Tissue Repair and Regeneration Lab
In the tissue repair and regeneration lab, we focus on the use of stem cells and tissue engineering techniques to develop clinically translatable therapeutic approaches for organ repair and replacement.
Principal Investigators
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Dr. Siba Haykal
MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS
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Dr. Golnaz Karoubi
PhD
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Dr. Thomas K. Waddell
MSc, PhD, MD, FRCSC
Lab Research Themes
Airway Repair and Regeneration
Effect of Environment on Cell Behaviour
Vascular Composite Allograft Regeneration
Recent Publications
Our research interests include development of practical approaches for cell replacement therapy and cell therapy for lung disease. We are also exploring novel approaches to generate functional progenitor populations for lung epithelial cells. Click below to find out more!

Confocal microscopy images of induced colonies derived from GFP-Club cells stained with nuclear stain DAPI (blue), GFP (green), and EPCAM (red).
L. Guo et al. (2017)