Juan Hou is the Senior Scientist and Team Lead for the Pulmonary Tissue Team at STEMCELL Technologies. Juan obtained her MD from China and her PhD in developmental biology from Osaka University, Japan. Following her PhD studies, Juan moved to Vancouver and worked at the Terry Fox Laboratory of British Columbia Cancer Research Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow (and subsequently a Research Associate), where her main research was focused on studying the formation, patterning, and differentiation of definitive endoderm, the progenitor cells of the epithelial lining of respiratory and digestive tracts. She brings 15+ years of research experience in developmental biology and respiratory research to her current position. She is currently overseeing the existing pulmonary product portfolios and the development of new products that support cutting-edge respiratory research.

Martin Stahl received a PhD in Microbiology at the University of Ottawa and conducted his postdoctoral research with Dr. Bruce Vallance at the University of British Columbia and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, where he studied infection and immunity in the gut. Martin now works with STEMCELL Technologies developing applications and assays for intestinal organoid cultures.

Philipp Kramer attended Freie Universität Berlin, where he studied biology. After obtaining his PhD, he undertook postdoctoral training at the University of Texas, followed by another fellowship at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford. In 2016, Philipp joined the Intestinal Team at STEMCELL Technologies and has successfully launched the STEMdiff™ Intestinal and Kidney Organoid Kits.

Nooshin Tabatabaei-Zavareh is a Senior Scientist in Research and Development at STEMCELL Technologies. In 2007, she received her PhD in Immunology at the University of British Columbia where she studied NK cell development. Over the past 11 years, she has contributed to the development of products for immunology research at STEMCELL. Nooshin currently leads the Immune Cell Culture Team in providing solutions for the generation, expansion, and differentiation of immune cells.

Amanda Fentiman is a Product Manager on the Hematopoietic Team at STEMCELL Technologies. In 2013 she received her MSc in Interdisciplinary Oncology from the University of British Columbia, where she identified transcription factors involved in hematopoietic stem cell development in mouse embryos. Since 2014, Amanda has worked at STEMCELL supporting the growth and development of products, including StemSpan™, MethoCult™, and STEMvision™.