Science on Tap New River Valley Presents: The Ancestry of Cancer: Tracing How Cancer Evolves
Venue: Rising Silo Farm Brewery, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Science on Tap - New River Valley
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM - TBD
Event Types: Speaking Engagements, STEM Events
Cost: Free
Science on Tap New River Valley presents their October event titled "The Ancestry of Cancer: Tracing How Cancer Evolves" on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at Rising Silo Farm Brewery.
Cancer isn’t a single disease, it’s a process of evolution happening within our bodies. In this talk, Palash Sashittal, assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Computer Science, will share how researchers trace the evolutionary history of cancer to understand how tumors grow, adapt, and resist treatment. In a hands-on dice-based game, we will see evolution in action, watching how genetic changes accumulate over time, and try to reconstruct ancestral genomes using the same reasoning scientists use to uncover cancer’s evolutionary history.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Hosted by the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech's chapter of Sigma Xi.
Rising Silo Farm Brewery is located at 2351 Glade Road in Blacksburg, VA.
To view the event flyer, visit: https://communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/content/communicatingscience_isce_vt_edu/en/css-events/upcoming-events/oct--30--2025--science-on-tap--the-ancestry-of-cancer--tracing-h/jcr:content/article-image.transform/xl-medium/image.png.
For more information on the event, visit: https://communicatingscience.isce.vt.edu/css-events/upcoming-events/oct--30--2025--science-on-tap--the-ancestry-of-cancer--tracing-h.html or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068112035012 or https://www.instagram.com/scienceontapnrv/.
For more information on Rising Silo, visit: http://www.risingsilobrewery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/risingsilobrewery or https://www.instagram.com/risingsilobrewery/ or call 540-750-0796.
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