Sharon Louis, University of Toronto

Research

Cerebral Organoids Drug Development High-Resolution Imaging Human Disease Modelling Human Organoids Intestinal Organoids Preclinical Model Tissue Engineering

Latest funding

A vascularized human organoid platform for disease modelling and preclinical testing
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator

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A vascularized human organoid platform for disease modelling and preclinical testing

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Attisano, Liliana; Louis, Sharon A; Yip, Christopher M

Keywords: Cerebral Organoids; Drug Development; High-Resolution Imaging; Human Disease Modelling; Human Organoids; Intestinal Organoids; Preclinical Model; Tissue Engineering; Vascularization

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cerebral Organoids Dear Professor Louis, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on cerebral organoids connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A vascularized human organoid platform for disease modelling and preclinical testing" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]