Dr. Sophie Petropoulos: "Single Cell Genomics and Human Embryo Modeling"
~ Eligible for PSL1000H/PSL2000H/PSL4000Y Course Seminar Attendance ~
Speaker: Dr. Sophie Petropoulos
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Quebec
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
Biography:
Sophie Petropoulos holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Reproduction and Development and is currently an Associate Professor at the Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Department of Clinical Science, Intervention, and Technology and the University of Montreal, Department of Medicine and co-director of The Research Center in Reproduction and Fertility in Quebec. Her research focuses on early human development and fertility, using cutting edge molecular biology techniques applied to both in vitro and in vivo models. The overall goals of her research program are to determine fundamental mechanism(s) governing human preimplantation development and to identify external insults which may negatively impact the offspring’s life-trajectories and ultimately manifest in disease/disorders later in life. Findings from her work can also broadly be applied to stem cell biology and toward the improvement of Assisted Reproduction.
Website: https://www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/crchum/chercheurs/sophie-petropoulos
Location: MSB 2170 (in-person only)