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Research
Latest papers
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 · senior author
Robust generation of photoreceptor-dominant retinal organoids from porcine induced pluripotent stem cells.
Stem cell reports · 2025
The progress of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from pigs: a mini review of recent advances.
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $1,071,000
Development of a stem cell-based platform to model spermatogenesis in vitro: Engineering testicular organoids to study and preserve male fertility
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $150,000
NanoSynergy: Pioneering In-Situ SEM Nanomechanical Testing for Breakthroughs in Energy, Electronics, and Health
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $500,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
9 publications.
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
Robust generation of photoreceptor-dominant retinal organoids from porcine induced pluripotent stem cells.
Edwards KL, Moore BM, Ganser TS, Susaimanickam PJ, Sovell K, Martin Y, Jager LD, Willes AM, Moyer TH, Bowar L, Phillips MJ, Stewart R, Chu LF, Gamm DM
The progress of induced pluripotent stem cells derived from pigs: a mini review of recent advances.
Neira JA, Conrad JV, Rusteika M, Chu LF
Establishment of Transgene-Free Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Conrad JV, Neira JA, Rusteika M, Meyer S, Clegg DO, Chu LF
A High-Quality Blue Whale Genome, Segmental Duplications, and Historical Demography.
Bukhman YV, Morin PA, Meyer S, Chu LF, Jacobsen JK, Antosiewicz-Bourget J, Mamott D, Gonzales M, Argus C, Bolin J, Berres ME, Fedrigo O, Steill J, Swanson SA, Jiang P, Rhie A, Formenti G, Phillippy AM, Harris RS, Wood JMD, Howe K, Kirilenko BM, Munegowda C, Hiller M, Jain A, Kihara D, Johnston JS, Ionkov A, Raja K, Toh H, Lang A, Wolf M, Jarvis ED, Thomson JA, Chaisson MJP, Stewart R
Chromosome level genome assembly of the Etruscan shrew Suncus etruscus.
Bukhman YV, Meyer S, Chu LF, Abueg L, Antosiewicz-Bourget J, Balacco J, Brecht M, Dinatale E, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Fungtammasan A, Giri SJ, Hiller M, Howe K, Kihara D, Mamott D, Mountcastle J, Pelan S, Rabbani K, Sims Y, Tracey A, Wood JMD, Jarvis ED, Thomson JA, Chaisson MJP, Stewart R
Species-specific roles of the Notch ligands, receptors, and targets orchestrating the signaling landscape of the segmentation clock.
Ramesh PS, 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
Enhancing biological signals and detection rates in single-cell RNA-seq experiments with cDNA library equalization.
Bacher R, Chu LF, Argus C, Bolin JM, Knight P, Thomson JA, Stewart R, Kendziorski C
Development of a stem cell-based platform to model spermatogenesis in vitro: Engineering testicular organoids to study and preserve male fertility
Principal investigators: Dobrinski, Ina
Keywords: Animal Models; Male Fertility; Microfluidics; Organoids; Plastic Nanoparticles; Spermatogenesis; Stem Cell Differentiation; Testis
NanoSynergy: Pioneering In-Situ SEM Nanomechanical Testing for Breakthroughs in Energy, Electronics, and Health
Principal investigators: Hamidinejad, Mahdi
Keywords: nanomechanics; nanomaterials; nanostructures; in situ microscopy; nanomechanical testing
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Chu, Li-Fang (Jack)
Keywords: Crc
Harnessing the Regenerative Power of Reindeer: Exploring Mechanisms for Appendage Regeneration Using iPSC-derived Organoid Models
Principal investigators: Chu, Li-Fang (Jack)
DNA event recording of the pericellular microenvironment, to understand the causes and mechanisms of beta-cell loss in pancreatic islet tissue
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark D
Keywords: Cellular Biosensors; Crispr-Cas9; Genome Editing; Hypoxia; Islet Biology; Microenvironment; Prostanoid Signalling; Single-Cell Rna Sequencing; Synthetic Biology; Tissue Engineering
Genetic regulation of developmental clocks
Principal investigators: Chu, Li-Fang (Jack)
Genetic regulation of developmental clocks
Principal investigators: Chu, Li-Fang (Jack)
Canada Research Chairs - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Chu, Li-Fang (Jack)
Keywords: Crc
Establishing a cervid stem cell-derived infection model for chronic wasting disease prions
Principal investigators: Gilch, Sabine
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
- Mark Ungrin and Derrick Rancourt: 2 shared papers
- Derrick Rancourt and Li-Fang Chu: 2 shared papers
- Mark Ungrin and Li-Fang Chu: 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
- Other
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