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Soheila Karimi, PhD
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Appointments & Affiliations
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences - Max Rady College of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Scientist
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Principal Investigator
Spinal Cord Research Centre, University of Manitoba
Research Information
Keywords
Regenerative Medicine, Neural Repair and Regeneration, Stem Cell, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury
Summary
Karimi's program is internationally recognized for its contribution to the development of translationally oriented stem cell and pharmacological therapies for spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis (MS). Using advanced technologies in preclinical, transgenic and in vitro models, research in the Karimi lab have focused on neural stem cell biology and therapies, neural regeneration/plasticity, myelin repair, neuroinflammation and immune modulation, glial biology, pharmacological and bioengineered drug delivery systems for regeneration and neurological recovery in spinal cord injury and MS.
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Karimi's Program offers training opportunities in neurosciences and stem cell research for graduate, undergraduate and medical students as well as postdoctoral fellows and residents. We are interested in uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of injury and repair after spinal cord injury and MS.
Areas of Research Interest
• Regenerative Medicine
• Neural repair and regeneration
• Spinal cord injury and Multiple sclerosis
• Neural stem cell biology and therapy
• Neurogenesis and gliogenesis
• Oligodendrocytes differentiation and myelin repair
• Reactive astrogliosis and matrix remodeling
• Neuroinflammation
• Genetic approaches in neural systems
• Development of pharmacological approaches
Current projects:
- Uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural stem cells differentiation in spinal cord injury and MS
- Development of combinatorial stem cell and pharmacological therapies for enhancing neuronal and oligodendrocytes replacement following spinal
cord injury and MS.
- Investigating the modulatory roles of reactive astrocytes and microglia in pathogenesis and repair of MS.
- Uncovering immune mechanisms and developing immunomodulatory therapies in MS.
- Neurogenesis and cognition in MS.
- Developing bioengineering approaches for stem cell and drug delivery in CNS injuries.
Areas of Research Interest
• Regenerative Medicine
• Neural repair and regeneration
• Spinal cord injury and Multiple sclerosis
• Neural stem cell biology and therapy
• Neurogenesis and gliogenesis
• Oligodendrocytes differentiation and myelin repair
• Reactive astrogliosis and matrix remodeling
• Neuroinflammation
• Genetic approaches in neural systems
• Development of pharmacological approaches
Current projects:
- Uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural stem cells differentiation in spinal cord injury and MS
- Development of combinatorial stem cell and pharmacological therapies for enhancing neuronal and oligodendrocytes replacement following spinal
cord injury and MS.
- Investigating the modulatory roles of reactive astrocytes and microglia in pathogenesis and repair of MS.
- Uncovering immune mechanisms and developing immunomodulatory therapies in MS.
- Neurogenesis and cognition in MS.
- Developing bioengineering approaches for stem cell and drug delivery in CNS injuries.
Publications
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-2663
GOOGLE SCHOLAR: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=t2-o9uAAAAAJ&hl=en
PUBMED: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=icaumlib&sort=date&term=karimi-abdolrezaee%20s
Contact Information
Basic Medical Sciences Building
745 Bannatyne Ave
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R3E 0J9
204-272-3109
soheila.karimi@umanitoba.ca
Other Websites
https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~karimis/
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/soheila-karimi
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