The long-term goal of Dr. Chen's research is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation.

Dr. Louise Sun is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Research. She is an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto. Prior to this, she was an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology, Director of Big Data and Health Bioinformatics Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and a Clinical Research Chair in Big Data and Cardiovascular Outcomes at the University of Ottawa. 

Home Department: Biology
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Matthew Scott, Professor of Genetics, Bioengineering and of Developmental Biology

Home Department: Surgery
Faculty Advisor: Olivia Martinez
Talk Title: Natural killer cells target neural stem/progenitor cells through NKG2D
Event: The XXIV International Congress of the Transplantation Society

Awarded in 2010
Talk Title: Investigating Innate and Adaptive Immune Recognition of Neural Progenitor Cell Allografts
Event: XXIII International Congress of The Transplantation Society