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