Three early-career scientists have each been awarded a one-year, $40,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.

These seed grants help junior faculty members and independent research scientists start their careers in cancer research and provide funds to explore new ideas related to the cause, prevention, and treatment of cancer.

New grant recipients:

Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology

Project: Mechanisms of colorectal cancer metastasis promotion by primary tumor microbiomes

Katheryn Rothenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology

Project: Microtissue fabrication for the study of collective cell migration in carcinoma cells

Sarah Short, PhD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation

Project: Defining the role of GPx1 in colon cancer metastasis