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Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer receives a BC Cancer Excellence Award in the category of Patient Care Champion, nominated by patients.
Kevin Hay awarded Cell Therapy and Transplant Canada Hans Messner Award
Congratulations to Kevin Hay for receiving a Cell Therapy and Transplant Canada Hans Messner Award for his project entitled, “Cell-free DNA: A new biomarker in CAR-T cell therapy”.
Gerald Krystal awarded Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation grant for research on optimizing diets during cancer treatment
One of the Foundation’s major objectives relates to the investigation and support of complementary and alternative medicine, particularly in the treatment of cancer.
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 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.
Junbum Im and Leticia Dinatto Pereira awarded UBC Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship
The Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program ensures that UBC's best PhD, DMA, and MDPhD students are provided with financial support for up to four years of their doctoral studies.
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.
Louis-Alexandre Fournier (Stirling Lab) awarded CIHR Doctoral Award (Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship)
Congratulations to Louis-Alexandre Fournier (Stirling Lab) who has been awarded a CIHR Doctoral Award (Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship) for his project entitled “Investigating the role of ARID1A loss in cancer and its effects on R-loop accumulation and genome instability”.
Celebration of the Year
TFL (Oncogenesis and Cell Biology) celebrated the holidays through door decoration, PI pageant, group skits and lots of more fun 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!
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