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Angelina Vaseva, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of UNC Lineberger’s Channing Der, PhD, was recognized with an AACR 2017 Women in Cancer Research Scholar Award.

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AACR-WICR Scholar Awards are awarded to members of Women in Cancer Research who are scientists-in-training and presenters of meritorious scientific papers at AACR Annual Meetings. Winners must be full-time scientists who are graduate students, residents, clinical fellows or postdocs who were first authors of abstracts presented at an AACR Annual Meeting.

Vaseva was first author of the abstract ” Regulation of MYC protein stability by mutant KRAS in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma” Her work is focused on understanding how mutant KRAS signaling contributes to the development and maintenance of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Der is a UNC Lineberger member and Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacology.