Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Vice President, Research, McMaster University Full Biography Cancers of Interest Breast Cancer Projects at BioCanRx In vivo genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen to identify genes that limit curative checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in triple negative breast cancer Recent Articles I study viruses: How our team isolated the… Read more »
Tag: Basic research
Jason Moffat
Professor & Principal Investigator, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Cancer Full Biography Cancers of Interest Skin Research and clinical approaches Our research is concentrated in three areas: Identification of genetic interactions and differential gene essentiality in mammalian cancer cell lines Cancer cell… Read more »
Julian Lum
Senior Scientist, BC Cancer Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biology, University of Victoria Full Biography Cancers of Interest Prostate Ovarian Research and Clinical Approaches Metabolomics Raman Spectroscopy Flow Cytometry Immunoassays T cells Immunohistochemistry Radioligand targeted therapy Projects at BioCanRx Targeted RadioLigand (tRL) and checkpoint blockade for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer… Read more »
Brian Lichty
PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster Full Biography Cancers of Interest Breast Cervical Gynecological Lung Prostate Skin Projects at BioCanRx Development of a Virally Programmed Exosome-based Cancer Vaccine Platform COMBINING ONCOLYTIC VACCINE THERAPY WITH ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY TO TARGET CANCERS EXPRESSING MAGE-A3 A Phase 1/1b, Multicenter, Open-label Trial… Read more »
Megan Levings
Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital (Lead, Childhood Diseases Research Theme) Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia Full Biography Cancers of Interest Blood Research Interests and Clinical Approach Cell Therapy Transplantation (https://www.bcchr.ca/levingslab) Projects at BioCanRx Garbage to Gold: expansion of Therapeutic Regulatory T Cells from discarded thymus… Read more »
Aly-Khan Lalani
Assistant Professor, Oncology, McMaster University Full Biography Cancers of Interest Bladder Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) Genitourinary Kidney Prostate Soft Tissue Sarcoma Testicular Projects at BioCanRx Phase II CYTOSHRINK Trial: Cytoreductive Stereotactic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy with Combination Ipilimumab and Nivolumab for Metastatic Kidney Cancer
James Koropatnick
Distinguished Oncology Scientist of the London Regional Cancer Program (London Health Sciences Centre) Director, Strategic Training Program in Cancer Research and Technology Transfer Assist. Director, Lawson Health Research Institute Full Biography Cancers of Interest Breast Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) Head and Neck Lung Neuroblastoma Pancreatic Projects at BioCanRx Advanced preclinical development… Read more »
Natasha Kekre
Associate Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Hematologist, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, The Ottawa Hospital Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Full Biography Cancers of Interest Blood Research Interests Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Oncolytic Viruses Cellular immunotherapy (CAR-T cells) Leukemia Lymphoma Clinical Epidemiology Projects at BioCanRx Clinical Trial Enabling… Read more »
Carolina Ilkow
Senior Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Full Biography Cancers of Interest Breast Cervical Colorectal Gynecologic Head and Neck Ovarian Pancreatic Projects at BioCanRx Development of a Virally Programmed Exosome-based Cancer Vaccine Platform
Naoto Hirano
Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Full Biography Cancers of Interest Blood, Breast, Lung, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate, Skin, Soft Tissue Sarcoma Research Interests and Clinical Approach Dr. Hirano’s research team is particularly interested in understanding how the interactions between T cells and antigen-presenting cells affect priming, expansion, persistence and differentiation of T… Read more »