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I am a 5th year PhD candidate in the Hollenhorst Lab where I study the functional genomics of prostate cancer and Ewing's sarcoma.

Entries by Taylor Nicholas

Life after graduate school: Industry edition

Posted June 27, 2017 by Taylor Nicholas

As a third year Ph.D. candidate in biology, I am constantly bombarded with questions from concerned loved ones: “When are you graduating?” or “What will you do with your degree?” My unexciting and somewhat embarrassing answer to these questions is always, “I don’t know;” and the truth is, how can I know? I have been… Read more »

Why is there no cure for cancer, and what are we doing about it?

Posted March 21, 2017 by Taylor Nicholas

Have you ever wondered why there is no “cure” for cancer? Conspiracy theories aside, a cure for cancer doesn’t exist because it is biologically impossible. The reason is simple: just as no two people are identical, no two cancers are the same. Each case of cancer may be genetically distinct, which means that the driver… Read more »

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