Iacovos Michael, University of Toronto

Research

Cancer Metastasis Cancer Cell Plasticity Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Acoustic Reporter Genes Beamforming Cancer Therapy Cell Engineering Cell Tracking

Latest papers

Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Cavitation enhanced chemoimmunotherapy in a triple negative breast cancer setting
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$761,176
Acoustic Reporter Genes: Applications in Cancer Metastasis
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,009,800
Delineating the role of cancer cell plasticity during the progression of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$1,093,950

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review.

Hallet J, Court C, Pommier R, Meloche-Dumas L, Karanicolas P, Michael I, Gangi A

Annals of surgical oncology2026

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-026-19728-5 PMID: 42002708

Cavitation enhanced chemoimmunotherapy in a triple negative breast cancer setting

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Goertz, David E

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cavitation; Chemotherapy; Focused Ultrasound; Immunotherapy; Microbubbles; Ultrasound

$761,176

Acoustic Reporter Genes: Applications in Cancer Metastasis

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Demore, Christine E; Foster, F. Stuart; Michael, Iacovos P

Keywords: Acoustic Reporter Genes; Beamforming; Cancer Metastasis; Cancer Therapy; Cell Engineering; Cell Tracking; Green Fluorescent Protein; Mouse Models Of Cancer; Planewave Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging

$1,009,800

Delineating the role of cancer cell plasticity during the progression of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Michael, Iacovos P

Keywords: Cancer Cell Plasticity; Cancer Metastasis; Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

$1,093,950

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Michael, Iacovos P

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Charting the dedifferentiation roadmap of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Cancer Research

Principal investigators: Michael, Iacovos P

Keywords: Cancer Cell Plasticity; Dedifferentiation; Hmgb3; Mir-181; Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

$100,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Surgery
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Paul Karanicolas

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Julie Hallet

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cancer Metastasis Dear Professor Michael, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Acoustic Reporter Genes: Applications in Cancer Metastasis" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]