When Auinash Kalsotra (CGD/GNDP), member of the Cancer Center at Illinois, Associate Professor and the William C. Rose Scholar of Biochemistry, attended college at Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India, he knew he wanted to pursue an entrepreneurial career inspired by his family members. Instead of following a traditional business route, Kalsotra’s enterprising genes have led him down a trailblazing scientific journey – uncovering intricacies of cell biological mechanisms that may lead to more targeted and improved cancer therapies.