Dr. Faiyaz Notta

Co-Lead, PanCuRx

Dr. Faiyaz Notta is a Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre who co-leads OICR’s Translational Research Initiative focused on pancreatic cancer (PanCuRx). He employs genomic, cell biology and single-cell approaches to decipher new molecular targets that are needed to treat the deadly disease.
Notta has made important contributions to our understanding of the evolution of pancreatic cancer and the disease’s subtypes.

Current affiliations

Co-Lead, OICR’s PanCuRx Translational Research Initiative
Associate, OICR
Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Research interests

Pancreatic cancer
Cancer stem cells
Cancer genomics
Bioinformatics
Cell biology

Top publications

Notta F, Chan-Seng-Yue M, Lemire M, …, Gallinger S. A renewed model of pancreatic cancer evolution based on genomic rearrangement patterns. Nature. 2016;538(7625):378-382.
Notta F, Doulatov S, Laurenti E, …, Dick JE. Isolation of single human hematopoietic stem cells capable of long-term multilineage engraftment. Science. 2011;333(6039):218-21.
Milyavsky M, Gan OI, Trottier M, …, Notta F, …, Dick JE. A distinctive DNA damage response in human hematopoietic stem cells reveals an apoptosis-independent role for p53 in self-renewal. Cell Stem Cell. 2010;7(2):186-97.

See Dr. Notta’s recent publications on PubMed.

Previous experience

PhD, University of Toronto

Opportunities to collaborate

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Contact

Faiyaz Notta
Faiyaz.notta@uhnresearch.ca

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