McGill Cancer Centre

Dr. Nahum Sonenberg has been named
the 2009 Health Researcher of the Year
in Biomedical and Clinical Research by
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The GCRC is proud to congratulate Dr. Sonenberg for winning this prestigious award for his pioneering study and analysis of translation control mechanisms, the process by which the genetic information stored in our DNA is turned into proteins. His research has opened the door to new treatments for diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS.
Read Canadian Institutes of Health Research Article
Read Canada's Health Researcher of the year in Biomedical and Clinical Research - CIHR Article

GCRC researchers identify key genetic factors
which can lead to cancer

The GCRC congratulates Dr.Petroulakis, of Dr. Nahum Sonenberg's laboratory and first author of the study, for the discovery of a previously unknown series of interactions between genes that control whether cells become cancerous.
Read Publication:
p53-dependent translational control of senescence and transformation via 4E-BPs. Petroulakis E et al Cancer Cell. 2009 Nov 6;16(5):439-46.
Read McGill Press Release

Recent Selected Publications from GCRC

Physiological Genomics Identifies Estrogen-Related Receptor {alpha} as a Regulator of Renal Sodium and Potassium Homeostasis and the Renin-Angiotensin Pathway. Tremblay AM et al.
Mol Endocrinol. 2009 Nov 9.

The two faces of PTP1B in cancer. Lessard L et al
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Sep 24.

Translation initiation: a critical signalling node in cancer. Robert F., Pelletier J.
Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2009 Aug 26.

Mouse mammary tumor virus p75 and p110 CUX1 transgenic mice develop mammary tumors of various histologic types. Cadieux C et al.
Cancer Res. 2009 Sep 15;69(18):7188-97

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Expansion of MCC

mcc A Warm Welcome to the New Members of the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre

We are extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Yojiro Yamanaka and Dr. Imed Gallouzi have now been appointed as full members of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre.

We would like to extend a heart-felt welcome and wish them the best of success.

Congratulations to Bill Muller and the Team Grant Members!

We are pleased to announce that The Terry Fox Foundation has awarded Dr. William Muller a TFF New Frontiers Program Project Grant for his collaborative project entitled ‘Preclinical models and therapeutic targets for metastatic breast disease’ ($5,153,424).

McGill Integrated Cancer Research
Training Program
In 2008 Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) and the Segal Cancer Centre (SCC) decided to strengthen their existing strategic training programs by merging them into one program called the McGill Integrated Cancer Research Training Program (MICRTP). The new program is supported by the CIHR Training Grant in Cancer Research whose Principal Investigators are Dr. Michel Tremblay (GCRC) and Dr. Wilson Miller (SCC). The program which started in 2009 will run for 6 years and will provide graduate students and postdoctoral/clinical fellows with a novel curriculum and funding opportunities. Dr. Nicole Beauchemin (GCRC) and Dr. Alan Spatz (SCC) are Co-Directors of the program. For more information about the MICRTP please read the following document. DOWNLOAD PDF

GCRC Public Forum (Information and Registration)

CRCG Forum grand public (Renseignements et inscription)

The GCRC Inaugural Gala
The Goodman Family and the staff of the Goodman Cancer Research Centre are proud to announce the First Fund Raising Gala for the Centre that will take place on June 5, 2010.
The proceeds of this Gala will be used to support the research activities of the Centre.

GCRC Seminar Series:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - Stephane Gobeil, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School Seminar Title: “A genome-wide shRNA screen identifies GAS1 as a novel melanoma metastasis suppressor gene.” Details

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - Speaker: Juliet Daniel, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, McMaste r University Seminar Title: TBA

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