Talk - Cancer - Athena Aktipis, Ph.D.
Channel: paloaltoinstitute
Date: 15/06/2012

The Evolution and Ecology of Metastasis: Can we Control Cancer by Targeting
Dispersal Evolution?
Athena Aktipis, Ph.D.
Arizona State University, UCSF Center for Evolution and Cancer

Aktipis applies her knowledge and background in cooperation theory and evolutionary modeling in several practical domains including resource management,
institutional design, medical decision making and cancer biology. She also uses
evolutionary modeling to improve our understanding of the social and spatial
dynamics underlying cancer progression.