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.
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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”.
Charu Sankaran awarded UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program scholarship
Congratulations to Charu Sankaran (Hay Lab) who has been awarded a UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program scholarship for his research entitled "Improving the persistence of CAR T-cells using telomerase".
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.
Andrew Wu of Jiang Lab successfully defends thesis
Andrew Wu, MSc student (Jiang Lab) successfully defended his thesis entitled, "Characterization of the miR-185-PAK6-Mediated Survival and Cell Cycle Controls in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia" on March 22, 2021.
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.
BC Cancer Foundation is the fundraising partner of BC Cancer, which includes BC Cancer Research. Together with our donors, we are changing cancer outcomes for British Columbians by funding innovative research and personalized treatment and care.