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Daniel Coutu, PhD
613-798-5555; 79048
dacoutu@ohri.ca

ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4641-0115

Lab News

May 7, 2017
Svetlana Zdero joins our team once more, this time as a summer student. Welcome back Svetlana! Great to have you with us again.

May 1, 2019
The lab welcomes Alexandra (Lexi) Rindone, a visiting PhD student from Johns Hopkins. Lexi plans to use our multicolor imaging and tissue cytometry techniques to study cranial bone biology, regeneration and tissue engineering. Welcome to Ottawa Lexi!

April 23, 2019
Sam defends his thesis for the Capstone Program. Good job Sam!

April 18, 2019
Daniel gives a talk at the annual OHRI scientific retreat.

April 15, 2019
Daniel visits LOEX in Quebec city and gives a talk. Great collaboration opportunities with scientists who use cellular self-assembly methods for tissue engineering.

March 29, 2019
The skeletal stem cell imaging lab received their new toy: a confocal microscope! We thank the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and donors for raising funds and making this possible. This piece of equipment will be central to all we do!

March 20, 2019
Svetlana presents her poster at the UROP symposium. Good job Svetlana!

Feb.11, 2019
The lab welcomes Samuel Yumvihoze, a 12th grade student from Lisgar college who is doing a research project as part of the Capstone Program. Sam wants to investigate the use of decellularized cellulose scaffolds from fruits and vegetables for tissue engineering.

Feb.3-5, 2019
Daniel attends the ORS meeting in Austin, Texas, and gives a talk.

Jan.7, 2019
Stephanie Farhat joins the lab as our first PhD student. Stephanie will be investigating skeletal stem cells in health and disease. Welcome Stephanie!

Nov.21, 2018
Daniel gives a talk at Ashbury College for their annual TEDx event. That was a lot of fun! What a nice panel of speakers!!!

Nov.19, 2018
Jasmine Hu joins the lab as our new and first lab technician. Welcome to the team Jasmine!


Svetlana starts her UROP-funded project. Welcome to the team Svetlana!

Nov.14, 2018
Daniel presents at the Division of Orthpaedic Surgery grand rounds. Lots of interest for future collaborations!

Nov.12-14, 2018
Daniel attends the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Ottawa. As always, the best meeting for stem cell scientists from Canada and abroad! Please help stem cell research in Canada by signing the petition launched by the Stem Cell Network, "This is our science. It's Canada's time". This will help Canadians benefit from stem cell therapies and regenerative medicine today and tomorrow.
https://www.change.org/p/kirsty-duncan-ensure-canadians-can-be-among-the-first-to-benefit-from-regenerative-medicine-research 

Nov.8, 2018

Daniel attends the OHRI research day. Great presentations, posters and networking!

Nov.7, 2018
Daniel's abstract is selected for an oral presentation at ORS 2019, in Austin Texas.

Nov.4, 2018
Svetlana Zdero (undergrad @ uOttawa Health Sciences) obtains UROP funding for a research project in the lab. Congratulations Svetlana!!!

Oct.23, 2018
Daniel attends a very interesting Microsoft event on machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare and research.

Oct.19, 2018
Daniel gives a talk at the very interesting 4th Biennial National Capital Knee Symposium.

Aug.27, 2018
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation publishes a story about our lab:
http://ohfoundation.ca/our-supporters/bone-research-gets-break-ottawa-hospital?_ga=2.263421833.405186154.1542920819-1332413477.1542920819

July 4, 2018
OHRI Newsroom features our new lab:
http://www.ohri.ca/newsroom/story/view/1024?l=en

June 1, 2018
The Skeletal stem cell imaging lab is officially open for business!