DaCosta Lab
We are excited to welcome back Rachel Jacobson to our lab as a summer student! Rachel Jacobson is a 3rd year student at Wilfred Laurier University returning to the DaCosta lab for her second consecutive summer as a summer student. She is majoring in Health Sciences and minoring in biology and chemistry. Rachel recently returned home from her 7 weeks…
read moreWe are extremely happy to announce that Arcturus has been accepted into the Materials Science & Engineering, Masters of Engineering Program at the University of Toronto! Congratulations, Arc!! Arcturus joined the lab as Research Technician in February 2020. It became immediately apparent that Arcturus’ diverse background and experience in materials science played a vital role in our clinical study. Our…
read moreThe Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (https://thepmcf.ca/) is featuring “The Art of Conquering Cancer,” which discusses how art and creativity are essential components of science. The feature includes a video where Dr. DaCosta and other renowned researchers express the need to ‘think outside the box’ and explore the unknown in order for cancer research to grow and achieve breakthroughs. In addition,…
read moreWe are excited to welcome Zuha Qureshi back to the DaCosta Lab as a summer student. Zuha is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, earning a degree in Human Biology and she has been a research student in our lab since 2019. Zuha has been an integral part of our clinical trial program, helping to develop a…
read moreWe are academic scientists, driven by traditional values: curiosity-steered research and a long-term vision of technological inventions born from scientific pursuits. We are, however, working in an era of limited funding and we frequently encounter scarce resources for basic research. In order to pursue our scientific goals and translate our work into concrete societal impacts, we welcome your donation. We have…
read moreCurrent title: Research Technician III Degrees: Master of Science, Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Ontario; Bachelor of Science, Toxicology, University of Guelph, Ontario. Affiliations: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network Biography Research Key Publications Contact Biography Michael earned his MSc in Pathobiology at the University of Guelph and his BSc in Toxicology at the University of Guelph. He joined the…
read moreCurrent title: Research Technician II Degrees: M.D., Guangdong Medical University, China; Master’s Degree of Biochemistry, San Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, China. Affiliations: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network Biography Research Key Publications Contact Biography Dr. Emily Chen completed her master’s degree at the San Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences in China and earned a medical degree at the…
read moreDr. DaCosta presents invited talk entitled, “A Prospective Multi-center Phase III RCT Evaluating Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging for Real-time Margin Assessment During Breast Conserving Surgery,” at the first Institut Curie – Princess Margaret Jamboree in May 2022, focused on breast cancer research. This research “jamboree” was intended to foster collaborations that advance translational research across the two institutions, the Institut Curie (IC; Paris, France)…
read moreOur recent publication in Radiation Research, “Assessing the Accuracy of Bioluminescence Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Orthotopic Pancreatic Tumors Using a Small Animal Irradiator” is a collaboration between the DaCosta Lab and Dr. Robert Weersink. In this preclincal study, Dr. Sara Rapic (former Post-doctoral fellow) and Timothy Samuel (Ph.D. candidate) demonstrated the improved accuracy of using 3-dimensional bioluminescence imaging (BLI) to deliver targeted…
read moreOur recent publication in Radiation Research, “Assessing the Accuracy of Bioluminescence Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Orthotopic Pancreatic Tumors Using a Small Animal Irradiator” is a collaboration between the DaCosta Lab and Dr. Robert Weersink. In this preclincal study, Dr. Sara Rapic (former Post-doctoral fellow) and Timothy Samuel (Ph.D. candidate) demonstrated the improved accuracy of using 3-dimensional bioluminescence imaging (BLI) to deliver targeted…
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