Creating better drugs to treat breast cancer
Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi, a PhD candidate in Dr. Len Luyt’s lab at the London Health Science Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program, works to help breast cancer patients fight the disease, but does so from her chemistry lab. “The drug development process that we focus on in our lab is on basic science. We carry out the […]
Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility or RHAMM
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 Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program. For the past few years, I have been studying the protein RHAMM (Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility). RHAMM levels increase […]
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 Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program. You may remember seeing my blog post last year. Since then, I’ve continued to study the interactions between the […]
Breast cancer trainees honoured at London’s Oncology Research & Education Day
London’s 12th annual Oncology Research & Education Day was held on June 26, 2015. This city-wide event showcases the breadth of oncology research at Western University, ranging from basic research through to translational and clinical research. More than 285 investigators and trainees attended the day, with eight oral presentations and 98 poster presentations from trainees. […]
Discovering and developing new peptide-based drugs for breast cancer
Hi everyone! My name is Alexandra Hauser-Kawaguchi. I’m a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at Western University and I work at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program under the supervision of Len Luyt, PhD. Our lab focuses on peptide-based chemistry. Peptides are strands of less than 50 amino acids. When there […]
