Researchers in the faculty of medicine have been awarded funding from the Stem Cell Network (SCN). Recipients were granted funding as part of the 2020-2022 Round 2 Funding Competition results.
This round of funding included a total of $4 million for 16 translational stem cell-based research projects. Projects involve more than 200 researchers and trainees from across Canada.
Faculty of medicine recipients of SCN funding:
Accelerating Clinical Translation Program
Autologous Patient- derived Islets from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC): The Next Generation Diabetes Therapy
UBC Co-Investigator/Collaborator: Timothy Kieffer (department of cellular and physiological sciences)
Bone marrow stem cell expansion with UM171: a better solution for patients and donors
UBC Co-Investigator/Collaborator: Peter Zandstra (School of Biomedical Engineering)
Developing a hiPSC-CM based model for personalized treatment of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)
UBC Principal Investigator, Co-Investigators/Collaborators: Glen Tibbits (departments of pathology and laboratory medicine and cellular and physiological sciences), Filip Van Petegem (department of biochemistry), Shubhayan Sanatani (department of pediatrics and department of medicine’s division of cardiology), Francis Lynn (department of surgery and School of Biomedical Engineering), Zachary Laksman (department of medicine’s division of cardiology)
Pharmacological recruitment of endogenous neural precursors to promote white matter repair in MS
UBC Co-Investigator/Collaborator: Wolfram Tetzlaff (ICORD)
Fueling Biotechnology Partnerships Program
Enabling a platform for customized pluripotent stem cell derived T-cell therapies
UBC Principal Investigator, Co-Investigators/Collaborators: Peter Zandstra (School of Biomedical Engineering), Robert Holt (departments of medical genetics and psychiatry)
Innovative Research Program for Early Career Investigators
Developing stem cell- based biological pacemakers for patients with sick sinus syndrome
UBC Co-Investigator/Collaborator: Zachary Laksman (department of medicine’s division of cardiology)