Very excited and proud to share that our work on #autophagy in #CDH and our promising #Extracellularvesicle based therapy is now published in the current issue of AJRCCM ATS Blue Journal. atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.11… The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program SickKids Foundation Augusto Zani

Autophagy Is Impaired in Fetal Hypoplastic Lungs and Rescued by Administration of Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Extracellular Vesicles 🔓 Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/3C874nZ

Proud to see the research efforts of Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc Rebeca Figueira Lina Antounians et al in print in this seminal paper! EV therapy may fix #cdh underdeveloped fetal lungs 🫁The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program SickKids Foundation CDH International Dawn M Torrence Ireland ISEV American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Lose weight or promote fetal lung growth, try boosting autophagy. New seminal paper from the Zani Lab. Moving EVs closer to clinical translation! Augusto Zani Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc Lina Antounians Rebeca Figueira

Amazing #ISEV2023 meeting in Seattle on Extracellular Vesicles: innovative research, cutting-edge technologies, great feedback, and new collaborations! Lina Antounians Augusto Zani SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Student Network on EVs ISEV Communications Team

Great honor to be awarded by U of T Department of Surgery with the prize for the best oral presentation at the 46th General Surgery Annual Assembly. This work will help us to understand how we can improve the outcome of #CDH with AFSC-EVs in the future! Zani Lab SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

We are very happy to announce that Zani Lab's Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc has received the 35th Andrew Sass-Kortsak award for his post-doctoral research achievements SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) UofT General Surgery An award lectures will be presented on May 30th, 9:30AM. Register at rb.gy/p2gse

We are proud of Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc from the Zani Lab Augusto Zani who is the recipient of the prestigious Andrew Sass-Kortsak award The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)! #CDH CDH UK CDH International SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program ISEV Communications Team UofT General Surgery University of Toronto

Proud to present our work about CDH 🫁 and the effects of AFSC-EVs at the 24th EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION conference in Izmir! Many thanks to my colleagues Zani Lab and my mentors Augusto Zani and Martin Lacher for their ongoing support! The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International U of T Department of Surgery

Full house @ Dr. Brian Kavanagh Symposium - His Translation of Research Day SickKids Foundation The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) University of Toronto #translationalmedicine at its finest! Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc representing the Zani Lab with the latest work on #CDH CDH International CDH UK U of T Department of Surgery SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program Augusto Zani

Inspiring lecture on advocacy and prevention of pediatric trauma and gun violence by @peter_masiakos 2023 Simpson-Ein lecturer The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)! Perfect example of a person who fights to make the world a better place! Kasper Wang U of T Department of Surgery

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Receiving the letter from the President of CIHR on a successful grant application is always such an incredible honour and validation of the hard work my team @Zani_lab puts into #CDH and #EV research! SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) U of T Department of Surgery CDH UK CDH International

Proud of Kaya Stasiewicz, our returning summer research student from UCDublin_NAmerica, for winning the Clare O’Connor Summer Student Scholarship in Respiratory Research! Pushing #CDH research forward! Augusto Zani SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International CDH UK CHERUBS CDH Support Dept of CDH International

Proud to share that Matisse Blundell Zani Lab won the Prem Puri Prize 🏆 for research in #CDH + #EVs at the 36th Int. Symposium on Pediatric Surgical Research in Milan! Great presentations also by Fabian Doktor and Elke Zani-Ruttenstock! CDH International CDH UK The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program

Cannot be any prouder of the superb oral presentations by Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc, Fabian Doktor, Rebeca Figueira from Zani Lab at the Section on Surgery of #AAP2023 meeting, Washington,DC. Advancing #EV research to rescue babies with #CDH The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International CDH UK

Congratulations to Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc for receiving the Rosenkrantz award for the best basic science paper at the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics #AAP2023! Zani Lab The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Foundation SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program U of T Department of Surgery APSA Surgeons CAPS Surgeons EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION

Great science and discussions at the The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute Retreat 2023! Zani Lab presentations by Rebeca Figueira, Fabian Doktor and Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc highlighting our research on #congenitaldiaphragmatichernia #cdh CDH International CDH UK Augusto Zani SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program University of Toronto

🥊 WE ARE BACK with the Best of the Best in Pediatric Surgery 2024! 🔥 Who will be crowned the best of the best?! Register NOW and find out on February 23rd, 2024! Register here: wufoo.pulse.ly/ezfqm3hkj1 Thanks to our sponsors: @cincychildrens Lurie Children's

From the heart of Zani Lab, Augusto Zani thrilled to share highlights from our research on "Novel Experimental Therapies at CDH" for the Prem Puri Pediatric Surgery International Seminar alongside two distinguished luminaries! The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) U of T Department of Surgery CDH International APSA Surgeons