Using cells to improve health

May 18, 2023

Dr. Nika Shakiba smiling against a yellow background.

Nika Shakiba is an assistant professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at UBC. Her research program is interested in understanding the social lives of stem cells.

Did you know that researchers can treat diseases by changing the behaviour of human cells? Believe it or not, cells can also be given new abilities that they didn’t have before. Conducted with a strong ethical foundation, these developments can improve health — imagine cell therapies that could restore lost functions caused by diabetes or spinal cord injury. Award-winning UBC stem cell engineer and synthetic biologist Dr. Nika Shakiba leads a biomedical engineering lab that’s investigating this innovative area of research. Watch this webinar to learn more about the promising future of cell therapies, regenerative medicine, and our health.


  
  

      
    
  
  

                  

            
                                  

  
                                  



            
                                  

  
                                  



          






      
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Recorded May 11, 2023.

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PRESENTING PARTNERS OF FORWARD: THE CAMPAIGN FOR UBC