Past recipients of the ICR Publication Prizes Program

Competition Dates:

October 1, 2012 Competition

Recipient Affiliation Publication Title Journal
Hai, Josephine University of Toronto L1 cell adhesion molecule promotes tumorigenicity and metastatic potential in non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 1;18(7):1914-24. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-2893. Epub 2012 Feb 3.
Leidal, Andrew Dalhousie University Subversion of autophagy by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus impairs oncogene-induced senescence. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Feb 16;11(2):167-80. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.01.005.
Phipps, Kyle Dalhousie University Plasminogen receptor S100A10 is essential for the migration of tumor-promoting macrophages into tumor sites. Cancer Res. 2011 Nov 1;71(21):6676-83. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-1748.
Spicer, Jonathan McGill University Health Centre Neutrophils promote liver metastasis via Mac-1-mediated interactions with circulating tumor cells. Cancer Res. 2012 Aug 15;72(16):3919-27. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-2393. Epub 2012 Jul 2.
Thillainadesan, Gobi University of Western Ontario TGF-β-dependent active demethylation and expression of the p15ink4b tumor suppressor are impaired by the ZNF217/CoREST complex. Mol Cell. 2012 Jun 8;46(5):636-49. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.03.027. Epub 2012 May 3.
Wu, Xiachong The Hospital for Sick Children Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma. Nature. 2012 Feb 15;482(7386):529-33. doi: 10.1038/nature10825.

December 31, 2011 Competition

Recipient Affiliation Publication Title Journal
Shantanu Banik University of Calgary Detection of Architectural Distortion in Prior Mammograms IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 2011 Feb;30(2):279-94. Epub 2010 Sep 16.
Rich Hsu LD McLean Surgical Research Laboratories LPS-induced TLR4 signaling in human colorectal cancer cells increases beta1 integrin-mediated cell adhesion and liver metastasis Cancer Res. 2011 Mar 1;71(5):1989-98.
Stephen Mack Hospital for Sick Children Delineation of two clinically and molecularly distinct subgroups of posterior fossa ependymoma Cancer Cell. 2011 Aug 16;20(2):143-57.
Marko Skrtic University of Toronto Inhibition of mitochondrial translation as a therapeutic strategy for human acute myeloid leukemia Cancer Cell. 2011 Nov 15;20(5):674-88.
Laura L. Swystun Queen's University Breast cancer chemotherapy induces the release of cell-free DNA, a novel procoagulant stimulus J Thromb Haemost. 2011 Nov;9(11):2313-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04465.x.
Hong Wu University of Alberta UBE4B promotes Hdm2-mediated degradation of the tumor suppressor p53. Nat Med. 2011 Mar;17(3):347-55. Epub 2011 Feb 13.

June 30, 2011 Competition

Recipient Affiliation Publication Title Journal
Emma Ito University Health Network Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase is a radiosensitizing target for head and neck cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2011 Jan 26;3(67):67ra7.
Dulcie Lai Queen's University Taxol resistance in breast cancer cells is mediated by the hippo pathway component TAZ and its downstream transcriptional targets Cyr61 and CTGF Cancer Res. 2011 Apr 1;71(7):2728-38. Epub 201
Laurent L'Épicier-Sansregret McGill University Cut homeobox 1 causes chromosomal instability by promoting bipolar division after cytokinesis failure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 1;108(5):1949-54. Epub 2011 Jan 18.
Rachel Murphy University of Alberta Nutritional intervention with fish oil provides a benefit over standard of care for weight and skeletal muscle mass in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy. Cancer. 2011 Apr 15;117(8):1775-82. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25709. Epub 2011 Feb 28.
Faiyaz Notta University Health Network Evolution of human BCR-ABL1 lymphoblastic leukaemia-initiating cells. Nature. 2011 Jan 20;469(7330):362-7
Mostafa Shahin University of Alberta Decoration of polymeric micelles with cancer-specific peptide ligands for active targeting of paclitaxel. Biomaterials. 2011 Aug;32(22):5123-33. Epub 2011 Apr 17.

December 31, 2010 Competition

Recipient Affiliation Publication Title Journal
Noboru Ishiyama Ontario Cancer Institute Dynamic and static interactions between p120 catenin and E-cadherin regulate the stability of cell-cell adhesion Cell. 2010 Apr 2;141(1):117-28.
Courtney Coschi University of Western Ontario Mitotic chromosome condensation mediated by the retinoblastoma protein is tumor-suppressive Genes & Development. 2010 Jul 1;24(13):1351-1363.
Angela Hyde Memorial University of Newfoundland A histology-based model for predicting microsatellite instability in colorectal cancers American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2010 Dec;34(12): 1820-9.
Alison Craik & Richard Veldhoen University of Alberta The BH3-only protein Bad confers breast cancer taxane sensitivity through a nonapoptotic mechanism Oncogene. 2010 Sep 30;29(39):5381-91.
Jenna Fong McGill University Tumor-supportive and osteoclastogenic changes induced by breast cancer-derived factors are reversed by inhibition of {gamma}-secretase J Biol Chem. 2010 Oct 8;285(41): 31427-34.
Kelly Harper Université de Sherbrooke Autotaxin promotes cancer invasion via the lysophosphatidic acid receptor 4: participation of the cyclic AMP/EPAC/Rac1 signaling pathway in invadopodia formation Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 1;70(11):4634-43.