Bench to Bedside for Biotherapeutics (B3) workshop: Translating science into the clinic

by Guest | Oct 18, 2017

Shreya Shukla is a Development Scientist at CCRM. Her scientific interests lie at the intersection of T cell immunotherapy, gene editing and stem cell bioengineering. Shreya obtained her BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and PhD from...

Right Turn: This is us

by Stacey Johnson | Oct 13, 2017

If you’ve stumbled upon this blog thinking you will be reading about the attractive and talented cast of the popular 2016 TV show on NBC, I suspect you will be very disappointed. While there is video for you below, you will not see any rippling muscles and you don’t...

RMConnectTO: Building networks to advance regenerative medicine

by Nicole Kuchinsky | Oct 12, 2017

Most people will tell you they hate networking. No matter how much we might dread awkward chit chat, networking and relationship building are key contributors to success, regardless of industry or job title. Because commercializing regenerative medicine (RM)...

Right Turn: A user’s guide to debunking health goop

by Stacey Johnson | Oct 6, 2017

Do you recognize the name Timothy Caulfield? How about if I tell you that he took on Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop empire in his popular 2015 book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? Caulfield is a professor of health law and science policy at the University of...

Building a bridge for brain repair

by Samantha Payne | Oct 3, 2017

The brain is one of the most complex and delicate organs of the body, with very little capacity to regenerate itself. As such, any disease or injury it sustains is a challenge for regenerative medicine researchers to design effective strategies. Therapeutics need to...

Right Turn: Immortalizing excellence in stem cell research

by Stacey Johnson | Sep 29, 2017

In some circles, James Till needs no introduction. Along with Ernest McCulloch (deceased), Dr. Till advanced medical research across the globe with the discovery of blood stem cells[1][2] at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital, now the Princess Margaret Cancer...

Home is where the gut is

by Jovana Drinjakovic | Sep 27, 2017

The potential of lab-grown mini organs goes beyond learning how to manufacture replacement body parts to undo disease; it could allow researchers to glimpse, for the first time, the swaths of microorganisms that live inside us and shape our health. A deeply entrenched...

Right Turn: Send a trainee to ISSCR

by Stacey Johnson | Sep 22, 2017

You probably know what crowdfunding means and perhaps you’ve even spent your hard-earned dollars to help a project hit an important milestone or a product raise the necessary funds to go into production. Crowdfunding isn’t new and it’s even worked for financing the...

New to tissue engineering and/or neural stem cells? This review & textbook are for you!

by Guest | Sep 20, 2017

Samantha Yammine is a PhD Candidate studying neural stem cell biology in Dr. Derek van der Kooy’s lab at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on neural stem cell hierarchies in the developing mammalian brain, and activation of quiescent stem cells in the...

Right Turn: Visual analytics go viral (KT part 3)

by Stacey Johnson | Sep 15, 2017

A fundamental (and obvious) truth about knowledge translation (KT) is that if you want your work to have impact, it needs to be engaging. A viral video reaches thousands or millions of people; a boring, complex, badly produced video reaches a handful of people (your...