BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Provide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors.
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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Wu, Elizabeth Yiru
Medical Student
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and
residency training if applicable.)
DEGREE
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
MM/YY
FIELD OF STUDY
(if applicable)
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore MD, U.S.A.
H.B.Sc.
05/2010
Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
In Progress
05/2014
Medicine
A. Personal Statement
My summer research investigated the effects of metabolic inhibition using 2-deoxyglucose (2DG) on glioma
stem cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, migration and stemness. I am interested in the concept of novel
targeted therapies with milder side effect profiles than currently used chemotherapies.
B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
2007-2009
Summer Research Assistant: Rancourt Lab, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary
2009-2010
Teaching Assistant: University of Toronto
2009-2010
Thesis student: Sokolowski Lab, University of Toronto
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2010Member, American College of Physicians
Honors
2007
Alberta Cancer Board: Summer Studentship.
2007
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): Studentship in Skeletal Regenerative
Medicine.
2007
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): Studentship in musculoskeletal health and
arthritis.
2008
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): Studentship in musculoskeletal, oral and skin
health, and mobility.
2008
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR): Summer Studentship.
2010
Governor General’s Academic Medal nominee (University of Toronto).
2010
E.A. Robinson Science Medal (Faculty of Science, University of Toronto).
C. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications (Selected from 42 peer-reviewed publications)
Most relevant to the current application
None
Additional recent publications of importance to the field (in chronological order)
1. Krawetz R.J., Liu S.Y., Wu Y.E., Cormier J.T., Nishikawa S., and Rancourt D.E. 2007. Embryonic Stem
Cell Derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells that Develop into Blood, Stroma, and Fat In-Vivo. Stem
Cell Network AGM, Toronto, Ontario, Nov 2007.
2. Krawetz, R., Wu, Y.E., Rancourt, D., Matyas, J. (2009). Osteoblasts suppress high bone turnover
caused by osteolytic breast cancer in vitro. Experimental Cell Research. 315: 2333-2342.
3. Taiani, J.T., Krawetz, R.J., zur Nieden, N.I., Wu, Y.E., Kallos, M.S., Matyas, J.R., Rancourt, D.E.
(2010). Reduced differentiation efficiency of murine embryonic stem cells in stirred suspension
bioreactors. Stem Cells and Development. 19(7): 989-998.
D. Research Support
Ongoing Research Support
None
Completed Research Support
Dean’s Summer Research Funding (Summer 2011)