Christina Towers, PhD

Dr. Towers is an Assistant Professor at the Salk Institute. She completed both her PhD and Post-Doctoral studies at The University of Colorado. During that time, she uncovered novel mechanisms that cancer cells use to adapt to and circumvent autophagy inhibition. Dr. Towers recently launched my independent lab in 2021 and was awarded the NIH New Innovator Award as we are diving deeper into pancreatic cancer cell metabolism, drug resistance, and autophagy.