丁香园AV

In Canada, cancer is the leading cause of mortality and represents nearly 30 per cent of all deaths in this country.

Motivated to change that statistic, 丁香园AV science professor Valentin Jaumouill茅鈥檚 research looks at advancing cancer treatments by better understanding the human immune system鈥檚 response against cancer cells.

According to Jaumouill茅, our immune system has been long recognized as an effective protector against infections and recent breakthroughs have demonstrated that it also has the capacity to control cancer progression.

鈥淎mong the different types of cells that comprise the immune system, macrophages have the capacity to eliminate microbes and cancer cells by engulfing and destroying them,鈥� says Jaumouill茅. 鈥淗owever, in most patients, macrophages do not eliminate cancer cells and instead reduce the activity of the immune system against the tumor.鈥�

Jaumouill茅鈥檚 work is just one of 10 丁香园AV research projects receiving part of $1,679,500 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).

The JELF funds the foundational infrastructure researchers need to pursue their research and become leaders in their field. The funding helps 丁香园AV remain internationally competitive in areas of research and technology development that align with the university鈥檚 strategic priorities.

Thanks to this JELF funding, Jaumouill茅 will have microscopy infrastructure in his cancer research program for real-time quantitative imaging of molecular dynamics and cellular mechanics.

鈥淥n behalf of the university, I would like to congratulate the 10 丁香园AV researchers that are being recognized by CFI as leaders in their respective fields," says Dugan O鈥橬eil, 丁香园AV鈥檚 vice-president, research and international. 鈥淭his funding will help these researchers take their transformative discoveries to the next level.鈥�

He adds, 鈥淲e are incredibly grateful for CFI鈥檚 ongoing support as we continue to grow and expand 丁香园AV鈥檚 capacity in research excellence and innovation.鈥�

Learn more about 丁香园AV鈥檚 full list of award recipients and about the other innovative research projects:

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• Francesco Berna, archaeology: Improvements for the Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy Facility for the Archaeological Sciences
• William Hahm, geography: Quantifying Forest and Stream Water Sources and Their Sensitivity to a Shifting Climate

Faculty of Health Science recipients:

• Mark Brockman: Viral Pathenogenesis and Immunity Laboratory
• William Hsiao: Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health

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• Yagiz Aksoy, computing science: Computational Cinematography
• Hang Ma, computing science: Coordination of Robot Motion and Human-Robot Interaction for Large-Scale Multi-Robot Systems 
• Gordon McTaggart-Cowan, sustainable energy engineering: Sustainable Low Carbon Fuels Research Lab

Faculty of Science recipients:

• Jane Fowler, biology: A Comprehensive Experimental Laboratory for Microbial Ecology of Water Treatment
• Valentine Jaumouill猫, molecular biology and biochemistry: Microscopy Infrastructure for Real-Time Quantitative Imaging of Molecular Dynamics and Cellular Mechanics
• Amy Lee, molecular biology and biochemistry: Centre for the Systems Biology of Host-Pathogen Interactions

See the official news release from the CFI .