Emily-Claire Duffy

Emily-Claire received her Bachelor of Science from Bates College in 2022, where she majored in biology and minored in chemistry and philosophy. While at Bates she worked as a research assistant in a microbiology lab researching the role of a specific viroporin protein in Rotavirus infections. As a first year in the MCB program, Emily hopes to explore the roles of both genetics and environment in metastasis formation. She is also interested in investigating the innate immune response to the presence of cancer cells. In her free time, she loves to run, ski, watch hockey, and bake random recipes that she finds online.