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  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Wan L. Lam is affiliated with the BC Cancer Research Centre in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, and Immunology.

The scientist's recent work includes several notable publications:

  • Mechanisms Contributing to the Comorbidity of COPD and Lung Cancer, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • CCL5 production in lung cancer cells leads to an altered immune microenvironment and promotes tumor development, 2021, OncoImmunology
  • Distinct bronchial microbiome precedes clinical diagnosis of lung cancer, 2022, Molecular Cancer
  • Health Effects Associated With Pre- and Perinatal Exposure to Arsenic, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Airway Aging and Methylation Disruptions in HIV-associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Wan L. Lam's research focuses on several key topics:

  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Cancers
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Wan L. Lam's scientific output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Nikita Telkar
  • Greg L. Stewart
  • Erin A. Marshall
  • Michelle E. Pewarchuk
  • Patrícia P. Reis

Wan L. Lam has been recognized as an ACM Senior Member since 2009.

Best Publications

  • Chromosome-wide and promoter-specific analyses identify sites of differential DNA methylation in normal and transformed human cells.

    Michael Weber;Jonathan J Davies;David Wittig;Edward J Oakeley

  • The functional role of long non-coding RNA in human carcinomas

    Ewan A Gibb;Carolyn J Brown;Wan L Lam

  • A tiling resolution DNA microarray with complete coverage of the human genome.

    Adrian S. Ishkanian;Chad A. Malloff;Spencer K. Watson;Ronald J. DeLeeuw

  • Identification of miR-145 and miR-146a as mediators of the 5q– syndrome phenotype

    Daniel T Starczynowski;Florian Kuchenbauer;Bob Argiropoulos;Sandy Sung

  • A Comprehensive Analysis of Common Copy-Number Variations in the Human Genome

    Kendy K. Wong;Ronald J. deLeeuw;Nirpjit S. Dosanjh;Lindsey R. Kimm

  • Use of allelic loss to predict malignant risk for low-grade oral epithelial dysplasia.

    Miriam P. Rosin;Xing Cheng;Catherine Poh;Wan L. Lam

  • PIK3CA Mutations and Copy Number Gains in Human Lung Cancers

    Hiromasa Yamamoto;Hiromasa Yamamoto;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Masaharu Nomura;William W. Lockwood

  • Genome-scale analysis of DNA methylation in lung adenocarcinoma and integration with mRNA expression

    Suhaida A. Selamat;Brian S. Chung;Luc Girard;Wei Zhang

  • Arsenic exposure and the induction of human cancers.

    Victor D. Martinez;Emily A. Vucic;Daiana D. Becker-Santos;Lionel Gil

  • Human Cancer Long Non-Coding RNA Transcriptomes

    Ewan A. Gibb;Ewan A. Gibb;Emily A. Vucic;Emily A. Vucic;Katey S. S. Enfield;Katey S. S. Enfield;Greg L. Stewart;Greg L. Stewart

  • Characterisation of retinoblastomas without RB1 mutations: genomic, gene expression, and clinical studies.

    Diane E Rushlow;Berber M Mol;Jennifer Y Kennett;Stephanie Yee;Stephanie Yee

  • Tumour genomic and microenvironmental heterogeneity for integrated prediction of 5-year biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study

    Emilie Lalonde;Emilie Lalonde;Adrian S Ishkanian;Jenna Sykes;Michael Fraser;Michael Fraser

  • Transformation methods for halophilic archaebacteria.

    S W Cline;W L Lam;R L Charlebois;L C Schalkwyk

  • Genetic alterations defining NSCLC subtypes and their therapeutic implications.

    Larissa A. Pikor;Varune R. Ramnarine;Stephen Lam;Wan L. Lam

  • Acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors is associated with a manifestation of stem cell-like properties in cancer cells

    Kazuhiko Shien;Shinichi Toyooka;Hiromasa Yamamoto;Junichi Soh

  • Optical systems for in vivo molecular imaging of cancer.

    Konstantin V Sokolov;Jesse Aaron;Betsy Hsu;Dawn Nida

  • Macrophages, Inflammation, and Lung Cancer.

    Emma M. Conway;Larissa A. Pikor;Sonia H. Y. Kung;Melisa J. Hamilton

  • Lung Cancer Cell Lines as Tools for Biomedical Discovery and Research

    Adi F. Gazdar;Luc Girard;William W. Lockwood;Wan L. Lam

  • Shuttle vectors for the archaebacterium Halobacterium volcanii.

    W L Lam;W F Doolittle

  • Whole-genome analysis and HLA genotyping of enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma reveals 2 distinct lymphoma subtypes.

    Ronald J. deLeeuw;Andreas Zettl;Erdwine Klinker;Eugenia Haralambieva

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Lam
Stephen Lam University of British Columbia
Adi F. Gazdar
Adi F. Gazdar The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bradley P. Coe
Bradley P. Coe University of Washington
Igor Jurisica
Igor Jurisica University Health Network
Raymond T. Ng
Raymond T. Ng University of British Columbia
Ming-Sound Tsao
Ming-Sound Tsao Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Carolyn J. Brown
Carolyn J. Brown University of British Columbia
John D. Minna
John D. Minna The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Aly Karsan
Aly Karsan University of British Columbia

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