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Derrick Rancourt
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Research
Latest papers
Teratoma-free cartilage regeneration using p21-/- iPSCs engineered with iCasp9.
Stem cells translational medicine · 2025
Generation of two human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from patient-derived fibroblasts with severe congenital defects of the vertebrae and neural tube.
Stem cell research · 2025
Efficient derivation of transgene-free porcine induced pluripotent stem cells enables in vitro modeling of species-specific developmental timing.
Stem cell reports · 2023
Latest funding
- $102,000
Cellular Reprogramming using Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Exosomes
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $57,000
Students in Driver Seats: Informational Interviews for Careers, Entrepreneurship and Research
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $841,500
Enabling Cellular Therapy Biomanufacturing through Integrated Modeling of Fluid Dynamics and Cellular Metabolism in Bioreactors
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
13 publications.
Teratoma-free cartilage regeneration using p21-/- iPSCs engineered with iCasp9.
Larijani L, Rancourt D, Krawetz RJ
Generation of two human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from patient-derived fibroblasts with severe congenital defects of the vertebrae and neural tube.
Lee JA, Conrad JV, Rusteika M, Drissi TH, Zhang T, Liu S, Singla S, Willetts L, Semper C, Rancourt D, Chu LF
Efficient derivation of transgene-free porcine induced pluripotent stem cells enables in vitro modeling of species-specific developmental timing.
Conrad JV, Meyer S, Ramesh PS, Neira JA, Rusteika M, Mamott D, Duffin B, Bautista M, Zhang J, Hiles E, Higgins EM, Steill J, Freeman J, Ni Z, Liu S, Ungrin M, Rancourt D, Clegg DO, Stewart R, Thomson JA, Chu LF
Modulation of Reoviral Cytolysis (II): Cellular Stemness.
Bourhill T, Rohani L, Kumar M, Bose P, Rancourt D, Johnston RN
Comparison of human skin- and nerve-derived Schwann cells reveals many similarities and subtle genomic and functional differences.
Chu TH, Baral K, Labit E, Rosin N, Sinha S, Umansky D, Alzahrani S, Arora R, Cao L, Rancourt D, Biernaskie J, Midha R
The Proliferation of Pre-Pubertal Porcine Spermatogonia in Stirred Suspension Bioreactors Is Partially Mediated by the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway.
Sakib S, Voigt A, de Lima E Martins Lara N, Su L, Ungrin M, Rancourt D, Dobrinski I
Reversible Mitochondrial Fragmentation in iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes From Children With DCMA, a Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy.
Rohani L, Machiraju P, Sabouny R, Meng G, Liu S, Zhao T, Iqbal F, Wang X, Ravandi A, Wu JC, Khan A, Shutt T, Rancourt D, Greenway SC
Recapitulating bone development events in a customised bioreactor through interplay of oxygen tension, medium pH, and systematic differentiation approaches.
Lee PS, Hess R, Friedrichs J, Haenchen V, Eckert H, Cuniberti G, Rancourt D, Krawetz R, Hintze V, Gelinsky M, Scharnweber D
Developing a Customized Perfusion Bioreactor Prototype with Controlled Positional Variability in Oxygen Partial Pressure for Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering.
Lee PS, Eckert H, Hess R, Gelinsky M, Rancourt D, Krawetz R, Cuniberti G, Scharnweber D
Use of Stirred Suspension Bioreactors for Male Germ Cell Enrichment.
Sakib S, Dores C, Rancourt D, Dobrinski I
Cellular Reprogramming using Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Exosomes
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick
Students in Driver Seats: Informational Interviews for Careers, Entrepreneurship and Research
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick
Keywords: (1) professional development education; (2) informational interviews; (3) career mapping; (4) storyboarding; (5) emergent knowledge; (6) knowledge transfer; (7) stakeholder management; (8) summative and formative analysis; (9) structured interviews; (10) course design
Enabling Cellular Therapy Biomanufacturing through Integrated Modeling of Fluid Dynamics and Cellular Metabolism in Bioreactors
Principal investigators: Kallos, Michael S
Keywords: Bioreactor; Metabolism; Modeling; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Shear Stress
Characterizing Sexually Dimorphic Drug Metabolism Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick E; Demetrick, Douglas J
Keywords: Adverse Drug Reactions; Cytochrome P450; Enzymology; Gene Expression; Gene Polymorphism; Hepatocyte Differentiation; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Metabolomics; Pharmacogenomics; Sexual Dimorphism
Derivation and Culture of Naïve Pluripotent Stem Cells in Stirred Suspension Bioreactors
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick
E-cadherin Mechanotransduction, Pluripotency and the Warburg Effect
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick
Does Mechanopluripotency Enhance the Derivation and Expansion of Naive Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells?
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick E
Keywords: Adherens Junction; Aggregate Culture; Beta-Catenin; Bioprocess Development; Cellular Reprogramming; Fluid Shear; Induced Pluripotency; Mechanotransduction; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Stirred Suspension Bioreactor
Derivation and Culture of Naïve Pluripotent Stem Cells in Stirred Suspension Bioreactors
Principal investigators: Rancourt, Derrick E; Kallos, Michael S
Keywords: Adherens Junction; Beta-Catenin; Bioreactor Expansion; Factorial Design; Fluid Flow Dynamics; Ground State; Induced Pluripotency; Mechanotransduction; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Warburg Effect
The effects of fluid shear and hypoxia on the self-renewal proliferation and differentiation properties of pluripotent stem cells cultured in a stirred-suspension bioreactor
Principal investigators: Hsu, Charlie Y
Keywords: Bioreactor; Cell-Based Therapy; Cellular Reprogramming; Fluid Shear; Induced Pluripotent Cells; Pluripotentcy; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells
Studying mesenchymal-epithelial transition mechanism using an in vitro 3D model of tumorigenesis
Principal investigators: Shulga, Yulia
Keywords: 3d Tissue Culture; Cancer Research; Cancer Stem Cells; Confocal Microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition; Real-Time Rt-Pcr; Tissue Engineering; Tumour Models
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Roman Krawetz and Derrick Rancourt: 4 shared papers
- Mark Ungrin and Ina Dobrinski: 4 shared papers
- Mark Ungrin and Derrick Rancourt: 2 shared papers
- Derrick Rancourt and Li-Fang Chu: 2 shared papers
- Derrick Rancourt and Ina Dobrinski: 2 shared papers
- Mark Ungrin and Li-Fang Chu: 1 shared paper
- Derrick Rancourt and Rajiv Midha: 1 shared paper
- Derrick Rancourt and Timothy Shutt: 1 shared paper
- Derrick Rancourt and Cameron Semper: 1 shared paper
- Li-Fang Chu and Cameron Semper: 1 shared paper
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
- Clinical Neurosciences
- Medical Genetics
- Other
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Roman Krawetz
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
4 shared papers, latest 2019
Li-Fang Chu
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Ina Dobrinski
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Mark Ungrin
Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Rajiv Midha
Clinical Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Timothy Shutt
Medical Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Cameron Semper
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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