Abstract 6910: SLC25A46 as a novel mitochondrial regulator and biomarker in breast cancer
What are your long-term career objectives? Heather K. Beasley is a postdoctoral research scholar at Vanderbilt University in the laboratory of Dr. Antentor Hinton Jr. (AJ). Beasley’s research utilizes various high throughput imaging techniques to investigate altered calcium signaling and calcium transfer between organelles during breast cancer progression. Thus far in her postdoctoral training, she has earned several awards and fellowships. She is the recipient of the UNCF and Bristol Myers Squibb, E.E. Just Postgraduate Fellowship in Life Sciences, and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program award that will independently fund her research for the next three years. Complementing her strong scientific publication record, her research reflects her passion for translational research and diversity, equity, and inclusion of underrepresented minorities in STEM.