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Stem Cell Network Announces Awardees of the 2025 Summer Studentships

Stem Cell Network Announces Awardees of the 2025 Summer Studentships

Stem Cell Network Announces Awardees of the 2025 Summer Studentships

June 11, 2025 (Ottawa) – The Stem Cell Network (SCN) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Summer Studentships. Running for the third year, the SCN Summer Studentships will support 16 senior undergraduate students from across Canada who will spend the summer months undertaking research at Canadian academic institutions under the supervision of world-class regenerative medicine researchers.

In total, SCN is investing $80,000 to supplement the cost of these summer studentships, providing a valuable hands-on experience for the awardees. At the end of August, students will present their project progress at the Virtual SCN Summer Studentship Symposium, and the two top undergraduates will be supported by SCN to attend and present a poster of their work at the 2025 Till and McCulloch Meetings (TMM2025), happening November 3-5 in Ottawa.

The 2025 awardees and hosting institutions are:

Name

Host Institute

Ethan Adams

University of Saskatchewan

Marwan Bakr

University of Ottawa

Timothy Hau

University of Toronto

Jaling Hoffner

Hamilton Health Sciences

Tianne Kussat

University of British Columbia

Whalen Matthews

Dalhousie University

Youssef Mohamed

University of Alberta

Jack Pirie

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute / The University of British Columbia

Demetry Prezelj

McGill University

Leane Roseberry

Université de Montréal

Zeynep Sugle

University of British Columbia

Cynthia (Huimeng) Sun

McEwen Stem Cell Institute (University Health Network) / University of Toronto

Edson Takei

McGill University

Hailey Therrien

University of Manitoba

Yifei Wang

University of Toronto

Yafen (Esther) Yang

McGill University