Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Heyu Ni is a Professor at the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medicine, and Physiology, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation and St. Michael's Hospital; President, CCOA Therapeutics Inc.; and a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Education:1980/9 - 1985/7 B.Sc (MD Eqv), Anhui Medical University; 1985/9 - 1988/7 MSc (Microbiology and Immunology), Anhui Medical University; 1993/5 - 2000/2 Doctorate, PhD (Immunology), University of Manitoba; 1998/4 - 2001/7 Post-doctorate (Vascular Biology), Harvard Medical School
Research Interests:
Dr. Ni’s laboratory currently investigates the roles of adhesion molecules involved in hemostasis and thrombosis, inflammation/immune response, and tumorigenesis. His research team is currently studying the mechanisms of these processes using a confocal intravital microscopy suite, proteomics, and gene targeted mice. By directly monitoring molecular/cellular events in vivo, they hope to uncover some novel mechanisms of platelet aggregation, platelet-leukocyte/cancer cell interactions to enrich our knowledge in heart attack and stroke, inflammation and tumor metastasis. The laboratory also studies allo- and autoimmune diseases related to bleeding disorders such as Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP), Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (FNAIT).
Selected Awards:
Graduate Student Mentorship Award (Faculty of Medicine), University of Toronto; Award for Undergraduate Education, University of Toronto; S. C. Verma Young Investigator Award (Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence), University of Toronto; 2018 Keating Award for hematology, Toronto; 2019 Keenan Legacy Award; 2019 CPAC Professional Achievement Award; 2020 Fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences; 2021 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (CSATVB)Distinguished Lecturer / Scientific Excellence Award in Blood and Blood Vessel Sciences; 2022 Richard G. Hegele Award for Excellence in Research and Innovation, University of Toronto.
Sunday, June 25, 2023
07:00 – 07:45 ET
Sunday, June 25, 2023
11:00 – 11:15 ET
Sunday, June 25, 2023
11:45 – 12:00 ET
OC 19.6 - Signaling Pathways Regulating Vascular Function
Sunday, June 25, 2023
10:45 – 12:00 ET
OC 27.1 - Kupffer cells are required for platelet-mediated hepatocellular TPO generation
Sunday, June 25, 2023
14:45 – 15:00 ET