"If you think research is expensive, try disease".
Mary Lasker (1901-1994)
(Mary Lasker was a powerful and tireless American philanthropist and
 citizen lobbyist who advocated for increased funding for medical research)

 

The Tumour Biology Research Group of the Northeast Cancer Centre at Health Sciences North/Horizon Santé-Nord was founded in 1996 in order to provide a critical mass of researchers in molecular and cellular biology for "translation" of basic research into clinical practice. Since the establishment of the group, the four tumour biology researchers have garnered significant national peer recognition by being awarded a number of research grants from Canada's peer-reviewed research agencies. 

 "Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science."  
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Drs. Robert Lafrenie, Hoyun Lee, Amadeo Parissenti, and Leslie Sutherland have or have held grants from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Cancer Research Society of Canada (CRSC), the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Ontario Chapter (CBCF), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF) and the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund (ORDCF). The group also boasts support from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) and the Northern Cancer Foundation (NCF). Local support of tumour biology research by the Northern Cancer Foundation at the Northeast Cancer Centre has been instrumental in providing necessary "seed" funding for a number of the successful grant applications. Funding from private sector sources has also been secured.

Dr. Robert Lafrenie is the Laboratory Director and the Tumour Biology Seminar Series Co-ordinator. He may be contacted by email at rlafrenie@hsnsudbury.ca or by telephone at (705) 522-6237 ext. 2702.                  

Jane Vanderklift is the Administrative Secretary for Research. She may be contacted at (705) 523-7312 or (705) 522-6237 ext. 2705.

The Research Laboratory Safety Officers for our group are Mary Bewick and Stacey Santi. 

Training Opportunities
Training opportunities for masters and doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows are available within our Tumour Biology group. Graduate programs are through either Laurentian University or the University of Ottawa (Drs. Parissenti and Lee only). Interested candidates should contact potential supervisors directly. Student applications must meet university requirements.  

"I cannot teach anybody anything, 
I can only make them think."  Socrates
 (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens