Dr. Willerth
@drwillerth.bsky.social
Professor of Biomedical Engineering | CEO
@Axolotl_Biosci & Innovator in 3D Bioprinting | Driving Breakthroughs in Personalized Medicine | Author & Mentor
@Axolotl_Biosci & Innovator in 3D Bioprinting | Driving Breakthroughs in Personalized Medicine | Author & Mentor
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Huge congratulations to my colleague Dr Cristina Nostro for the Till & McCulloch Award at #TMM2025 Such a well deserved recognition! @uhnresearch.ca
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Huge congratulations to my colleague Dr Cristina Nostro for the Till & McCulloch Award at #TMM2025 Such a well deserved recognition! @uhnresearch.ca
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🚨 Big news! UVic researchers receive $1.13M from CFI-JELF to advance their work in climate and health innovation. These locally grounded projects are creating global impact, from BC’s alpine ecosystems to coastal communities and beyond. 🌍
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October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨 Big news! UVic researchers receive $1.13M from CFI-JELF to advance their work in climate and health innovation. These locally grounded projects are creating global impact, from BC’s alpine ecosystems to coastal communities and beyond. 🌍
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So excited to watch @uwbioe.bsky.social department chair Princess Imoukhede recieve the BMES Social Impact Award #BMES2025
October 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So excited to watch @uwbioe.bsky.social department chair Princess Imoukhede recieve the BMES Social Impact Award #BMES2025
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🚨 Last chance to register!
Hosted by SCN and @medicinebydesign.bsky.social, Careers Beyond Academia kicks off on October 15, with a focus on Non-Profit/Charity Organizations. Hear from Lara G (Breakthrough T1D Canada) and Larissa M (Fighting Blindness Canada).
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Hosted by SCN and @medicinebydesign.bsky.social, Careers Beyond Academia kicks off on October 15, with a focus on Non-Profit/Charity Organizations. Hear from Lara G (Breakthrough T1D Canada) and Larissa M (Fighting Blindness Canada).
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🚨 Last chance to register!
Hosted by SCN and @medicinebydesign.bsky.social, Careers Beyond Academia kicks off on October 15, with a focus on Non-Profit/Charity Organizations. Hear from Lara G (Breakthrough T1D Canada) and Larissa M (Fighting Blindness Canada).
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
Hosted by SCN and @medicinebydesign.bsky.social, Careers Beyond Academia kicks off on October 15, with a focus on Non-Profit/Charity Organizations. Hear from Lara G (Breakthrough T1D Canada) and Larissa M (Fighting Blindness Canada).
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
Check out our recent collaborative publication on #eyelid #dermatitis!!! @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
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Eyelid dermatitis: Work-up and future diagnostic innovative solutions
Eyelid dermatitis (ED) is an interdisciplinary medical challenge affecting thousands of patients worldwide. ED management can be difficult in view of …
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October 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Check out our recent collaborative publication on #eyelid #dermatitis!!! @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
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🔬 Dr. Scott Ryan’s lab is hiring a #PostdoctoralFellow.
The project will use patient-derived stem cell models (2D & 3D), to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving #Parkinson’sDisease and support the development of new therapies. ✨
Apply here. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/career-oppor...
The project will use patient-derived stem cell models (2D & 3D), to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving #Parkinson’sDisease and support the development of new therapies. ✨
Apply here. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/career-oppor...
October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🔬 Dr. Scott Ryan’s lab is hiring a #PostdoctoralFellow.
The project will use patient-derived stem cell models (2D & 3D), to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving #Parkinson’sDisease and support the development of new therapies. ✨
Apply here. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/career-oppor...
The project will use patient-derived stem cell models (2D & 3D), to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving #Parkinson’sDisease and support the development of new therapies. ✨
Apply here. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/career-oppor...
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New in @ScienceMagazine, we report that dilated cardiomyopathy can be alleviated by preventing hypocontractility-induced fibroblast expansion! The story is a fun combination of advanced in vivo and biomaterial-based in vitro models. Check it out!
📜 : doi.org/10.1126/scie...
📜 : doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Preventing hypocontractility-induced fibroblast expansion alleviates dilated cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyocyte hypocontractility underlies inherited dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Yet, whether fibroblasts modify DCM phenotypes remains unclear despite their regulation of fibrosis, which strongly pr...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
New in @ScienceMagazine, we report that dilated cardiomyopathy can be alleviated by preventing hypocontractility-induced fibroblast expansion! The story is a fun combination of advanced in vivo and biomaterial-based in vitro models. Check it out!
📜 : doi.org/10.1126/scie...
📜 : doi.org/10.1126/scie...
The pretty PDF version of our review on decellularized #bioinks is now available!!
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https://accscience.com/journal/IJB/articles/online_first/5189
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September 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The pretty PDF version of our review on decellularized #bioinks is now available!!
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Check out this cool article on #3dprinting being done at @ubcokanagan.bsky.social from the @thetyee.ca
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Scientists 3D Printed Lung Tissue. Then Made It Smoke | The Tyee
How UBC researchers created a complex model that could help treat chronic diseases.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out this cool article on #3dprinting being done at @ubcokanagan.bsky.social from the @thetyee.ca
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New paper on #EVs from the Willerth and Elvira Labs - check it out!
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Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review
Cell-derived extracellular vesicles offer promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Extracellular vesicles have been produced from various cell sources, with and without add...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New paper on #EVs from the Willerth and Elvira Labs - check it out!
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📢 SAVE THE DATE! A new program is coming, specific for Canadian #biotechs in #RegenerativeMedicine 🇨🇦
SCN’s Incubation Investment Award Program will support pre-seed & seed-staged RM companies with:
💰 $250K–$1M per company
⏳ 2–3 yrs, milestone-based tranches
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/research/inc...
SCN’s Incubation Investment Award Program will support pre-seed & seed-staged RM companies with:
💰 $250K–$1M per company
⏳ 2–3 yrs, milestone-based tranches
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/research/inc...
August 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢 SAVE THE DATE! A new program is coming, specific for Canadian #biotechs in #RegenerativeMedicine 🇨🇦
SCN’s Incubation Investment Award Program will support pre-seed & seed-staged RM companies with:
💰 $250K–$1M per company
⏳ 2–3 yrs, milestone-based tranches
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/research/inc...
SCN’s Incubation Investment Award Program will support pre-seed & seed-staged RM companies with:
💰 $250K–$1M per company
⏳ 2–3 yrs, milestone-based tranches
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/research/inc...
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Have you submitted your piece to the Cells I See Art Contest yet? 👀
Hosted at #TMM2025 by CCRM and SCN, this national contest highlights the best cell-inspired art and images in Canada.
🗓️ Submission deadline: September 5, 2025
➡️ Enter now: www.tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d754f8...
Hosted at #TMM2025 by CCRM and SCN, this national contest highlights the best cell-inspired art and images in Canada.
🗓️ Submission deadline: September 5, 2025
➡️ Enter now: www.tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d754f8...
August 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Have you submitted your piece to the Cells I See Art Contest yet? 👀
Hosted at #TMM2025 by CCRM and SCN, this national contest highlights the best cell-inspired art and images in Canada.
🗓️ Submission deadline: September 5, 2025
➡️ Enter now: www.tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d754f8...
Hosted at #TMM2025 by CCRM and SCN, this national contest highlights the best cell-inspired art and images in Canada.
🗓️ Submission deadline: September 5, 2025
➡️ Enter now: www.tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d754f8...
Check out our recent Bio-Protocol paper using Axolotl Biosciences #bioink and Cellink printers for #3dprinting #skin! bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...
July 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Check out our recent Bio-Protocol paper using Axolotl Biosciences #bioink and Cellink printers for #3dprinting #skin! bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...
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Calling CDN #StemCell & #RegenMed researchers! 🇨🇦
SCN continues to monitor and assess the real-time experiences of its research community in light of U.S. research funding cuts, policy shifts, and tariff impacts.
Share your experience to help inform policymakers. ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SCN continues to monitor and assess the real-time experiences of its research community in light of U.S. research funding cuts, policy shifts, and tariff impacts.
Share your experience to help inform policymakers. ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Research Collaborations with the United States Survey
The Stem Cell Network (SCN) is seeking to understand how recent U.S. government research funding cuts, policy changes, and tariffs are impacting research amongst its national community. As such, we ar...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Calling CDN #StemCell & #RegenMed researchers! 🇨🇦
SCN continues to monitor and assess the real-time experiences of its research community in light of U.S. research funding cuts, policy shifts, and tariff impacts.
Share your experience to help inform policymakers. ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SCN continues to monitor and assess the real-time experiences of its research community in light of U.S. research funding cuts, policy shifts, and tariff impacts.
Share your experience to help inform policymakers. ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This allows them to fund out of order :/
What do folks think of the new CIHR ranking bins (versus actual rank out of total submitted)? Doesn't seem very helpful to me, easpecially considering that fundable range is 100%-roughly 85% score. Thoughts?
July 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This allows them to fund out of order :/
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Here we are!
🧬Announcing five new public-private R&D projects tackling urgent health and industry challenges across the country. bit.ly/3FXKLpv
Canadian Genomics Strategy biotech investment tackles urgent health and industry challenges - GenomeCanada
Genome Canada is launching a new wave of research and development (R&D) projects to help solve major national challenges.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here we are!
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🚨 BIG NEWS! SCN announces $33M to advance 36 #RegenerativeMedicine research projects and #ClinicalTrials!
Learn more. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/research/res...
Learn more. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/research/res...
The Stem Cell Network Announces $33M to Advance Regenerative Medicine Research and Clinical Trials
YouTube video by Stem Cell Network - Réseau de cellules souches
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June 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS! SCN announces $33M to advance 36 #RegenerativeMedicine research projects and #ClinicalTrials!
Learn more. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/research/res...
Learn more. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/research/res...
Nice article on my collaborator Ryan Flannigan from @ubcmedicine.bsky.social www.med.ubc.ca/news/could-a...
Could AI and lab-grown sperm solve male infertility? - UBC Faculty of Medicine
Using 3D bioprinting and other cutting-edge technologies, a team of UBC researchers led by Dr. Ryan Flannigan is bringing new hope to men with a severe form of infertility
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June 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Nice article on my collaborator Ryan Flannigan from @ubcmedicine.bsky.social www.med.ubc.ca/news/could-a...
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🗓️
On June 16, 2025, SCN will make a major announcement for Canada’s #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine sector. 🧬
Stay tuned... 👀
On June 16, 2025, SCN will make a major announcement for Canada’s #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine sector. 🧬
Stay tuned... 👀
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🗓️
On June 16, 2025, SCN will make a major announcement for Canada’s #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine sector. 🧬
Stay tuned... 👀
On June 16, 2025, SCN will make a major announcement for Canada’s #StemCell and #RegenerativeMedicine sector. 🧬
Stay tuned... 👀
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This is everywhere.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
A friend is getting involved in politics for the 1st time. Went to local mtg where guys in charge said: we want to have a concert in 6wks. She asked ?s They had no venue, no bands, etc. She made a PowerPoint on tasks needed & a realistic timeline. Them: You're too corporate, not progressive enough.
June 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is everywhere.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
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The potential exodus of scientists could impact domestic medical innovation for generations to come. @uwmedicine.bsky.social @drsakiyama.bsky.social
Washington scientists say ‘brain drain’ has begun as researchers consider moving abroad amid Trump cuts
With the Trump administration gutting research funding, imperiling science-related jobs, and stalling the grant-approval process for clinical studies and research centers, many U.S. scientists are con...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The potential exodus of scientists could impact domestic medical innovation for generations to come. @uwmedicine.bsky.social @drsakiyama.bsky.social
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Join us for the “Scientific and Investment Readiness for Aspiring Bioentrepreneurs” webinar!
✨ Learn practical insights into defining actionable scientific and regulatory milestones, while integrating investment strategies to build a sustainable business.
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
✨ Learn practical insights into defining actionable scientific and regulatory milestones, while integrating investment strategies to build a sustainable business.
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Join us for the “Scientific and Investment Readiness for Aspiring Bioentrepreneurs” webinar!
✨ Learn practical insights into defining actionable scientific and regulatory milestones, while integrating investment strategies to build a sustainable business.
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
✨ Learn practical insights into defining actionable scientific and regulatory milestones, while integrating investment strategies to build a sustainable business.
🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/training/wor...
One of my recent articles published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology just reached a new impact milestone. Here is the link if you would like to read our study: www.frontiersin.org/article/1551...
Frontiers | Microspheres for 3D bioprinting: a review of fabrication methods and applications
Bioprinting incorporates printable biomaterials into 3D printing to create intricate tissues that maintain a defined 3D structure while supporting the surviv...
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June 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One of my recent articles published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology just reached a new impact milestone. Here is the link if you would like to read our study: www.frontiersin.org/article/1551...
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(1/3) It is with profound sadness that we honour the passing of Dr. James Till, a pioneering Canadian scientist whose work, alongside Dr. Ernest McCulloch, laid the very foundation of stem cell research.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
(1/3) It is with profound sadness that we honour the passing of Dr. James Till, a pioneering Canadian scientist whose work, alongside Dr. Ernest McCulloch, laid the very foundation of stem cell research.
stemcellnetwork.ca/celebrating-...
stemcellnetwork.ca/celebrating-...