Bratman Lab

Translational Oncology Lab / Dr. Scott Bratman, MD PhD / Liquid Biopsy. Cell-free DNA. Radiobiology. Personalized Medicine. / Tweets by lab members.

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Interested in whether EVs could contribute to #liquidbiopsy as a reservoir of cell-free DNA? Then check out new work in @JCI_insight led by @MBPatUofT MD/PhD student @ethanmalkin95! New method reveals EVs harbor mitochondrial DNA but scant nuclear DNA.
https://t.co/JAwPBsz28w

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Congrats to Dr. @BurgenerJustin on successful thesis defense today! Your work has helped advance #ctDNA analysis to new frontiers. Thanks to @decarvalho_lab & @MatLupien for your supervision and to Prof. @IreneGhobrial, Mohammad Akbari & @hansenhe7 for participating in the exam!

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Congrats to @meglambie for her outstanding work in defending her PhD in @MBPatUofT last week!! We are so proud of you!

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Check out our new approach for HPV ctDNA detection. Lots of opportunity for clinical impact in HPV+ cancers; many thanks to @Kathy_C_Han @leunger22 @lillian_siu @PughLab and support from @thePMCF @ConquerCancerFd @SRC_CRS @UofTDRO @RadMedPM @Sunnybrook!
https://t.co/hpf2wkGfej

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Great work by our very own @BurgenerJustin!

[UHN Research @UHN_Research]

Research by @BratmanLab @decarvalho_lab revealed a way to detect cancer in blood samples—one that can be used in different patients and when tumour biopsies are unavailable; moving us closer to applying this in the clinic >> https://t.co/M7Znpk7KqV https://t.co/jg1806hBl5 @UHN

[Pugh Lab @PughLab]

Thrilled to be recognized alongside our closest collaborators @lillian_siu @BratmanLab ! A hyper-collaborative project bringing together industry @NateraOncology @Merck, academic genomics @OICR_news @PMGenomics, clinical oncology, and more. Congrats too @decarvalho_lab and Eric!

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Happy Friday! 🍻

[The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation @thePMCF]

It's #HeadAndNeckCancer Awareness Month. The Head and Neck program @pmcancercentre is one of the largest in North America! Through the gifts of donors, @pmcancercentre can offer patients services and research opportunities that they wouldn’t have anywhere else in Canada.

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Big congrats to our @MBPatUofT PhD student @StevenDeMichino and MD/PhD student @ethanmalkin95 for receiving CGS-Doctoral scholarships! Time to celebrate! 🍾🎉

[AACR @AACR]

The AACR is launching Cancer Research Communications, an open access journal dedicated to publishing meritorious research across the full spectrum of cancer science and medicine. Elaine Mardis and @lillian_siu will serve as the Editors-in-Chief.
https://t.co/QNGUWuO3Vm

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Congrats to our @MBPatUofT Master’s student @main_sasha for receiving a CGS-M scholarship!! We are so proud of her! 🙌🥳

[Ontario Rising Stars in Cancer Research Network @OICRRisingStars]

Please join us in congratulating Isabelle Hinch, Chengxin Yu, David DeVries, Nathan Orlando and Steven De Michino for their exceptional poster presentations at the 2021 OICR Translational Research Conference.

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

We are proud and lucky to have an awesome and dynamic team of #WomenInScience in the Bratman lab! @meglambie @AriRostami @main_sasha @TracyZh93313798

[Pugh Lab @PughLab]

Out now in @NatureCancer: https://t.co/Z5wVPGHUmN. On track from developmental to injury response state, GBM stem cells get derailed (we think by pre-existing mutations or CNVs) and begin churning out bulk cancer cells. Hunting now for pre-GSC cells that lie dormant until injured

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

We are so proud of @AriRostami for her fantastic work in writing and defending her PhD in @MBPatUofT! Clearly there is a bright future ahead of her! Thanks to Drs. Abhijit Patel, George Yousef, Trevor Pugh, @DrStanLiu, and @LupoCiyuCy for participating in the exam!

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Woohoo! 🎉

[Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research @PMResearch_UHN]

Congratulations to Drs. Alex Vitkin and Scott Bratman (@ScottBratman) @pmcancercentre on receiving research awards from the UofT Department of Radiation Oncology (@UofTDRO) at their Annual General Meeting!

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

Insightful perspectives from rising star postdoc and @UofTDRO resident @zhaoEZ on the future of ctDNA in oncology

[Eric Stutheit-Zhao @zhaoEZ]

Excited to share this review by myself and @ScottBratman on diagnosing and monitoring cancer using blood tests through circulating tumor DNA analysis. The start of an exciting new chapter at @UofT @UofTDRO @pmcancercentre @UHN.

https://t.co/kV1BlmH73O

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

A great opportunity for biomedical training and career development in the heart of a world class city!

[Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research @PMResearch_UHN]

New and exciting Postdoctoral Fellowship positions are available @pmcancercentre! Applications are due October 30th, 2020.

To apply, please see our posting @NatureCareers for details → https://t.co/2JDjrdTI8q

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

More evidence for utility of ctDNA-based monitoring of IO-treated patients with advanced cancers... this study nicely shows multiple paths toward clinical implementation. Now interventional studies are needed to confirm!

[Lillian Siu @lillian_siu]

Great team science collaboration in our INSPIRE pembrolizumab study in @NatureCancer with #Natera and @Merck MISP - bespoke ctDNA as early predictors of IO response in pan-cancer. @pmcancercentre @PMResearch_UHN @ScottBratman @PughLab @OICRGenomics @tfri_research

[Bratman Lab @BratmanLab]

New review article by @BratmanLab's @ethanmalkin95 in @cddpress provides much-needed comprehensive overview of origins, structure, and function of extracellular DNA – and implications for normal physiology, inflammation, and cancer: https://t.co/89DXcy8GPK