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Giuseppina Ursini-Siegel
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Research
Latest funding
- $1,124,550
Translational rheostat promotes breast cancer metastasis
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $971,550
Protein Kinase R (PKR) as a Novel Driver of Breast Cancer Metastasis
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $852,976
Defining mechanisms that drive, and mobilizing immune responses against, organotropic breast metastasis.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
Translational rheostat promotes breast cancer metastasis
Principal investigators: Topisirovic, Ivan; Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Metastasis; Mrna Translation,; Protein Synthesis,; Signal Transduction
Protein Kinase R (PKR) as a Novel Driver of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Principal investigators: Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Metastasis; Oxidative Stress; P66shca; Pkr
Defining mechanisms that drive, and mobilizing immune responses against, organotropic breast metastasis.
Principal investigators: Witcher, Michael; Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cancer Biology; Immune Response; Metastasis
Unraveling Neutrophil Polarization: Deciphering How Inflammatory Signals and Metabolic Rewiring Shape Neutrophil Functions in Breast Cancer
Principal investigators: Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Inflammation; Metabolic Reprogramming; Neutrophil
Decoding Breast Cancer: How Intrinsic Factors and Distinct Tissue Microenvironments Collaboratively Drive Breast Cancer Initiation
Principal investigators: McCaffrey, Luke M; Prakash, Ipshita; Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Clinical Cancer Samples; Crispr; Early Cancer Detection; Machine Learning/Ai; Mouse Models Of Cancer; Multiplexed Imaging; Secondary Prevention
Investigating the impact of PGC-1alpha expression on breast cancer metastasis
Principal investigators: Ciccolini, Emma R
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Metastasis; Il-33; Immunometabolism; Metastatic Niche; Pgc-1alpha; Tumour - Immune Cell Interactions; Tumour Immunology; Tumour Microenvironment
Exploiting Dysregulated mRNA Translation to Unveil Novel Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Metastatic Breast Cancers
Principal investigators: Huang, Sidong; Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Combination Therapy; Eif4a; Helicase Inhibitor; Metastasis; Mrna Translation
Exploiting translational reprogramming in neoplasia to devise unique strategies to eliminate cancer and cancer-promoting senescent cells
Principal investigators: Mallette, Frédérick A
Keywords: Apoptosis; Breast Cancer; Cancer Therapy; Cell Death; Cellular Senescence; Mrna Translation; Translatomics
Exploiting translational reprogramming in neoplasia to devise unique strategies to eliminate cancer and cancer-promoting senescent cells
Principal investigators: Mallette, Frédérick A
Keywords: Apoptosis; Breast Cancer; Cancer Therapy; Cell Death; Cellular Senescence; Mrna Translation; Translatomics
Defining how chronic oxidative stress drives the evolution of aggressive breast cancers
Principal investigators: Mirabelli, Caitlynn N
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cellular Plasticity; Crispr Cas9; Flow Cytometry; Hypoxia; Mouse Biology; Oxidative Stress; Stress Response; Tumour Evolution; Tumour Microenvironment
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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