From patient to petri dish: growing tumours to fight cancer
Cancer research has long relied on living cells drawn from patients and grown in the lab. The earliest cell models transformed medicine, but could not reflect the complexity of a tumour in the human body. That changed with the development of organoids, three-dimensional tumour models grown from patient samples which provide researchers with more realistic versions of cancer in the lab.
Join Dr Hossein Jahedi to learn how these extraordinary living models enable study into how cancer behaves, changes and survives. Hear how they are used in examining the relationship between cancer and the immune system or obesity, and why some cancers respond to treatment while others do not.
Hossein will explain how this research will improve understanding of cancer biology and prediction of treatment response, and help make cancer care more personalised
Bio
Dr Hossein Jahedi is a research fellow in the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre. He has a PhD from the University of Auckland and is researching cancer modelling, breast cancer and lung cancer. He has particular interest in the tumour microenvironment and how immune cells, adipocytes and extracellular matrix interact with malignant cancer cells. He is also a Latin American dance champion and enjoys microscopic photography.
Event
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 6:00pm – 7:00pm @Mr Murdoch’s, Level 1/16 Fort Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
The other talk at this location is Sounding JAFA: young Aucklanders impacting the Kiwi accent at 7:30pm – 8:30pm
