Anciens membres

Hanwen Wang
Undergraduate Intern (2021/05 - 2022/04)
Hanwen worked the on characterization and optimization of tissue engineered vascular prosthesis.
Hanwen a travaillé sur la caractérisation et l'optimisation des prothèses vasculaires issues de l'ingénierie tissulaire.

Olivia Bowden
Master of Engineering (M.Eng. thesis, 2018 - 2021)
Thesis title: Probing the adhesion mechanisms of mesenchymal stromal cells onto tissue culture treated flask and bag culture surfaces
Present Position | Poste actuel
Associate Scientist, Targa Biomedical, Montreal, Quebec

Raymond Tran
Doctorate (PhD Thesis 2015-2021)
Thesis title: Biomimetic mechanical control of pluripotent stem cell differentiation into pancreatic endocrine cells
Ray's research involved understanding and optimizing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into functional insulin-secreting beta cells with regards to different substrate properties, soluble signals and culture dimensionality.
Les recherches de Ray consistaient à comprendre et à optimiser la différenciation des cellules souches pluripotentes induites (iPSC) en cellules pancréatiques de type bêta en étudiant les effets de propriétés de surface, de signaux solubles et des dimensions des cultures.
Present Position | Poste actuel
Bioprocess Engineer, Mission Barns, Berkeley, California

Hassan El-Ghoul
Undergraduate Intern (2021/05 - 2021/08)
Hassan worked to measure diffusion parameters of various molecules of interest, such as insulin and cytokines, in alginate, which are imperative for the functioning of an artificial pancreas.
Hassan a travaillé à la mesure des paramètres de diffusion de diverses molécules d'intérêt, telles que l'insuline et les cytokines, dans l'alginate, qui sont impératives pour le fonctionnement d'un pancréas artificiel.
Present Position | Poste actuel
Process Engineer, HATCH

Georges Chaoui
Undergraduate Intern (2021/05 - 2021/08)
Georges was part of an industry collaboration project, which explores the surface modification of polymers for optimal cell adhesion, viability, and proliferation.
Georges a participé à un projet de collaboration avec l'industrie, qui explore les modifications de polymères dans le but d’une viabilité, prolifération et adhésion cellulaire optimale sur ces surfaces.

William Pang
Undergraduate Intern (2019/05 - 2021/08)
Will is doing a Master's degree Epidemiology at Yale University after graduating as a bioengineering student (first cohort) at McGill University. In the SCBL, he worked on two projects: (1) using antibody-modified microcarriers to perform the selective capture of cells (supervised by Omar Bashth) and (2) developing an image analysis toolbox for pictures acquired with phase-contrast microscopy. He was also previously supervised by Gad Sabbatier and worked on understanding the mesenchymal stem cell-surface interaction in the context of stem cell therapy.
Present Position | Poste actuel
Masters Candidate, Epidemiology, Yale University

Mohamed Elkhodiry
Doctorate (PhD Thesis 2016/01 - 2021/03)
Thesis title: Recruiting Endothelial Colony Forming Cells to the Surface of Regenerative Vascular Implants
Mohamed studied the utilisation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in promoting endothelialisation of vascular stents via surface modification. The aim of the project was to create a new generation of vascular stents that not only prevent stenosis, but also promote vascular healing.
Mohamed a étudié l'utilisation de cellules progénitrices endothéliales pour promouvoir l'endothélialisation de prothèses vasculaires via la modification de surface. L'objectif du projet était de créer une nouvelle génération d'endoprothèses qui non seulement préviennent la sténose, mais favorisent également la guérison vasculaire.
Present Position | Poste actuel
Postdoctoral Research Assisstant, Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York

Nabil Zeidan
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019/08 - 2021/01)
Nabil worked on a multidisciplinary industrial project that focused on better elucidating the effects of surface properties on dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapies under GMP protocols.
Nabil a travaillé sur un projet industriel multidisciplinaire visant à mieux comprendre les effets des propriétés de surface sur les immunothérapies contre le cancer à base de cellules dendritiques. Ces travaux sont réalisés dans le cadre de protocoles GMP.


