Joanna Phillips (UCSF) fields our questions about the cellular microenvironment: how cell signaling and interactions are mediated by glycocalyx proteoglycans and components of the extracellular matrix. The discussion touches on how these cell surface and microenvironment factors impact migration and cancer proliferation.

Duration: 44 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

Annie Lin (Asst Professor, UTSA)

Asif Maroof (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Fidel Santamaria (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.