CIHR Canada Research Chairs
Feature Article
Fish on a chip will feed a need for cancer clinicians
Dr. Linda Pilarski, a Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Nanotechnology and a professor in the University of Alberta's Department of Oncology, developed a fish-on-a-chip technology that will lead to better, faster cancer treatment and greater accessibility to tests, thanks to quicker and more cost-efficient diagnosis. 'FISH' - fluorescent in situ hybridization - is a complex test that detects mutations in chromosomes for a number of different types of cancer. This is the first time an important diagnostic test for cancer has been miniaturized and automated onto a microfluidic chip.
Original: ExpressNews
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CIHR Canada Research Chairs at the University of Alberta include:
Tier 1
Glen B. Baker
Barbara Ballermann
Michele Crites Battié
R. Chris Bleackley
Carol Cass
Kerry Courneya
Sandra T. Davidge
Phillip F. Halloran
Michael N.G. James
Jack H. Jhamadas
Shoo Lee
Keir G. Pearson
Linda Pilarski
Christopher Power
Richard A. Rachubinski
James Smiley
Brian D. Sykes
Dennis E. Vance
Joel Weiner
Lori J. West
Tier 2
Timothy A. Caulfied
Jason Dyck
Carole A. Estabrooks
Edan Foley
J.N. Mark Glover
Kathy Hegadoren
Jeffery A. Johnson
Satyabrata Kar
Gregory Kawchuk
X. Chris Le
Ordan Lehmann
Patrick MacDonald
Evangelos Michelakis
Brian H. Rowe
Simonetta Sipione
Bernard Thébaud
Paul Veugelers
Andrew Waskiewicz
Yutaka Yasui