Dr. Robert Holt: What Motivates Me
I’m motivated by the success of new cancer treatments that activate a patient’s natural anti-cancer immunity. These positive results are hard won, following more …
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Dr. Robert Holt: Helping Immune Cells Win
Growing up in the lower mainland, I developed the need to figure out how things worked and, if they were broken, how to fix …
Dr. Julie Nielsen: Developing T Cell-Based Therapies
Hello, I’m Dr. Julie Nielsen and I am happy to share an inside look at my work in immunotherapy on the BC Cancer Foundation …
David Kroeger: Strengthening the Immune Response to Cancer
Hello, my name is David Kroeger and I’m a postdoctoral fellow at the Deeley Research Centre (DRC). My PhD research at the University of …
Dr. Julian Lum: Giving Immune Cells an Advantage
Hello, I’m Dr. Julian Lum and I’m delighted to return as a BC Cancer Foundation blogger. I’ve been a scientist at the Deeley Research Centre …
Culturing T Cells for Clinical Trials
Hello, my name is Victoria Hodgson and I’m very pleased to be blogging this month! Currently, I work as a research assistant at the Deeley …
Dr. John Webb: Manufacturing T Cells for Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
Hello everyone, my name is Dr. John Webb and I’m the senior project leader for the upcoming immunotherapy clinical trials at the BC Cancer …
Dr. Anna Tinker: Enrolling Patients in Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
Hello, I’m Dr. Anna Tinker and like Dr. Nelson, I’m happy to be returning to the BC Cancer Foundation blog this month, to share …
How Philanthropy Fuels Cancer Research
BC Cancer Foundation donors have been vital in establishing my research lab and the projects that my group currently has underway. When I was reaching …
Creating a Lab for Lung Cancer Research
I started in May of 2014 as a Scientist in the Department of Integrative Oncology at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre. As opposed …