Aly Karsan

Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, BC Cancer Agency · Additional Faculties & Departments · University of British Columbia

Quick answer: Aly Karsan is Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, BC Cancer Agency at University of British Columbia. Aly Karsan shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.

⭐ Graduate students in the Karsan lab are in the UBC Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC Experimental Medicine Program, UBC Genome Sciences and Technology Program (GSAT), and the UBC Bioinformatics Training Program. Dr. Karsan also accepts graduate students through the School of Biomedical Engineering.

Research interests

Myeloid malignancies, myelodysplastic syndromes, hematopoietic system development, toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways, Notch signalling pathway

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2026] Initial leukemic epigenomic state determines hypomethylating agent response. Nature communications, 2026 [2026] Loss of FBXO11 establishes a stem cell program in acute myeloid leukemia by dysregulating LONP1. The Journal of clinical investigation, 2026 [2025] Haploinsufficiency of miR-143 and miR-145 reveal targetable dependencies in resistant del(5q) myelodysplastic neoplasm. Leukemia, 2025 [2025] Multisite clinical cross-validation and variant interpretation of a next generation sequencing panel for lymphoid cancer prognostication. Journal of clinical pathology, 2025 [2024] Operationalizing Quality Assurance for Clinical Illumina Somatic Next-Generation Sequencing Pipelines. The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, 2024 [2024] Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia IGHV Somatic Hypermuta

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Frequently asked questions

Is Aly Karsan hiring PhD students at University of British Columbia?

Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Aly Karsan's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Graduate students in the Karsan lab are in the UBC Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC Experimental Medicine Program, UBC Genome Sciences and Technology Progra.

What does Aly Karsan research?

Myeloid malignancies, myelodysplastic syndromes, hematopoietic system development, toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways, Notch signalling pathway

Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.

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