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Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer receives a BC Cancer Excellence Award in the category of Patient Care Champion, nominated by patients.
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Dr. Connie Eaves elected into the prestigious Royal Society
The BC Cancer distinguished scientist joins the ranks of other esteemed scientists including Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin.
Dr. Peter Stirling awarded France Canada Research Fund
Dr. Peter Stirling (Stirling Lab) received grant funding from the France Canada Research Fund for his research entitled “Developing splice-switching oligonucleotides to rewire splicing SF3B1-mutated myelodysplastic syndromes”.
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer receives Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Award
Dr. Kuchenbauer aims to better understand the energy metabolism of high-risk acute myeloid leukemia cells and explore this as a novel treatment avenue.
BC Cancer researchers Dr. Peter Stirling and Dr. David Huntsman awarded OvCAN/Ovarian Cancer Canada-Cancer Research Society Grant
Dr. Peter Stirling (Stirling Lab) and co-principal investigators Dr. David Huntsman (Huntsman Lab), Philip Hieter (UBC) and Jean-Yve Masson (Laval University) were awarded a 2021 OvCAN/Ovarian Cancer Canada-Cancer Research Society Grant for their research entitled, “Next generation DNA repair inhibitors for ovarian cancer treatment.”
Pamela Hoodless awarded Cancer Research Society Operating Grant
Congratulations to Pamela Hoodless for receiving a Cancer Research Society Operating Grant for her project entitled, “Defining epigenetic alterations in liver cancer at single cell resolution”.
Dr. Peter Stirling awarded France Canada Research Fund
Dr. Peter Stirling (Stirling Lab) received grant funding from the France Canada Research Fund for his research entitled “Developing splice-switching oligonucleotides to rewire splicing SF3B1-mutated myelodysplastic syndromes”.
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer receives funding for multiple myeloma clinical projects aiming to improve treatment outcomes
Congratulations to Dr. Kuchenbauer for receiving $50,000 USD in Proteona’s ESCAPE™ multi-omic single cell analysis services.
Drs. Florian Kuchenbauer and Kevin Hay receive grants from International Myeloma Society and Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation
The goal of these grants is to foster and support state-of-the-art investigator-initiated translational research that will contribute to improved prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Dr. Aly Karsan recognized with the Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence
Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan who will receive the Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence at the 22nd Annual LifeSciences BC award ceremony April 2, 2020.
This award honours an individual, group or company located in B.C. that has received significant national or international recognition in 2019 in the fields of genomics and one of the following: proteomics, bioinformatics or systems biology.
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