Sumaiyah Rehman, University of Toronto

Research

Barcoding Chemotherapy Colorectal Cancer Crispr Screen Drug Tolerant Persisters In Vivo Metastasis Multiomics

Latest funding

Investigating the Role of Drug Tolerant Persisters in Driving Colorectal Cancer Metastasis.
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$270,000

Investigating the Role of Drug Tolerant Persisters in Driving Colorectal Cancer Metastasis.

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - General

Principal investigators: Rehman, Sumaiyah

Keywords: Barcoding; Chemotherapy; Colorectal Cancer; Crispr Screen; Drug Tolerant Persisters; In Vivo; Metastasis; Multiomics; Patient Derived Tumor Models; Relapse

$270,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Barcoding Dear Professor Rehman, 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]. Your research on barcoding 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 "Investigating the Role of Drug Tolerant Persisters in Driving Colorectal Cancer Metastasis." (2023), 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]