Dr. Roberto D. Fanganiello is a geneticist and stem cell biologist. Dr. Fanganiello is an Associate Professor and researcher in Regenerative Biology and Bioengineering at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Laval University, in Québec City, Canada. Dr. Fanganiello received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Biology, with emphasis in cell and molecular biology, from the Institute of Biosciences of the University of Sao Paulo, a Ph.D. degree in Human Molecular Genetics from the Department of Genetics and Evolution of the University of Sao Paulo, and the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the Yale School of Medicine, and a post-doctoral degree in Tissue Bioengineering and Stem Cell-based Regenerative Medicine from the Institute of Biosciences and the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center of the University of Sao Paulo. His main areas of research are molecular genetics, biochemical pathways and cellular events underpinning human craniofacial dysmorphologies, genetic counseling for families with craniofacial syndromes, musculoskeletal/bone tissue bioengineering based on stem cells in association with biomimetic scaffolds and molecular dissection of stem cell differentiation signaling pathways.
Dr. Timothy E Shutt is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Medical Genetics and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary and a Member of the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute. His research focuses on human mitochondria, essential organelles best known for generating both energy and reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, mitochondria are also key regulators of many other important cellular functions and their dysfunction has been implicated in a broad spectrum of human disorders and aging. His research interests comprise two key aspects of mitochondria, mitochondrial dynamics and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
Dr. Gerald Pfeffer is an Associate Professor and a clinician-scientist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary. His research program focuses on clinical studies, genetics, and biomarkers of motor neuron diseases and myopathies.
