Meet Kate, the first teenager in the world to receive a Novalung. Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN performed a world-first procedure that bridged her to a successful lung transplant and an inspirational recovery. Read her story here: bit.ly/42JHD7K #BeADonor

Say thanks to the care providers who went above and beyond! This #DoctorsDay and #NursesWeek, say thank you to your University Health Network care provider or team by making a gift in their honour with Honour Your Hero ➜ bit.ly/43P98PM

In a medical milestone, a customized base editor was developed, characterized in human and mouse cells, tested in mice, studied for safety in non-human primates, cleared by U.S. FDA for clinical trial use, manufactured as a complex with an LNP, and dosed into a baby with a severe,

Thank you American Thoracic Society (ATS) for the International Trainee Scholarship and Canadian Thoracic Society for the top basic science award for our work on pleural immune scaffolds. This would not have been possible without our talented microsurgeon Yamato Suzuki and my mentor Stephen Juvet MD PhD FRCPC 😊 #ATS2025

📢Register now! 2025 Annual Transplant Research and Education Days Research day - Thursday June 5, 2025 Education day - Friday June 6, 2025 📍Toronto (Virtual option available) More details and to register: bit.ly/ATCEduResDay #education #transplant #community #research

Our lung transplant research team #cladiators will be walking as part of WeWalkUHNITED on May 31 to save lives by supporting University Health Network. Please consider making a donation here: wewalkuhnited.ca/fundraisers/cl… Thank you in advance!!

ERJOR: Isolated alveolar macrophages (AMs) from mice and humans can be cultured for several days (humans) or months (mice). Mouse and human AMs share functions but present some differences in magnitude of TLR responses and regarding programmed cell death. bit.ly/3C92nMC

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📢Annual Research and Education Conference is this week! Research day - Thursday June 5, 2025 Education day - Friday June 6, 2025 Toronto (Virtual option available) Register NOW: bit.ly/ATCEduResDay #education #transplant #research

It's a wrap! The fourth annual Ajmera Research Day Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN was a great success with 66 submitted abstracts and illuminating talks by keynote speakers Anna Valujskikh Cleveland Clinic and Tereza University Health Network. Thanks to all participants and sponsors!

Dr. Laura Donahoe is reducing OR waste and leading a greener future in healthcare. 🌍💚 🔗 Read more via University Health Network: ow.ly/Nf4350W6cEF #Sustainability #UHN

MaRS University Health Network University of Toronto Krembil Brain Institute Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute Schroeder Arthritis Institute McEwen Stem Cell Institute Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research TIER at UHN KITE Research Institute From cutting-edge cell & gene therapy to microbiome insights—the energy at #Ci2iLaunch is electric ⚡️ Huge thanks to our speakers driving bold conversations on translational immunology across disease areas. 🔗: events.myconferencesuite.com/Ci2iSymposium2… #CollaborativeCentre

Exciting new clinical progress in stem cell derived therapies ⁦University Health Network⁩ Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN⁩ Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Permissive immunosuppression facilitates the expansion of ex vivo administered regulatory T cells in the lung allograft Stephen Juvet MD PhD FRCPC nature.com/articles/s4159…

Always a fun time catching up on local science at the Temerty Medicine Respirology Research & Award Day. Grateful to have been awarded best basic science abstract/oral presentation for our work on neuro-immune crosstalk in the lung allograft! Stephen Juvet MD PhD FRCPC Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN

Insightful work by Daniel in @JHLT reveals lung-specific humoral autoimmunity associated with future CLAD.

Are you a recent/soon-to-be PhD graduate in immunology or a related field? Want to develop novel therapeutics for lung disease/lung transplantation? We are looking for postdoctoral fellow through the the UHN Canada Leads opportunity uhn.ca/corporate/Abou…. Please get in touch!

We’re thrilled to join the global transplant community at World Transplant Congress, starting this Saturday! 🌎 Held every 10 years, #WTC2025 unites experts from around the world to share breakthroughs, spark innovation, and advance the future of transplantation. Stop by