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Yassi Aghazadeh

@yassiag.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at IRCM, University of Montreal; Adjunct at McGill University. Stem cells, islets, vessels & regenerative medicine for T1D. AghazadehLab.com She/her. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. Opinions are my own.

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations are in order for Usama for finishing his M.Sc. at @mcgill.ca Experimental Medicine!

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Inspiring #DesignDay @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social! Proud of Giselle for her capstone presentation on improving islet-on-a-chip platforms to better model development & obtaining a BSc in Bioeng. The fabrication/3D printing wouldn’t be possible w/o collaboration w Juncker lab & @hoeslilab.bsky.social

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Congratulations to all the awardees of IRCM foundation scholarship, including our own Théa Milland & Noah Verreault. I appreciate the donors who made this possible. These awards are competitive & externally reviewed - I highly appreciate the reviewers for their time, effort and support of students!

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wrapping up a great year for the lab. We in 2025 we expanded and reached some important milestones as a growing team. Grateful for the collective effort and momentum. Wishing friends and colleagues a restful holiday season and a happy start to the new year.

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Proud PI moment at @RéseauThéCell: 🏅 Ying Deng – Best Poster PhD 🏅 Thea Milland – Best Poster MSc 🏅 Giselle de Leon – Best Poster BSc Representing @ircm.bsky.social , Ying and Thea @umontreal.ca , Giselle @mcgill.ca Grateful to organizers Kim Santerre and Dr Corinne Hoesli for this meeting!

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

It was great honor to attend and present at @navbo.bsky.social Vascular 2025 meeting. Huge thanks to the organizers for putting this tremendous meeting together. And what a special session focusing on vascularization of organoids and disease on a chip models.

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Happy Persian new year, Norouz, and the beginning of spring! 🌸🪻☀️

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

More cause to celebrate in this anti science climate! Happy international day of women and gender minorities in science 🧬

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Celebrating the end of a fun, collaborative & productive year! Wishing everyone a happy holiday season ⛄️

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Check out our review led by the amazing @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social on the role of pancreatic microvascualture in health and disease and beta cell replacement therapies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Yassi Aghazadeh @yassiag.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

On this #WorldDiabetesDay we took the opportunity to bring special attention to type ONE diabetes by #BlueBalloonChallenge, & to highlight the need for new therapies + exercise. Sneak peak below with @JaneYardley2 @Herve_VR @Olilideng @ircm_mtl @DiabetesCanada (full video tmrw)

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