News and Media
;
New directors of OICR Diagnostic Development program set sights on bringing discoveries to the clinic
Dr. Jane Bayani and Dr. Melanie Spears are helping bring new diagnostic tools to patients in their roles as Co-Directors of OICR’s Diagnostic Development program. After more than a decade at OICR driving innovations in cancer diagnostics, Dr. Jane Bayani and Dr. Melanie Spears are leading OICR’s Diagnostic Development program toward even greater clinical impact. […]
Read the story
Mar 14, 2023
The Next Generation: Hector Gonzalez Alvarez
Mar 08, 2023
International Women's Day: How can we build momentum for women in STEM?
Feb 10, 2023
The Next Generation: Kimberly Skead
Feb 02, 2023
OICR researchers join Lancet commission to tackle inequities in precision cancer care
Jan 31, 2023
How research is helping “close the care gap” in cancer
Jan 18, 2023
Pioneer in primary care oncology named to Order of Canada
Recent Videos
Media Contact
Resources
OICR Brand Guidelines
Jul 28, 2021
Download the OICR brand guidelines.
News Releases
Aug 11, 2022
Funding from Ontario Institute for Cancer Research to help move research from experiment to impact
Jun 16, 2022
OICR announces funding for three new window-of-opportunity clinical trials
Dec 02, 2021
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research announces funding for sixteen studies that support early detection of cancer, the development of new diagnostics to guide therapy and improved treatment options for patients
@OICR_News on Twitter
';
Honoured to have Minister Jill Dunlop help OICR and our partners kick off the RNA Nanomedicine for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Breakthrough Forum today. Thank you @JillDunlop1 and @ONtrainandstudy for your continued support of OICR and cancer research in Ontario.
Get caught up on this week's cancer research news: https://mailchi.mp/oicr/news-roundup-2023-03-19300766
#cancerresearch #cancernews
We welcome the Ontario budget announced today which includes further investments in healthcare and post-secondary institutions. We look forward to continuing to work with our provincial partners to advance cancer research and care.
@JillDunlop1 @ONtrainandstudy
The big day finally arrived for the @OICRGenomics team! This incredible @illumina technology will help the program further power cancer research in Ontario and beyond.
We just uncrated Canada's first @illumina NovaSeq X Plus, starting the largest genome sequencing expansion in Canadian history. With ⬇️cost & ⬆️speed, we look foward to supporting ambitious programs in clinical genomics, early cancer, MRD, & more! Stay tuned for new service menu.
Read this week's top stories in cancer research.
https://mailchi.mp/oicr/news-roundup-2023-03-19300762
#cancerresearch #cancernews #genomics #bioinformatics #breastcancer #bladdercancer #BRCA
Great to see this report published - an important step in advancing genomics in Canada. It notes that the country has a strong foundation to build on, including the work of the OICR-supported @GA4GH.
Hot off the press! 📖
The findings from the #GoC’s public consultations to inform the Pan-Canadian #Genomics Strategy are now available.
Check them out! https://bit.ly/3yAwnMl
#Canada 🇨🇦 #PCGS 🔬
📽️ The Next Generation: Hector Gonzalez Alvarez, a PhD candidate at OICR, is part of a collaboration with @thesgconline and @M4KPharma to discover drugs to treat an aggressive childhood #braincancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
@PharmTox_UofT @uoftmedicine
Streams of big data are finally coming together to help us understand cancer and predict it earlier!
⭐️ @KimSkead
🖥️ Building the Canadian Cancer Study within CanPath
🗓️ Mar. 30, 12-1 pm ET
🔗 https://bit.ly/CanPathWebinarMar
Looking Ahead
Receive the latest news, event invites, funding opportunities and more from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.