Shelley Warner: My cancer story, is not a death sentence
We would like you to meet Shelley Warner. Over the next month’s Shelley will be sharing a window in to her cancer story with us. As an introduction to her…
Photoacoustic Imaging Research
Hello, my name is Lawrence Yip, and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dr. Jeff…
Mark and Rebecca’s Mother’s Day Walk Story – UpDate
On National Volunteer Week 2017 we are very excited to feature a post from one of our Ottawa volunteers, Mark and Rebecca Fillier. They have sent us a recent update to…
Developing a molecular imaging technique using MRI
Hello, My name is Yonathan Araya, I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I work in the Imaging Research Laboratories at Robarts Research…
MRI cell tracking for breast cancer
Hi, My name is Ashley Makela and I am a PhD candidate in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. I am working at Robarts Research Institute in Dr.…
Targeting tumours the FAST way
Hello! We are Brent Johnston and Roy Duncan, Professors in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University. We have received funding from the Breast Cancer Society of Canada…
Towards breast cancer detection with nanoprobes
Greetings! My name is Antonio Benayas. As some of you can perhaps remember from a previous post , I am a postdoc at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, working to…
Understanding how the estrogen receptor impacts breast cancer
Hello! My name is Bart Kolendowski and I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. I work in Dr. Joe Torchia’s lab located at London Regional…
What’s my Breast Cancer Story?
Antoine Abugaber of the Breast Cancer Society of Canada shares his story As a cancer researcher and an international renowned artist, I want to be able to one day say…
Imaging biomarkers in treatment of breast cancer with high-dose radiation therapy
My name is Matthew Mouawad. I am a third-year PhD student in the department of Medical Biophysics at Western University working under the supervision of Drs. Stewart Gaede and Neil…