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Could blocking certain proteins prevent lung metastasis of breast cancer?

Hello everyone! My name is Sami Khan and I’m an MSc candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. I work under the supervision of Dr.

Does stress affect breast cancer tumour growth?

Hello! My name is Jenna Kara and I’m an MSc student in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University, working in the labs of Paula Foster, PhD and Dwayne

Cancer stem cells: a unique approach to assessing breast cancer metastasis

Hello! My name is Ashkan Sadri and I’m a Masters candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. As a recent addition to Dr. Alison Allan’s

Implementing a robotic arm to image breast tumours

Hello! My name is Lawrence Yip and I’m a Master’s student in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dr. Jeffrey Carson’s

Using MRI to detect TAM cells

Hi! My name is Ashley Makela and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I’m working at Robarts Research Institute in Dr. Paula Foster’s

Examining how breast cancer tumour ‘seeds’ travel to other organs

Hello! I’m Mauricio Rodriguez-Torres and I’m a PhD student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Alison Allan. Most breast

Mark and Rebecca’s Mother’s Day Walk Story

Hi! Our names are Mark and Rebecca Fillier. We were recently married on September 19, 2015. We had a very happy life together in the past 8 years and had

A potential tool to differentiate between malignant tumours and benign tissue in MRI

Hello! My name is Yonathan Araya and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work in the Imaging Research Laboratories at Robarts Research

Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2016

Author and physician, Dr. Rachel Remen sums up the meaning of service very distinctly: “True service is a relationship between people who bring the full resource of their combined humanity

How do breast cancer cells move through the body?

Drs. Desnoyers and Lewis are working to understand how breast cancer cells can move throughout the body. Breast cancer becomes more aggressive when normal breast cells change to become invasive

Attempting to inhibit breast cancer proliferation

Hi everyone! My name is Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Western University. I work in Dr. Len Luyt’s lab at London Health

How I aim to live green

Because I am a woman, I am at risk for breast cancer. However, there are many “green” things I can do in my everyday life that will help reduce my

Helping breast surgeons increase the success rate of breast-conserving surgery

Hi! My name is Ivan Kosik and I’m a PhD student in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University, working in the lab of Jeff Carson, PhD. You might

Why do some early breast cancers progress to deadly cancer and others do not?

Hi! My name is Milica Krstic. I’m a PhD student in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University. I work at London Regional Cancer Program under the

Identifying how the estrogen receptor drives tumour growth

Hi! My name is Bart Kolendowski and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. I work in Dr. Joe Torchia’s lab located at London Health

What role do bacteria play in breast cancer?

Hello! I’m Camilla Urbaniak, a PhD student in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Western University. I’m studying the bacteria that grow in breast tissue so I can determine

We’re halfway there – Ontario and Nova Scotia

With a total of $15 million of research funded across Canada, we have made exceptional strides in learning more about breast cancer. PhD students and senior researchers are working each

Studying why some breast cancer patients are Herceptin-resistant

Greetings! I’m Xuguang Liu, a fourth-year PhD student in the Biochemistry Department at Western University. My current research project is focused on the development of Herceptin resistance in HER2-positive breast

Donna, PhD candidate, studies the prevention of breast cancer metastases

Hi! My name is Donna Murrell and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I’m working under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster at

Sharing research to improve cancer care on a larger scale

Hello! My name is Omar El-Sherif and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. You might have seen my last blog post outlining the

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