Donald Yapp, Simon Fraser University

Research

1208 Materials Sciences 1211 Medical And Health Sciences 1900 Biomedical Engineering 6400 Life Sciences Research -- Human Health And Disease Gold Nanoparticles Lipids Self-Assembled Systems Surface And Interfacial Chemistry

Latest funding

Simultaneous chemotherapy and radiation treatment in solid tumours: A new platform to promote synergy and therapeutic efficacy with radiation triggered drug release
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$283,503
Autophagy inhibition for the treatment of chemotherapy-refractory triple-negative breast cancer
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator

All 2 grants and awards

Simultaneous chemotherapy and radiation treatment in solid tumours: A new platform to promote synergy and therapeutic efficacy with radiation triggered drug release

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Gates, Byron D; Bally, Marcel B; Yapp, Donald T

Keywords: 1208 Materials Sciences; 1211 Medical And Health Sciences; 1900 Biomedical Engineering; 6400 Life Sciences Research -- Human Health And Disease; Gold Nanoparticles; Lipids; Self-Assembled Systems; Surface And Interfacial Chemistry; Toxicology

$283,503

Autophagy inhibition for the treatment of chemotherapy-refractory triple-negative breast cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Research (AVON)

Principal investigators: Gorski, Sharon M

Keywords: Autophagy; Basal; Breast Cancer; Cell Survival; Chemotherapy; Human Primary Tumours; Hydroxychloroquine; Treatment Resistance; Triple Negative; Xenograft Mouse Model

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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