Dr. Amy Wong – Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2012

Amy Wong received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 2008. Her thesis dissertation focused on the role of a novel bone marrow stem cell population that she identified and the role of these cells in airway epithelial regeneration in animal models of airway injury. With this knowledge in stems cells and lung regeneration, Wong joined the Ellis lab (co-supervised by Dr. Janet Rossant) to establish the differentiation pathway for generating ciliated epithelium from human embryonic and patient CF-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. To aid in identifying ES/iPS-derived epithelial cell, she will develop a set of fluorescent reporter genes to identify and select cells of interest at different developmental stages.

When Wong isn’t working on lung regeneration, she can be found running the streets of Toronto and convincing the rest of the lab to join her.

Next Position

Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Rossant Lab at SickKids

 

Research Funded by

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Selected publications

Wong AP, C Bear, S Chin, LJ Huan, P Pasceri, T Thompson, F Ratjen, J Ellis* and J Rossant*. (2012) Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells toward functional CFTR-expressing airway epithelia. *Equal corresponding authors. Nature Biotechnology. 30:876-82.

Wong AP, Keating A, Lu WY, Duchesneau P, Wang XH, Sacher A, Hu J, Stripp BR, Waddell TK. (2009) Identification of a bone marrow-derived epithelial-like population capable of repopulating injured mouse airway epithelium. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 119(2): 336-348.

Wong AP, Dutly AE, Sacher A, Lee H, Hwang D, Liu M, Keshavjee S, Hu J, Waddell TK. (2007) Targeted cell replacement with bone marrow cells for airway epithelial regeneration. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.  293(3):L740-52.

Andrade CF, Wong AP, Waddell TK, Keshavjee S, Liu M. (2007) Cell based tissue engineering for lung regeneration. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 292(2):L510-8.