A disease of the genome & Me at the BC Cancer Agency
During my PhD at UBC, I became convinced of a notion that had been known for decades: “cancer is a disease of the genome”. …
Breast Cancer
More Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Sohrab Shah
What a month! April was an exciting month for milestone achievements at the BC Cancer Agency. On April 22, the Agency’s own Dr. Karen …
Another Landmark Breast Cancer Announcement
I spoke at a news conference today for the second time in two weeks, to share another groundbreaking discovery in breast cancer research …
Groundbreaking news & Introducing Dr. Connors
Before I introduce our next guest blogger, I must interrupt the schedule briefly here to share some exciting news with you. I am pleased to …
Virtual Marathon for Medical Research: Supporting breast cancer research
This is a brief interruption to Dr. Aly Karsan’s blogging to share an interesting fundraising opportunity that is happening right now online—it’s a virtual …
Breast cancer and other women’s cancers
For my last post, I want to talk about some of the work we’re doing in collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency’s ovarian cancer …
My lab’s research focus
I promised to tell you about some of the projects we’re working on at the moment and how they fit into our overall goal …
What is Life?
In memory of Anita Cochrane. What is life? Almost 70 years ago, Nobel prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger asked that question in …
What does a breast cancer researcher do?
As you might imagine, leading the BC Cancer Agency’s breast cancer research program keeps me very busy! And I’m not the only one: …