Erin Pleasance

Erin Pleasance is a Staff Scientist at BC Cancer since February 2010, focusing on research and development in cancer genomics and personalized medicine through next-generation sequencing data analysis. Erin's previous experience includes a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute from December 2006 to September 2009, where work involved using new sequencing technologies to identify somatic mutations in cancers. Earlier, Erin served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the BC Cancer Agency from September 2000 to April 2006, investigating DNA regulatory elements in Drosophila melanogaster. Erin completed a PhD in Medical Genetics with a focus on bioinformatics at The University of British Columbia, where a study centered on programmed cell death pathways in Drosophila and human cancer was conducted. An undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Immunology was also earned from The University of British Columbia.