Paul Krzyzanowski
Paul is a computational biologist and writer living in Toronto. He's been a contributor to Signals for three years, writing articles for the general public about how biotechnology and biomedical research can be used to solve pressing medical problems. Alongside Paul's experience in computational biology, bioinformatics, and molecular genetics, he's interested in how academic research develops into real world, commercial technology, and what's needed for the Canadian biotech industry needs to grow. Paul is currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Ontario Institute of Cancer Research. Prior to joining the OICR, he worked at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa, specializing in computational biology. And finally, Paul earned an H.B.Sc. from the University of Toronto a long time ago. Paul's blog can be read at www.checkmatescientist.net
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Cells as drugs: Health Canada approves mesenchymal stem cell based treatment
Many readers may already have heard of Health Canada’s approval of Osiris’ Prochymal, a mesenchymal stem cell treatment for severe cases of pediatric Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD), with plenty of coverage circulating around the web. GvHD is a disease where transplanted bone marrow generates an immune system that attacks cells of the recipient. The […]
View from the floor 6: Research outside of academia
Commercialization plenary summary: part 4 of 4 The last speaker of the commercialization plenary at the Till and McCulloch Meetings earlier this month was Dr. Stephen Minger from GE Healthcare, who shared GE’s perspective regarding the therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells. Previous to his role at GE Healthcare, Minger was the director […]
View from the floor 4: Risk aversion in cell therapy development
Commercialization plenary summary: part 3 of 4 On day two (May 1) of the Till and McCulloch Meetings, Dr. Emily Culme-Seymour from the London Regenerative Medicine Network introduced work that leverages previous clinical trial information to support future cell therapy efforts. In an analysis of almost 3000 clinical trials extracted from clinicaltrials.gov, Culme-Seymour focused on cell therapy related trials. […]
View from the floor 2: Till & McCulloch Meetings
Commercialization plenary summary, part 2 of 4 One of the most dynamic speakers of the conference thus far was Greg Bonfiglio of Proteus Venture Partners. A well-known VC speaker in this area, Bonfiglio shared his perspectives of how the commercialization of regenerative medicine technologies, and of biotechnology in general, has evolved. Proteus Venture Partners supports or invests […]
View from the floor 1: Till & McCulloch Meetings
Commercialization plenary summary, part 1 of 4 Till and McCulloch Meeting (#TMM2012) attendees in Montreal had the opportunity to hear from four speakers involved in commercializing discoveries in regenerative medicine, from the perspectives of not-for-profit, financial and industrial organizations. I’ll separate these out into a few posts. From Toronto’s Centre for the Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Michael […]
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