Cancer neuroscience & microscopy
We study how sensory neurons and ECM affect invadopodia and metastasis in breast cancer, using systems microscopy tools.
in press/review
Our preprints under review:
1. Velazquez Quesada et al. Sensory Neurons Inhibit Invadopodia and Metastasis via Direct CGRP-RAMP1-cAMP Signaling to Cancer Cells.
2. Belova et al. Cell cycle– and EMT–dependent expression of Filip1L controls invadopodia in breast cancer cells.
In press, Nature Cancer 2026:
Ogier et al. Trogocytosis of cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes pancreatic cancer growth and immune suppression via ANO6.
Methods in Molecular Biology 3085
Intravital Microscopy of Cancer
Editor, Bojana Gligorijevic. In press (2026)
some Recent Publications
Velazquez Quesada, iScience (2026)
DACIT device for axon cancer cell interaction testing in 2D and 3D.
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)02818-4
Velazquez Quesada, STAR (2026)
Protocol for fabrication and utilization of the device for axon-cancer cell interaction testing.
https://www.cell.com/star-protocols/fulltext/S2666-1667(25)00396-X
Kallogjerovic, J Microscopy (2024)
Retrograde tracing of breast cancer-associated sensory neurons.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmi.13340
Perrin et al. Comms Bio (2022)
Invadopodia enable cooperative invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells.
current members
Bojana Gligorijevic, PhD
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering
College of Engineering
Temple University
Primary Member
Cancer Signaling & Microenvironment
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Professor of Cancer & Cellular Biology
Member, Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Temple University
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
Bioengineering Department
College of Engineering
Temple University
Elizaveta Belova, MS
Ines Velazquez Quesada, PhD
Elizaveta Belova, MS
PhD fellow, Fullbright
Bioengineering Department
College of Engineering
Temple University
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
PhD student
Bioengineering Department
College of Engineering
Temple University
Mansimar Kaur, MS
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
PhD fellow
Bioengineering Department
College of Engineering
Temple University
Afrooz Jarrah, MS
Svetllana Kallogjerovic, MD
Afrooz Jarrah, MS
Data Specialist
Bioengineering Department
College of Engineering
Temple University
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