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LAB NEWS:

October 2026

Big congratulations to Iulia and Jonathan for their hard work and dedication in publishing this insightful review of our recent findings and ongoing research on microRNAs. We're proud to see this work shared with the broader scientific community!

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August 2026

Check out Ché's latest work on the Rxiv. Congrats to the entire team! You shall see this In Press soon...

June 2026

Congrats to our undergraduate trainees for being awarded the

Dr. Walter Roschlau Memorial Award in Pharmacology.

Congrats Linda and Sophia!

Linda Lee

Qianmeng (Sophia) Lei

The Dr. Walter Roschlau Memorial Award
was established to recognize his dedication to teaching by honouring students with the best academic records in the graduating class of the Arts & Science programs in Pharmacology & Toxicology Specialist Programs. The award was co-founded and sponsored by Dr. Roschlau’s son, Michael, and by Dr. Harold Kalant, a friend, colleague.

Dr. Walter H. E. Roschlau

January 2026

October 2025

Check out Jonathan Chow's latest work published in Cell Death and Disease. Congrats to the team on a job well done !

September 2025

Another one for September....leading the way in INPP4B research. Congrats to all!

September 2025

Congrats to Ana Tregubenko for defending her M.Sc. thesis entitled:

Investigating the Role of miR-29b2 in the Progression and Chemosensitivity of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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August 2025

We are excited to announce new funding from the

Cancer Research Society for our grant entitled "Determinants of drug-tolerant persister cells and lineage plasticity in prostate cancer"

July 2025

Daniel Lee ! Congrats on your publication in Molecular Oncology

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May 2025

We are excited to announce new funding from Brain Cancer Canada investigating microRNAs in Glioblastoma

December 2024

Congrats to Keyue Chen for the successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis. Amazing job Dr. Chen !

November 2024

A new lab publication led by Iulia Grigore and Athul Rajagopal was just accepted for publication in Scientific Reports. Congrats!

October 2024

A short story about our work in the U of T News:

August 2024

Congrats to Dr. Daniel Lee on the successful defence of his thesis. Good luck in all your future endeavours.

August 2024

A new lab publication led by Dr. Golam Saffi.

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July 2024

A new lab publication led by Dr. Erin Sellars

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September 2023

We are delighted to announce that Candaice Newell has been awarded a very prestigious Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Research Training Award

Congrats Candaice!