FORT SMITH -- Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences graduate students will bring their cancer and cell biology research to the Bakery District on Dec. 4 as part of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith's Research Den series, a free public program designed to connect the River Valley with relevant academic work.

The December Research Den will begin at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 in Room 103 of the Bakery District, 70 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith, according to a news release from the university. The event is free and open to the public, with short presentations followed by question-and-answer sessions in a casual, conversational setting.

UAMS Microbiology graduate student Steven Murdock will discuss "How do viruses cause cancer?" and cell biology graduate student Walter Saul Aragon-Ramirez

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