New funding for stem cell therapy development at Xplore Lab

Dr. Bernard Thébaud and colleagues have been awarded $550,000 from the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM) to further their research in order to prepare for a clinical trial of umbilical cord stem cell therapy for premature babies with BPD, the most...

Congratulations to Marissa!

Xplore Lab’s Marissa Lithopoulos has been awarded a CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award. These prestigious awards recognize and support outstanding students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related...

StemCellTalks Ottawa 2017

The 2017 StemCellTalks Symposium in Ottawa was a huge success – over 100 eager high school students attended the event to learn about stem cells. Xplore Lab’s Marissa Lithopoulos guided the day as the dynamic MC! The morning session covered topics from stem cells 101...

Updates from the 2016 Till & McCulloch Meeting

Congratulations to the following lab participants at the 2016 Till & McCulloch Meeting in Whistler BC: PhD trainee Marissa Lithopoulos won a travel award, Dr. Lars Mense won a Best Poster Award, Clinical Translation category, and Chanèle Cyr-Depauw received a Stem...