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Congratulations to the 2024 Research Day Symposium winners!

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Top row with Dr Singh (L to R) Misaal Mehboob, Nick Serniuck, Cole Nickason, Olia Biziotis, Agata Kieliszek Bottom Row (L to R) Shan Grewal with the Graham family, Solsa Cariba with the Janke family, and Yujin Suk with the Cunliffe family

We’d like to congratulate the winners from this year’s Research Day Symposium from September 20, 2024!

Oral Presentations

  • 1st place – Misaal Mehboob (Ashkar Lab) – Investigating the Cytotoxicity of Expanded NK and CD70-targeting CAR-NK Cells Against Brain Tumour Cells
  • 2nd place – Nick Serniuck (Bramson Lab) – How CIR Tuning Programming Shapes Universal T-cell Function
  • 3rd place – Cole Nicakson (Han Lab) – Identification of Alternative Splicing and Non-Coding RNA Biogenesis Regulators Driving Cancer Progression

Rapid-Fire Presentations

  • 1st place – Olia Biziotis (Tsakiridis Lab) – Radiotherapy improves the anti-tumor efficacy of HER2-specific engineered T cells in non-small cell lung cancer

Poster Presentations

  • 1st place – Agata Kieliszek (Singh Lab) – De novo GTP synthesis is a metabolic vulnerability for the interception of brain metastases

Cindy Lee Graham Award
Presented to a graduate student who has made significant contributions, or demonstrates a clear potential to do so, in brain or central nervous system cancer

  • Shan Grewal (Singh Lab)

Alexander Janke Memorial Scholarship in Brain Cancer Research
Presented to to a graduate student who has made significant contributions, or demonstrates a clear potential to do so, in glioblastoma or other brain cancer research

  • Solsa Cariba (Han Lab)

Carolyn Christine Cunliffe Memorial Scholarship in Brain Cancer Research
Presented to to a graduate student who has made significant contributions, or demonstrates a clear potential to do so, in glioblastoma or other brain cancer research

  • Yujin Suk (Singh Lab)
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