Yasser Riazalhosseini, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, and Head of Cancer Genomics at the Ìýand clinicians from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre have received funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly $2M to discover improved methods for risk assessment and therapeutic treatment to fight against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common subtype of kidney cancer.
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Published on: 27 Nov 2024
Raquel Cuella Martin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, has been honored with the Gairdner Foundation's prestigious Early Career Investigator Award. She is one of only five researchers selected for this recognition. Dr. Cuella Martin will showcase her research in precision genome engineering at the 2024 Gairdner Science Week, taking place in Toronto from October 23 to 25, alongside the esteemed 2024 Gairdner Awardees.
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Published on: 11 Oct 2024
MD-PhD Human Genetics student, Mark Sorin has received the FRQS' Jacques-Genest Rising Star Award for his contributions towards paper published inÌýNature titled 'Single-cell spatial landscapes of the lung tumour immune microenvironment'. .
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Published on: 6 Feb 2024
The following announcement is being sent on behalf of Dr. Vicky Tagalakis, Physician-in-Chief:
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Dear Colleagues,
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. William Foulkes as the Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in the Jewish General Hospital Department of Medicine, effective January 1, 2024.
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Dr. Foulkes is a three-time graduate of the University of London, holding a BSc in Anatomy, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and a PhD in Molecular Genetics.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2023
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Published on: 24 Nov 2023
Established in 1993, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s world-renowned Department of Human Genetics is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Join us for a walk down memory lane with past and present Chairs David Rosenblatt, Eric Shoubridge and William Foulkes.
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Published on: 3 Nov 2023
Though we all share common ancestors ranging from a few generations to hundreds of thousands of years, genealogies that relate all of us are often forgotten over time. A is now providing insight into the complex relationship between human migration and genetic variation, using a unique genealogical dataset of over five million records spanning 400 years to unravel the genetic structure of French Canadian populations.
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Published on: 25 May 2023
First of humans with a rare immunodeficiency reveals how the immune system protects the body against pathogens known to cause serious diseases, such as tuberculosis and COVID-19. The research involving Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, paves the way for new therapies to treat autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and new approaches to vaccine development.
Published on: 8 May 2023
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Published on: 15 Feb 2023
A receptor for the dopamine neurotransmitter promotes growth and spread of pancreatic cancer -- and schizophrenia drugs, which block the function of this receptor, slowed tumor growth and metastatic spread in mice, according to researchers at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the German Cancer Research Center.
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