Biomarker development in COPD: moving from p-values to products to impact patient care
Sin D, Hollander Z, DeMarco M, Sadatsafavi M, McManus BM, Ng, Raymond. CHESTA February 2017; 151(2):455-467. View paper
PETER ZANDSTRA TO LEAD NEWLY ESTABLISHED SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Dr. Peter ZandstraA has been appointed as Founding Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, and has also been appointed Director of the Michael Smith Laboratories. Read more about his new position here!
Myelin regulatory factor drives remyelination in multiple sclerosis
Greg J. Duncan, Jason R. Plemel,P eggy Assinck, Sohrab B. Manesh, Fraser G. W. Muir, Ryan Hirata, Matan Berson, Jie Liu, Michael Wegner, Ben Emery, G. R. Wayne Moore,A Wolfram Tetzlaff.A Acta Neuropathol. 2017,A doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1741-7 Epub ahead of print. View Paper
Neuroprotection and secondary damage following spinal cord injury: concepts and methods
Hilton, BJ, Moulson, AJ, Tetzlaff, W. Neurosci.A Lets. 2017,652:3-10.A View Paper
2017 BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium Follow Up
Our 2017 Symposium was a huge success! We had over 230 attendees including scientists, trainees, industry and NGO representatives involved and interested in the area of regenerative medicine in BC! In 2017, we were honoured to have the 2016 Friesen Prize winner, Dr. Janet Rossant, give a lecture at the Symposium! (The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research was established in 2005 by Friends of CIHR in recognition of Dr. Friesen’s distinguished leadership, vision and innovative contributions to health research and health research policy.) Check out some pictures from the 2017 Symposium! [...]
Engineering cell fitness: lessons for regenerative medicine
Shakiba N, Zandstra PW.A Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 May 25;47:7-15. View paper
Engineering the haemogenic niche mitigates endogenous inhibitory signals and controls pluripotent stem cell-derived blood emergence
Rahman N, Brauer PM, Ho L, Usenko T, Tewary M, ZA?A iga-PflA?cker JC, Zandstra PW.A Nat Commun. 2017 May 25;8:15380. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15380 View Paper
The role of the innate immune response regulatory gene ABCF1 in mammalian embryogenesis and development
Wilcox SM, Arora H, Munro L, Xin J, Fenninger F, Johnson LA, Pfeifer CG, Choi KB, Hou J, Hoodless PA, Jefferies WA.A PLoS One.A 2017 May 19;12(5):e0175918 View Paper
Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research recipient Dr. Janet Rossant to give talk at BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium on May 10th
We are very excited to announce that the internationally renowned developmental biologist and 2016 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research recipient Dr. Janet Rossant, CC, PhD, FRS, FRSC,A will be giving a talk at the BC Regenerative Medicine Symposium in VancouverA on May 10th! Read more about Dr. Rossant's awardA here!
Steric Hindrance Assay for Secreted Factors in Stem Cell Culture
Zhou W, Mahshid SS, Wang W, VallA e-BA lisle A, Zandstra PW, Sargent EH, Kelley SO.A ACS Sens. 2017 Apr 28;2(4):495-500. View Paper