User-Programmable Hydrogel Biomaterials to Probe and Direct 4D Stem Cell Fate

Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Red Room, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada

Special Seminar Date: Thursday August 25, 2022 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Location: Donnelly Centre 160 College Street, 2nd Floor, Red Seminar Room Dr. Cole A. DeForest, PhD University of Washington Abstract The extracellular matrix directs stem cell function through a complex choreography of biomacromolecular interactions in a tissue-dependent manner. Far from static, this hierarchical milieu […]

Using Patient Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Inherited Retinal Disease

Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Red Room, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada

Dr. Budd A. Tucker, PhD University of Iowa Abstract: Inherited retinal degenerative disorders, ranging from relatively common conditions such as Stargardt disease to rare forms of retinitis pigmentosa, are extraordinarily genetically heterogeneous. To date more than 100 different genes and thousands of different disease-causing mutations have been identified. The unifying feature of these conditions is […]