Team Leader / Principal Investigator
Dr. Harinad (Hari) Maganti PhD
Research Scientist, Innovation & Portfolio Management Department at Canadian Blood Services
Scientific Director, Cellular Therapies Research and Development at Canadian Blood Services [Read more]
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa [Read more]
Training:
MSc (Dr. Jian Ping Xu) McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
PhD (Dr. William Stanford) at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Postdoctoral fellow (Dr. Freda Miller) at SickKids (2018 – 2020)
Postdoctoral fellow (Dr. Nicolas Pineault) at Canadian Blood Services (2020 – 2022)
Current Members:
Tanvir Hasan MBBS MSc
Research Assistant
MBBS at Khulna Medical College, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
MSc at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Project: Impact of RNA demethylase ALKBH5 on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell regulation
Woratree Kaewsakulthong PhD
Post-doctoral fellow
Training: Post-doctoral fellow (Dr. Marjorie Brand) at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada (2022-2023)
PhD (Dr. Suthat Fucharoen) at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
BSc at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Project: Accelerating the clinical translation of “off the shelf” NK cell products for immunotherapies
Ajay Rantan Pasala MSc
Recipient of Canadian Blood Services Graduate Fellowship 2022-2026
PhD candidate, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
MSc at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
Project: Impact of RNA demethylase FTO on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell regulation
Justine Hanotaux B.Eng. M.Eng.
PhD student (starting Fall 2024), University of Ottawa
Recipient of Canadian Blood Services Graduate Fellowship 2024-2028
B.Eng. at Polytech Sorbonne, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
M.Eng. at Polytech Clermont, Université Clermont Auvergne, Auvergne, France
Project: Accelerating gene editing therapies for patients with sickle cell disease
Mariam Hakoum
Visiting PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Project: Manufacturing next-generation NK cells for treatment of neuroblastoma
Sarah Desroches
Visiting MSc Candidate, Carleton University, ON, Canada
Project: Developing 3D HSC culture
Former Lab Members:
Annaëlle Dupont
Summer exchange student
M.Eng. at Polytech Clermont, Université Clermont Auvergne, Auvergne, France
Project: Engineering HSCs for “off the shelf” immune therapies for treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia
