Principal investigator
Dr. Sarah Dick
Assistant Professor, Queen’s University
Sarah Dick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences and part of the Translational Medicine (TMED) Program in the Department of Medicine. Prior to this, she obtained her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa in the field of regenerative medicine under the supervision of Dr. Lynn Megeney at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). This was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University Health Network (UHN) and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) in Toronto, in the laboratory of Dr. Slava Epelman. There she explored the ontogeny and heterogenity of tissue resident macrophages and described the role for cardiac macrophages in heart repair.
Graduate Students
Seily Shrestha
Abbey Politeski
Abbey Politeski
Seily is currently pursuing her PhD in Experimental Medicine at Queens. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biotechnology and worked as a Bioinformatician for 1 year before joining the Dick lab. She is passionate about human health, particularly in the field of cardiac diseases. Her current research project focuses on the regenerat
Seily is currently pursuing her PhD in Experimental Medicine at Queens. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biotechnology and worked as a Bioinformatician for 1 year before joining the Dick lab. She is passionate about human health, particularly in the field of cardiac diseases. Her current research project focuses on the regenerative ability of the heart and the communication between tissue resident macrophages (TRMs) and cardiac stromal cells.
Apart from academics, Seily enjoys hiking and traveling.
Fun fact: I'm a self-certified dog trainer, proud to have successfully taught my dog how to dance!
Abbey Politeski
Abbey Politeski
Abbey Politeski
Abbey is an PhD student in the Translational Medicine (TMED) Graduate Program. Her project focuses on examining the role of tissue resident macrophages in skeletal muscle in mice and humans. Outside of the lab, Abbey enjoys reading, baking, and fishing!
Erik McInnes
Abbey Politeski
Danielle Shibi Rosen
Erik is an MSc student working on understanding how resident macrophages expand in the injured heart. He previously completed a SWEP funded summer placement and LISC499 project in the lab.
Danielle Shibi Rosen
Danielle Shibi Rosen
Danielle Shibi Rosen
Danielle is an MSc student in the Translational Medicine (TMED) Graduate Program. Her project involves examining the role of fibroblast-derived CSF-1 on the proliferation of resident cardiac macrophages. When she's not in the lab, she likes to bake, read books, and spend time with her friends!
Amyre Wells
Danielle Shibi Rosen
Amyre Wells
Amyre is a BMIF student working on single cell RNA seq analysis of tissue resident macrophage subsets. Previously completed BIOL 537 in the lab.
Technical Staff
Laurel Ballantyne
Lab manager / Animal technician
Undergraduate Students
Mythily Vinod
Incoming MICR 499
Nevan Dittburner
Incoming MICR 499
Ori Stokes
Incoming MICR 499
Jasmin An
Incoming PHGY 598/599