Faculty profile
Holly Sparks
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Research
Latest papers
Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.
Experimental cell research · 2026 · senior author
Comparing Inertial Measurement Units to Markerless Video Analysis for Movement Symmetry in Quarter Horses.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
Transcriptional Profiling of the Adult Hair Follicle Mesenchyme Reveals R-spondin as a Novel Regulator of Dermal Progenitor Function.
iScience · 2020
Latest funding
- $1,141,380
Exploiting reindeer to understand the mechanisms of skin regeneration and inform development of novel regenerative therapeutics
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,212,525
Expansion, characterization, and transplantation of skin derived Schwann cells for augmenting nerve repair
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $112,000
Exploring the cellular and molecular landscape underlying tendon fibrosis in horses
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Serum-free medium modulates the immunomodulatory and anabolic function of equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.
Tehrani AH, Toth K, Osinchuk N, Dufour A, Krawetz R, Sen A, Sparks H
Comparing Inertial Measurement Units to Markerless Video Analysis for Movement Symmetry in Quarter Horses.
Pfau T, Landsbergen K, Davis BL, Kenny O, Kernot N, Rochard N, Porte-Proust M, Sparks H, Takahashi Y, Toth K, Scott WM
Transcriptional Profiling of the Adult Hair Follicle Mesenchyme Reveals R-spondin as a Novel Regulator of Dermal Progenitor Function.
Hagner A, Shin W, Sinha S, Alpaugh W, Workentine M, Abbasi S, Rahmani W, Agabalyan N, Sharma N, Sparks H, Yoon J, Labit E, Cobb J, Dobrinski I, Biernaskie J
Dysfunction of Hair Follicle Mesenchymal Progenitors Contributes to Age-Associated Hair Loss.
Shin W, Rosin NL, Sparks H, Sinha S, Rahmani W, Sharma N, Workentine M, Abbasi S, Labit E, Stratton JA, Biernaskie J
Exploiting reindeer to understand the mechanisms of skin regeneration and inform development of novel regenerative therapeutics
Principal investigators: Biernaskie, Jeffrey A
Keywords: Fibrosis; Scar; Single Cell Genomics; Skin; Tissue Regeneration; Wound Healing
Expansion, characterization, and transplantation of skin derived Schwann cells for augmenting nerve repair
Principal investigators: Midha, Rajiv; Kallos, Michael S
Keywords: Animal Models; Bioprocessing; Bioreactors; Cell Transplantation; Nerve Regeneration; Pig; Schwann Cell; Tissue Engineering; Transcriptomics; Xenotranplantation
Exploring the cellular and molecular landscape underlying tendon fibrosis in horses
Principal investigators: Sparks, Holly
Keywords: regeneration; mesenchyme; athletic injury; equine; musculoskeletal; cell biology
Bionanoparticle Analysis System
Principal investigators: Sen, Arindom
Exploring the cellular and molecular landscape underlying tendon fibrosis in horses
Principal investigators: Sparks, Holly
A transdisciplinary approach to develop stem cell therapies for equine cartilage injuries
Principal investigators: Krawetz, Roman
Keywords: regenerative medicine cartilage injury equine stem cells biomechanics structure-function
Canada Research Chair in Equine Regenerative Medicine
Principal investigators: Sparks, Holly
Keywords: Equine; Regenerative Medicine; Musculoskeletal; Tendon; ; Large Animal Surgery; Fibrosis; Tissue ; Regeneration; Tissue Engineering; Pre-Clinical 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 Antoine Dufour: 4 shared papers
- Roman Krawetz and Arindom Sen: 4 shared papers
- Roman Krawetz and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- John Cobb and Ina Dobrinski: 1 shared paper
- John Cobb and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- Antoine Dufour and Ina Dobrinski: 1 shared paper
- Antoine Dufour and Arindom Sen: 1 shared paper
- Antoine Dufour and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- Ina Dobrinski and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- Arindom Sen and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- Thilo Pfau and Holly Sparks: 1 shared paper
- Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 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
1 shared papers, latest 2026
John Cobb
Department of Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Antoine Dufour
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Ina Dobrinski
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Arindom Sen
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Thilo Pfau
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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