at the Interface of Cell and Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Bioengineering and Clinical Research.
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
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.
Raquel Benitez Ruiz
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Position: Post-Doc.
Project: The two faces of the myofibroblast.
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Education: PhD in Biomedicine from the Universidad de Granada, Spain
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.
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.
Maya Ezzo
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Position: PhD Student.
Project: Macrophage-Myofibroblast communication.
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Education: MSc from Université de Paris Descartes and the École Nationale Superieure des Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France.
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.
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
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.