Project Achievement Award, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), March 2024 (for our platform)

Leader of the year Award to Dr. Tina Rinker (co-founder), Start Alberta, October 2023

Technology Innovation Award, BioAlberta, September 2023 (for our platform)

International Award to Dr. Tina Rinker(co-founder), City of Calgary, June 2023

Research Impact Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary 2023

One to Watch Award, presented to Syantra Inc. by the A100 at the Start Alberta Tech Awards, 2021

Microenvironment based co-culture dependence of breast cancer and immune cell interactions on functional outcomes.

Breast cancer cell alteration of immune cell transcriptome through indirect communication

Breast cancer cell alteration of immune cell transcriptome through indirect communication

Microenvironment based co-culture dependence of breast cancer and immune cell interactions on functional outcomes

Stibbards-Lyle M, Malinovska J, Badawy S, Schedin P, Rinker KD. Status of breast cancer detection in young women and potential of liquid biopsy.

Front Oncol. 2024 May 21;14:1398196. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1398196. PMID: 38835377; PMCID: PMC11148378.

Kennard, J., K. Norek, K Fuh, R D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker, O.A. Kharenko. Breast cancer cell alteration of immune cell transcriptome through indirect communication [abstract].

In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 5567.

Fuh, K.F., J. Withell, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker, 2022. Fluid flow stimulation modulates expression of S100 genes in normal breast epithelium and breast cancer.

Cell. Mol. Bioeng. 15, 115–127 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-021-00704-w.

Fuh, K., R.D. Shepherd, J.S. Withell, B.K. Kooistra, K.D. Rinker. 2021. Fluid flow exposure promotes Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and adhesion of breast cancer cells to endothelial cells.

Breast Cancer Research, 23, 97, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01473-0

Kennard, J., K. Norek, K Fuh, R D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker, O.A. Kharenko. Breast cancer cell alteration of immune cell transcriptome through indirect communication [abstract].

In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 5567.

Karen Norek, Jacob Kennard, Kenneth Fuh, Robert Shepherd, Kristina Rinker, Olesya Kharenko. Microenvironment based co-culture dependence of breast cancer and immune cell interactions on functional outcomes.

In: Proceedings of the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2023 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX.

Fuh, K.F., J. Withell, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker. Fluid flow stimulation upregulates expression of S100 genes during breast cancer development and progression.

Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA. Best Poster Award.

Fuh, K.F., J. Withell, B. Kooistra, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker. Bioreactor-derived fluid flow upregulates expression of genes that affect cell adhesion in breast cancer cells.

Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, 2015, Tampa, FL, USA. International conference. Podium presentation.

Fuh, K., B. Kooistra, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker. Using a Bioreactor System to Identify Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Circulating Tumor Cells.

2015 Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in San Francisco, CA. USA. February 15 -21, 2015.Poster

Fuh, K., B. Kooistra, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker. Bioreactor-derived Fluid Flow Promotes Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Cultured Breast Cancer Cells.

2014 Biomedical Engineering Society Conference in San Antonio, TX. USA. October 22 -25, 2014.

Fuh, K., B. Kooistra, R. Steele, R.D. Shepherd, K.D. Rinker. Bioreactor-induced changes in breast cancer cell line gene expression: Applications in CTC Detection.

Circulating Tumor Cell Seminar, August 2014, Seoul, South Korea. Podium presentation.