Austin Lee-Richerson
Bio-X Bioengineering Graduate Fellow 2011/2012

Austin’s research as an undergraduate consisted of building a model of the cellular metabolism of glio-blastoma multiforme, the most lethal type of brain cancer. A combination of data about the activity of genes and the presence of proteins within glioblasto-ma biopsies and cell lines provided the basis for the model. This model will be used to identify potential therapeutic targets within the metabolism of the brain cancer. As a graduate student, he hopes to continue to apply engineering principles to current challenges in medicine and biology to develop the next genera-tion of medical therapeutics.