Deanne Gracias, M.Sc.

Deanne obtained her B.Sc in molecular biology & biochemistry at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, B.C. During this time, she worked at BC Cancer Research Center with two post-doctoral fellows to 1) identify tumour heterogeneity within follicular lymphoma cases using mass cytometry and 2) investigate signaling pathways involved in leukemic stem cell activity in T-ALL. She then obtained her M.Sc at the University of Oxford, where she studied the role of the tumour suppressor protein ATRX in pediatric MLL-rearranged leukemias. In 2020, she joined Dr. Guy Sauvageau’s lab as a Research Assistant, where she worked on the characterization of compounds targeting acute myeloid leukemia, and later decided to undertake a Ph.D. in 2026.