Ivan Topisirovic
A. Identification
Name: Ivan Topisirovic
Office Address: Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital,
Office E-445, 3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal,
Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada
Phone: 514-340-8222 ext 23146
Email: ivan.topisirovic@mcgill.ca
Webpage: http://www.ladydavis.ca/en/ivantopisirovic
B. Education
Undergraduate:
10/1992-05/2001 Doctor of Medicine
School of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Graduate:
05/2001-05/2003 Ph.D. Biology
Thesis “Mechanisms of regulation of eIF4E-dependent nucleocytoplasmic mRNA
transport” Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Supervisor: Stanka Romac
Post-Doctoral:
06/2001-09/2004 Post-doctoral Fellow, Structural Biology Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA. Supervisor: Katherine L.B. Borden
09/2004-01/2009 Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Research in Immunovirology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Supervisor: Katherine L.B. Borden
01/2009-01/2011 Research Associate, Goodman Cancer Research Centre & Department of Biochemistry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Supervisor: Nahum Sonenberg
C. Appointments (see supporting documents in Appendix 1)
06/2018-present Associate Professor (tenured), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology McGill University, Montreal, Canada
05/2014-present Associate Member, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
02/2012-present Associate Member, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
02/2011-present Investigator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General
Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
02/2011-06/2018 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
D. Special Honors, awards, recognition (Supporting documents in Appendix 1)
2018 Session Chair; Disease and Viruses Session; Translation Control Meeting, CSHL, NY, USA
2018-present Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2017-2020 Chercheur Boursier Junior 2 Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ).
Title: “Rôles de la synthèse protéique et du métabolisme énergétique dans le cancer”
Duration: 3 years
Total amount: 234,867 CAD
2017 LDI Basic Research Scientist of the Year
2015-present Honorary Member of the Serbian Society for Molecular Biology
2012-2017 CIHR New Investigator Award
Title: “Identification and characterization of novel substrates of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1).”
Duration: 5 years;
Total amount: 300,000 CAD
2012 Chercheurs-boursier (Junior 1) Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), Canada.
Title: “Élucidation des mécanismes moléculaires impliquant a la signalization en aval de mTORC1 dans la cancer”
Duration: 4 years;
Total amount: 322,526 CAD;
Declined in favor of CIHR
2007-2010 Special Fellow of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, USA
Title: “A role for the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) dependent mRNA transport in the leukemogenesis”
Duration: 3 years.
Total amount: 168,000 USD
2007 “Governor General’s Award for Leukemia Research”, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada
2005-2006 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship.
Title: “Regulation of eIF4E activity and the contribution of its disruption to the malignant transformation of the cell.”
Duration: 1 year;
Total amount: 40,000 CAD