Our lab investigates a rare population of cancer cells, called persister cells, which are able to evade the drugs without acquiring a genetic mutation.. Despite the great clinical importance of understanding the processes that enable the survival of persister cells, their rarity and the difficulty of characterizing them have hampered the development of treatments that target them. Our research combines imaging, single-cell experimental and computational tools to shed light on the processes that enable persister cells to survive treatment and drive disease recurrence .