Features
Feature of the Month: July 2018
Congratulations to Samantha Payne for successfully defending her PhD! We would also to congratulate Ellie Arnold, Eric Donders, and Eric Ho who have all been awarded OGS scholarships.
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June 2018 Convocation
Congratulations to Stephanie Fisher, PhD who convocated on June 19, 2018 and now works at BlueRock Therapeutics.
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Maclean’s Magazine
“Ultimately, I want Ontario’s outstanding science community to be respected and admired by all and to be open and welcoming to everyone from all the cultural backgrounds that make up this great province.” Dr Shoichet on how to build a culture of science in the March 2018 issue of Maclean's.
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Order of Canada
Congratulations to Molly Shoichet! On Friday December 29, 2017, Molly Shoichet was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada. • University of Toronto News • University of Toronto Engineering News
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Recent Publications
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“Photo-immobilized EGF chemical gradients differentially impact breast cancer cell invasion and drug response in defined 3D hydrogels” Fisher SA; Tam RY; Fokina A; Mahmoodi MM; Distefano MD; Shoichet MS. 2018 Biomaterials, in press xx1-x16; doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.01.032 MORE
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Publication
“In vitro maturation of human iPS-derived neuroepithelial cells influences transplant survival in the stroke-injured rat brain” Payne SL; Anandakumaran PN; Varga B; Morshead CM; Nagy A; Shoichet MS. 2018 Tissue Engineering, 24: 351-60; doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2016.0515 MORE
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Publication
“Combined delivery of chondroitinase ABC and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neuroepithelial cells promote tissue repair in an animal model of spinal cord injury” Tator CH; Shoichet MS. 2018, Biomedical Materials, 13: 024103; doi: 10.1088/1748-605X/aa96dc MORE
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Publication
“Independently tuning the biochemical and mechanical properties of 3D hyaluronan-based hydrogels with oxime and Diels-Alder chemistry to culture breast cancer spheroids” Baker AEG; Tam RY; Shoichet MS. 2017, Biomacromolecules, 18: 4373-84; doi: 10.1021/ac.biomac.7b01422 MORE
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