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Livia Garzia

ResearcherMcGill University

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Livia Garzia

Researcher

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Pediatric Sarcoma Meduloblastoma Raman Spectroscopy Sing Extracellular Vesicles Sarcoma, Cancer, Progression, Epigenetics, Development Ccl2-Ccr2 Genomics Medulloblastoma

Latest papers

GPNMB-directed CAR T cell therapy against MiT/TFE-family fusion-driven solid tumors.
Nature cancer · 2026
Extracellular Vesicles in the Biology and Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics of Pediatric High-Grade Glioma - Emerging Findings and Opportunities.
Journal of extracellular biology · 2026
Targeting breast cancer senescence in 3D models of bone metastasis.
Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Investigating oncohistones and oncohistone mimics driven vulnerabilities in bone sarcomas.
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$872,100
Early characterization and long-term monitoring of Medulloblastoma via spectral fingerprinting of single extracellular vesicles
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$933,300
Unraveling how de novo germline H3.3 mutations promote neurodegeneration and disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,243,126

All 8 grants and awards

39 publications.

GPNMB-directed CAR T cell therapy against MiT/TFE-family fusion-driven solid tumors.

Zemp FJ, Breckenridge Z, Song H, Gill GS, Louie TL, Narta K, Liu H, Suh Y, Guignard L, Mandujano-Tinoco EA, Collao N, Pyczek J, Ellestad KK, Curry J, Langley J, John C, Mah LK, Rajwani J, Evseev D, Turk M, Benaoudia S, Alex J, Naumenko V, Manoharan VT, Mehrabadi MK, Smith HA, Gilbert GNY, Gillmor A, Verhey TB, Todesco HM, Osz K, Ahn BY, Bogossian A, Anderson C, Sikdar S, Rukunuddin S, Bismar TA, Heng DYC, Lawson K, Linehan WM, Pedersen H, Gordon PMK, McIntyre JB, MacGregor J, Garzia L, Brodeur-Robb K, DiFrancesco L, Ogilvie T, Schöffski P, Wozniak A, Holt RA, Bell J, Senger DL, Lewis V, Monument M, Khan O, Baudrier L, Billon P, Gabriel V, Biernaskie J, Potts K, Trpkov K, Hay K, Quizi J, Chan J, Saleh R, Henning JW, Prokopishyn NL, Shafey M, Morrissy AS, Mahoney DJ

Nature cancer2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43018-026-01194-3 PMID: 42387022

Extracellular Vesicles in the Biology and Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics of Pediatric High-Grade Glioma - Emerging Findings and Opportunities.

Jahouri S, Montermini L, Tawil N, Jalali M, Garzia L, Jabado N, Rak J

Journal of extracellular biology2026

DOI: 10.1002/jex2.70152 PMID: 42256440

Targeting breast cancer senescence in 3D models of bone metastasis.

Hamburger ECB, Garakani MM, Ghazizadeh S, Alfaisali S, Ouellet JA, Weber MH, Garzia L, Haglund L, Rosenzweig DH

Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12282-026-01857-0 PMID: 41961223

Therapeutic radiation drives leptomeningeal dissemination of medulloblastoma through an innate immune process.

Nör C, Kharas K, Rasnitsyn A, Vladoiu MC, Cho NW, Young JS, Nör F, Mankahla N, Haapasalo J, Nordfors K, Rapic S, Skowron P, Suárez RA, Bahcheli AT, Ocsenas O, Chen X, Bahrampour S, Momin A, Sundaresan L, Ong W, Hendrikse LD, Abeysundara N, Juraschka K, Ly M, Pallota JG, Douglas T, Huang N, Wang H, Mak E, Qin L, Liu J, Shen L, Luu B, Manno A, Kumar SA, Donovan LK, Fong V, Richman C, Daniels C, Garzia L, Rich JN, Hawkins C, Wu X, DaCosta R, Reimand J, Huang X, Ramaswamy V, Raleigh DR, Taylor MD

Developmental cell2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.016 PMID: 40609543

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition Sensitizes Group 3 Medulloblastoma to Radiotherapy.

Richman CM, Rasnitsyn A, Holgado BL, Vladoiu M, Abeysundara N, Majo S, Chabi S, Taunay LJ, Suzuki H, Shibahara I, Haapasalo J, Pallotta JG, Douglas T, Kharas K, Juraschka K, Ocsenas O, Kumar SA, Nordfors K, Guerreiro Stücklin A, Suarez RA, Zhang J, Wu X, Daniels C, Garzia L, Reimand J, Saulnier O, Merchant TE, Pouponnot C, Raleigh DR, Taylor MD, De Antonellis P

Cancer research2025

DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-24-3894 PMID: 40712054

Aberrant EZHIP expression drives tumorigenesis in osteosarcoma.

Jawhar W, Danieau G, Annett A, Ishii T, Bajic A, Castillo-Orozco A, Krug B, Faucher-Jabado Y, Seyedmoomenkashi J, Saquib M, Aghababazadeh M, Khatami M, Tawil N, Faury D, Jung S, Aoude A, Turcotte RE, Ellezam B, Sontag T, Langlois S, Sinnett D, Bailey SD, Zhang L, Soglio DD, Kleinman CL, Jabado N, Garzia L

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61558-8 PMID: 40695784

A forward genetic screen identifies potassium channel essentiality in SHH medulloblastoma maintenance.

Fan JJ, Erickson AW, Carrillo-Garcia J, Wang X, Skowron P, Wang X, Chen X, Shan G, Dou W, Bahrampour S, Xiong Y, Dong W, Abeysundara N, Francisco MA, Pusong RJ, Wang W, Li M, Ying E, Suárez RA, Farooq H, Holgado BL, Wu X, Daniels C, Dupuy AJ, Cadiñanos J, Bradley A, Bagchi A, Moriarity BS, Largaespada DA, Morrissy AS, Ramaswamy V, Mack SC, Garzia L, Dirks PB, Li X, Wanggou S, Egan S, Sun Y, Taylor MD, Huang X

Developmental cell2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.01.001 PMID: 39862856

Bioinspired complex cellulose nanorod-architectures: A model for dual-responsive smart carriers.

Nia MH, Garzia L, Jawhar W, Wilson LD, van de Ven TGM

Carbohydrate polymers2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.123162 PMID: 39843067

ZIC1 is a context-dependent medulloblastoma driver in the rhombic lip

Lee JJY, Tao R, You Z, Haldipur P, Erickson AW, Farooq H, Hendriske LD, Abeysundara N, Richman CM, Wang EY

Nature Genetics202513 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-02014-z PMID: W4406034886

Astrocytes are enablers of brain metastases.

Garzia L

Nature cell biology2024First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01516-6 PMID: 39349589

Investigating oncohistones and oncohistone mimics driven vulnerabilities in bone sarcomas.

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Garzia, Livia

Keywords: Pediatric Sarcoma

$872,100

Early characterization and long-term monitoring of Medulloblastoma via spectral fingerprinting of single extracellular vesicles

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mahshid, Sara; Garzia, Livia; Rak, Janusz; Reisner, Walter W

Keywords: Meduloblastoma; Raman Spectroscopy; Sing Extracellular Vesicles

$933,300

Unraveling how de novo germline H3.3 mutations promote neurodegeneration and disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jabado, Nada

Keywords: Dna Methylation; Genetically Modified Animals; Histone Marks; Muscular Dystrophy; Neurobehavioural; Neurodevelopment; Obesity; Organoids; Urinary Tract Dysfunction

$1,243,126

Endobiopsy - sensing cancer progression through endothelial exosomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Rak, Janusz

$125,000

Epigenetic mechanisms of osteosarcoma pathogenesis and progression.

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Pediatric Cancer Research

Principal investigators: Garzia, Livia

Keywords: Sarcoma, Cancer, Progression, Epigenetics, Development

$100,000

Targeting senescent cells to subdue breast-to-bone metastasis

Co-investigatorCIHR2022CIHR - ICR / Cancer Research Society Partnership - Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rosenzweig, Derek

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Chemotherapy And Radiotherapy ; Drug Repurposing; Tumour Progression And Metastasis

$60,000

Targeting CCL2-CCR2 axis in metastatic medulloblastoma.

Nominated PICIHR2018CIHR - ICR / Cancer Research Society Partnership - Research Grants

Principal investigators: Garzia, Livia

Keywords: Ccl2-Ccr2

$59,915

Genetic drivers of medulloblastoma metastasis

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Garzia, Livia

Keywords: Genomics; Medulloblastoma; Metastasis; Mouse Models; Pediatric Cancers

$665,550

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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Livia Garzia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

GPNMB-directed CAR T cell therapy against MiT/TFE-family fusion-driven solid tumors.

Extracellular Vesicles in the Biology and Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics of Pediatric High-Grade Glioma - Emerging Findings and Opportunities.

Targeting breast cancer senescence in 3D models of bone metastasis.

Therapeutic radiation drives leptomeningeal dissemination of medulloblastoma through an innate immune process.

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition Sensitizes Group 3 Medulloblastoma to Radiotherapy.

Aberrant EZHIP expression drives tumorigenesis in osteosarcoma.

A forward genetic screen identifies potassium channel essentiality in SHH medulloblastoma maintenance.

Bioinspired complex cellulose nanorod-architectures: A model for dual-responsive smart carriers.

ZIC1 is a context-dependent medulloblastoma driver in the rhombic lip

Astrocytes are enablers of brain metastases.

Investigating oncohistones and oncohistone mimics driven vulnerabilities in bone sarcomas.

Early characterization and long-term monitoring of Medulloblastoma via spectral fingerprinting of single extracellular vesicles

Unraveling how de novo germline H3.3 mutations promote neurodegeneration and disease

Endobiopsy - sensing cancer progression through endothelial exosomes

Epigenetic mechanisms of osteosarcoma pathogenesis and progression.

Targeting senescent cells to subdue breast-to-bone metastasis

Targeting CCL2-CCR2 axis in metastatic medulloblastoma.

Genetic drivers of medulloblastoma metastasis

Frequent collaborators

Nada Jabado

Vijay Ramaswamy

David Malkin

Livia Garzia

Uri Tabori

Xi Huang

Cynthia Hawkins

Eric Bouffet

Sheila Singh

Wei Wang

Jason Karamchandani

Jason Karamchandani

Mathieu Lupien

Mathieu Blanchette

Eldad Zacksenhaus

Annie Huang

Lincoln Stein

Daniel Schramek

Mads Daugaard

Ramy Saleh

Jennifer Quizi

Victor Lewis

Pierre Thibault

Mona Shafey

Kevin Hay

Pierre Billon

Sorana Morrissy

Jean Michaud

Sebastien Perreault

Ute Bartels

Corina Nagy

Nada Jabado

Samuel Weiss

Anna Goldenberg

Faiyaz Notta

Gustavo Turecki

Santiago Costantino

Lorenzo Ferri