campus of Stetson. This event is free and open to the public and provides cultural credit to Stetson undergraduate students.
Roslyn Crowder, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at Stetson, will discuss his research on these topics. Crowder is a molecular cell biologist specializing in regulated cell death. She joined the Stetson University faculty in 2013, after completing postdoctoral research at the Penn State Cancer Institute, where she examined mechanisms of resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in non-human human cells. malignant. Crowder began her postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania and moved with her research group to Penn State’s Cancer Institute in 2010. At the University of Pennsylvania, she was selected as a PENN-PORT Postdoctoral Fellow, a research program institutional and academic funded by the NIH. Career Development Fellowship providing unique postdoctoral training in research and current teaching methods.
“I’m interested in potential natural cancer therapies that would eliminate only dangerous cancer cells while leaving normal cells alone,” Crowder said. Different cultures around the world have long used various foods, plants and their extracts to cure various diseases. Crowder and his research students aim to find evidence to support that various herbal compounds possess anti-cancer properties. His research examines whether herbal products can kill cancer cells naturally and selectively.
The Gillespie Museum’s monthly Science Café promotes scientific literacy by encouraging relaxed and open conversations between scientists and non-scientists of all ages. “During these evenings, we take full advantage of the warmth and charm of the Gillespie Museum, offering light refreshments, informal seating and an evening of thoughtful conversation,” said Museum Director Karen Cole.
The Gillespie Museum is located at 234 E. Michigan Ave., DeLand. For more information about this and other science programs, visit the museum’s website (www2.stetson.edu/other/gillespie) or call or email (386.822.7330; (email protected)).
