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people 5 September 2025
Alec Bahcheli PhD defence
Congratulations to Dr. Alec Bahcheli on his successful PhD defence on August 25 in the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto. Alec’s thesis, “Integrative multi-omics analysis of glioblastoma identifies drivers of tumor aggression and recurrence”, summarises his research on therapeutic leads and biological mechanisms of brain tumour recurrence, and his computational methods for multi-omics analysis.
Many thanks to thesis committee members Drs. Sunit Das and Kieran Campbell, external examiner Dr. Marco Gallo (Baylor College of Medicine), University of Toronto examiners Drs. Federico Gaiti and Sean Egan, and exam chair Dr. Hon Leong.