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December 2011
Eva Szabo, SCC-RI Postdoctoral Fellow, is awarded MITACS Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Research Achievement
The inaugural Mitacs Awards ceremony was held to recognize the amazing contributions young researchers participating in Mitacs programs aimed at fostering research and innovation, as well as forging stronger bonds between academia and businesses across Canada.
McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institutes "Movember" Team raises over $3,200!
June 2011
Stem Cells Know Where They Want To Go
Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.
In a paper published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell, Mick Bhatia, director of the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, led a team of investigators to discover the molecular underpinnings of how human pluripotent stem cells make decisions. Pluripotency is the ability of stem cells to turn into any one of the 226 cell types that make up the human body.
June 2011
Dr. Mick Bhatia recognized as Innovator of the Year
Dr. Mick Bhatia was recognized as Innovator of the Year at the McMaster Innovator Awards. Dr. Bhatia was recognized for the discovery of how to make human blood from adult human skin. The Institute has begun working to commercialize this discovery, so that medical doctors can use it to treat their patients.
April 2011
Dr. Mick Bhatia awarded $423,000 by Canadian Cancer Society
Dr. Mick Bhatia's lab continues its groundbreaking research turning adult skin into human stem cells to generate different types of blood cells. This study aims to identify the molecules required for reprogramming these cells, focusing on the Gil3 gene. The goal is to create an unlimited source of blood for cancer patients requiring bone marrow transplants to fight the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy.
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February 2011
Study led by SCC-RI scientist Dr. Brad Doble featured on the cover of Cell Stem Cell
A study from the laboratory of SCC-RI scientist Dr. Brad Doble has revealed previously unappreciated, β-catenin-dependent signaling events that govern embryonic stem cell pluripotency.
Study article
November 2010
McMaster scientists turn skin into blood
In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin. The discovery, published in the prestigious science journal Nature today, could mean that in the foreseeable future people needing blood for surgery, cancer treatment or treatment of other blood conditions like anemia will be able to have blood created from a patch of their own skin to provide transfusions. Clinical trials could begin as soon as 2012.
Skin to blood discovey met with enthusiasm
Response to the discovery of the ability to turn human skin into human blood has been enthusiastic. The breakthrough by McMaster University scientists was published in the science journal Nature on Nov. 7.
October 2010
Not All Stem Cells The Same
SCC-RI researchers have discovered that there are subsets of stem cells that respond differently depending on what stem cell properties are measured and what test is used.
Off the CV: Mick Bhatia
A look into the McMaster University laboratory of Principal Investigator Mick Bhatia. (Video courtesy of Stem Cell Network)
August 2010
Smart Move for Mac Researchers
SCC-RI Postdoctoral Fellow is featured in Hamilton Spectator article
April 2010
GL2 Funding
McMaster University's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute has received $11.5 million to lead a world-class initiative to develop new stem cell-based therapies.
January 2010
A Living Legacy
Dr. Mick Bhatia is featured in an article in The Scientist about the next generation of scientists
August 2009
Stem Cell Foundation Video
SCC-RI Director, Dr. Mick Bhatia, is featured in a video for the "Stem Cell Foundation"
June 2009
In The News: Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute
(CHCH News)
May 2009
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The Provinces Announces $100 Million for Genomics Research
SCC-RI Director, Dr. Mick Bhatia who was present for the announcement, provides comment.
March 2009
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SCC-RI postdoctoral fellow wins first prize in McMaster Start-Up Challenge
SCC-RI postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Eleftherios (Terry) Sachlos and Pina D'Agostino won first prize ($7,000) for their company, Orthios, in yesterday's McMaster Start-Up Challenge business competition organized by McMaster University for developing patient-tailored bone implants to accelerate the healing of fractures. Orthios was also awarded free space in the McMaster Innovation Park and qualification to LaunchPad 50K.
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McMaster study sheds light on how stem cells develop into Blood
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Noncanoncial Wnt Signaling Orchestrates Early Developmental Events towards Hematopoietic Cell Fate from Human Embryonic Stem Cell
January 2009
September 2008
Mickie Bhatia: Pluripotent caricatures 
SCC-RI Director, Mick Bhatia is the featured expert on pluripotent caricatures (Nature Reports, Stem Cells)
August 2008
Scientists uncover the key to controlling how stem cells develop
(McMaster News)
Stem cell advances aid Mac research
(Hamilton Spectator)
May 2008
The ground state of embryonic stem cell self-renewal
Brad Doble, SCC-RI scientist, participates in study lead by the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge. (Nature)
Phosphorylation by p38 MAPK as an Alternative Pathway for GSK 3 beta Inactivation
December 2007
Drs. Chris Wynder and Sheila Singh awarded Canada Research Chairs
November 2007
Stem-cell method hailed as 'massive breakthrough
Dr. Mick Bhatia is quoted.
October 2007
GSK3 α-Specific Regulation of Murine Hepatic Glycogen Metabolism
McMaster SCC-RI Scientist Brad Doble's work with Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute leads to discovery appearing on the cover of the October Issue of Cell Metabolism.
September 2007
Nature Reports Stem Cells
(CBC News)
Brits approve human-animal embryo research
Dr. Mick Bhatia is quoted.
July 2007
Premier McGuinty Congratulates McMaster Researchers
Breakthrough at new McMaster institute will dramatically change focus for human stem cell science
June 2007
Donation will create Canada's first human embryonic stem cell library
(McMaster News)
Regenerative Genes Identified
Dr. Mick Bhatia is quoted. (Globe and Mail)
Inspiration Drawn from the Children
National Post
Read about clinician-scientist, Dr. Sheila Singh, new investigator at the SCC-RI (August 2007).
May 2007
Dr. Brad Doble awarded Canada Research Chair (McMaster News)
January 2007
Stem Cells can now be harvested from amniotic fluids, researchers show
(Globe and Mail)
December 2006
Dr. Mick Bhatia awarded Canada Research Chair
Winter 2006
Unravelling the secrets of stem cells
(McMaster Times)
October 2006
A sobering setback in stem cell research
(Globe and Mail)
August 2006
Stem Cell method protects embryos
(Globe and Mail)
