The Myogenesis Discussion Group is a seminar series on skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle research held on the last Monday of each month.

Presenter

Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function

Dr. Michael Rudnicki
Senior Scientist and Director of the Regenerative Medicine Program and the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Rudnicki Lab, Ottawa Health Research Institute

Dr. Michael Rudnicki is a Senior Scientist and the Director of the Regenerative Medicine Program and the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Dr Rudnicki is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Scientific Director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network ( Dr Rudnicki’s achievements have been recognized by numerous honours including being named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for two consecutive terms, a Fellow of the Royal Society ( a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and an Officer of the Order of Canada Dr Rudnicki is an internationally recognized thought leader in molecular genetics and regenerative medicine whose research has transformed our understanding of muscle development and regeneration, and fueled the development of novel molecular and stem cell based approaches to the treatment of muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders Dr Rudnicki’s key discovery was the identification and characterization of muscle stem cells This work pivoted the field towards the study of adult regenerative myogenesis and set the stage for novel molecular and stem cell based approaches to the treatment of muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular disorders.

Register for this seminar

To register, please email the event organizers Matthew Rok, Dr. Vanessa Raileanu, or Bella Xu.

Myogenesis Discussion Group

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