Brandon University is proud to announce that graduate student Carter Williamson, working in the Breast Cancer Cell & Molecular Research Lab of Dr. Mousumi Majumder at Brandon University, has been awarded a 2025–2026 Research Manitoba Master’s Studentship Award.
This highly competitive award supports master’s students across the province and provides them with funding to advance their research.
Brandon University - September 25, 2025
Exploring why some TNBC cells survive chemotherapy
Williamson’s work focuses on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of breast cancer.
Unlike other subtypes, TNBC lacks hormone and HER2 receptors that doctors typically target in treatment, leaving chemotherapy as one of the only available options. Un