Internationally recognized breast cancer researcher Dr. Samuel Aparicio (Aparicio Lab) has been named the 2022 recipient of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Robert L. Noble Prize.
Like many of his colleagues in cancer research, Dr. Rafael Meza has a personal connection to cancer. His dad died from gastric cancer when Dr. Meza was 15 years old.
“That got me interested in how I could dedicate my career to cancer while my interests were in mathematics and statistics,” he said. “Eventually, I figured out that I could do research in cancer using my math skills, so I was really fortunate.”
We are excited to announce that Dr. Fumio Takei has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Bernhard Cinader Award, recognizing exceptional leadership and mentorship in the field of Immunology among Canadian researchers.
The Canadian Society of Immunology (CSI) Award Committee unanimously applauded Dr. Takei's outstanding scientific achievements, in line with the award's criteria aimed at celebrating remarkable contributions.
Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen, a UBC Professor of Pathology and a Distinguished Scientist at BC Cancer, for being appointed as an International Ambassador to the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in Germany. These prestigious Ambassadorships are given by TUM to renowned international researchers that have formally conducted research at TUM, and who have retained particularly close ties to the university.
Congratulations to Drs. Poul Sorensen and Gregg Morin, at BC Cancer, and Dr. Wei Li, at the University of Pittsburgh, for being awarded $500,000 USD from the Osteosarcoma Institute for their project titled “Harnessing the osteosarcoma surfaceome for immunotherapy targets to block metastatic capacity”
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