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John Ronald
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Latest papers
Spatiotemporally dynamic electric fields for brain cancer treatment: anin vitroinvestigation.
Physics in medicine and biology · 2023
Molecular imaging of cellular immunotherapies in experimental and therapeutic settings.
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2022 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,074,826
Cell-intrinsic regulation of colorectal cancer stem cells by transposable element-driven viral mimicry
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $120,000
Engineering SynNotch NK Cells for Antigen-Specific, Non-Invasive Imaging and Therapeutic Targeting of Solid Tumours
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $994,500
Molecular Imaging Tools for Visualizing Base Editing Therapy of Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
2 publications.
Spatiotemporally dynamic electric fields for brain cancer treatment: anin vitroinvestigation.
Iredale E, Elsaleh A, Xu H, Christiaans P, Deweyert A, Ronald J, Schmid S, Hebb MO, Peters TM, Wong E
Molecular imaging of cellular immunotherapies in experimental and therapeutic settings.
Shalaby N, Dubois VP, Ronald J
Cell-intrinsic regulation of colorectal cancer stem cells by transposable element-driven viral mimicry
Principal investigators: Asfaha, Samuel
Keywords: Colon Cancer; Stem Cells; Transgenic Mice; Viral Mimicry
Engineering SynNotch NK Cells for Antigen-Specific, Non-Invasive Imaging and Therapeutic Targeting of Solid Tumours
Principal investigators: Smith, Alexa
Keywords: Cancer Immunotherapy; Molecular Imaging; Synthetic Receptors; Theranostics
Molecular Imaging Tools for Visualizing Base Editing Therapy of Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency
Principal investigators: Ronald, John A
Keywords: Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency; Base Editing; Bioluminescence Imaging; Crispr; Genome Editing; Molecular Imaging; Positron Emission Tomography
Precision therapeutics for genetic disorders with transfer ribonucleic acids
Principal investigators: O'Donoghue, Patrick
Keywords: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Duchenne'S Muscular Dystrophy; Huntington'S Disease; Missense Suppression; Polyq; Premature Stop Codon; Protein Aggregation; Transfer Rna
A New Enabling Technology to Manufacture CAR-T Cells for Personalized Cell Therapy
Principal investigators: Paul, Arghya
Integrating genome editing and imaging tools into human colonic organoids to study colorectal cancer in preclinical models
Principal investigators: Fu, YangHao
Keywords: Colorectal Cancer; Gene Delivery; Gene Editing/Modification; Imaging Genes; Patient-Derived Colonic Organoids
Targeting Pannexin-1 Channels in Glioblastoma Multiforme
Principal investigators: Penuela, Silvia
Keywords: Animal Models; Cancer; Cancer Progression; Glioblastoma Multiforme; Pannexin; Purinergic Signalling; T Cells; Therapeutics; Wnt Signalling; Xenografts
A live-cell analysis system for multiplex quantitation and fluorescent imaging
Principal investigators: O'Donoghue, Patrick
Harnessing adipose-derived stromal cells for subcutaneous soft tissue regeneration: targeting regenerative and immunomodulatory functionality
Principal investigators: Flynn, Lauren E
Keywords: Adipogenesis; Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells; Angiogenesis; Bioscaffolds; Cell Therapy; Dynamic Culture; Immunomodulation; Macrophages; Preconditioning; Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Regeneration
Development of Molecular Imaging Tools to Monitor the Fate of an Off-The-Shelf Chimeric Antigen Receptor Natural Killer (CAR-NK) Cell Immunotherapy
Principal investigators: Ronald, John A
Keywords: Cancer Immunotherapy; Chimeric Antigen Receptor; Human Epidermal Receptor-2 (Her2); Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Molecular Imaging; Natural Killer Cells; Ovarian Cancer; Positron Emission Tomography; Reporter Gene
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
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
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