Tuesday, December 19, 2023
1:30 pm
For location, please email qcri@queensu.ca
Sean Egan, PhD
Senior Scientist, Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Talk Title: Using the mouse to study breast cancer - CNA and an endogenous mutagen
Bio: The Egan Lab develops immune-competent mouse models for mammary cancer as a means to probe genetic mechanisms responsible for tumor progression and metastasis, and also as a platform for the development of rational combination therapy which includes an immune-therapy component. Models have been developed or a number of common genetic alterations associated with human breast cancer including commonly mutated genes such as PIK3CA, as well as chromosome arm losses. More recently, these models are being used to define oncogene-specific networks of mutations that promote tumor progression and metastasis.
Host: Andrew Craig, PhD