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College of Medicine researcher studies melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer


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HWCOM researcher Charles Dimitroff and his lab team show their support by wearing black on Melanoma Monday, part of Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
What do sugars and carbohydrates have to do with it?
May 27, 2021 at 10:00am
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year. There are several types of skin cancer. Melanoma is the third most common and the deadliest because it tends to metastasize, spread to other parts of the body. 
Charles Dimitroff, executive associate dean for research at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) has studied melanomas for 15 years, most recently at the Translational Glycobiology Institute at FIU (TGIF), where he serves as director. The institute focuses on studying glycans sugars or carbohydrates found in the surface of cells and their impact on cancer progression. ....

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Brinker elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences


Longtime University of New Mexico Professor C. Jeffrey Brinker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, announced this week. He was among 120 members elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
A distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Brinker joined Sandia National Laboratories as a member of the technical staff in 1979 and was appointed distinguished member of the technical staff and National Laboratory Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at UNM in 1991. From 1999 to 2019, he was jointly employed by UNM and Sandia.
“We are extremely proud to now have a National Academy of Sciences member among our ranks in the School of Engineering,” said Christos Christodoulou, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing. “Jeff has made an amazing impact in his field, and this recognition is well-deserved.” ....

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