Dr. Sagi Abelson
Principal Investigator
Dr. Abelson aims to understand the causes and development of cancer to improve risk estimation,
early detection, and prevention.
He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of
Toronto and a Principal Investigator at the OICR.
Current Trainees
Salman Basrai
PhD Student
Epigenetic determinants of blood clonality.
Ashton Cook
MSc Student
Mosaic chromosomal alterations in immune cells infiltrating the tumor microenvironment.
Djarren Tan
MSc Student
Evolutionary dynamics of hyperdiploid leukemia.
Mahek Khatri
MHSc (Medical Genomics) Practicum Student
Knowledge-based drug targeting of recurrent transcriptomic cancer cell states.
Alumni
Research Staff
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Jessie Medeiros, Research Assistant and Technician
Development and validation of a clonal hematopoiesis sequencing panel leveraging single-molecule molecular inversion probes (smMIPs).
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Christopher Kuc, Technician
Development and benchmarking of next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation methods to improve duplex recovery rates.
Graduate Students
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Ido Nofech-Mozes, PhD
A single-cell compendium of intratumoral heterogeneity.
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Nelson Bautista Salazar, MHSc (Medical Genomics), Practicum
Age-related clonal hematopoiesis as a predictor of therapeutic response and long-term outcomes following TKI therapy in CML patients.
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Navneet Aujla, MHSc (Medical Genomics), Practicum
Design, benchmarking, and implementation of cost-effective sequencing approaches for detecting mutations associated with myeloid malignancies.
Undergraduates
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Chloe Nichole Calica, Undergraduate Student, Course Project
Development of a clonal hematopoiesis database using smMIP-derived blood sequencing data.
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Vivian Wang, Undergraduate Student, Course Project
Analysis of recurrent cell-type niches across tumor microenvironments.
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Kai Ren Chen, Undergraduate Student, Course Project
Development of a computational tool to streamline targeted sequencing panel design for cancer research.