Principal Investigator |
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Dr. Ming Tsao, FRCPC, MD Principal investigator Scientific Director, Princess Margaret Living Biobank Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Contact: [email protected] |
Administrative Assistant |
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Annie Hum Administrative assistant Contact: [email protected] |
Scientific Associates |
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Dr. Roya Navab, PhD Scientific Associate Research interest: Tumor microenvironment in lung cancer Contact: [email protected] |
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Dr. Nhu-An Pham, PhD Manager of the Applied Molecular Pathology Lab (AMPL) Princess Margaret Living Biobank - PDX Core Manager, Staff Scientist Alumni Research interest: Primary lung cancer xenograft culture and therapies Contact: [email protected] |
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Dr. Nikolina Radulovich, MSc, PhD Scientific Manager Princess Margaret Living Biobank - PDO Core Manager, Staff Scientist Alumni Research interest: Pancreatic Cancer and cancer organoids Contact: [email protected] |
Graduate Students |
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Matthew Djan, BSc (co-supervised with Dr. Geoffrey Liu) PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Research Interest: Resistance Mechanisms in ALK+ NSCLC Contact: [email protected] |
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Khadija, BSc (Co-supervised with Dr. Geoffrey Liu) PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Research Interest: Organoids in non-small cell lung cancer |
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Kristyna Gorospe, BSc, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Kelsie Thu) PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Research Interest: Drug persister cells in lung cancer Contact: [email protected] |
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Maryam Khalil, BSc PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Research Interest: Immune Checkpoint Activation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Contact: [email protected] |
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Joshua Rosen, BSc PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Research Interest: Targeting KRAS in lung cancer Contact: [email protected] |
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Yifan (Andy) Yu, BSc (co-supervised with Dr. Geoffrey Liu) PhD student, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Research Interest: Resistance mechanisms in lung cancer Contact: [email protected] |
Postdoctoral Fellows |
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Dr. Arundhathi Arivajiagane, PhD Postdoctoral fellow Research Interest: Role of drug-tolerant persister cells in NSCLC Contact: [email protected] |
Research Technicians |
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Dr. Pinjiang (Mary) Cao, MD, MSc Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: [email protected] |
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Dr. Wenlei Jiang, MBBS, PhD Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: [email protected] |
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Dr. Ming Li, MD Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: [email protected] |
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Ni Liu, MSc Lab Manager Contact: [email protected] |
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Elzbieta Matysiak-Zablocki, MSc Technician - Primary pancreatic cancer organoid development Contact: [email protected] |
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Christine Ng, M.Phil Technician - Primary colorectal cancer organoid development Contact: [email protected] |
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Molly Udaskin, MSc Technician - Primary ovarian cancer organoid development Contact: [email protected] |
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Yu-Hui Wang, MSc Technician - Primary lung cancer xenograft project Contact: [email protected] |
Bioinformatics Team |
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Dr. Quan Li, PhD Scientific Associate Research interest: Bioinformatics, genomics, human complex disease Contact: [email protected] |
Visiting Fellows |
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Dr. Yusuke Fujibayashi, MD Postdoctoral Fellow Research interest: : Tumor Microenvironment in Lung Cancer Contact: [email protected] |
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Dr. Tadashi Sakane, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Research interest: Drug-tolerant Persister Cells in Lung Cancer Contact: [email protected] |
Co-op Students |
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Mackenzie Bates University of Toronto Contact: [email protected] |
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Hanin Al-Ezzi Research interest: PDOs for Pancreatic Models Contact: [email protected] |
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Cosmina Filip McMaster University Research interest: Esophageal and mesothelial organoid development Contact: [email protected] |
