Chapter News and Upcoming Events
Spring 2025
UPCOMING: WCSU Sigma Xi Winter Rudy Ruggles Talk (4/23/2024)
- 2024 – 25 Rudy Ruggles Research Award Winners
Julia Linke, Dr Jain (SigmaXi member-Harvard Chapter), Dr. Dude and Dr. Munn at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Dissecting the effects of mechanical stress on immunosuppression in glioblastoma
“Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive, malignant brain cancers, and has a median patient survival of less than 15 months. GBM is highly refractory to most available treatment strategies, which has been attributed to its highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME is impacted by increased mechanical stresses, that arise as the GBM tumor grows in the space confined by the skull, but the precise involved molecular pathways are unknown. To identify new biomarkers for the GBM cancer progression due to mechanical stress, the winners of this year’s award cultured in vitro glioblastoma cancer cell lines under increased mechanical stresses. They isolated RNA material from these cells and sequenced for their bulk transcriptomics signatures. This allowed analysis of which genes are upregulated due to the increased mechanical stress in these cancer cells, and observing that distinct glioblastoma cell types react differently to the same mechanical stimulus.”
Spring 2024
UPCOMING: WCSU Sigma Xi Spring Meet and Greet (4/18/2024)
UPCOMING: WCSU Sigma Xi Winter Rudy Ruggles Talk (4/18/2024)
WCSU Sigma Xi Winter Meet and Greet (1/25/2024)
A meeting among Ridgefield Math and Science leadership and representatives from WCSU. Connections made via Sigma Xi! Building relationships and finding ways to collaborate!
Spring 2023
WCSU Sigma Xi Spring Meet and Greet (4/21/2023)
Fall 2022
WCSU Sigma Xi Winter Meet and Greet (12/06/2022)
WCSU Sigma Xi Update (Presentation; 12/06/2022)
Spring 2022
2022 Sigma Xi Northeastern Regional Research Conference (Canceled)
Fall 2021
Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference (Niagara Falls, NY)
Mathematics Graduate Student, Paul Mayer wins Top Presenter Award at National Sigma Xi Res. Conf.
Fall 2021 Regional Lakes Communities Symposium (Virtual)
Spring 2021
2021 Sigma Xi Northeastern Regional Research Conference
Wolfram Mathematica Workshop @ WCSU (04/28/2021)