❤️Our May issue is out❤️ Read about how hPSC-macrophages promote maturation of #cardiac microtissue, discover the #MachineLearning model ARISE to detect elevated Lp(α), find out the current state of #heartrepair using iPSC-based cell strategies and more! nature.com/natcardiovascr…

Congratulations Homaira Hamidzada, PhD student at Slava Epelman Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, on making the cover of Nature Cardiovascular Research! This incredible work was done in collaboration with Drs. Milica Radisic (Milica Radisic), Gordon Keller and Michael Laflamme McEwen Stem Cell Institute.

New cover for Nature Magazine Cardiovascular Research! Macrophages can help cardiomyocytes🤝 Homaira Hamidzada, Slava Epelman and colleagues show that “after integration of human embryonic stem cell-derived macrophages into human cardiac microtissue, they adopt the resident fate and

In love with the beautiful cover designed by Ella Marushchenko for our latest paper in Slava Epelman - no better way to depict our story! 😍

Online Now! Primitive macrophages enable long-term vascularization of human heart-on-a-chip platforms dlvr.it/T8bKVw #stemcells

Macrophages strike again! hESC-macrophages promote vascularization of human cardiac microtissues. Congrats Milica Radisic Shira Landau Levi yimu zhao on this massive effort! Grateful for the opportunity for Slava Epelman & I to contribute to computational analyses!

Awesome team effort with our lab Shira Landau Levi yimu zhao and Homaira Hamidzada Slava Epelman primirive macrophages make a huge difference in vascularization of cardiac tissues

A video says a million words primitive macrophages- magic ingredient of cardiac tissue stronger beating stable vasculature @cellstemcell Shira Landau Levi yimu zhao Homaira Hamidzada Slava Epelman Ana Andreazza Dr. Carolyn Cummins McEwen Stem Cell Institute University Health Network University of Toronto @bme_uofT @craft_microfluidics

A true team effort published in Cell Stem Cell authors.elsevier.com/a/1jIZL_h-CqUo… by Shira Landau Levi yimu zhao Homaira Hamidzada Slava Epelman Ana Andreazza Dr. Carolyn Cummins McEwen Stem Cell Institute University Health Network University of Toronto Engineering University of Toronto @bme_uofT @chemeng_uoft @craft_microfluidics

Excited to share our new work now published in Cell Stem Cell: integrating primitive macrophages into vascularized cardiac tissue on a chip. Huge thank you to my amazing supervisor Milica Radisic and the incredible team yimu zhao Homaira Hamidzada Slava Epelman

First “Spatial Omics” conference organized by a major academic/professional society! 🤩🤩 Terrific line up and beautiful place in Rome. Can’t wait to catch up with many friends there 🤗🤗🤗 EMBO⁩ ⁦EMBL⁩ #spatialomics meetings.embo.org/event/24-spati…

Researchers Toronto General Hospital Research Institute & McEwen Stem Cell Institute have discovered how early macrophages influence human heart development. The team engineered heart tissue with #stemcell-derived macrophages to model heart development. > uhnresearch.ca/news/immunoeng…; doi.org/10.1038/s44161… UHN Foundation

Congratulations! #MedicinebyDesign is proud to be a funder on this important work.

Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and McEwen Stem Cell Institute researchers have found a new way to study how yolk sac immune cells influence heart development. By integrating stem cell-derived macrophages into 3D heart models, they improved muscle function and tissue maturation. uhnresearch.ca/news/immunoeng…

In vivo antibody labeling route and fluorophore dictate labeling efficiency, sensitivity, and longevity Jason M Schenkel Natalie biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our study on in vivo functional maturation of hPSC-derived Kupffer cells is out today Cell Reports. cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Paper re-alert 🔥. We have received many requests for Homaira Hamidzada's recent work on macrophage efferocytosis enhancing human mini-heart function and development Nature Cardiovascular Research. #macrophage #efferocytosis #bioengineering Download: rdcu.be/dHbj0 Pubmed: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39086373/