Cancer Research Program

Our research spans the full spectrum from learning how cancer cells work at the molecular level, to developing and testing new treatment approaches, to moving evidence into practice. 
 

Cancer Research Program

Labs and Groups

These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team. 

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Research Group
Addison Cancer Research Lab
Our laboratory focuses on two main themes; 1) the role of the tumour extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment in modulating tumour growth and an...
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Ardolino Cancer Immunology Lab
Why don't the Killers kill? Understanding the immune system to develop better immunotherapy The immune system is an incredible weapon against...
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Auer Lab
The Auer Lab makes use of both preclinical and clinical research to understand the mechanisms responsible for the prometastatic effects of surgery ...
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Bell Lab
Our research program is directed towards the identification and characterization of novel cancer killing therapeutic viruses that selectively infec...
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BMC VMF Group
Our group manufactures biologic or ‘living’ drugs, specifically virus-based therapies. The goal of the BMC-VMF is to provide our partners bo...
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Cook Lab
Treatment options for ovarian cancer are limited, and while tumours often respond to initial treatments, many recur and become resistant to therapy...
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Diallo Lab
Our research team is dedicated to exploring and advancing the field of "viral sensitizer" drugs, which enhance cellular susceptibility to viral m...
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Gray Lab
The Gray lab has studied the loss of protein homeostasis in aging and age-related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Our specific focu...
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Ilkow Lab
Findings from our research will provide new light on the role of the tumour microenvironment during virus-based therapies and could contribute to t...
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REthinking Clinical Trials
REaCT is a unique research program aimed at improving lives of people with cancer through patient-centred clinical trials.
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Sabourin Lab
We are investigating the regulation of SLK downstream of migration signaling and characterizing SLK downstream signaling systems. Various approache...
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Vanderhyden Lab
Determining how risk factors contribute to ovarian cancer initiation and progression, single cell analyses and bioinformatics to investigat...