Derrick Rancourt, PhD

Professor

Stem cells and tissue engineering


Contact information

Phone

Office: 403.220.2888

Web presence

Lab website


Research

Research interests

The Rancourt lab research program revolves around the derivation, expansion, differentiation and genetic manipulation of mouse and human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), including embryonic stem (ES) cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.

Recently, we have discovered that fluid shear stress in SSBs induces pluripotency and significantly increases the efficiency of generating iPS cells.