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» Go to news mainFaculty of Agriculture student wins prize at the Atlantic Canada Cancer Research Conference
Dr. Gerry Johnston, Associate Dean in Research of the Faculty Medicine, Niroshaa Arumuggam, and Dr. Michael Johnston, Director of BHCRI.
Niroshaa Arumuggam is a first year M.Sc. student of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Dal-AC who investigates the anticancer properties of a new drug candidate synthesized from natural biomolecules of apple and fish oil.
Niroshaa was surprised when Dr. Micheal Johnston, Director of Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute announced that she had won the First Place Award for her presentation at its Atlantic Canadian conference in Halifax November 3-4.
Niroshaa’s presentation was on “Cytotoxic effects of phloridzin docosahaenoate on chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells”. Niroshaa is a member of Fruit Bioactives and Bioproducts laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Vasantha Rupasinghe, Canada Research Chair in Fruit Bioactives & Bioproducts and her research is funded by the Discovery Grant Research Program of the NSERC.
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