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Mark Ungrin
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Research
Latest papers
When the SPIRIT moves you: protocol changes can introduce bias in non-inferiority trials.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026
Integrating design-of-experiments (DOE) optimization and risk assessment towards a safe and simplified electroporation protocol for Toxoplasma gondii.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026 · senior author
A Low-Cost Sonographic Canine Simulator for Pericardiocentesis Training.
Journal of veterinary medical education · 2025
Latest funding
- $3,934,956
MitoRevolution: Mitochondrial Transplantation Transforming Regenerative Medicine - from research to patient care to global impact.
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
DNA event recording of the pericellular microenvironment, to understand the causes and mechanisms of beta-cell loss in pancreatic islet tissue
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $20,000
Commercialization of a cell-manufacturing process optimization service - Lab2Market (Market assessment)
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
24 publications.
When the SPIRIT moves you: protocol changes can introduce bias in non-inferiority trials.
Greenhalgh T, Lovell S, Vipond J, Ungrin M, Nabuurs MJ
Integrating design-of-experiments (DOE) optimization and risk assessment towards a safe and simplified electroporation protocol for Toxoplasma gondii.
Srivastava PN, Perewernycky N, Filippo L, Lefsrud LM, Ungrin M
A Low-Cost Sonographic Canine Simulator for Pericardiocentesis Training.
Hillstead M, Boysen SR, Perewernycky N, Ungrin M, Gillett K, Menard J
Canada needs a national COVID-19 inquiry now.
Fisman D, Horton J, Oliver M, Ungrin M, Vipond J, Wright JM, Zoutman D
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.
Greenhalgh T, MacIntyre CR, Baker MG, Bhattacharjee S, Chughtai AA, Fisman D, Kunasekaran M, Kvalsvig A, Lupton D, Oliver M, Tawfiq E, Ungrin M, Vipond J
Airborne pathogens: controlling words won't control transmission.
Greenhalgh T, MacIntyre CR, Ungrin M, Wright JM
Definitional and Methodological Errors in Pediatric Post-COVID-19 Condition Research Letter.
Murdoch B, Gasperowicz M, Ungrin M
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
The Trophoblast Compartment Helps Maintain Embryonic Pluripotency and Delays Differentiation towards Cardiomyocytes.
Zhao X, Radford BN, Ungrin M, Dean W, Hemberger M
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
MitoRevolution: Mitochondrial Transplantation Transforming Regenerative Medicine - from research to patient care to global impact.
Principal investigators: Andreazza, Ana
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
Commercialization of a cell-manufacturing process optimization service - Lab2Market (Market assessment)
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark
Canadian Islet Research and Training Network - Réseau de Recherche et Formation sur les Ilots du Canada (CIRTN-R2FIC)
Principal investigators: MacDonald, Patrick PE
Elucidating the role of disparities in the oxygen microenvironment in organoids and engineered tissues
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark
Somatic engineering - a new approach to medical intervention
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark
Scalable production, delivery and assessment of human pseudoislets for research and clinical applications
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark D
Keywords: Aggregation; Diabetes; Islet Transplantation; Microscale Tissue Engineering; Organoid; Translation
Development and validation of synthetic bone and soft tissue analogues for surgical training (Phase I)
Principal investigators: Anglin, Carolyn
Optimizing the size and composition of beta cell aggregates to improve islet graft survival
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark D
Keywords: Cell Survival; Controlled Cellular Aggregation; Extracellular Matrix; Islet Transplantation; Metabolic Transport Processes; Mixed Cellular Aggregates; Oxygenation; Retention Of Function; Size Control; Surface:Volume Ratio
In vitro modelling of pregastrulation embryogenesis using pluripotent stem cells
Principal investigators: Ungrin, Mark
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 Ina Dobrinski: 4 shared papers
- Mark Ungrin and David Fisman: 2 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 John Matyas: 1 shared paper
- Mark Ungrin and Carol Schuurmans: 1 shared paper
- Mark Ungrin and Myriam Hemberger: 1 shared paper
- Mark Ungrin and Amir Sanati Nezhad: 1 shared paper
- Mark Ungrin and Li-Fang Chu: 1 shared paper
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Biomedical Engineering
- 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.
Ina Dobrinski
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2021
Derrick Rancourt
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2023
David Fisman
Epidemiology
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Carol Schuurmans
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Myriam Hemberger
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Amir Sanati Nezhad
Biomedical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Li-Fang Chu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
John Matyas
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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