{"id":1228,"date":"2022-10-17T14:42:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcchrmicro.wpengine.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:41:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-container--full fndry-pt--md-3 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-pb--md-6 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2 fndry-pb--sm-3\" style=\"--fndry-bg:var(--fndry-color-tertiaryLight)\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-align--center fndry-justify--sm-center fndry-justify--between\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--6 fndry-col--md-10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-pl--2 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pt--5 fndry-pt--md-2 fndry-pb--md-2 fndry-pr--md-0 fndry-pl--md-0\">\n\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs align fndry-pb--2 wp-block-bcn-breadcrumb-trail has-text-color has-background \" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\">\n\t<span><\/span>\n\t<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Maxwell Lab.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Maxwell Lab<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to News.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"fndry-post-title\" style=\"color:var(--fndry-color-secondary)\">About Us<\/h1><p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-text-bannerIntro20\">Learn more about the Maxwell Lab.<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--5 fndry-col--md-12\">\n\t<figure  class=\"fndry-image\" style=\"--imageWidth:100%;--img-height-all:100%\" aria-labelledby=\"img-\">\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-pt--5 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-pt--md-2 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2 fndry-pb--sm-0 fndry-mt--sm-3 fndry-mb--sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-col--md-12 fndry-pr--sm-1 fndry-pl--sm-1 fndry-pt--sm-0 fndry-pt--md-4 fndry-pb--md-4 fndry-pr--md-1 fndry-pl--md-1 fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col fndry-align--start fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<h2 class=\"fndry-heading\">Research overview<\/h2><p class=\"fndry-paragraph\">Cancer is the most common disease-related cause of death for children in Canada. Researchers at BC Children\u2019s Hospital aim to improve the health of children with cancer today and tomorrow through the delivery and testing of new personalized medicines and the discovery of molecular pathways that may cause these devastating diseases. The Maxwell Lab shares these goals and focuses our studies on the following themes:<\/p><ol  class=\"fndry-list fndry-list--ordered fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col\"><li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tCollaborate and develop prospective personalized medicine in childhood cancers.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tDiscover and target molecular pathways that underlie hereditary cancers.<\/li>\n<li\n\t class=\"fndry-list-item\">\n\tUnderstand how cells grow and move in tissues and tumors.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg\" id=\"intro-center-background\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-align--start fndry-justify--center\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--10 fndry-col--md-11 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-pt--4 fndry-pb--4 fndry-pr--4 fndry-pl--4 fndry-pr--sm-3 fndry-pl--sm-3 fndry-d--flex fndry-flex--col fndry-align--center fndry-justify--center\" style=\"--fndry-bg:var(--fndry-color-secondary)\">\n\t<h2 class=\"fndry-heading fndry-align-text--center\" style=\"color:var(--fndry-color-white)\">Meet Our Team<\/h2><p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-align-text--center fndry-text-intro\" style=\"--color:var(--fndry-color-white)\">Learn more about the Maxwell Lab team.<\/p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/our-team\/\" rel=\"\" id=\"fndry-block-64b55291b5266\" class=\"fndry-btn fndry-btn-primaryButton\">Team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg fndry-container--full fndry-pt--md-3 fndry-pr--md-3 fndry-pl--md-3 fndry-pb--md-6 fndry-pr--sm-2 fndry-pl--sm-2\" style=\"--fndry-bg:var(--fndry-color-light)\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-container fndry-responsive-bg\">\n\t<div class=\"fndry-row fndry-align--center fndry-justify--sm-center fndry-justify--between\">\n\t<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--6 fndry-col--md-10 fndry-col--sm-12 fndry-pl--2 fndry-pb--5 fndry-pt--5 fndry-pt--md-2 fndry-pb--md-2\">\n\t<h2 class=\"fndry-heading\" style=\"color:var(--fndry-color-secondary)\">Contact Us<\/h2><p class=\"fndry-paragraph fndry-text-intro18\">Contact the Maxwell Lab with your inquiries.<\/p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/contact-careers\/\" rel=\"\" id=\"fndry-block-64b55330e7323\" class=\"fndry-btn fndry-btn-secondaryButtonWArrow\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n<div  class=\"fndry-col fndry-responsive-bg fndry-col--5 fndry-d--md-none\">\n\t<figure  class=\"fndry-image fndry-mb--0\" style=\"--imageWidth:100%;--img-height-all:100%\" aria-labelledby=\"img-2429\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/files\/2025\/12\/bc-childrens-hospital-research-institute.jpg\" class=\"fndry-image__img\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"--borderRadius:0px;--objectFit:cover;--imagePosX:50%;--imagePosY:50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/files\/2025\/12\/bc-childrens-hospital-research-institute.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/files\/2025\/12\/bc-childrens-hospital-research-institute-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/files\/2025\/12\/bc-childrens-hospital-research-institute-768x651.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","fndry_alternate_title":""},"class_list":["post-1228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1228\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/maxwell-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}