Press Articles, Interviews, and Video
2024
September 3
Research Reveals Underlying Mechanism that Renders Certain High-Risk Cancers Immortal – Carnegie Mellon News article on Zhao et al., 2024 Genes & Development, a paper contributed to by Dr. Jayme Salsman in the Dellaire lab (PAPER LINK)
June 10
Awarding Excellence: Faculty of Medicine presents awards at annual faculty meeting – Dal Faculty of Medicine News article
Dr. Dellaire awarded a 2024 Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in Basic Research
2023
Nov 10
Hard work, big results: Legacy Awards shine light on individual and collective achievements at Dalhousie – DalNews article
Dr. Dellaire named as a 2023 Dalhousie Distinguished Research Professor
April 17
Dalhousie researchers hope to “change the narrative” on lung cancer – DalNews article
Dr. Urquhart and Pathology Research Director, Dr. Graham Dellaire lead a $5.2 million study funded by the Canadian Cancer Society to study the environmental exposures in never-smoked lung cancer and to identify biomarkers of exposure to carcinogens such as radon, arsenic, and other air pollutants.
2022
March 9
Nova Scotia researcher takes part in DNA repair study that could improve cancer treatment – Chronicle Herald/Saltwire article on our study collaborating with Dr. Raul Mostoslavsky (Mass. General, Boston) published in Cell Reports
Jan 21
DalNews Story “Unprecedented Colorful view of how damaged DNA repairs itself opens doors for new cancer therapies”
2021
August 9
103.5 FM Halifax (May 26, 2021) interview on “Melody & Forman in the Morning” about our Canadian Foundation for Innovation funded study on Canadian arsenic and radon environmental exposures. Listen to the interview here on Spotify (Link)
May 26
CBC News (May 26, 2021) “Arsenic legacy in lake-bottom sediments from historic N.S. mine worries researcher” – comments on this story, interviewed with Michael Tutton of the Canadian Press.
April 13-15
95.7 News Radio – Rick Howe Show (April 15, 2021) Interview with Todd Veinotte sitting in for Rick Howe, discussing Canadian arsenic and radon environmental exposures –
Chronicle Herald (April 15, 2021) “Exposure to radon and arsenic increases cancer risk. Here’s what you can do in Nova Scotia to protect yourself”
CBC News (April 14, 2021) “Halifax researcher studying effects of radon, arsenic exposure”
CBC – Maritime Noon (April 14, 2021) Interview with Bob Murphy on CBC’s Maritime Noon about Canadian arsenic and radon environmental exposures –
Global News (April 14, 2021) “Halifax cancer researcher studies effects of radon gas and arsenic exposure”
Globe and Mail (April 14, 2021) “Halifax cancer researcher Graham Dellaire studies effects of radon gas and arsenic exposure”
The Star (April 13, 2021) “Halifax cancer researcher studies effects of radon gas and arsenic exposure”
iHeart Radio (April 13, 2021) “Study looks at effects of radon gas, arsenic on human body”
CTV News Atlantic (April 13, 2021) “Halifax cancer researcher studies effects of radon gas and arsenic exposure”
Winnipeg Free Press (April 13, 2021) “Halifax cancer researcher studies effects of radon gas and arsenic exposure”
2020
SickBoy Podcast, “CRISPR? I Barely Know Her! – Feel Good Friday” – discussion of our CRISPR/Cas9, ethics of gene editing and gene therapy.
November 9-12
Daily Mail (Nov 12, 2020) “Whales, dolphins and seals are ‘highly susceptible’ to coronavirus”
Forbes Magazine – Editor’s Pick (Nov 10, 2020) “Study Shows Endangered Marine Mammals Are At Risk Of Contracting Covid-19”
CHEK News Victoria British Columbia (Nov 10, 2020) Zoom Television Interview with Mary Griffin regarding COVID19 infection of marine mammals via wastewater.
Global News Radio 640 Toronto (Nov 10, 2020) Live interview with Alex Pierson regarding marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 via wastewater.
Chronicle Herald story (Nov 9, 2020) “COVID-19 could endanger mammals underwater, Dalhousie University study finds”
Globe and Mail (Nov 9, 2020) story by Bob Weber (The Canadian Press) “Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study”
Canada’s National Observer (Nov 9, 2020) story by Bob Weber “Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study”
CBC Main Street (Nov 9, 2020) Radio interview with Jeff Douglas COVID19 infection of marine mammals via wastewater.
Global News (Nov 9, 2020) “Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study”
CTV News Atlantic (Nov 9, 2020) “Under the sea: research says whales, dolphins and more could get infected by COVID-19”
Dalhousie News (Nov 9, 2020) “Danger in the Deeps: COVID-19 spread through wastewater could devastate some marine mammal species”
September 19
Haikai Magazine(Sept 19, 2020) “Could Marine Mammals Contract COVID-19?“.
September 4
SickBoy Podcast, (Sept 4, 2020) “Free Willy Might Get COVID – Feel Good Friday” – discussion of our study on the risks of wastewater transmission of COVID19 on humans, primates and marine mammals.
Fortune Magazine – “Everything we know—and don’t know—about human-to-animal COVID transmission”
August 26
Interview with Anthony King on the risks of COVID19 for marine mammals via wastewater in The Scientist Magazine – “Modeling Study Flags Species Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2”
July 23
Global AM 640 Toronto (Kelly Cutrara Show) Interview on Cats and COVID19 done by Dellaire lab Ph.D. student Saby Mathavarajah –
July 23
Maritime Noon CBC Nova Scotia with Bob Murphy – Interview with Dellaire lab Ph.D. student Saby Mathavarajah on why cats (and not dogs) are most susceptible to COVID19 –
July 20
CBC Nova Scotia Television Interview “New study sheds light on why cats can get COVID-19, but dogs can’t”
– discussing Sabateeshan and Dellaire 2020. “Lions, Tigers and Kittens too: ACE2 and susceptibility to COVID-19” Evolution, Medicine & Public Health
February
Interview in the article: “Graham Dellaire: Ciência com cautela“; on the Ethics of CRISPR for the Brazilian Science Magazine Pesquisa FAPESP by @ricardozorzetto
English Translation: PDF link
2019
March
Interview in the article: Spread of cancers halted by smart bacteria that trigger immune attack by Michael LePage – New Scientist, Issue 3222 March 23, 2019 (PDF link)
2018
December
Interview regarding the birth of CRISPR Babies Morning Buzz WORT 89.9 FM, Madison, WI, USA
February
Dalhousie Receives $5.1 Million Investment in Health Research – Dal News
2017
November
Zebrafish lead Dalhousie Researchers to important discoveries in prostate cancer and leukemia – Dal News
2016
June
Advancing in Gene Therapy Dr. Graham Dellaire gains international acclaim for his CRISPR screening technology – Philanthropist (Cover Article)March-April
Dal Researcher Develops Technique for Enhancing Gene Therapy” – Dalhousie News
Graham Dellaire: Halifax Researcher Develops Technique for Enhancing Gene Therapy – Canadian Journal: News of the World
Halifax Scientist’s Breakthrough Gene work Stalled by Lack of Funding – Global News
2015
April
Advancing Breast Cancer Research – QEII Times/The Chronicle Herald_2015
Dal zebrafish research tests safer, less toxic cancer therapies – Dal News
Zebrafish offer hope for treatment of rare cancer – The Chronicle Herald
Zebrafish research at Dalhousie offers hope for future cancer treatment – Globalnews (Video Link)
2014
June
Atlantic Canadians Behind Breakthrough Cancer Genomics Book – Genome Atlantic
2013
October
Global TV News Interview – Movember moustaches funding researchSeptember
“From Laptop to Bench top and back again: Building better hypotheses and testing them”
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Genome Atlantic SeminarJune
“Project Targets Prostate Cancer”
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Inaugral Movember Team GrantMarch
Department of Pathology Video
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2012
October
Cross‑discipline health research earns NSERC support – Dal News
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2011
October
“Dalhousie’s Breast Cancer Army”
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2009
Sept/October
2009 MOLLY APPEAL Interviews
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- Radio interview NEWS FM95.7 – For the 2009 Molly Appeal Audio Clip (mp3)
- News paper interview, Chronicle Herald – 2009 Molly Appeal
Article PDF - Breakfast Television (CTV/A-Channel) Lab Interview
Video Clip (WMV)
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2007
May
“Medicine On the Move: New Dalhousie Medical School Cancer Researcher Seeks Biomarkers of Treatment Success” – Dalhousie University Press Release.
April
“Unlocking the Secrets of the Nucleus”
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