Tracking Tumour-Associated Macrophages in Breast Tumours
“In my research area, it is important to be a hands-on person with advanced critical thinking skills,” says Ashley Makela. She believes such an approach is key to developing innovative ideas. With hands-on experience working in radiology under her belt, Ashley Makela is in the 4th year of her PhD studies in the Department of Medical […]
Combining Light and Ultrasound
How to help surgeons perform breast cancer surgery more successfully Lawrence Yip, a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University, works at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dr. Jeffrey Carson’s lab developing a new imaging technology to help surgeons treat breast cancer. In collaboration with his lab colleagues, Lawrence seeks to build a […]
Trying to stop early breast cancer from progressing
When asked about the top skills needed to be a successful researcher in her field, Milica Krstic lists them as follows, “Being creative and coming up with interesting and creative research questions is very important. You should read the latest papers and be able to make connections with how you can apply that in your […]
Leave or Remove? How imaging technologies help explore the impact of a primary tumor on metastatic growth
Why is it that for some breast cancer patients, a surgeon resects a tumor and they are cancer-free for 20+ years, whereas other patients have metastasis accelerate at an uncontrollable way after the tumor resection? This is a question that Katie Parkins, one of the trainees in Western University’s Cellular and Molecular Imaging program at […]
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 […]
Dr. Alison Allan: “Time is the biggest challenge in breast cancer research”
Dr. Alison Allan’s research lab is on the 4th floor of the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). The lab is a realm of true science where Dr. Allan investigates the process of metastasis, which occurs when cancer cells spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body. Breast cancer is a special focus […]
Introducing New Breast Cancer Research Trainee Scholarships in London
We are pleased to announce 13 new graduate student scholarships at Western University for the 2017-2018 academic year. These awards are supported by the Breast Cancer Society of Canada’s very generous commitment to the Pamela Greenaway-Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit (TBCRU) at London Health Sciences Centre’s London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP). Trainees compete annually […]
Finding cancer: Improving x-ray detector technology for earlier detection of breast cancer
Hello! I’m Tomi Nano, a PhD candidate in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at Robarts Research Institute in Dr. Ian Cunningham’s lab on development of new x-ray detector designs and measurements of their performance. The Pamela Greenaway- Kohlmeier Translational Breast Cancer Unit (TBCRU) Traineeship Program has supported my research in […]
Presenting, Learning, and Engaging
The value in attending a professional cancer research conference Hello! My name is Ashkan Sadri and I’m a Masters candidate in Dr. Alison Allan’s lab in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Western University. Since my last blog post, I’ve been fully immersed in the world of research (quite literally). Recently, I was […]
Photoacoustic Imaging Research
Hello, my name is Lawrence Yip, and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dr. Jeff Carson’s lab where I am developing a new imaging technology called Photoacoustic Imaging to help treat breast cancer. Photoacoustic acoustic imaging uses short pulses of […]
