IRIC - Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer

Published on July 8, 2015

Several students from IRIC have distinguished themselves from the Cole Foundation, receiving a scholarship for their research on cancer.
The Cole Foundation offers two-year fellowships to clinical, doctoral and postdoctoral graduate scientists dedicated to research in leukemia and leukemia-related diseases in children and young adults.

“I am delighted that young scientists who studies at IRIC is recognized by the Cole Foundation, an organization that contributes an exceptional way to the advancement of cancer research,” said Martine Raymond, Director of Academic Affairs at IRIC. “These awards are invaluable for these young researchers whose career choices in the field of life science demand exceptional talent and an unusual challenge. On behalf of the Institute’s community, our warmest congratulations to the winners.”

• Swati Ganesh Shetty, Doctoral Student in the laboratory of Guy Sauvageau
  Project: Genetic approach to identify molecular pathways relevant to novel anti-leukemia drugs
• Karine Gauvin Bourdages, Doctoral Student in the laboratory of Michael Tyers
  Project: Deciphering Fbw7 specific susceptibilities in cancer using a genome-wide CRISPR approach
• Camille Simon, Doctoral Student in the laboratory of Julie Lessard and Guy Sauvageau
  Project: The Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2): a mechanistic investigation of its role in normal and leukemia stem cells
• Elisa Tomellini, Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Guy Sauvageau
  Project: Optimization of NK cell precursors production to improve anti-leukemia activity and reduce disease relapse
• Diogo Veiga, Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Trang Hoang
  Project: A novel drug discovery approach for targeted therapy in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL)