Session Speakers & Trainers

Invited Speakers

Brian Ballios, MD, PhD

Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network

Thomas Durcan, PhD

The Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University

MEDICINE BY DESIGN Sponsored Speaker

James Ellis, PhD

The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto

Deborah Kurrasch, PhD

Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary

BRAIN CANADA Sponsored Speaker

Emily M. Lee, PhD

3D Tissue Bioprinting Lab, NCATS / NIH

PRiME Sponsored Speaker

Carol Schuurmans, PhD

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Karun Singh, PhD

Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network

Trainers (Hands-On Sessions)

Maria Mangos, PhD

ApOC Lead Organizer and Trainer, Stem cell techniques and organoid differentiations

Dulce Carrillo Valenzuela

ApOC Trainer, Stem cell techniques and neural organoid differentiations

Dana El Soufi El Sabbagh

ApOC Trainer, Stem cell techniques and neural organoid differentiations

James Vinnai, MSc

Culture Workshop Co-organizer and Trainer, Culture Sessions

Tom Allison, PhD

Field Application Scientist and Trainer, Culture Sessions

David Cook, PhD

Lead, scRNA seq workshop

Applied Organoid Core (ApOC)

Liliana Attisano, PhD

Founder, the Applied Organoid Core

Principal Investigator / Professor, the Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto