Searching for the achilles heel of hibernating cancer cells
Colorectal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers worldwide. Our research is focused on understanding and targetting a new colorectal cancer cell state known as drug tolerant persisters (DTP)s. We are passionate about revealing how tumors in this state avoid killing by chemotherapy and are on the path to uncovering their weaknesses. Listen to Catherine describe our groundbreaking research here.
Lab News
Nick joins the team!
Nicholas Kleine joins the lab as a PhD student. He will be designing a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen to identify therapeutic vulnerabilities of DTP-state tumours.
Congratulations to Sumaiyah for winning the TFRI symposium presentation award!
Sumaiyah was awarded the Terry Fox Research Institute symposium presentation award for her amazing presentation!
Carissa presents at RNA Canada!
Carissa presented a poster at the RNA Canada conference hosted in Ottawa!
Sumaiyah wins the TFRI symposium
Bruna and Carissa win the Princess Margaret hospital foundation graduate fellowship in graduate research!
Congratulations to Ashlan for defending her Masters!
Lily, Josh and Carissa win the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) award!
