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McGuigan Lab 2011
Principal Investigator
E-mail: alison(dot)mcguigan(at)utoronto.ca
Post-doctoral Fellows
Jianxun Han
Program: Post-doctoral Fellow (Start Dec 2010)
Recent Awards and Achievements: PhD from University of Alberta (Fall 2010)
Research Interest: Cell-cell communication
Graduate Students
Sahar Javaherian
Program: PhD student in Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (start Sept 2009)
Recent Awards and Achievements: CGS-NSERC (2009-2012)
Research Interest: Developing technological platforms required for the progress in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
Camila Londono
Program: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Master student (start Sept 2010)
Recent Awards and Achievements: BEng from Engineering Science program at University of Toronto
Research Interest: Collective cell migration and inter-cellular signaling for tissue engineering applications.
Jonathan Brunetti
Program: Chemical / Biomedical Engineering Master student (start Sept 2010)
Recent Awards and Achievements: NSERC-USRA (2008), NSERC-CGS (2010-2011), OGS (2011-2012)
Research Interest: Understanding the development and formation of soft tissue and conditioning of developing tissue for the purpose of regeneration and restoring lost function.
John Soleas
Program: Institute of Medical Science Master student co-supervised with Dr. Thomas Waddell (start Sept 2010)
Recent Awards and Achievements: CIHR Tranining Program in Regenerative Medicine student Fellowship (2012-13)
Research Interest: Regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and want to one day build whole organs for clinical applications.
Petra Lucker
Program: Chemical Engineering Master's student co-supervised with Peter Zandstra (start Sept 2010)
Recent Awards and Achievements: MSc in Medical Biology at Radboud University Nijmegen
Research Interest: I'm greatly interested in biomedical science, especially Immunology.
Jimena Loureiro
Program: Chem-Eng Master's student (start Sept 2011)
Recent Awards and Achievements: 2011-2012 Colin Hahnemann Bayley Fellowship in Chemical Engineering
Research Interest: Engineering cell migration using chemical gradients.
Dennis Trieu
Program: IBBME Master's student co-supervised with Dr. Thomas Waddell (start Jan 2012)
Recent Awards and Achievements: BASc. from University of Alberta
Research Interest: Epithelial tissue Engineering.
Undergraduate Students
Darren Rodenhizer
Program: Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4th year thesis (2011-2012)
Recent Awards and Achievements: YSF NSERC USRA
Research Interest: Cellular organization and functional mechanisms and their role in the development of tissue engineered devices.
Katherine Li
Program: Immunology and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, 4th year thesis (2011-2012)
Recent Awards and Achievements: University of Toronto Scholars and Faculty of Arts and ScienceAward, City of Cambridge Community Leadership Scholarship
Research Interest: I am interested in the application of engineering in medical sciences, especially immunology and cellular biology.
Alan Lu
Program: Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 4th year thesis (2011-2012)
Recent Awards and Achievements: NSERC-USRA Summer 2010
Research Interest: Development of bioengineering techniques that can be used in Tissue Engineering and enhance our understanding of cellular behaviours
Former Team Members
Ana Paz
Program/position in the lab: Chemical / Biomedical Eng. Master student (2009-2011)
Research Interest: I have a great interest in developing new approaches for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine with the vision of someday making some contribution to improve the quality of life of people.
Current Position: Travelling
Ahil Ganesh
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2011
Research Interest: Interested in bioengineering techniques applied to tissue engineering and bridging the gap between engineering and medicine.
Current Position: Undergraduate student at University of Toronto, Engineering Science program
Francis Teng
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2011
Research Interest: Regnerative medicine, stem cells and biomaterials.
Current Position: Undergraduate student at University of Toronto, Engineering Science program
Yasaman Delaviz
Program/position in the lab: Material Science and Engineering, Minor in Bioengineering, 4th year thesis student 2011-12
Research Interest: I am interested in the development and application of bioengineering techniques that contribute to regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
Current Position: Graduate student at University of Toronto, IBBME
Misuzu Okada
Program/position in the lab: Visiting graduate student from Chiba Institute for Technology, Japan
Research Interest: I'm greatly interested in biomedical science, especially Immunology. I believe that Tissue Engineering will be useful for studying Biology and will enhance our understanding of cellular response.
Current Position: TAIYO Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd
Kylie O'Donnell
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2010
Research Interest: Engineering biological devices to aid in furthering understanding of the human body in hopes of contributing to regenerative medicine
Current Position: Graduate student at University of Toronto, Chemical Engineering
Josephine Chan
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2010
Research Interest: Broad interest in bioengineering techniques and applications, particularly in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Current Position: Undergraduate student at University of Toronto, Chemical Engineering
Ghazi Rizvi
Program/position in the lab: Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, thesis student 2009-2010
Research Interest: Interested in studying cellular signaling events, especially for neurodegenerative diseases and more recently MEMS devices (e.g. Biological pumps)
Current Position: Undergraduate student at University of Toronto
Alborz Borjian
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2009
Research Interest: Cell Biology, especially its applications in Biomedical Engineering
Current Position: University of Toronto, Life Sciences undergraduate student
Terence Tse
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2009
Research Interest: I'm particularly fascinated by the developments in the pharmaceutical industry involving drug delivery and formulation as well as tissue/organ engineering.
Current Position: Graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
William Jiang
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2009
Research Interest: I have general interest in both the chemical and electrical aspects of biomedical engineering. I also have great interest in tissue engineering.
Current Position: Undergraduate student at University of Toronto, Engineering Science Program
Fang Lin Zhao
Program/position in the lab: Summer student 2009
Research Interest: I have a great interest in Bioengineering, especially in Tissue Engineering, because I want to apply what I have learnt in class to solve real problems in today.
Current Position: Engineer in Training at SNC-Lavalin
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