Stem Cell Based Cardiac Tissue Engineering
An innovative bioengineering post-doctoral research associate is sought to become a member of a vibrant team investigating the use of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes and cardiovascular progenitors in tissue engineering. This well funded program incorporates research in cardiac and developmental biology, scaffold engineering and growth factor immobilization with the goal of engineering a functional myocardium. Biophysical modulation of the engineered cardiac tissue will be utilized to achieve different maturation levels in cardiomyocytes. The position is funded by the National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Ontario Research Fund. The ideal person should have experience with cultivation of cardiomyocytes, embryonic stem cell culture and tissue engineering. The candidate should work well in a team environment, interact with the collaborators from the McEwan Center for Regenerative Medicine and be comfortable assuming a leadership role in this multifaceted project.
Please send curriculum vitae and names of three references to:
Milica Radisic, Ph.D.
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
University of Toronto
Affiliated Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
164 College St, RS 407
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5
Tel: 416- 946-5295/ Fax: 416-978-4317
September 2010
Leiws Reis won Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence Doctoral Scholarship.
Boyang Michael Zhang won MATCH Program Doctoral Scholarship.
July 2010
Congratulations to Prof. Radisic on tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!
June 2010
Prof. Radisic won McMaster University Arch Award.
http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/programs_recognition_young.html
Prof. Radisic featured as the One to Watch by the Scientist!
http://www.the-scientist.com/2010/6/1/62/1
Hannah Song won Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Post-doctoral Fellowship.
Nimalan Thravandiran won Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Graduate Award.
Katherine Chiang won NSERC Doctoral Scholarship.
May 2010
Prof. Radisic awarded NSERC Strategic Grant, NSERC-CIHR CHRP grant, NSERC Discovery
Grant and NSERC Discovery Acceleratory Supplement!
March 2010
Prof. Radisic awarded Heart and Stroke Foundation Grant-in-Aid
January 2010
Devang Odedra won the University of Toronto Gordon Cressy Award
Prof. Radisic named one of 2010’s People to Watch by Toronto Star (See: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/745221)
December 2009
Our work on cardiac tissue engineering selected as one of “25 ideas that are changing the world” by the Toronto Life Magazine
(See: http://www.torontolife.com/magazine/2009/12/)
Prof. Radisic talks about our research in cardiac tissue engineering on CanadaAM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA7qoPBdFc0
January 2009
From UofT Magazine, Winter 2009
(See: http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/09winter/leadingedge.asp)
September 2009
From PEO Dimensions Magazine September 2009
(See: http://www.peo.on.ca/DIMENSIONS/septoct2009/SO%2009%20Feature2.pdf)
Devang Odedra awarded Heart and Stroke/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology.
Katherine Chiang awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
April 2009
Prof. Radisic named the winner of the 2009 Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award by the U of T Chapter of WISE
Loraine Chiu awarded NSERC CGS-D 2009-2011.
Rohin Iyer awarded the “Ontario Centres of Excellence” International Scholarship.
October 2008
Blueprint for Growing Heart Tissue
Our research on electrical field stimulation was featured in “Advancing Tissue Science and Engineering”, the strategic plan for tissue science and engineering, prepared by the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) Interagency Working Group of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). This document is a strategic plan for US Federal Government investments in tissue science and engineering. NSTC is a cabinet-level council by which the US President coordinates science, space and technology policies across the Federal Government.
(See: http://www.tissueengineering.gov/welcome-s.htm)
August 2008
Prof. Radisic named a winner of Technology Review‘s 2008 Young Innovators Under 35 award (See: UofT news, TR news)
June 2008
Zane Chu awarded Heart and Stroke Foundation Master’s Studentship 2008-2010.
March 2008
Rohin Iyer awarded NSERC PGS-D 2008-2011.
February 2008
Heidi Au awarded Helen L. Cross Graduate Memorial Scholarship.
January 2008
Loraine Chiu awarded Mary H. Beatty Fellowship 2008.
August 2007
Prof. Radisic won 2008 Early Researcher Award.
Through the Early Researcher Award program, the Ontario Provincial Government is helping promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers undertake cutting-edge research and build their research teams of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research associates.
(See: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/Era081307_gta_bd.asp)
August 2006
Our work on cardiac tissue engineering appears on the cover of Tissue Engineering!
February 2006
From Extraordinary Women Engineers
Featured on the cover of “Extraordinary Women Engineers: The Stories of How They Changed our World” (February 2006). This is a flagship book of an outreach program sponsored by 55 US institutions aimed at increasing the enrolment of women in engineering
(See: http://www.engineeringwomen.org/)
From BBC
From Scientific American
From Boston Globe
From MIT News Office
From MIT Technology Review
From Wired.com
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