External Speaker Series

Jeffery Molkentin, Ph.D. Division Director of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Heart Institute Co-Director, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Register for the seminar via Zoom Abstract: Collagen production in the adult heart is primarily mediated by the tissue resident interstitial fibroblast. Indeed, adult fibroblast-specific deletion of the molecular […]

The Future of Drug Development through Companion Diagnostics and Therapeutics approaches Nathan Yoganathan, President & Chief Scientific Officer JN Nova Pharma Inc.  (more info) https://jnnova.com/ Wednesday, December 7, 2022 RS 207: 2:00-3:00 PM Rosebrugh Building (RS): 164 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2 https://goo.gl/maps/bVujArG4VdA7MHEo7 Abstract:  Dr. Nathan Yoganathan, President & CSO of JN Nova Pharma […]

Please join us for an ECHO webinar featuring Prof. Stephanie Willerth, who will provide an overview of Axolotl Biosciences, its technologies and the story behind its success. Axolotl Biosciences – an award-winning spin-off company from the University of Victoria – sells high quality reagents for 3D printing human tissue models. https://www.axolotlbiosciences.com/  Guest Speaker Prof. Stephanie Willerth, […]

Speaker: Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Host: Dr. Gang Zheng

Speaker: Jianghong Rao, PhD Professor, Department of Radiology Lucas Imaging Center Stanford University, California Host: Dr. Gang Zheng

Mohammad E. Khosroshahi Nanobiophotonics & Biomedical Research Laboratory, MIS-Electronics Inc., Richmond Hill, Canada   Abstract This work describes the generation and observation of multi-wavelengths due to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) from deep red to near-infrared (NIR) induced by plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF) of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugated gold nanoparticles (F-AuNP). The plasmonic solution was excited by […]

Dr. Laura Bracaglia, PhD Villanova University Polymer nanoparticles (NPs) can provide a safe and efficient delivery mechanism for therapy directly at specific tissues and cells, but achieving sufficient levels of NPs and therefore therapeutics in target tissues in humans has remained a barrier to the translation of this technology. The in vivo efficacy of polymeric […]

Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra, PhD University of Manitoba Abstract: Donor derived allogeneic stem cells including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are being tested in animal studies and clinical trials for cardiac regeneration and repair. The outcome of initial studies was very encouraging and transplanted cells were safe in the recipient heart. However, […]