No reward - no duties.  75% of respondents have reduced the hours spent on academic duties since 2020 (Nature polls). Mostly due to burnout and unwillingness to work for free. This included attending conferences, peer reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals, committees,

With the support of CTIP funding, Dr. Razqallah Hakem and Dr. Mark Reed of the University Health Network are exploring new ways to treat breast and ovarian cancer patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. #BRCA #breastcancer #ovariancancer

Extremely happy to have distributed land titles to 67,069 landless people in Kerala as part of the LDF Government's 100-day Action Programme. With 2.99 lakh titles distributed in 7 years, we're making giant strides towards the goal of ending landlessness in Kerala.

Results of a phase I/II clinical trial led by University Health Network Drs. gelareh-zadeh and Farshad Nassiri reveal that a novel combination therapy for #glioblastoma is well-tolerated and prolongs patient survival > uhnresearch.ca/news/promising… nature.com/articles/s4159… Krembil Brain Institute Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research

Recent study led by Dr. Razq Hakem University Health Network uncovers a new class of therapeutic targets for breast and ovarian cancers associated with BRCA1 mutations. Read here > uhnresearch.ca/news/finding-d…; doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk… Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Congratulations to Shane Harding for being the winner of the Mona Gauthier Award, presented to a scientist who displays excellence and commitment to research.

Had a productive meeting with Pfizer Inc. executives in New York. Discussed setting up a branch of their research centre in #Kerala, and utilizing our state's expertise in biotech, bioinformatics, statistics, and applied math. Excited for the potential partnership ahead!

Excited to see another collaboration with the Hakem lab published in NAR, this time showing that loss of RNF8 is synthetically lethal with BRCA1 deficiency. A big shout out the amazing people in the Hakem lab. academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

Differential DNA damage repair and PARP inhibitor vulnerability of the mammary epithelial lineages dlvr.it/SxxjW6

Our department is looking for a tenure-track, teaching-focused faculty member. Come and join a dynamic department! The application deadline is January 4, 2024. More info here - uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/po…

Excited to share our work “Insulin Receptor Loss Impairs Mammary Tumorigenesis in Mice“. Led by Lauren Podmore and Yekaterina Poloz, our study reveals a major function of INSR in breast/mammary tumour initiation, likely independent of its kinase activity.cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the formation of the state of #Kerala. Modern Kerala was constructed through the organised struggles of the working class and peasantry who steadfastly upheld the ideals of the national movement and the renaissance movement. On this occasion,

It's an honour for #Kerala that the beautiful city of #Kozhikode has been designated as a #UNESCO City of Literature. Kozhikode is the first city in India to receive this prestigious title, and it is a moment of great pride for all of us. This recognition is a testament to the

📣 Interested on immunoprevention of cancer? Looking for a PhD project? ✏︎Nat Commun 2022 PMID:35393420 ✏︎ Nature 2021 PMID:34732895 ✏︎ iScience 2020 PMID:32622267 Consider to apply with us to 👉 Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-in…

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New preprint from Karim Mekhail lab! 😀 The first nucleolar RNA Pol II interactome helps uncover roles for RNA Pol I, TBPL1, and PAF1 at intergenic rDNA in ribosome biogenesis. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

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Read the latest #research on #Nucleolar RNA Polymerase II, #ribosome biogenesis, and #protein synthesis (in final form). Congrats to first-author Negin Khosraviani and our amazing coauthors and collaborators. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Harnessing transcriptional regulation of alternative end-joining to predict cancer treatment academic.oup.com/narcancer/arti… IDIBELL IDIBGI Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Institut Català d'Oncologia By fantastic Roderic Espin! And thanks to many - Aytes & Vinyals teams! IDIBELL IDIBGI Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Institut Català d'Oncologia Centres CERCA

Wondering what is a nucleoporin doing at repair sites? Check it out in our most recent paper in Molecular Cell! dlvr.it/TLBMbH