Anatomy Connected 2024
Dr. Payne and four of the graduate students attended the American Association for Anatomy's annual Anatomy Connected conference in Toronto ON.
Payne Lab Fall 2023 Update
Dr. Payne and MSc students Avika Srivastava and Maia Hoover attended Canada's Till & McCulloch stem cell meeting in Toronto to present posters.
Dr. Payne awarded CFI-JELF equipment federal funding
To understand why animals respond differently to injury, Dr. Payne will receive $96,279 to study the role nerves play in regeneration and scarring. We will acquire a multi-purpose imaging system to record cell behaviour with time-lapse microscopy and purchase some much needed essentials for the lab!
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Payne Lab featured in OVC The Crest magazine
Our lab was featured in the Summer 2023 edition of…
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Big news for Payne grad students: awarded top scholarships and attended SONA!
Master's students Maia Hoover and Avika Srivastava have been selected for MSc scholarships! Congratulations to Maia for her OGS scholarship, and Avika for her NSERC-CGS-M. We are very proud of you both!
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Lab escape room fun
The lab after successful escape AND with the treasure! We may not have beaten the record but it was a good effort!
The Payne Lab turns 1!
A fresh new lab photo to mark the 1 year…
Payne Lab presents at TERMIS-AM and GRC
MSc student Solsa Cariba was awarded a TERMIS Travel Award to attend the TERMIS-AM 2022 conference in Toronto, where he presented a poster titled: “Investigating the Neural Control of Fibroblasts During Regeneration Using a Novel Co-culture Device”
Lab receives NSERC Discovery Grant funding
In addition to our SCN funding, we have also received a 5 year NSERC Discovery Grant to study the biophysical modulators of regeneration! We are very excited to be able to use this grant money to progress a number of projects over the next 5 years.
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Payne Lab receives Stem Cell Network Early Career Researcher Jump Start Award
The lab was awarded just under $300,000 over 3 years from the Stem Cell Network's Early Career Researcher Jump Start Award to study the effect of nerves on stem/progenitor cell recruitment and differentiation after injury. More information about the award can be found here.
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