by Stacey Johnson | Mar 17, 2023
Toronto, Canada’s Tak Mak, OC, OOnt, FRS, FRSC, has won the prestigious Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research, valued at US$100,000. Dr. Mak, who has his lab at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PMCC), is...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 25, 2020
(Ed: This blog was originally posted on December 25, 2015. After a difficult year, full of trials and tribulations, reposting this just feels right – even if it is a little dated. Enjoy!) This may come as a shock to many of you, but the land of lakes, trees,...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 1, 2018
Are you familiar with The Conversation – not to be confused with The Conversation with Amanda De Cadenet? Amanda De Cadenet is one busy lady who makes television and online shows for, and about, women. The Conversation is a not-for-profit media outlet that publishes...
by Lisa Willemse | Feb 13, 2015
> The blood stem cell (or hematopoietic stem cell as it’s known in scientific parlance) was the first stem cell to be identified, which makes it a bit of a celebrity, as stem cells go. Here in Canada, we like to think of Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch,...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 6, 2013
. Canada’s premier stem cell research event, the Till and McCulloch Meetings, is just around the corner. It seems like a fitting time to introduce you to Ph.Diddy, a creation of Life Technologies Corp – coincidentally a conference sponsor. Ph.Diddy has pre-conference...
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