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Graham Dellaire

Dalhousie Distinguished Research Professor

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Curriculum Vitae 2022
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Email: dellaire@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-4730
Fax: 902-494-2519
Mailing Address: 
Dalhousie University
Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, 11-G1
5850 College Street
PO Box 15000
Halifax Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Role of nuclear structure in cancer biology
  • Genome stabilty and DNA repair
  • Mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in breast, lung, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer
  • Precision theraputics and cancer genomics with a focus on DNA repair mechanisms
  • Evolutionary molecular biology of innate immunity and DNA repair
  • CRISPR-based gene editing and ethics of gene therapy
  • Live-cell and super-resolution imaging of fundamental cell biology

Biography

Dr. Graham Dellaire's expertise spans multiple disciplines including molecular and cellular biology, cancer biology, DNA repair, advanced light and electron microscopy and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.

Dr. Dellaire's research combines advanced microscopy, gene-editing and evolutionary molecular biology approaches to determine fundamental cellular mechanisms of cancer development and targets for precision therapy. His research includes mechanisms of drug resistance and anti-tumour immune responses that impact patient treatment in breast, ovarian, lung and pancreatic cancer.

A professor of pathology and a Department of Pathology member since 2007, Dr. Dellaire is the department's Director of Research, a guest editor of the journal Current Gene Therapy, co-editor of the books "The Functional Nucleus" and "Cancer Genomics: from Bench to Personalized Medicine", and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Chromosome Research.

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