Volume 4, Number 9 - March 16, 2009

In this issue:

• Firefly gene could cast light on cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy
• Team discovers mechanisms behind kidney cancer drug
• Hope enters into new world of social media
• Bandai Foundation gift powers pediatric survivorship and supportive-care services
• Industry group continues legacy with $530,000 effort
• Get Dodgers tickets at a discount and benefit ThinkCure!

A glimpse of the future
Ali Ehsani, Ph.D., left, gives Duarte High School students a sneak peek at what a career in biomedical research may hold for them.

Ehsani, a research fellow in Beckman Research Institute’s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, was among several faculty and staff members who recently gave 38 advanced placement biology students a look at the inner workings of scientific research.

The Feb. 25 field trip to City of Hope — which also included teachers, administrators and several members of the Duarte city council and district school board — was part of a Government and Community Relations initiative to link faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and other staff to local high school students. (Photo by Thomas Brown)