Khan Lab, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Western University
Created February 2008; Last updated September 17, 2014 [Z.Khan]
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
09-15-2014
Niamh Richmond’s application was accepted for admission into the Collaborative Program in Developmental Biology!
09-09-2014
Niamh Richmond, Meghan Piccinin, and Stephanie Mok all have their abstract selected for presentation at the 2014 Till & McCulloch Meeting in Ottawa (October 2014).
09-01-2014
Niamh Richmond joined the lab to study hemangioma stem cell differentiation.
08-22-2014
Meghan Piccinin selected as the recipient of a Travel Award to the 2014 CDA/CSEM Professional Conference and Annual Meetings in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
07-23-2014
Meghan Piccinin’s abstract selected for platform presentation at the 17th Annual CDA/CSEM Professional Conference and Annual Meetings.
04-14-2014
Jina Kum’s abstract is selected for Trainee Award for presentation at the 2014 Till & McCulloch Meeting in Ottawa (October 2014).
04-03-2014
Jina Kum’s abstract selected for platform presentation at the ISSVA 20th International Workshop on Vascular Anomalies, Australia.
03-18-2014
Meghan Piccinin and Jina Kum presented their research projects at the London Health Research Day 2014.
11-12-2013
Meghan Piccinin presented three abstracts at the 4th Annual Diabetes Research Day!
10-21-2013
Emily Keats, Jina Kum, and Sydney Todorovich presented their research projects at the Till & McCulloch Meeting (Banff, AB).
09-24-2013
Sandra Mekhaiel joined the lab. She will be studying the role of vascular endothelial growth factor in ovarian cancer.
08-22-2013
Emily Keats successfully defended her PhD thesis! She will be starting the MPH program at the University of Toronto in September.
06-28-2013
Emily Keats abstract was selected as one of the top entries in this year's Trainee Abstract Competition (Till & McCulloch Meetings).
06-28-2013
Jina Kum accepted the MSc student position and will be returning to the lab in September.
05-2013
Sydney Todorochich was accepted to the MPH program at Western University.
04-26-2013
Emily Keats won the Dr. M. Daria Haust Award for Best Presentation by a Graduate Student and Jina Kum won the Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Pathology Research Day.
11-14-2012
Emily Keats won the ‘Best Poster Presentation (first prize) Award’ at the 3rd Annual Diabetes Research Day 2012
10-19-2012
Emily Keats received the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology 2012-2013
08-07-2012
Emily Keats abstract, entitled “High levels of glucose cause cell cycle arrest and skew the differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells”, was accepted for platform presentation at the 15th CDA/CSEM Professional Conference and Annual Meetings, Vancouver, BC.
05-04-2012
Emily Keats and Wahab Khan (Dr. Joan Knoll lab) were awarded the Dr. Cameron Wallace Graduate Student Award in Pathology for 2012.
05-04-2012
Emily Keats won the Dr. M. Daria Haust Award for Best Presentation by a Graduate Student at the Annual Pathology Research Day
03-20-2012
Emily Keats won the first place award for her presentation in the “Clinical Investigation and Metabolic Disease” category, London Health Research Day
03-07-2012
Emily Keats abstract was selected as one of the top entries in this year's Trainee Abstract Competition (Till & McCulloch Meetings).
08-31-2011
Nicole Park was accepted to the Molecular Genetics PhD program at the University of Toronto.
08-12-2011
Emily Keats passed her PhD comprehensive examination!! She is stuck in the lab for another few years!
06-24-2011
Emily Keats presented two abstracts at the 71st American Diabetes Association conference, San Diego, CA.
05-31-2011
Cassandra Welten got accepted to the MD program at the University of British Columbia.
05-31-2011
Rana Chakrabrati got accepted to the MD/MPH program at St George’s University!
05-05-2011
Samah Rafehi and Rana Chakrabarti were awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
03-29-2011
Emily Keats presented two abstracts at the 2011 Margaret Moffat Research Day.
03-22-2011
Emily Keats selected as one of twenty finalists to give a platform presentation at the Lawson Research Day.
01-01-2011
Nicole Park joined the lab as a Research Assistant. She will be leading the project on the mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis.
12-22-2010
Emily Keats was awarded the Graduate Student Award from the Lawson Health Research Institute.
12-20-2010
Our lab won the 2010 Door Decorating Contest!!
11-20-2010
Rana Chakrabarti presented his research project at the Undergraduate Life Sciences Research Conference. This was a very competitive conference and only six students from across Canada are invited for oral presentation. Rana won the Best Oral Presentation at this conference.
09-01-2010
Samah Rafehi joined the lab as a PhD candidate. Samah will be studying the mechanisms that regulate hemangioma stem cell differentiation.
08-20-2010
Alexandra Kleiman successfully defended her MSc thesis. Congratulations Alex!
09-01-2009
Emily Keats joined the lab as a MSc student. She will be leading the project on the use of stem cells for therapeutic neovascularization in diabetic patients.
09-01-2009
Alexandra Kleiman received the Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology
(OGSST) Award.
07-12-2009
Alexandra Kleiman was awarded the Graduate Student Award from the Lawson Health Research Institute.
04-01-2009
Alexandra Kleiman joined the lab as a MSc student. She will be studying the mechanism regulating hemangioma stem cell plasticity.