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Stephanie Protze @StephIrisPro

Scientist and Assistant Professor @UHN @McEwenInstitute @UofT

Joined September 2015
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Incredibly proud of my team!
UHN Research@UHN_Research
Apr 2
A @UHN @McEwenInstitute team developed the first functional AVN-like pacemaker cells in their new study. 🫀 Their work lays the foundation for the development of a novel treatment that could someday replace the #pacemaker. 🔗 Read more: uhnresearch.ca/news/4-02-202… @StephIrisPro
Cover image of the Cell Stem Cell research journal depicting an illustration of a heart's conduction system as a highway, and cars driving along the AVN bridge symbolizing electrical signals.

ALT Cover image of the Cell Stem Cell research journal depicting an illustration of a heart's conduction system as a highway, and cars driving along the AVN bridge symbolizing electrical signals.

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Excited to share that our bioRxiv preprint of Michelle’s thesis project has been highlighted by preLights. Congratulations Michelle. @McEwenInstitute @UHN_Research prelights.biologists.com/hig…

Human pluripotent stem cell-derived atrioventricular node-like pacemaker cells exhibit biological...

Biological conduction bridges skip a beat. The preprint authors generate AV node-like pacemaker cells from human pluripotent stem cell populations in order to create a biological conduction bridge.

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Thrilled that my grad student @bmurareanu received this years Drew Lyall Award of Excellence from the @StemCellNetwork Congrats Brandon! tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d7… @UHN_Research @McEwenInstitute

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Thank you @StemCellNetwork for the continued support of our research towards biological pacemakers! m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6sp8D… We are currently hiring a postdoc to lead the project - come join us! protze-lab.squarespace.com/o…

The Stem Cell Network Announces $33M to Advance Regenerative Medicine...

SCN announces $13.5M in funding for 36 regenerative medicine resear...

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Thank you @UHN_Research for highlighting our paper.
UHN Research@UHN_Research
27 Nov 2024
#NewPublication 🚨 Researchers led by @StephIrisPro @McEwenInstitute @UHN uncovered the first cell surface marker for #pacemaker cells that could be used to improve #CellModels and develop new treatments for the sinoatrial node. 🫀🧫 Read more ➡️ uhnresearch.ca/news/change-p…
Microscopic image of heart cells with red, blue and green fluorescent markers.

ALT Microscopic image of heart cells with red, blue and green fluorescent markers.
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So excited to share the first paper from the lab! We identified CD34 as a marker of the heart’s SAN pacemaker cells enabling their isolation from stem cell differentiation cultures, advancing future disease modeling and biological pacemaker applications. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals CD34 as a marker of human sinoatrial node pacemaker...

Nature Communications - Lim et al. identify CD34 as a surface marker of the heart’s sinoatrial node pacemaker cells, enabling their isolation from stem cell differentiation cultures,...

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And thanks to all our collaborators – we could not have done it without you! @DelaramPB , @MishAshraf , @katehuang_, Faisal Alibhai, Thinh Thran, @AmineMazineMD, @garybader1 , @LaksmanResearch @LaflammeMichael
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and last but not least not least, thanks to all our funding sources @StemCellNetwork, @CIHR_IRSC, @InnovationCA, @BlueRockTx
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Congrats to @michellecells for winning the oral presentation award at #TMM2024 @McEwenInstitute @StemCellNetwork - so well deserved! #proudpi
Stem Cell Network@StemCellNetwork
6 Nov 2024
Huge congratulations to the winners of the Trainee Poster and Oral Presentation Awards! 🔬 Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their work with the community. A special thanks to our sponsor, @STEMCELLTech! 👏
Trainee Poster and Oral Presentation Awards

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Thanks @StemCellNetwork for letting me organize the session - was lots of fun connecting with the speakers.
Stem Cell Network@StemCellNetwork
5 Nov 2024
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(2/2) Thanks to Wolfram Zimmerman, Nicole Dittman, @Yassi_ag, and @chang_natasha for their insightful presentations, chaired by @StephIrisPro, and Bruno Freitas. 🙌
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Stem Cell Network@StemCellNetwork
5 Nov 2024
(2/2) Thanks to Wolfram Zimmerman, Nicole Dittman, @Yassi_ag, and @chang_natasha for their insightful presentations, chaired by @StephIrisPro, and Bruno Freitas. 🙌
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Great talk by @michellecells on hPSC-derived AVNLPc and efforts to develop a biological conduction bridge. We are looking to move this project into a preclinical pig model and recruiting a pdf leading this work. DM if interested #tmm2024 @McEwenInstitute
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Had a great time taking a short break from mat leave and catching up with our collaborators from the @Professeltine lab about our ARVC5 project while they were in town for #TMM2023 @StemCellNetwork
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Stem Cell Network@StemCellNetwork
24 Oct 2023
Dr. Michael Rudnicki recognizes Dr. Gordon Keller as the recipient of the 2023 Till & McCulloch Award for his exceptional contributions to global stem cell research through his paper entitled, “Modeling human multilineage heart field development with pluripotent stem cells”.
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HHMI | Janelia@HHMIJanelia
1 Aug 2023
📢 We’re #hiring! Are you ready to lead a lab? We’re recruiting early career scientists for Group Leader positions across our research areas! Applications due Nov. 1. 🔗 Learn more and apply at janelia.org/groupleader. #STEMjobs #academictwitter
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