Support from the Buckeye Cruise is helping the OSUCCC – James eradicate cancer through research that translates to innovative and highly targeted patient care.
To date, Buckeye Cruise for Cancer has raised more than $40 million for the OSUCCC – James.
18th Anniversary Buckeye Cruise for Cancer
The 18th Annual Buckeye Cruise for Cancer will set sail from Fort Lauderdale, FL on February 27, 2025, on the Silversea Silver Moon. The ship will make stops in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Nassau, Bahamas and will feature two days at sea, before returning on March 5, 2025.
Learn more and book your cruise today!
You can also reach out to Ashley Clark at Ashley.Clark2@osumc.edu to learn about other ways you can help support this cause.
Fund a Need
Buckeye Cruise for Cancer has raised over $4.8 million for Fund a Need projects at the OSUCCC – James.
2025 Buckeye Cruise Fund a Need: New Equipment for the Gene Editing and Comparative Pathology Shared Resources
Gaining a sharper view of cancer’s microscopic mechanisms is critical to accurately diagnosing and more effectively treating this disease.
With your help, a pair of equipment purchases for OSUCCC – James Shared Resources will enable more scientists to bring cancer into clearer focus so they can develop treatments for better attacking it at the molecular level.
By giving to the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer Fund a Need this year, you can help us acquire an autostainer for the Comparative Pathology Digital Imaging Shared Resource (CPDISR), and an Incucyte SX5 for the Gene Editing Shared Resource (GESR).
CPDISR helps scientists study human diseases by using animal models and human tissue. They take tissue samples, preserve them, process them into wax and put them on glass microscope slides. An autostainer machine then stains these tissue samples so that pathologists can see them clearly under a microscope. CPDISR’s current autostainer is 14 years old and is used constantly, producing over 35,000 regular slides and 1,400 special stain slides every year. A new, advanced autostainer will help produce more and better-quality slides for researchers.
GESR helps scientists use DNA-based techniques to study different types of cells and other models. The Incucyte SX5 is an analysis instrument that will allow researchers to observe how cancer cells grow, spread and react to treatments, and to understand how certain genes drive cancer. By keeping an eye on live cells without disturbing them, the Incucyte SX5 offers insights that traditional methods can't provide. It also makes experiments quicker, more accurate and easier to repeat, which will help scientists discover better ways to treat or prevent cancer.
The modern advances that these machines provide will help researchers across the OSUCCC – James discover better ways to treat or prevent cancer.
By equipping our scientists with the latest technology, we can help them stay on the leading edge of cancer research, bringing us closer to our shared vision of a cancer-free world.
Support the Buckeye Cruise Fund a Need
Learn more about how your support of the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer is making an impact for cancer research, patient care, outreach and education at the OSUCCC - James.