at the Interface of Cell and Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Bioengineering and Clinical Research.
APRIL - JUNE 2026
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New Publication: Chen, Z., Miao, Z., Tom, G., Cheng, A.H., Gusarova, E., Zondag, B., Wu, T., Hinz, B., Abolhasani, M., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Kumacheva, E. (2026): Active learning-accelerated discovery of fibrous hydrogels with tissue-mimetic viscoelasticity. Advanced Functional Materials).
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New Publication: › Younesi, F. S.*, Miller, A.E. (co-1st author), Diao, L.*, Guo, X.*, Andonian, N.*, Karimizadeh, E*., Barker, T.H., and Hinz, B. (2026): A circuit of mechanically regulated transcription factors balances regenerative and fibrotic memory in mesenchymal stromal cells. Advanced Science.
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Welcome to undergraduates Siyuan Huang and Ella Parran who will be joining us from June 1 to August 31 for Summer research projects. Siyuan will be looking for yellow fibroblasts with Neha and Ella is counting single cells with Elham – enjoy your time in the Hinz lab.
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Congratulations to Elham Karimizadeh for winning the best oral presentation prize at the 30th Annual Canadian Connective Tissue Conference 2026 in Montreal.
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Thanks to all for representing the lab at the CCTC so well.
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Thanks, also, for joining our annual lab retreat on the water and in the mosquito-infested woods.
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Congratulations to Boris for a co-authorship on a paper from Eugenia Kumacheva’s group, just accepted by Advanced Functional Materials.
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Farewell to Usha Kabilan. Thanks for all your contributions to the lab and all the best for your future endeavors.
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Congrats to Neha Dinesh and Xinying Guo for receiving competitive travel awards to attend the 2026 Canadian Connective Tissue Conference (CCTC), based on the quality of their project abstracts.
- Congrats to Neha, Xinying, Michael, Elham, and Jannik for having been selected to present their works as a talk at the CCTC..
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Champagne and celebrations for the success of Fereshteh Younesi’s paper published in Adv Sci. .
JANUARY - MARCH 2026
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Congratulations to Jannik Herold for receiving the Günter Lorenz Prize from the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Reutlingen, Germany. This prize is given to the undergraduate student with the best final thesis in recognition of outstanding achievement. Well done, Jannik!
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Congratulations to Jannik Herold, again, for being awarded with a Canada+ PhD fellowship to support 3 years of his thesis.
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Congratulations to Mohd Dabaghi for receiving a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) to support 2 years post-doc in the Hinz lab. Provided, he defended by then, Mohd will start in January 2027.
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Congrats to Fereshteh Younesi and co-authors for their manuscript being accepted in Science Advances: “A circuit of mechanically regulated transcription factors balances regenerative and fibrotic memory of MSCs”
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Congratulations, Boris for having been selected as a Fellow of the Wound Healing Society (WHS). He will be introduced into the 2026 WHS Fellow Class in recognition of his commitment to advancing the field of wound healing and his contributions to the WHS.​
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Congrats to Michael Diao for winning the best poster prize in his category at the Faculty of Dentistry Research Day and congratulations to Usha Kabilan for having been selected to give a short talk !​
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Temporary farewell to Jannik Herold. Good luck with your summer project back in Germany and see you soon as a PhD student in our lab.
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Farewell to our dearest, Fereshteh Younesi. We wish you every success in your future endeavors. You will be greatly missed—although we fully expect you to be sneaking back in to run experiments late at night or on the weekends. But don't tell Dr. Stephanie Protze, your new Post-doc supervisor!"
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Boris, Elham, and Xinying—have had a great time at the 2026 Keystone Conference on Fibrosis!
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Congrats to Dr. Matt Buechler for being awarded with a CIHR Project Grant to pursue the project: “Elucidating the role of BIGH3 in lung fibrosis”. Boris is a Co-Investigator on this project.
