Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! We join everyone in celebrating the rich history, culture and resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. You can learn more about how Indigenous people have shaped the land we now call Canada at rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1621447127… #NIHM2023

I was pleased to attend the fantastic inaugural workshop of the Association of Ontario Tumour Biobanks (AOTB). The province’s biobanking capabilities are incredible and will be strengthened even further by the AOTB. Congrats to the organizers on such a successful first workshop!

Congratulations @rtamarchak on your recent, well-deserved promotion to OICR's executive team! Your contributions to the institute thus far have been incredible and I look forward to working even more closely with you. oicr.on.ca/new-member-of-…

The #TerryFoxRun is this Sunday! If you are able, please consider supporting the OICR staff team. Every dollar we can raise for the fantastic Terry Fox Foundation will help accelerate cancer research and save more lives. run.terryfox.ca/team/teamoicr2…

Join us on Sept. 27 for our Molecular Diagnostics Open House to learn about how to access OICR's services and technologies to advance your research projects. In-person spaces are limited, so register today! oicr.on.ca/events/oicr-mo…

OICR joins everyone in Canada celebrating Gender Equality Week! We are committed to integrating equity, diversity and inclusion into our work to reflect the wonderful mosaic of individuals that make up our country. Learn more about Gender Equality Week: women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorati…

It is National Postdoc Appreciation Week. A big thank you to all the postdocs working at OICR and across Ontario that are making amazing and important contributions to cancer research every day! #NPAW2023 👏

#WorldCancerResearchDay is a great opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made against cancer and honour the contributions of researchers, clinicians and patient partners towards our shared goal. Thank you for all that you do!

Tomorrow we honour the lives lost at residential schools and those who survived. There are many resources and events to help people get involved in advancing reconciliation. This article is a great starting point in understanding #NDTR and #OrangeShirtDay. thestar.com/news/canada/th…

I was thrilled to attend the inaugural Next Great Big Ideas (Canada’s Life Science Summit) yesterday in Hamilton Ontario. We also presented our new hot startup - QuAccel, a new drug discovery biotech. Congrats to Jim Wilson and his team for organizing! linkedin.com/posts/laszlo-r…

It was a pleasure to meet Joe Beecham and the team from NanoString a few weeks ago at OICR and brainstorm new ideas. Joe’s groundbreaking spatial proteogenomics technologies have helped revolutionize our ability to do cancer research.

Congratulations to Drs. Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for this monumental achievement. Also, I am proud to be a fellow Hungarian today! Also - congrats to the Gairdner Foundation who predicted these next Nobel Prize winners last year. linkedin.com/posts/laszlo-r…

Congratulations to Drs. Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for this monumental achievement. Also, I am proud to be a fellow Hungarian today! Also - congrats to the Gairdner Foundation who predicted these next Nobel Prize winners last year. cbc.ca/news/health/no…

How a big pharma company stalled a potentially lifesaving vaccine in pursuit of bigger profits - Troubling if verified. Not the way the system should especially as publicly funded research mostly fuels the pharma pipeline!! apple.news/ANyKwX5_0R5ilK…

Congratulations to our own Nicholas Cheng from OICR for his First Prize winning poster at the Early Detection of Cancer Conference in London UK!!

Over $95 million Canadian dollars per year for 1 baseball player - over 1.3X OICR’s yearly budget for life saving cancer research. My reaction: Our priorities are somewhat screwed up. cbc.ca/sports/basebal…

Yesterday OICR leadership visited Toronto Metropolitan University and spent a day learning about their great research in data science, AI, imaging, cancer detection and drug discovery. It was a fantastic day! Kudos to Dr. Michael Kalios and his colleagues for hosting us!

We recently held a meeting of OICR’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) - our first in-person meeting, post-pandemic. It was an exciting exchange of ideas that will help us optimize our strategy. My thanks to all the members of the SAB for sharing their time and thoughtful advice!