Introducing June Guest Blogger Dr. Kim Chi
Thank you to Dr. Peter Watson for a month of fascinating insights from the BC Cancer Agency - Victoria. From biobanking to breast cancer research …
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A Look Inside the Tumour Tissue Repository and Final Thoughts
The BC Cancer Agency’s Tumour Tissue Repository (TTR) is another example of a biobank that owes much of its success to generous donations to …
Biobanks: Critical to Progress in Cancer Research
This week I would like to talk about biobanks and tell you a little more about how they work. Biobanks operate by coordinating a process …
Discovering a Link Between Breast Cancer Research and Immunotherapy
As I described earlier this week, my colleagues and I had recently discovered a link between resistance to hormone therapy in breast cancer patients …
Studying the Evolution of Breast Cancer
This week I would like to talk about my role as a researcher. My research program is focused on trying to understand two of the …
An Introduction to Pathology and Biobanking
In my previous post I described how I came to be a pathologist, scientist, and a biobanker. My colleagues have written fascinating posts about …
A Mix of Influences: Building a Career in Cancer Research and Care
Hello, I’m Dr. Peter Watson, a pathologist, scientist, and biobanker based at the BC Cancer Agency in Victoria. What influenced me to pursue all these …
Introducing May Guest Blogger Dr. Peter Watson
Thank you to Dr. Christian Steidl for sharing the latest groundbreaking research at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for Lymphoid Cancer. As Dr. Steidl …
A Look Into the Future: How to Turn a Wealth of Data Into Better Treatments for Patients
Time has flown and this is already my last post. I want to take the opportunity to look into the future and explain with …
Philanthropy: A Critical Cornerstone for Cutting-Edge Research
As I alluded to last week, I’d like to tell you about a very exciting project in my laboratory and why it is so …