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Breaking Down Brain Cancer with Prof. Harald Sontheimer- HOOS In STEM Podcast

August 11, 2025 by kdx3sm@virginia.edu   |   Leave a Comment

August 2025 – Dr. Sontheimer is the department chair, professor, mentor, biotechnology founder, and textbook author behind a recent revolution in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience: a series of breakthrough discoveries that have catalyzed the ongoing translation of scientific research to successful clinical trials. From the evolutionary roots of binocular vision to recording single membrane ion channels over millionths of a second, Prof. Sontheimer has followed his curiosity to reshape our understanding of the glial cells that drive brain tumors and found institutions for training the next generation of distinguished neuroscientists. We are lucky to hear his story in this fitting finale of Hoos in STEM’s summer conversations.

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