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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:
- 750 sq. ft. biochemical wet laboratory equipped for radioimmunoassay, radioenzymatic assays, and immunoblotting assays
- 175 sq. ft. cell culture room equipped with two hoods and microscopes
- 200 sq. ft. tissue culture room equipped for culture of human skeletal muscle
- 250 sq. ft. isotope room equipped with γ and β counter
- Storage room space for centrifuge and deep freezer.
Centralized research services facilities including histology, graphic, imaging, statistics, sequencing, etc.
Animal Facilities:
- Holding rooms for rats, rabbits, mice and pigs.
- Containment unit for experiments using adenovirus mediated gene therapy.
- 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
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