The Team | Hinz Lab

Our Team at St. Michael's Hospital

Dong Ok (Donna) Son

Position: Senior Research Associate.

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

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

Li (Michael) Diao

Position: Senior Post-Doc.

Project: Circuits of Fibrotic Communication.

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

Elham Karimizadeh

Position: Post-Doc.

Project: Myofibroblast intercellular crosstalk.

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

Xinying Guo

Position: Post-Doc.

Project: Novel myofibroblast mechano-signalling pathways.

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

Neha Dinesh

Position: Post-Doc.

Project: Myofibroblast activation states.

Education: PhD Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal

Jannik Herold

Position: PhD Student

Project: Myofibroblast communications.

Education: BSc, University of Reutlingen, Germany.

Dhaarmini Rajshankar

Position: CAMiLoD manager (not HinzLab)

Project: The Collaborative Advanced Microscopy Laboratories of Dentistry

Education: MSc University of Toronto

Link to CAMiLoD: click here.