Facility Director

Boris Hinz
University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Tissue Repair and Regeneration
Keenan Chair in Fibrosis Research, St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto
see hinzlab.com
Facility Manager

Dhaarmini Rajshankar
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Microscopic analysis of cell-matrix adhesion dynamics using ICC/IHC, Live cell imaging with Brightfield, widefield, confocal, and STED microscopy.
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Histological assessments of demineralized hard tissue and soft tissue samples.
Facility Advisors

Karina Carneiro
Assistant Professor
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DNA-based biomaterials and scaffolds
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Hard tissue regeneration
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Protein self-assembly

Laurent Bozec
Associate Professor
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Nanometrology and nanomechanics of collagen, cell-surface interactions and connective tissue disorders, including cancer.
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See bozec-lab.com
Facility Support Team

Jian Wang
Manager, SEM & Mechanical testing laboratories
Mechanical testing of biological and implant materials.
Scanning Electron Microscopy service, including image analysis.

Aiman Ali
Manager, Histopathology Research Unit (HRU)
Histology service for mineralized and demineralized tissue,
Preparation of histopathology reports for research.

Maya Ezzo
Graduate student
Live cell imaging, calcium imaging, Particle image velocimetry (PIV), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Traction Force Microscopy (TFM)
Alumni Team Members

Denise Eymael
Laboratory Technician
Histology service for mineralized and demineralized tissue,
SEM and µCT

Image Analysis Director
Image processing/analysis, data visualization and scripting
Live-cell imaging microscopy
Drosophila, Zebrafish, Chicken and cell culture expertise
ImageJ, ilastik, Volocity, CellProfiler, QuPath, ZEN, RStudio
Bearded all year long

Nancy Valiquette
Laboratory Technician
Histology service for mineralized and demineralized tissue,
SEM and µCT


Shahrez Waseem
Marketing Specialist