Aneesha Aryan, Junior at Newton North High School, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I just presented cancer research at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting 2026 in San Diego. As a junior in high school, it has been such a privilege.
My project, ‘Molecular Profiling Analyses Identify Signatures Associated with Canonical RAS Dependency,’ used machine learning and gene expression data to ask a clinically meaningful question: which genetic biomarkers better capture tumor dependence on RAS mutations than mutation status alone? We identified a gene expression signature that reflects true functional dependency beyond mutation status and validated it in held-out multiple myeloma patient samples from the MMRF IA24 cohort.
I owe an enormous amount to my mentors, Dr. Constantine Mitsiades and Dr. Ricardo De Matos Simoes affialiated with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. They did not hand me answers, they taught me how to find them, and how to defend them. That is a gift that will last far longer than any single conference.”
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