Team Leader / Principal Investigator
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Dr. Harinad (Hari) Maganti PhD
Scientist, Innovation & Portfolio Management Department 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:
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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 (In collaboration with Dr. Nicolas Pineault)
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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
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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
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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
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Mariam Hakoum
Visiting PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Project: Manufacturing next-generation NK cells for treatment of neuroblastoma
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Sarah Desroches
Visiting MSc Candidate, Carleton University, ON, Canada
Project: Developing 3D HSC culture
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