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Dr. Adrian Tanskanen in the MacAulay lab has been selected as a BC Cancer Rising Star<\/em><\/strong> (post-doctoral award). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rising Stars program was established to celebrate Dr. Connie Eaves\u2019 Gairdner Wightman Award, her election to the Royal Society in the UK and her appointment to the Order of Canada. A pioneer in her field, Dr. Eaves has been a mentor to many young researchers at BC Cancer and a long-time advocate for equal opportunities in cancer research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tanskanen’s research focuses on developing angular diversity contrast mechanisms in novel optical endoscopes for lung cancer detection. This builds off of a recent publication<\/a> and patent<\/a> which demonstrated potential for using higher-order modes in optical fibers to collect multiple simultaneous images of a sample.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Adrian Tanskanen in the MacAulay lab has been selected as a BC Cancer Rising Star (post-doctoral award). The Rising Stars program was established to celebrate Dr. Connie Eaves\u2019 Gairdner Wightman Award, her election to the Royal Society in the UK and her appointment to the Order of Canada. 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