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supports a vibrant training environment. We welcome general inquires: </span><a href="mailto:studentinquiry@bccrc.ca"><span lang="EN-US">studentinquiry@bccrc.ca</span></a></p></div> </article> <section class="layout layout__columns layout__parent__node paragraph paragraph--type--columns paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--68"> <div class="columns columns--2"> <h2 class="section__title">Student Life at BC Cancer Research</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--66"> <img loading="lazy" src="/dept/qrt/sites/bccrc.ca/files/styles/large/public/2019-10/Student%20Life%201_Reduced.jpg?itok=-M-Cg-d2" width="700" height="500" alt="GrasPods- organizing social activities for trainees at BC Cancer" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>BC Cancer has a diverse, productive, and vibrant student and postdoctoral fellow community comprised of trainees affiliated with various academic departments at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria.</p> <p>With 580 trainees in 2017/18, students are at the heart of innovation at BC Cancer.</p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4ab71f1c-ddac-462f-b650-0360323e4a8d" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/about-us/bccri-careers" title="BCCRI Careers">Search current student and traineeship opportunities.</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">GrasPods</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--67"> <img loading="lazy" src="/dept/qrt/sites/bccrc.ca/files/styles/large/public/2019-10/GrasPods_Group_1_Reduced.jpg?itok=RWgIN1wZ" width="700" height="500" alt="GrasPods- part of the vibrant trainee community at BC Cancer" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The BCCRC Graduate Student and Post Doctoral Society (GrasPods) is a trainee-run society whose mission is to further enrich the wonderful training environment at BC Cancer by providing academic, social, and personal well-being support for their members. </p> <p>GrasPods events include:</p> <ul> <li>Academic Workshops</li> <li>Sports</li> <li>Trainee Lunches</li> <li>Jobs in Science Interview Series</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.graspods.com/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="layout layout__recruiters layout__parent__node paragraph paragraph--type--recruiters paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--77"> <h2 class="section__title">Featured Recruiter</h2><article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/tim-lee" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/tim-lee" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/dept/ccr/sites/cancercontrol/files/styles/profile/public/2023-02/Tim%20Lee_23-02-01_3091%20-%201%20small.jpeg?itok=IuNlmBTh" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/tim-lee"><span>Dr. Tim Lee, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Interim Department Head; Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Cancer Control Research</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Tim Lee is a Distinguished Scientist who works specifically on early skin cancer detection and epidemiologic research on skin cancer. Tim’s research interests include medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, polarization speckle, computer-aided diagnosis, and risk and prognosis factors of skin cancer.</p><p><strong>Research Interests:</strong></p><ul><li>Polarization speckle: <em>in vivo </em>skin cancer screening technique</li><li>Artificial intelligence and computer aided diagnostic algorithms for analyzing skin images</li><li>Risk and prognosis factors for melanoma</li></ul></div> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/samuel-aparicio" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/mo/labs/aparicio-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/mo/dept/mo/sites/molecularoncology/files/styles/profile/public/2019-10/Sam%20Aparicio.jpg?itok=2eFD7psC" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/mo/labs/aparicio-lab"><span>Dr. Samuel Aparicio, BM BCh PhD FRCPath FRSC</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist, Department Head</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Molecular Oncology</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Samuel Aparicio (BM, BCh, PhD, FRCPath, FRSC) is the Nan & Lorraine Robertson Chair in Breast Cancer Research, holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Molecular Oncology, and is the recipient of the 2014 Aubrey J Tingle Prize. He is also Head of the Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology at BC Cancer Research, part of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC.  </p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/mo/labs/aparicio-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/mo/labs/aparicio-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/marco-marra" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/marra-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2025-02/MMarra-headshot-Jan2025.png?itok=3l5f6VzQ" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/marra-lab"><span>Dr. Marco Marra, OC, OBC, PhD, FRS(C), FCAHS, LLD (hon), DSc (hon)</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Marra is a UBC Professor of Medical Genetics and the Michael Smith Laboratories. Formerly Head of Medical Genetics (UBC) and co-founder and Director of Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre for more than two decades, Dr. Marra is known for his work in genomics and precision cancer genomic medicine.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/marra-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/marra-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/steven-jones" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/jones-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/Steve%20Jones-grey.png?itok=FaK7pd34" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/jones-lab"><span>Dr. Steven Jones, PhD, FRS(C), FCAHS, FRCP(Edin)</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Interim Department Head</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Jones’ research program is firmly entrenched in genome science to better understand the complete mutational landscape of cancers. His primary aim is to help uncover the diversity of genetic and genomic events that accrue to give rise to cancers, and which also encourage their evolution and maintain their progression. His laboratory extensively analyzes Next Generation genome and transcriptome data to achieve these goals. Dr.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/jones-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/jones-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/robert-holt-0" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/holt-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/Photo_RHolt.png?itok=NuZq5n5W" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/holt-lab"><span>Dr. Robert Holt, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Co-director, BC Cancer Immunotherapy Program </div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Holt has over 200 publications, approximately 118,412 citations, and an H-index of 110. Dr. Holt has been listed in the top 1 per cent of Web of Science cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics in 2018, 2019 and 2020.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/holt-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/holt-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/angela-brooks-wilson" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/brooks-wilson-laboratory-cancer-genetics-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2019-10/DSC05706.jpg?itok=Az2jC8AW" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/brooks-wilson-laboratory-cancer-genetics-lab"><span>Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson is a distinguished scientist at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. Her laboratory group investigates the genetic basis of cancer susceptibility. One of her primary interests is lymphoid cancers, which include Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and myeloma. Through collaboration with members of the Cancer Control Research Group at BC Cancer including Dr. John Spinelli, Dr. Brooks-Wilson studies the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers in causing lymphoid cancers.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/brooks-wilson-laboratory-cancer-genetics-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/brooks-wilson-laboratory-cancer-genetics-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/gregg-morin" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/morin-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/gregg_morin.png?itok=HzGl7aB-" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/morin-lab"><span>Dr. Gregg Morin, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Interim Deputy Department Head</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Gregg Morin received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1988. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and an assistant professorship at the University of California, Davis, Dr. Morin was the Director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Geron Corporation. In 2004, he joined Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre where he is currently the Head of Proteomics.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/morin-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/morin-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/martin-hirst" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/hirst-labepigenomics-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/DSC05714-grey.png?itok=wkHli3c-" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/hirst-labepigenomics-lab"><span>Dr. Martin Hirst, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Head, Epigenomics</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Hirst is a Distinguished Scientist and Head of Epigenomics at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Director of the Michael Smith Laboratory at the University of British Columbia (UBC).</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/hirst-labepigenomics-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/hirst-labepigenomics-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/sharon-gorski" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/gorski-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/sharon_gorski.png?itok=fLYrf1vC" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/gorski-lab"><span>Dr. Sharon Gorski, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Gorski completed a PhD in Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO in 1999. She then conducted postdoctoral studies at the BC Cancer where she utilized genomics approaches to study cell death and cell survival pathways. Dr. Gorski is currently a Distinguished Scientist at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer and a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/gorski-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/gorski-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/marianne-sadar" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/sadar-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/marianne_sadar.png?itok=QQmDAmoG" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/sadar-lab"><span>Dr. Marianne Sadar, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Sadar has served in leadership roles internationally and was the first Canadian to serve as Chair of the USA Army’s Department of Defence’s Programmatic Panel for Prostate Cancer Research. She was President of the Society of Basic Urologic Research (USA) and a board member of education, research, and scientific advisory committees and boards for American and Canadian non-profit societies. Of note, Dr. Sadar was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Canada’s National Museum of Science and Technology by the Minister of Heritage.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/sadar-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/sadar-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/isabella-tai" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/tai-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/IMG_0875_small.png?itok=wEEAuypD" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/tai-lab"><span>Dr. Isabella Tai, MD/PhD, FRCP(C)</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Senior Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Isabella Tai is interested in understanding the mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance, metastasis and tumour progression in gastrointestinal cancers. Her group uses genomic and proteomic approaches to identify genetic markers that could be suitable for colorectal cancer screening, and to identify unique signatures that correspond to drug resistance in colorectal cancers.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/tai-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/tai-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/stuart-peacock" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/stuart-peacock" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/dept/ccr/sites/cancercontrol/files/styles/profile/public/2019-07/DSC04811.jpg?itok=jdzwDJc6" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/stuart-peacock"><span>Dr. Stuart Peacock, DPhil</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist; Co-Director of ARCC</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Cancer Control Research</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Stuart Peacock holds the Leslie Diamond Chair in Cancer Survivorship in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He is Co-Director of the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC) and Head of Cancer Control Research at BC Cancer. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, and past President of the International Society on Priorities in Health Care. He has held university positions in Canada, Australia and the UK.</p></div> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/inanc-birol" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/bioinformatics-technology-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/DSC05549.png?itok=nDYIkaNs" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/bioinformatics-technology-lab"><span>Dr. Inanc Birol, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/bioinformatics-technology-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/bioinformatics-technology-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/ryan-morin" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/ryan-morin-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-02/Ryan%20Morin_4542.png?itok=hb2UJYI3" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/ryan-morin-lab"><span>Dr. Ryan Morin, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Ryan Morin has been studying the genetic nature of lymphoid cancers using genomic methods for more than a decade. During his doctoral training at the University of British Columbia and BC Cancer, he pioneered the use of transcriptome and whole genome sequencing to identify driver mutations in non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Over the course of his training, he published a series of papers describing some of the most common genetic features of diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and follicular lymphomas including EZH2, KMT2D, CREBBP and MEF2B.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/ryan-morin-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/ryan-morin-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/gerald-gerry-krystal" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/krystal-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2019-08/Gerry%20dark%20bg1.jpg?itok=liMa9afT" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/krystal-lab"><span>Gerald (Gerry) Krystal, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Our lab is interested in both the effects of various diets on cancer (CA) incidence and in determining who is at risk of developing CA so we can prevent it by adopting life style changes. In regard to the first goal, since tumour cells are more dependent on blood glucose than normal cells for their growth, we have been testing low carbohydrate (CHO) diets on mice and found they reduce the incidence, growth rate and metastasis of primary tumours.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/krystal-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/krystal-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/florian-kuchenbauer" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/kuchenbauer-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2019-08/Florian%20trimmed_0.jpg?itok=QXeCpl11" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/kuchenbauer-lab"><span>Florian Kuchenbauer, MD, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Senior Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer received his M.D. education at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany in 2001 and completed an M.D. thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in 2002. He then started residency training at the Department of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany (2001-2004) before obtaining a PhD degree at the Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer and Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia under the supervision of Dr. Keith Humphries (2005-2009).</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/kuchenbauer-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/kuchenbauer-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/peter-m-lansdorp" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/lansdorp-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2023-05/PLansdorp-he.jpg?itok=XxrI9GP_" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/lansdorp-lab"><span>Peter M Lansdorp, MD, PhD, FRS(C)</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Peter Lansdorp was born and raised in the Netherlands. He was trained as a medical doctor at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and obtained a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. In 1985 he moved to the Terry Fox Laboratory in Vancouver, where he worked on the purification and biology of human and murine blood forming stem cells. This work led him to studies of telomere biology for which he developed quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) techniques. These techniques have become standard in the telomere field.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/lansdorp-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/lansdorp-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/andrew-weng" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/weng-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2019-11/Andy%20high%20res%20small.jpg?itok=VtSCdhAf" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/weng-lab"><span>Andrew Weng, MD, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Andrew Weng pursued his undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at Stanford University before earning both MD and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago/Pritzker School of Medicine. His professional journey continued with residency training in Anatomic Pathology and a fellowship in hematopathology, followed by postdoctoral research at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/weng-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/weng-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/arman-rahmim" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/io/labs/arman-rahmim-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/io/dept/io/sites/integrativeoncology/files/styles/profile/public/2020-02/IO_ArmanRahmim.jpeg?itok=-TuLc9H9" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/io/labs/arman-rahmim-lab"><span>Dr. Arman Rahmim, PhD, DABSNM</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Integrative Oncology</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Rahmim is Professor of <a href="http://radiology.med.ubc.ca/">Radiology</a>, <a href="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/">Physics</a> and <a href="https://www.bme.ubc.ca/">Biomedical Engineering</a> at the <a href="https://www.ubc.ca/">University of British Columbia</a> (UBC), as well as Distinguished Scientist and Provincial Medical Imaging Physicist at BC Cancer. He received his MSc in condensed matter physics and PhD in medical imaging physics at UBC.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/io/labs/arman-rahmim-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/io/labs/arman-rahmim-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/rachel-murphy" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/rachel-murphy" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/dept/ccr/sites/cancercontrol/files/styles/profile/public/2020-02/CCR_RachelMurphy.jpeg?itok=74yf0Sps" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/rachel-murphy"><span>Dr. Rachel Murphy, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Senior Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Cancer Control Research</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Rachel Murphy is a Senior Scientist at the BC Cancer and an Associate Professor at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia. She received her PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism from the University of Alberta and completed a post doctorate in the Laboratory of Epidemiology, and Population Sciences at the National Institute on Aging in the United States. Her research program aims to advance the understanding of relationships between diet, nutrition and chronic disease, particularly cancer.</p></div> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/ly-vu" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/vu-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2019-11/Ly%20Vu%20cropped_1.jpg?itok=5ZjudqUK" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/vu-lab"><span>Ly Vu, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>The overarching goal of our laboratory is to understand the control of stem cells in development and diseases. Our research group is focused on uncovering novel mechanisms of post-transcriptional and translational regulation during normal and malignant hematopoiesis. We aim to develop innovative therapeutic approaches targeting these regulatory pathways in cancer.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/vu-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/vu-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/laura-evgin" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/evgin-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-07/Laura_Evgin-June2021.png?itok=41VBUlf2" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/evgin-lab"><span>Dr. Laura Evgin, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Laura Evgin’s research is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cells and their use in conjunction with oncolytic viruses (OVs). OVs can help to overcome the myriad of immunosuppressive mechanisms employed by solid tumours to evade the immune system and which limit CAR T efficacy. She employs CRISPR to generate CAR T cells that can withstand the onslaught of inflammatory factors they are faced with when combined with oncolytic virus therapy.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/evgin-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/evgin-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/leandro-venturutti" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/lcr/labs/venturutti-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/lcr/dept/lcr/sites/lymphoidcancer/files/styles/profile/public/2022-06/LVshot.jpg?itok=AmkraLET" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/lcr/labs/venturutti-lab"><span>Dr. Leandro Venturutti, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Lymphoid Cancer Research</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr Leandro Venturutti began his scientific career at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), where he studied the structure and function of a protein lost in the hereditary neurodegenerative disease Friedreich Ataxia. Pursuing his profound interest in biomedical sciences and mechanisms of disease, he moved on to the cancer research field for his PhD studies.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/lcr/labs/venturutti-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/lcr/labs/venturutti-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/adi-steif" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/steif-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bcgsc.ca/sites/default/files/styles/profile/public/2021-07/280A0722_grey_background_crop.jpeg?itok=igL4GAIo" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/steif-lab"><span>Dr. Adi Steif, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Genome Sciences Centre</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Adi Steif’s research is focused on developing and applying computational methods for high-throughput genomics, with a particular interest in characterizing disease mechanisms and evolution in the context of cancer. New measurement technologies are enabling large-scale genetic, transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling of tissues at the single cell level. Working alongside experimental collaborators, Dr. Steif uses statistical machine learning approaches to derive biological insights from these high-dimensional datasets in the presence of noise and measurement bias.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/steif-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bcgsc.ca/labs/steif-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/carol-chen" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/chen-lab" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/dept/tfl/sites/terryfoxlab.ca/files/styles/profile/public/2023-04/Carol%20Chen-1.jpg?itok=V6BpYXTx" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/chen-lab"><span>Carol Chen, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Scientist</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Terry Fox Laboratory</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Dr. Carol Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She obtained her PhD in the lab of Dr. Matthew Lorincz at the University of British Columbia, where she studied chromatin mechanism of transcription, specifically looking at histone phosphorylation. She then completed a post-doc fellowship in the lab of Dr. Nada Jabado at McGill University, where she studied histone mutations found in cancer and germline developmental disorders. In 2023, she joined Terry Fox Laboratory at BC Cancer to start her own independent research group.</p></div> <p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/chen-lab">Learn More</a></p><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/tfl/labs/chen-lab" class="more"></a> </div> </article> <article about="/dept/qrt/profiles/denise-laronde" class="node node--profile recruiter"> <a class="picture" href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/denise-laronde" target="_blank"><figure class="remote-image"><img src="//www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/dept/ccr/sites/cancercontrol/files/styles/profile/public/2024-09/Denise%20Laronde%20-%20edited%202_0.jpg?itok=0TOX-h0E" alt=""></figure></a> <div class="node__inner"> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ccr/people/denise-laronde"><span>Dr. Denise Laronde, PhD</span> </a></h2> <div class="field field--field_profile_title">Distinguished Associate Scientist; Professor, UBC</div> <div class="field field--field_department">Cancer Control Research</div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Professor ǀ OBMS ǀ Faculty of Dentistry </p><p>Director, BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program: <a href="http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/oral">http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/oral</a></p></div> </div> </article> </section> <section class="layout layout__columns layout__parent__node group paragraph paragraph--type--columns paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--65"> <h2 class="section__title">Selected Affiliated Academic Departments</h2> <div class="columns columns--11"> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Interdisciplinary Oncology Program (IOP)</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--56"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The UBC Interdisciplinary Oncology program (IOP) is a graduate program designed to appeal to a broad range of students interested in cancer research. IOP offers advanced study and research in a variety of fields relating to oncology.</p> <p><a href="https://www.iop.ca/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Medical Genetics</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--57"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The UBC Department of Medical Genetics is an inspiring and productive community of scholars of genetics and genomics. Faculty members in the Department of Medical Genetics are at the forefront of their fields using cutting edge genetic, epigenetic, genomic, and bioinformatic methodologies to gain insight into diseases such as cancer.</p> <p><a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Pathology and Laboratory Medicine</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--58"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers the opportunity to study with numerous world-renowned faculty and research programs, many of which work at BC Cancer. The Department of Pathology will consider and train students with varied backgrounds in science and medicine.</p> <p><a href="https://pathology.ubc.ca" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Bioinformatics</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--59"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The UBC Bioinformatics program integrates academic centres in computer science, statistics, molecular biology and biotechnology, with translational groups at hospitals and at the clinical interface. This innovative partnership between the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and BC Cancer allows students to interact with experts in the field of bioinformatics, and opportunities to complete work on real bioinformatics problems.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bioinformatics.ubc.ca" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Experimental Medicine</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--60"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The Experimental Medicine Program is intended for trainees seeking a career in research, offering opportunities and facilities for advanced studies in experimental medicine, leading toward the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Faculty members of the Experimental Medicine program conduct research in a wide range of basic and clinically relevant areas.</p> <p><a href="https://exp.med.ubc.ca" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Reproductive and Developmental Sciences</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--61"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The UBC Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program (RDS program) is the only graduate program in Canada based in a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. RDS students have the opportunity to interact with basic science and clinical research faculty, which can lead to the development of research projects addressing important clinical issues for women.</p> <p><a href="https://obgyn.ubc.ca/education/graduate-studies/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--62"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology offers opportunities for research fundamental to advancing basic science and which may be translated to help tackle human disease. The graduate programs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology prepare students for careers in academic, industrial or professional positions in British Columbia and beyond.</p> <p><a href="https://biochem.ubc.ca/graduate/prospective-students/program-summary/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC Pharmacology and Therapeutics</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--63"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>Graduate studies in Pharmacology and Therapeutics allow students to gain broad-based exposure to fundamental as well as medically-related aspects of drug research. Faculty members are engaged in research in clinical pharmacology as well as drug development, and students pursuing an advanced degree will have the opportunity to interact with basic as well as clinical scientists.</p> <p><a href="https://apt.med.ubc.ca/pharmacology/programs/graduate-program/" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">SFU Molecular Biology and Biochemistry</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--64"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The SFU Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MBB) is noted for producing a significant number of prominent industry leaders and researchers. The MBB provides flexibility for students to tailor their degree to suit their interests and goals, and now includes the option of an Interdisciplinary Oncology Graduate Specialization in partnership with the BC Cancer to train the next generation of cancer research leaders.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sfu.ca/mbb.html" target="_blank">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">UBC School of Population and Public Health (SPPH)</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--84"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The School of Population and Public Health at UBC offers several research-oriented programs leading to degrees including Master of Health Science (MHSC), Master of Science in Population and Public Health (MSC PPH) or Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) as well as several professional programs including Masters of Public Health (MPH), Master of Health Administration, or Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (MSc OEH). </p> <p><a href="https://www.spph.ubc.ca/programs/" title="UBC School of Population and Public Health">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="section__title">SFU Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS)</h2> <div class="layout layout__column layout__parent__paragraph paragraph paragraph--type--column paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--85"> <div class="field--field_paragraph_text"> <p>The Faculty of Health Science at SFU is a recognized leader in integrated health science research offering three distinct graduate programs, including a Master of Public Health, or research-intensive MSc and PhD programs which prepare students for success in academia and beyond. </p> <p><a href="https://www.sfu.ca/fhs.html" title="SFU Faculty of Health Sciences">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> </div> </section> </div> <a class="top" href="#main-content">Back to top</a> </main> <section class="region region__cta"> <div class="region__cta--inner region--inner"> <section id="block-donatecta" class="block block--block-contente664dab5-0c81-4031-9e02-a7389247b191 block-donatecta"> <div class="field field--body"><p>BC Cancer Foundation is the fundraising partner of BC Cancer, which includes BC Cancer Research. 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