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Marco Marra

ResearcherGenome Sciences CentreUniversity of British Columbia

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Marco Marra

Researcher

Genome Sciences Centre

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (12 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 8 trainee awards (8 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Epigenomics Bioinformatics Genomics Cancer Cervical Cancer Dna Methylation Gene Fusions Human Papillomavirus (Hpv)

Latest papers

Aneuploidy sensitizes cells to SREBP-pathway inhibition in squamous cell carcinoma.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2025
The tandem duplicator phenotype may be a novel targetable subgroup in pancreatic cancer.
NPJ precision oncology · 2025

All 54 publications

Latest funding

A single-cell spatial analysis of the impact of air pollution exposure on molecular pathways in lung cancer
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$910,352
Discovery and characterization of extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) in human papillomavirus (HPV)-driven cancers
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000
The impact of chromosomal instability on ovarian cancer progression
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$902,700

All 38 grants and awards

54 publications.

Aneuploidy sensitizes cells to SREBP-pathway inhibition in squamous cell carcinoma.

Zhakula-Kostadinova N, Jain S, Amini-Farsani Z, Zhang J, Nakamura M, Byron L, Castellano Perez JJ, Paolucci C, Munoth R, Zandkarimi F, Takemon Y, Marra M, Henick B, Saqi A, Reya T, Meyerson M, Taylor AM

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.04.722276 PMID: 42146413

Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

Zhang AW, Akbari V, Galbraith A, Kore Z, Li Y, Leung S, Ji JX, Dever K, MacIsaac J, Brewis H, Pan D, Kürten C, Ajisebutu A, Contreras-Sanz A, Moeen A, Zuccato JA, Patil V, Black PC, Lam W, Pleasance E, O'Neill K, Jones S, Marra M, Laskin J, Zadeh G, Mansouri S, Kobor M, Prisman E, McGuire A, Huntsman DG, Yip S, Naso JR

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100878 PMID: 40902853

The tandem duplicator phenotype may be a novel targetable subgroup in pancreatic cancer.

Farooq AR, Zhang AX, Chan-Seng-Yue M, Topham JT, O'Kane GM, Jang GH, Fischer S, Dodd A, Holter S, Wilson J, Grant RC, Aung KL, Zogopoulos G, Elimova E, Prince R, Jang R, Moore M, Biagi J, Tang P, Goodwin R, Bathe OF, Marra M, Laskin J, Renouf DJ, Schaeffer DF, Karasinska JM, Notta F, Gallinger S, Knox JJ, Tsang ES

NPJ precision oncology2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41698-025-00888-8 PMID: 40185871

Integrated single cell analysis reveals co-evolution of malignant B cells and tumor micro-environment in transformed follicular lymphoma.

Sarkozy C, Wu S, Takata K, Aoki T, Neriah SB, Milne K, Goodyear T, Strong C, Rastogi T, Hilton LK, Lai D, Sehn LH, Farinha P, Nelson BH, Weng A, Marra M, Scott DW, Craig JW, Steidl C, Roth A

Cancer cell2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.05.011 PMID: 38861923

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia IGHV Somatic Hypermutation Detection by Targeted Capture Next-Generation Sequencing.

Grants JM, May C, Bridgers J, Huang S, Gillis S, Meissner B, Boyle M, Ben-Neriah S, Hung S, Duns G, Hilton L, Gerrie AS, Marra M, Kridel R, Sabatini PJB, Steidl C, Scott DW, Karsan A

Clinical chemistry2024

DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvad147 PMID: 38175592

Evaluating genomic biomarkers associated with resistance or sensitivity to chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast and colorectal cancer.

Guenter J, Abadi S, Lim H, Chia S, Woods R, Jones M, Rebic N, Renouf DJ, Laskin J, Marra M

Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/1078155220951845 PMID: 32847480

Establishing a Framework for the Clinical Translation of Germline Findings in Precision Oncology.

Dixon K, Young S, Shen Y, Thibodeau ML, Fok A, Pleasance E, Zhao E, Jones M, Aubert G, Armstrong L, Virani A, Regier D, Gelmon K, Renouf D, Chia S, Bosdet I, Rassekh SR, Deyell RJ, Yip S, Fisic A, Titmuss E, Abadi S, Jones SJM, Sun S, Karsan A, Marra M, Laskin J, Lim H, Schrader KA

JNCI cancer spectrum2020

DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa045 PMID: 33134827

Patient selection for a developmental therapeutics program using whole genome and Transcriptome analysis.

Lavoie JM, Mitchell T, Lee SE, Deol B, Chia SK, Gelmon KA, Kollmannsberger CK, Tinker AV, Jones SJM, Marra M, Laskin J, Renouf DJ

Investigational new drugs2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10637-020-00892-8 PMID: 31907737

Therapeutic Implication of Genomic Landscape of Adult Metastatic Sarcoma.

Feng X, Pleasance E, Zhao EY, Ng T, Grewal JK, Mohammad N, Taylor SK, Simmons C, Srikanthan A, Rassekh SR, Deyell R, Rauw J, Knowling M, Khoo K, Lee U, Noonan K, Hart J, Tonseth RP, Shen Y, Titmuss E, Jones M, Bonakdar M, Reisle C, Taylor GA, Chan S, Mungall K, Chuah E, Zhao Y, Mungall A, Moore R, Lim H, Renouf DJ, Gelmon K, Yip S, Jones SJM, Marra M, Laskin J

JCO precision oncology2019

DOI: 10.1200/po.18.00325 PMID: 35100702

Application of a Neural Network Whole Transcriptome-Based Pan-Cancer Method for Diagnosis of Primary and Metastatic Cancers.

Grewal JK, Tessier-Cloutier B, Jones M, Gakkhar S, Ma Y, Moore R, Mungall AJ, Zhao Y, Taylor MD, Gelmon K, Lim H, Renouf D, Laskin J, Marra M, Yip S, Jones SJM

JAMA network open2019

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2597 PMID: 31026023

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Marco Marra

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Aneuploidy sensitizes cells to SREBP-pathway inhibition in squamous cell carcinoma.

Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

The tandem duplicator phenotype may be a novel targetable subgroup in pancreatic cancer.

Integrated single cell analysis reveals co-evolution of malignant B cells and tumor micro-environment in transformed follicular lymphoma.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia IGHV Somatic Hypermutation Detection by Targeted Capture Next-Generation Sequencing.

Evaluating genomic biomarkers associated with resistance or sensitivity to chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast and colorectal cancer.

Establishing a Framework for the Clinical Translation of Germline Findings in Precision Oncology.

Patient selection for a developmental therapeutics program using whole genome and Transcriptome analysis.

Therapeutic Implication of Genomic Landscape of Adult Metastatic Sarcoma.

Application of a Neural Network Whole Transcriptome-Based Pan-Cancer Method for Diagnosis of Primary and Metastatic Cancers.

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Steven Jones

Martin Hirst

Aly Karsan

Wan Lam

Connie Eaves

Basile Tessier-Cloutier

Inanc Birol

Christian Steidl

Samuel Aparicio

Calum Macaulay

Raymond Ng

Stephen Lam

Elena Elimova

Nevena Rebic

Michael Kobor

Eitan Prisman

Krista Noonan

Steven Gallinger

Faiyaz Notta

Laura Arbour

Vijay Ramaswamy

Dean Regier

Martin Gleave

Robert Kridel

Dirk Van Niekerk

Andrew Roth

Peter Leung

Gelareh Zadeh

Tobias Berg

James Thomson

Nada Jabado

Aslam Anis

David Malkin

Victor Ling

Andrew Minchinton

Andrew Weng

Yuzhuo Wang

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