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Congratulations to our citywide Translational Cancer Researchers ~The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recently announced the 2012 competition results for their Discovery Grants Program.
Dr. Joe Mymryk and Dr. Len Luyt (Oncology Scientists, Cancer Research Laboratory Program; and faculty members, Western University Department of Oncology) were awarded NSERC Discovery Grants:
Dr. Joe Mymryk, 1 year of funding at $36,000 per year for "Identification and analysis of non-conventional nuclear import signals".
Dr. Len Luyt, 5 years of funding at $34,000 per year for "Metal-organic compounds as scaffolds and libraries, for the exploration of biologically relevant chemical space".
…..for a complete list of successful Translational Cancer Researchers see the article here…
~posted March 25, 2013 |
Dr. David Litchfield, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Western University and a multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by scientists in London and Dr. Bernard Kraatz in Toronto as well as clinicians in the Division of Hematology at London Health Sciences Centre, is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival. Read the press release here….
.~posted March 20, 2013 |
On World Cancer Day, Monday February 4th, 2013, the London RIOT Team officially launched as series of YouTube videos that will explain how the Canadian Cancer Society supports Translational Cancer Research conducted at London Regional Cancer Program. Please view the Research Information Outreach Team (RIOT) “Bench to Bedside” video series here….
~posted March 15, 2013 |
Dr. Eric Winquist contributes to a New England Journal of Medicine publication; Abiraterone in Metastatic Prostate Cancer without Previous Chemotherapy …..View Article….
Abiraterone improved radiographic progression-free survival, showed a trend toward improved overall survival, and significantly delayed clinical decline and initiation of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. (Funded by Janssen Research and Development, formerly Cougar Biotechnology; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00887198.)
~posted March 11, 2013 |
Congratulations to Dr. Eva Turley, scientist at the London Regional Cancer Program. Dr. Turley recently received a $100,000 grant from the Western Innovation Fund for a project entitled "Protecting against Radiation Dermatitis: assessing the efficacy of a novel hyaluronan-phosphatidylethanolamine cream". This translational cancer research program will include Dr. Turley, Dr. Francisco Perera and Dr. Arjang Yazdani.
~ posted March 11, 2013 |
Citywide Cancer Imaging Seminar:
Wednesday March 27, 2013 12 noon. LRCP A1-153/155 and Robarts (tbd)
Speakers: Dr. Stewart Gaede & Dr. Brian Yaremko: Can We Hit a Moving Target? Imaging, Respiratory Motion & Lung Cancer
~posted March 25, 2013 |
Investigational New Drug Seminar:
Brain Cancer Vaccines
Speakers: Dr. Rodney DeKoter and Dr. David Macdonald
LRCP A1-153/155 Wedenesday March 20, 2013 12 noon
~posted March 8, 2013 |
Drs. Jim Koropatnick and Wei-Ping Min are going to war against cancer. And taking a page from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, they just may have the strategy for a new cancer vaccine, allowing more troops to attack the deadly disease.
Read the Western News article
-posted March 8, 2013 |
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