听Dr. Simon Tran - 海角社区 's Faculty of Dentistry Professor - has recently received a听$14,000 grant from September 2020 to September 2022听funded by听for his research on Egg white-alginate based biomaterial for 3D tissue听engineering.听听
The research's objective is to characterize the use of egg white alginate as a novel scaffold to grow听several听different organoids including salivary glands. Egg white alginate is an inexpensive, easily accessible, and promising alternative to gold standard scaffolds.听
Egg Farmers Canada鈥檚 Research Grant Program actively supports thirty-five research projects in a variety of fields at universities across Canada.听Each research project is linked to at least one of Egg Farmers of Canada鈥檚 research priorities.听
Dr Tran is Canada鈥檚 Research Chair in Craniofacial Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering.听The aim of this laboratory is to identify, isolate, and characterize post-natal stem cells of the craniofacial complex (such as salivary and periodontal stem cells). In addition to providing a new understanding of tissue dynamics in health and disease, the Tran鈥檚 laboratory presents unique possibilities for the emerging field of regenerative medicine.
about the research priorities supported by the Egg Farmers of Canada.