Vasudeva Bhat is developing a blood test to help prevent metastases
Welcome back to the TBCRU. Can you remind our readers who you are and tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Dr. Vasudeva (Vasu) Bhat, and I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. I am co-supervised by Dr. Alison Allan and Dr. […]
Shanshan Zhong is developing therapies which use the patients’ immune cells to stop the growth of breast tumours.
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU! Remind our readers who you are and tell us a little about yourself. My name is Shanshan (Jenny) Zhong, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Shawn Li. I completed my Master’s degree in Microbiology at […]
Braeden Medeiros is developing a blood test to assess the risk of lung metastasis in breast cancer patients
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU. Can you remind our readers who you are and share something about yourself? My name is Braeden Medeiros, and I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at Western University. I am working in the lab of Dr. Alison Allan at London Regional […]
Natasha Knier is researching how breast cancer metastasizes to the brain
1. Welcome back to the TBCRU, can you remind our readers who you are and tell us a little about yourself? My name is Natasha Knier. I am in the second year of my M.Sc. in Medical Biophysics at Western University, working under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster at the Robarts Research Institute. Previously, […]
Julia Gevaert Is Tracking How Breast Cancer Spreads
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Julia Gevaert. I am an MSc candidate in the Medical Biophysics program at Western University, under the supervision of Dr. Paula Foster. I completed my undergraduate degree at McMaster University with an Honours BSc in Medical Physics. Learning about different imaging techniques sparked my […]
Braeden Medeiros wants to understand how metastases develop
1. Who are you? Tell us about yourself. My name is Braeden Medeiros and I am a first year MSc student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. I am working in the lab of Dr. Alison Allan at London Regional Cancer Program. Prior to pursuing my graduate work, I completed […]
Breast cancer cell migration research
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 at London Cancer Regional Program under the supervision of Dr. Alison Allan. Our lab focuses on breast cancer metastasis: the process by which cancerous cells can leave the breast and […]
Targeting tumours the FAST way
Hello! We are Brent Johnston and Roy Duncan, Professors in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University. We have received funding from the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and the QEII Foundation through the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, to investigate the use of viruses to target advanced and metastatic breast cancer. Oncolytic […]
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 cancer deaths occur as a result of metastasis, the process whereby tumour cells leave the breast through the bloodstream and establish themselves in other organs. […]
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 Robarts Research Institute, and we’re using MRI to monitor the fate of breast cancer cells in the brain. You might have seen my first blog […]
