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Our Team at St. Michael's Hospital

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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.

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Alison Xie

Position: Technical Assistant. 

 

Project: Supporting the lab in fighting fibrosis. 

Education: BSc in Medical Sciences Honours, Western University, London, ON, Canada

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Li (Michael) Diao

Position: Senior Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Circuits of Fibrotic Communication. 

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

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Elham Karimizadeh

Position: Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Myofibroblast intercellular crosstalk. 

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

XinyingGuo

Position: Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Novel myofibroblast mechano-signalling pathways. 

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

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Neha Dinesh

Position: Post-Doc.

Project: Myofibroblast activation states. 

Education: PhD Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal

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Fereshteh Sadat Younesi

Position: Post-Doc. 

 

Project: Myofibroblast mechanical memory. 

Education: PhD, University of Toronto.

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Usha Kabilan

Position: PhD Student. 

 

Project: Myofibroblast Communication. 

Education: MSc from the University of Ottawa.

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Jannik Herold

Position: BSc Student. 

Project: Mechanical myofibroblast suppressors. 

Education: BSc student, University of Reutlingen, Germany.

Leading the CAMiLoD Team at the Faculty of Dentistry

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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.

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