Lauren E. Flynn
University of Western Ontario| Canada
Biography
Lauren Flynn completed her Ph.D at the University of Toronto and subsequently started as an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University in 2007 before being recruited to a joint Associate Professorship in Engineering and Medicine at Western in 2014. Dr. Flynn’s research expertise focuses on cell-based regenerative therapies with Adipose-derived Stem/stromal Cells (ASCs) and bioscaffolds derived from the ExtraCellular Matrix (ECM) for applications in soft tissue regeneration and wound healing. In 2013, she co-founded a startup company (Adipologix Inc.) that is focused on the development of her decellularized adipose tissue (DAT) technology for use in plastic and reconstructive surgery.