Techniques to investigate cellular mechanisms of cancer progression

Lubna Tahtamouni (left) is a Profes­sor in the Department of Biology & Biotechnology at Hashemite University (Zarqa, Jordan), where she has been a faculty member since 2005. Her research focuses on cellular alternations in actin cytoskeleton and actin-binding proteins leading to cancer initiation and develop­ment. Lubna is a strong voice calling for the support and empowerment of women scientists, in particular, Arab female students and scientists and as such she was selected as the 2021 Commencement Speaker for the College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University (CO, USA). Here, Lubna provides a detailed description of the techniques that she...