David Kent

 dkent@bccrc.ca

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Department:	Terry Fox Laboratory (@ the BCCRC since 2003)
Research Role:	Graduate Student
Degree Sought:	PhD, Genetics,  UBC
Thesis Topic:	Molecular Characterization of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal Divisions
Advisor:	Connie J. Eaves Marco Marra
Education:	B.Sc (Genetics with English), University of Western Ontario, 2003
Birthplace:	St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Phone:	604-675-8000 ext 7732
Fax:	604-877-0712

Research Interests:

Self Renewal of Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Gene Expression Profiling

I am interested in purifying a population of hematopoietic stem cells and performing gene expression analysis to determine the molecular mechanisms that govern hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal. I am also interested in developing external growth factor conditions that differentially alter the frequency with which HSCs make this choice. Starting with an ~40% pure population of HSCs, we can push the cells to differentiate or self-renew and then perform gene expression profiling to determine the genes involved in this process. Finally, outside of my direct research, I have a keen interest in promoting science literacy and was one of the coordinators for the UBC Let's Talk Science Partnership Program and am currently the president of the BCCRC grad student and post-doc organization, GrasPods .

See Also:

• Connie J. Eaves
• Brad Dykstra
• Michael Copley
• Christina Chan
• Claudia Benz
• Stefan Woehrer

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