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Chapter News and Events

Spring 2026

The 2026 Sigma Xi Northeast Regional Research Conference (Click here for details)

When: Saturday April 18, 2026听

 

Fall 2025

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Fall Meet and Greet (9/24/2025)

When: September 24th, 2025, at 4:00PM
Where: Science Building Room 321, Chemistry Department Conference Room
吃瓜头条 – Midtown Campus, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810

 

Spring 2025

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Winter Rudy Ruggles Talk听

2024 鈥 25 Rudy Ruggles Research Award Winners

Julia Linke, Dr Jain (SigmaXi member-Harvard Chapter), Dr. Dude and Dr. Munn at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Dissecting the effects of mechanical stress on immunosuppression in glioblastoma

鈥淕lioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive, malignant brain cancers, and has a median patient survival of less than 15 months. GBM is highly refractory to most available treatment strategies, which has been attributed to its highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME is impacted by increased mechanical stresses, that arise as the GBM tumor grows in the space confined by the skull, but the precise involved molecular pathways are unknown. To identify new biomarkers for the GBM cancer progression due to mechanical stress, 听the winners of this year鈥檚 award cultured in vitro glioblastoma cancer cell lines under increased mechanical stresses. They isolated RNA material from these cells and sequenced for their bulk transcriptomics signatures. This allowed analysis of which genes are upregulated due to the increased mechanical stress in these cancer cells, and observing that distinct glioblastoma cell types react differently to the same mechanical stimulus.鈥

Spring 2024

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Spring Meet and Greet (4/18/2024)

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Winter Rudy Ruggles Talk (4/18/2024)

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Winter Meet and Greet (1/25/2024)

A meeting among Ridgefield Math and Science leadership and representatives听from 吃瓜头条. Connections made via Sigma Xi! Building relationships and finding ways to collaborate!

Spring 2023

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Spring Meet and Greet (4/21/2023)

Fall 2022

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi听Winter Meet and Greet (12/06/2022)

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi Update (Presentation; 12/06/2022)

Spring 2022

2022 Sigma Xi Northeastern Regional Research Conference听(Canceled)

吃瓜头条 Sigma Xi听Winter Meet and Greet (1/28/2022)

2021 Sigma Xi Northeastern Regional Research Conference听

Wolfram Mathematica Workshop @ 吃瓜头条 (04/28/2021)