To validate my idea for targeting cancer stem cells with immunotherapeutic methods (currently leaning towards monoclonal antibodies), I met with Dr. Madhuri Koti, cancer immunotherapy researcher at Queen's University. I got so much valuable insight and clarity on my vision for this project, so I am super thankful for the discussion!

This month I continued working on the bot I've been developing with the QMIND team which takes user-highlighted text on a webpage and returns basic data on the sentiment, tone of voice, and information in that text. We are developing this bot with the goal of helping individuals with autism, who might often find it difficult to extract emotional context from text.

Hope to have the bot finished by next month so we can start writing our paper on the project!

Meanwhile, at Biotein, I spent the month deep diving into the chaperone-mediated autophagy pathway and how it impacts neurological ageing and associated disorders like dementia. Super interesting content, and we have an exciting period coming up with validating our work and really getting the project started.