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LHSC Catalyst Grants Announced

Alison Allan PhD, $25,000 for "Elucidating the Role of Phosphoproteome Dynamics in Regulating Stemness and Metastatic Behavior of Breast Cancer Cells." Co-applicant: Vasu Bhat PhD.

Eva Turley PhD, $25,000 for "Targetting RHAMM to blunt radiotherapy-induced lung toxicity." Co-applicants: Len Luyt PhD, Sarah Mattonen PhD and Eugene Wong PhD.

Ricardo Fernandes MD, $22,500 for "Association between androgen receptor pathway inhibitors and gastroinestinal microbiota in patients with prostate cancer (INTEGUT). Co-applicant: Saman Maleki PhD.

Jim Petrik PhD, $25,000 for "Fc3TSR as a novel therapeutic in Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer." Co-applicants include Trevor Shepherd PhD.

Matthew Cecchini MD PhD, $22,500 for "Leveraging AI to Improve Patient Understanding of Prostate Cancer Pathology and Laboratory Medicine." Co-Applicants: include Rohann Correa MD PhD.

Pencilla Lang MD PhD, $25,000 for "A Feasibility Study on Integrating Real-Time 3D Scanning of Surgical Specimens into Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Planning for Oral Cavity Cancer." Co-PI's: Sarah Mattonen PhD, Doug Hoover PhD. Co-Applicants: Danielle MacNeil MD, Matthew Cecchini MD PhD, Edward Wang MD/PhD Candidate.

Chris Pin PhD, $25,000 for "Defining interplay between cancer and non-cancer cells using patient-derived organoids."

Armen Parysan PhD, $25,000 for "Artemis as a novel target to enhance radiosensititivity in triple-negative breast cancer." Co-Applicants: Alison Allan PhD and Vasu Bhat PhD.

Teklab Gebregiworgis PhD, $25,000 for "Characterizing Metabolic Phenotype of Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts."

Trevor Shepherd PhD, $25,000 for "ULK-1 mediated regulation of mitochrondrial dynamics in ovarian cancer spheroids."

Natalie Bérubé PhD, $25,000 for "Oligodendrocyte precursors as cells in origin in astrocytomas."