Jycole Bush

Graduate Student

Personal Statement:

Jycole is a graduate student in the cancer biology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program. She is working in Dr. April Risinger’s lab studying cancer pharmacology. Her research involves identifying biomarkers to improve the response of breast cancer patients to currently approved chemotherapeutics and developing new targeted therapeutic options to improve the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors.

Jycole enjoys disc golfing, strength training, cooking and trying new coffee shops

Education

BS degree (Cellular and Molecular Biology), Fort Lewis College - 2023

Research

breast cancer
drug discovery
biomarker identification
drug resistance

Publications

Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution Studies of [18F]-Taccalonolide, a Covalent Microtubule Stabilizer with Antitumor Efficacy Jaskowski LN, Clanton NA, Wilkinson NJ, Bartels J, LoCoco PM, Frantz A, Boyer AD, Boerma J, Bush JEM, Brown S, Fernandez K, Archer NE, Tekin V, Fernandez S, Risinger AL, Frantz DE, Lapi SE. In press at Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Visible Light-Induced Cytotoxicity of a Thiophene–Benzothiadiazole-Based Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte in Cancer Cells Jana K, Ramos IB, Bush JEM, Wilkinson N, Porey A, Larionov OV, Risinger AL, Schanze, KS. In review at Journal of Materials Chemistry