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… Peter Zandstra Named University Professor, U of T’s Highest Academic Rank Peter Zandstra , professor in the Donnelly Centre and Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and Canada Research … field of knowledge. The number of such appointments is limited to two per cent of the University’s tenured faculty. Zandstra is a pioneer in the field of stem cell bioengineering, an area that applies engineering principles to stem cell … Peter Zandstra Named University Professor, U of T’s Highest Academic Rank …

… Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Backs Commercialization of Stem Cell Research Led by Peter Zandstra Regenerative medicine is the way of the future for Canadian health care, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, and … At the same time, Vivek Goel , vice-president, research and innovation at U of T, announced that Professor Peter Zandstra , a principal investigator in the Donnelly Centre and Chief Scientific Officer for the CCRM, has become the … the federal government. Read more about Medicine by Design. Trudeau toured two CCRM labs at the Banting Institute with Zandstra, U of T President Meric Gertler and  Michael May , the president and CEO of CCRM, along with Navdeep Bains , …

… you can never do it by yourself,” says Rahman, who recently completed his research in the laboratory of Professor Peter Zandstra at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering and will receive his PhD … scratch as a potential source of cells for life-saving treatments. Together, he and Shreya Shukla , another student from Zandstra’s lab who will receive her PhD next month, have developed new technologies that clear some of the barriers to … attack tumours. “A long-term vision in regenerative medicine is to have a renewable source of cells for therapy,” says Zandstra, a University Professor and executive director of Medicine by Design. “Our two papers focused on generating …

… his PhD in 2017 at U of T’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering in the lab of University Professor Peter Zandstra , located in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. Lipsitz has been working to expand … robust suspension growth of pluripotent stem cells for cellular therapeutic production " - University Professor Peter Zandstra Studying mouse stem cells, which can be readily expanded in suspension unlike the human cells, offered clues for … ultimate goal to enable robust suspension growth of pluripotent stem cells for cellular therapeutic production,” says Zandstra, who was Medicine by Design’s inaugural executive director and is now director of the Michael Smith Laboratories …

… Blood Complexity Nets Wendy Qiao Donnelly Thesis Prize When Wendy Qiao moved across the globe to join Professor Peter Zandstra ’s lab in the Donnelly Centre, she couldn't have known that, six years later, her research would net her one of … academic career. I feel honoured and inspired to continue my journey in bioengineering. What made you decide to join the Zandstra lab in the first place? I did my undergrad in biomedical engineering at the University of Auckland in New … cells integrate all these signals from their environment to make their decisions of which cell type to turn into. The Zandstra lab is at the forefront of stem cell research. What was it like to work in such an environment? Peter is a …

… In the Media 2013 November 2013 "How do you control the erratic behavior of a stem cell?" Peter Zandstra reveals his secret recipe for producing stem cells and what therapies lie on the horizon ( listen to a 5 minute … identify  link between pregnant mother's health and baby's brain development  -  The Globe and Mail October 2013 Peter Zandstra's research on stem cells anf how to predict their fate  -  U of T News Gary Bader's research is highlighted in a  Nature Genetis focus  on Pan Cancer Analysis September 2013 Peter Zandstra wins the Till & McCullough Award for his contribution to global stem cell research.  -  U of T News "Recipes in …

… less is known about the intricacies of how individual reprogramming cells behave in a population setting. Peter Zandstra ’s group (dual appointment at University of British Columbia & University of Toronto) recently led a study … of cells that appear to have a competitive advantage in reprogramming. The research is published today in Science . Zandstra and his team used cells extracted from mouse skin, known as mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). They used … – how clones composing a multicellular population compete and how this influences the overall population,” she says. Zandstra’s team collaborated with Derek van der Kooy , a professor in U of T's Department of Molecular Genetics and his …

…  -  Medicine News This is Where We’ll Find Cures Today’s Doctors Can’t Even Imagine  - U of T Medicine Magazine Peter Zandstra to be co-director of the new Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM)  -  The Globe and Mail Peter Zandstra will serve as Interim Scientific Lead of Translational Biology and Engineering Laboratories (TrBEL), the U of T … . September 2014 Molly Shoichet to lead U of T’s science and engineering engagement activities  -  U of T News Peter Zandstra named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada  -  U of T Engineering News Peter Zandstra's collaborative work on …

… to cancer research is to directly impact and improve patient survival,” says Ng , who joined University Professor Peter Zandstra ’s group after graduating from McMaster University four years ago. Ng’s background in machine learning equipped … medicine—production of large quantities of human cells for future cell therapies. Lipsitz is also a member of the Zandstra lab, where scientists have been developing new technologies aimed at bringing stem cell discoveries to patients. … stem cells to boost their ability to expand in manufacturing systems,” says Lipsitz . For Lipsitz, who joined the Zandstra lab five years ago, the timing could not have been better. The last few years have seen a push in Canada and …

… platform developed by Tewary and colleagues in the labs of University Professor and Donnelly Centre investigator Peter Zandstra and IBBME Associate Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez improves on that work in two ways. The research team … legal, social and ethical conversations that are crucial for Canada to face and lead in "—University Professor Peter Zandstra But even once a consensus is reached, any changes could be years in the making given the international patchwork of laws and scientific guidelines that govern embryo research. Zandstra, Tewary’s supervisor, said he is excited about the new avenues for answering fundamental biological questions …