Lynn Megeney

Lynn Megeney

PhD

Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Professor, Department of Medicine

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Contact

Tel 613-737-8618

Administrative Assistant Erin Hicke Tel 613-737-8899 ext 73841 ehicke@ohri.ca

Research Groups

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Research Group
Megeney Lab
Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms that control cell adaptation and cell differentiation.

Bio

Dr. Lynn Megeney is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, where he also holds academic appointments as a Professor in the Dept. of Medicine (Division of Cardiology) and the Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Megeney was the Holder of the Mach Gaennslen Chair in Cardiac Research from 2005 to 2011. Dr. Megeney has received numerous awards including an International Fellowship form the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dr. Megeney's laboratory is supported by provincial, national and international funding agencies. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Megeney has been a scientific founder of three biotechnology companies.




News


Publications

Destruction as a creative process: CAD-induced DNA strand breaks promote macrophage differentiation

2024-10-01 Go to publication

SMCHD1 activates the expression of genes required for the expansion of human myoblasts

2024-09-09 Go to publication

Regulatory Mechanisms That Guide the Fetal to Postnatal Transition of Cardiomyocytes

2023-01-01

Caspase 3 exhibits a yeast metacaspase proteostasis function that protects mitochondria from toxic TDP43 aggregates

2023-01-01

Self-inflicted DNA breaks in cell differentiation and cancer

2023-01-01

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