Laboratory Listing

Name:
Cho Y. Pang, PhD, Christopher R. Forrest, MD, MSc, Stefan Hofer, MD, PhD

Laboratory: Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory A

Lab Location: Third floor, McMaster Building, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Lab Facilities:

  1. 750 sq. ft. biochemical wet laboratory equipped for radioimmunoassay, radioenzymatic assays, and immunoblotting assays
  2. 175 sq. ft. cell culture room equipped with two hoods and microscopes
  3. 200 sq. ft. tissue culture room equipped for culture of human skeletal muscle
  4. 250 sq. ft. isotope room equipped with γ and β counter
  5. Storage room space for centrifuge and deep freezer.
    Centralized research services facilities including histology, graphic, imaging, statistics, sequencing, etc.

Animal Facilities:

  1. Holding rooms for rats, rabbits, mice and pigs.
  2. Containment unit for experiments using adenovirus mediated gene therapy.
  3. Small and large animal surgical rooms supervised by a certified veterinarian.

Type of Research:
Plastic surgery research at cellular, tissue and animal levels

Research Fellowship Available: Yes
Investigator's Name:
Cho Y. Pang, PhD, StefanHofer, MD, PhD, Toni Zhong, MD
Project Title:
Ischemic pre and postconditioning of human skeletal muscle against ischemia/reperfusion injury: efficacy, mechanism and therapeutic potentials.

Opportunity for student degree program: either MSc or PhD

Funding:
An operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Wharton Endowment Fund

Research Fellowship Available: Yes
Investigator's Name:
Christopher R. Forrest, MD, MSc
Project Title:
Investigation of pathogenesis and pharmacological therapy of craniosynostosis using human osteoblast and dura mater cell culture technique.

Opportunity for student degree program: either MSc or PhD

Funding: Industry and Foundations

Research Fellowship Available: Yes
Investigator's Name:
Cho Y. Pang, PhD, Christopher R. Forrest, MD, MSc
Project Title:
Angiogenic and arteriogenic cytokine gene therapy for optimal augmentation of skin flap viability.

Funding: An operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Industry

 

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