Title Research Fellow in Therapeutic Science Institution Harvard Medical School Department Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science Address Harvard Medical School
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Biography
| University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland | PhD | 05.2021 | Cancer biology |
| University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland | Ms | 02.2015 | Molecular Biotechnology |
Overview
Shishir completed his Ph.D. in cancer biology from the University of Helsinki in the Klefstrom research group. His research focused on the role of the microenvironment in tumor progression, metastasis, and immune evasion in breast cancer. He is now a postdoctoral fellow in the Sorger lab at Harvard Medical School, where his research focus is to decipher tumor intrinsic and extrinsic factors responsible for therapy resistance in melanoma, using highly multiplexed imaging, spatial transcriptomics, and genetically engineered tumor models.
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