ABOUT MICHAEL OLSON
Michael Olson is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Cell Biology, in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at Toronto Metropolitan University. His research seeks to identify and understand the characteristics of cancer cells that are prone to migrate from their primary sites to secondary sites (known as metastasis) so that drugs can be created to treat cancer more effectively. He is also the editor-in-chief of Small GTPases.
Interview with Michael Olson by ZoneCast
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EDUCATION
Institute of Cancer Research, London UK
Institute of Cancer Research Fellow
University College London, London UK
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Fellow
University of Toronto, Toronto Canada
PhD, Pharmacology
University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Bachelors of Science, Genetics
2018-present
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Institute of Cancer Sciences
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, UK
2004 – 2018
Senior Group Leader
Director of Graduate Studies
Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK
Professor of Molecular Oncology,
Deputy Postgraduate Convenor
Institute of Cancer Sciences
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, UK
2001– 2004
Assistant Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cancer Biology, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA
1998 – 2001
University Research Fellow of The Royal Society,
Institute of Cancer Research
London, UK