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November Café Scientifique
Posted by: Cafe Scientifique Vancouver | November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers,
Our next café will happen on Tuesday November 29th, 7:30PM at the Railway Club. The speaker for the evening will be Dr. Richard Moore, a scientist at the world-renowned Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. His talk will be on:
Cancer Metagenomics: Microbes and Cancer
Greater than 20% of all cancers are known to be caused by microbes (viruses and bacteria) including cervical cancer, liver cancer and gastric cancer. I will describe how we are using the latest sequencing technologies to discover novel associations between microbes and cancer. I will highlight our recent discovery of Fusobactium nucleatum overabundance in colorectal cancer.
For a news piece on the team led by Richard and their recent discovery, check out http://www.genomebc.ca/media/news-releases/2011/bc-researchers-investigate-link-between-cancers-and-viruses/
We hope to see you there!
Sam Lee & Carolina Chanis
Café Scientifique Vancouver Organizers