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Dr. Gordon Keller has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Posted On: September 23, 2016
Dr. Gordon Keller has been inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Dr. Keller is a Senior Scientist at PM Cancer Centre, Director of the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Embryonic Stem Cell Biology.
RSC Fellows are elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement. The appointment honours Dr. Keller’s contributions to the field of developmental biology, and specifically, his research into the therapeutic potential of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). He has made significant contributions to his field through pioneering methods to guide PSCs into various cell types with the aim of developing new therapies for a range of degenerative diseases.
Dr. Keller will join 18 other Fellows to be inducted within the Life Science Division during the awards ceremony on Friday, November 18, 2016 at the Isabel Bader Centre in Kingston, Ontario.
The RSC, which was founded in 1882, aims to “recognize scholarly, research and artistic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote a culture of knowledge and innovation in Canada and with other national academies around the world.”
RSC Fellows are elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement. The appointment honours Dr. Keller’s contributions to the field of developmental biology, and specifically, his research into the therapeutic potential of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). He has made significant contributions to his field through pioneering methods to guide PSCs into various cell types with the aim of developing new therapies for a range of degenerative diseases.
Dr. Keller will join 18 other Fellows to be inducted within the Life Science Division during the awards ceremony on Friday, November 18, 2016 at the Isabel Bader Centre in Kingston, Ontario.
The RSC, which was founded in 1882, aims to “recognize scholarly, research and artistic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote a culture of knowledge and innovation in Canada and with other national academies around the world.”