Two BC Cancer researchers are recipients of 2025 Operating Grants from the Cancer Research Society.
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer received a grant for the project, “Targeting APOBEC3B-induced replication stress in multiple myeloma with TP53 abnormalities.”
Dr. Peter Stirling received a grant for the project, “Inhibiting DNA2 nuclease for selective killing of ALT positive cancers.”
TFL (Oncogenesis and Cell Biology) celebrated the holidays through door decoration, PI pageant, group skits and lots more fund activities.
Thank you TFLers, for all your hard work and commitment during the past year. Wish all of you a peaceful and joyful holiday and look forward to a happy, healthy and productive 2026!
Our researchers and staff were out in force at the Terry Fox run this year, despite the weather!
Congratulations to the recipients of the BC Cancer Foundation (BCCF) Rising Stars Graduate Awards competition!
This year’s awardees are:
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer, a distinguished researcher at BC Cancer, is the recipient of a Pediatric Blood Cancer Research Innovation Grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada for his project titled, “Targeting O-GlcNAc Transferase in Pediatric EVI1-High Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.”
This grant is designed to challenge the current pediatric blood cancer landscape by providing funding for projects that will address unmet needs for pediatric blood cancers.
Congratulations to Dr. Kuchenbauer!
Congratulations to Yingying Liu (Jiang Lab), a PhD student in the Collings Stevens Chronic Leukemia Research Laboratory, Department of Basic and Translational Research, for being awarded a prestigious ISEH Travel Grant Award.
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