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Our Team at St. Michael's Hospital

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Dong Ok (Donna) Son

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Position: Senior Research Associate. 

 

Project: Running the lab and investigating the therapeutic potential of mechanically educated mesenchymal stromal cells. 

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Education: PhD in Applied Biochemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.

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Rachel Low

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Position: Technical Assistant. 

 

Project: Supporting the lab in fighting fibrosis. 

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Education: MSc in Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London, ON, Canada

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Li (Michael) Diao

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Position: Senior Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Circuits of Fibrotic Communication. 

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Education: PhD, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.

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Elham Karimizadeh

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Position: Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Myofibroblast intercellular crosstalk. 

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Education: PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Tehran, Iran.

Xinying​ Guo

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Position: Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Novel myofibroblast mechano-signalling pathways. 

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Education: PhD in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto.

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Fereshteh Sadat Younesi

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Position: PhD Student. 

 

Project: Myofibroblast mechanical memory. 

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Education: MSc from the Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany and the Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

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Kyle Lam

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Position: MSc Student. 

 

Project: The myofibroblast secretome. 

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Education: BSc (Honors) in Medical Science, Western University.

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Lorena Immler

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Position: BSc Student from the University of Reutlingen, Germany

 

Project: Vascular fibrosis. 

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Education: Undergraduate Studies in Life Sciences, University Reutlingen

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Justin Cowen

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Position: Honorary LTRR member and PhD student of Dr. Robert Rottapel 

 

Project: Yap, Taz, Rho, GEF, GAP, and other exciting acronyms. 

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Education: Coming soon.

Leading the CAMiLoD Team at the Faculty of Dentistry

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Dhaarmini Rajshankar

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Position:  CAMiLoD manager  (not HinzLab)

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Project: The Collaborative Advanced Microscopy Laboratories of Dentistry

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Education: MSc University of Toronto

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Link to CAMiLoD: click here.

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