Associate Scientist
Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Pilar de la Puente, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Sanford Research / University of South Dakota School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences at the University of Salamanca in Spain. Dr. de la Puente completed postdoctoral training at Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine in cancer tissue engineering, nanomedicine and translational precision-based drug screenings. The de la Puente lab develops biomimetic tissue engineered models of the tumor microenvironment to more accurately mimic cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and provide a better understanding of cancer progression, drug resistance and cancer immunology.
Special Event - Celebration of Communities of Color in BME Luncheon (ticket purchase required)
Thursday, October 12, 2023
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
Thursday, October 12, 2023
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
Friday, October 13, 2023
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
Engineering extracellular matrix dynamics linked to ovarian cancer chemoresistance
Saturday, October 14, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT
Engineering Ovarian Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts using tumor conditioned media
Saturday, October 14, 2023
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT