External Speaker Series

Princess Margaret Special Seminar presents:   AGATA EXNER, Ph.D Henry Willson Payne Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research Department of Radiology Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio   Host: Dr. Gang Zheng Sponsored by Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Speaker Dr. Johnna Temenoff, PhD Georgia Tech/Emory University Abstract After rotator cuff tendon tear, marked degeneration of the attached muscle is apparent clinically, with both fibrous and fatty infiltration of the tissue. Our laboratory is working on delivery strategies for biologics, including proteins and cells, that might slow or reverse this degeneration. In particular, our […]

Speaker Dr. Lonnie Shea, PhD University of Michigan Abstract Vaccines are the initial immunotherapy by providing a means to activate an immune response to specific antigens to protect against disease. This success has motivated the development of alternative immunotherapies for treating undesired immune responses, such as those found in autoimmune disease, allergy, organ transplantation, and […]