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Dean Betts
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Latest papers
Proteomic analysis of extracellular matrices used in stem cell culture.
Proteomics · 2011
Latest funding
- $23,000
Canadian Conference in Organoid Research (CANCOR): "Organoids: Transforming Disease Modelling into Personalized Medicine"
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $719,100
Detection of microRNAs in the conditioned culture medium as a non-invasive "miR-print" of human preimplantation embryo competence
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $348,000
Metabolic reprogramming to enhance the generation of canine induced pluripotent stem cells
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Proteomic analysis of extracellular matrices used in stem cell culture.
Hughes CS, Radan L, Betts D, Postovit LM, Lajoie GA
Canadian Conference in Organoid Research (CANCOR): "Organoids: Transforming Disease Modelling into Personalized Medicine"
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean H
Keywords: Cancer Stem Cells; Dissemination; Drug Screening; Ethics; Human Disease Models; Human Organogenesis Models; Industry Technologies; Organoids; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Symposium
Detection of microRNAs in the conditioned culture medium as a non-invasive "miR-print" of human preimplantation embryo competence
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean H
Keywords: Aneuploidy; Developmental Competence; Extracellular Vesicles (Evs); Microrna; Non-Invasive Markers; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Pregnancy; Preimplantation Human Embryos; Synthetic Embryos ("Blastoids"); Trophoblast Stem Cells
Metabolic reprogramming to enhance the generation of canine induced pluripotent stem cells
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean
Understanding and Treating Obesity Related loss of Embryo Developmental Competence
Principal investigators: Watson, Andrew J
Keywords: Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Blastocyst; Embryonic Stress Pathways; Free Fatty Acids; Gene Expression; Obesity; Obstetrics And Gynaecology; Pregnancy; Preimplantation Development; Reproductive Biology
An x-ray irradiator cabinet for live cell irradiation
Principal investigators: SchildPoulter, Caroline
Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) for Mass Spectrometry Based Imaging
Principal investigators: Urquhart, Bradley
Modeling connexin-linked disease
Principal investigators: Laird, Dale W
Keywords: Connexin; Diseases; Gap Junctions
Extracellular flux analyzer to accurately monitor the real-time kinetics of cellular and mitochondrial bioenergetics
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean
Redox Regulation of Canine Embryonic Stem Cells
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean
Extra-telomeric functions of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) isoforms
Principal investigators: Betts, Dean H
Keywords: Embryonic Stem Cells; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Ipsc); Morpholino; Naive Pluripotency; Pluripotency; Primed Pluripotency; Self Renewal; Splice Variants; Telomerase; Tert
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