Hippo regulated cell fate transitions in gastro-intestinal regeneration and tumorigenesis

This Monday seminar is the 9th Farber Distinguished Visiting Lectureship, we are delighted to welcome our speaker:

Talk title: Hippo regulated cell fate transitions in gastro-intestinal regeneration and tumorigenesis

Dr. Alex Gregorieff
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
McGill University

Hosted By

Dr. Stephen Girardin and PhD candidate Shawn Goyal

How to join

The event will be in person only, no need to register.

MSB 2172

Medical Sciences Building
University of Toronto
1 King’s College Circle
Toronto, ON  M5S 1A8 

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Debb Yorke at lmp.chairadmin@utoronto.ca.

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Gregorieff

Dr. Gregorieff joined the Department of Pathology at McGill University as an Assistant Professor in 2017. His current research interests stem from his doctoral thesis in the lab of Dr. Hans Clevers in the Netherlands. During this time, he studied the Wnt/Tcf pathway and its role in driving intestinal development and homeostasis. He became a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Jeff Wrana at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto. The focus of his post-doctoral training was the role of the Hippo signaling effector, Yap, in intestinal stem cells during regeneration and cancer initiation. His current research is focused on understanding the mechanisms driving epithelial regeneration in various tissues including the stomach, intestine, and kidney.